A series of innovative green metallurgical processes using novel reaction media including the NaOH/KOH sub-molten salt media and the NaOH-NaNO3 binary molten salt medium, for the extraction of vanadium and chromium from the vanadium slag have been developed. In comparison with the traditional sodium salt roasting technology, which operates at 850 ℃, the operation temperatures of these new processes drop to 200-400 ℃. Further, the extraction rates of vanadium and chromium utilizing the new approaches could reach 95% and 90%, respectively, significantly higher than those in the traditional roasting process, which are 75% and approximate zero, respectively. Besides, no hazardous gases and toxic tailings are discharged during the extraction process. Compared with the conventional roasting method, these new technologies show obvious advantages in terms of energy, environments, and the mineral resource utilization efficiency, providing an attractive alternative for the green technology upgrade of the vanadium production industries.
The influence of V2O3, FeO, TiO2, MnO and MgO in vanadium slag on the corrosion mechanism of MgO-C bricks was studied by stationary immersion tests at vanadium-extracting temperature. Experimental results show that FeO, TiO2, and MnO could enhance the corrosion rate and V2O3 and MgO could decrease it. Microstructure and phase composition of worn samples were investigated by SEM-EDS, revealing the presence of Fe particles, produced by graphite reduction, and (Mg,Fe,Mn)O solid solution at the interface. The formation process of (Mg,Fe,Mn)O solid solution was discussed and the corrosion mechnism of MgO-C bricks was thus proposed.
WANG Guang-en, WANG Yu, XIE Bing, LI Xin-sheng, GUO Xu, LI Xiao-jun (Chongqing Key Laboratory of Metallurgy Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China)
Optimization of the phase diagram of FeO-V20a system is a part of an on-going research project to develop a self-consistent multi-component thermodynamic database for vanadium slag from hot metal. Due to the lack o{ ex- perimental data for optimization, a novel experimental investigation has been carried out by thermal analysis （DSC） with a series of slags on different V2 03 contents （i. e. 3mass%- 12mass%）. All available thermodynamic and phase diagram data for the binary systems have been simultaneously optimized with CALPHAD （Calculation of Phase Dia- grams） methods to give one set of model equations for the Gibbs free energy of the liquid slag as functions of compo- sition and temperature. The modified quasi-chemical model was used to describe the binary slag system. It was dem- onstrated that the calculated phase diagram with the optimized parameters was in good agreement with the experi- mental data.
