CIESC Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 73 ›› Issue (9): 3841-3850.DOI: 10.11949/0438-1157.20220510

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Process mechanism and dynamic behaviors of magnesium sulfate type carnallite converting into kainite

Huan ZHOU1,3(), Mengli ZHANG1,3, Qing HAO1,3, Si WU2,3, Jie LI1,3, Cunbing XU1,3   

  1. 1.College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
    2.College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300457, China
    3.Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brine Resources and Ecoutilization, Tianjin 300457, China
  • Received:2022-04-08 Revised:2022-05-18 Online:2022-10-09 Published:2022-09-05
  • Contact: Huan ZHOU

硫酸镁型光卤石转化钾盐镁矾的过程机制与动态规律

周桓1,3(), 张梦丽1,3, 郝晴1,3, 吴思2,3, 李杰1,3, 徐存兵1,3   

  1. 1.天津科技大学化工与材料学院,天津 300457
    2.天津科技大学海洋与环境学院,天津 300457
    3.天津市卤水资源与 生态化利用重点实验室,天津 300457
  • 通讯作者: 周桓
  • 作者简介:周桓(1964—),男,硕士,教授,zhouhuan@tust.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(盐湖联合基金)项目(U1707602)

Abstract:

The existence of magnesium sulfate affects the potassium salt yield and product quality of carnallite (Car) processing. In this study, the incomplete decomposition experiments of magnesium sulfate Car in Yiliping salt lake was carried out at 25℃, the decomposition and formation mechanism, and the dynamic behavior of potassium salts were studied. The results show that: (1) Magnesium sulfate type Car will decomposes rapidly when water added, and after 3—4 h of induction period, potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate will gradually converts into kainite (Kai), although there is no Kai phase area on the metastable phase diagram. When phase equilibria achieved after 50 h, nearly 55% of the total potassium converts into Kai, about 20% dissolves in decomposition solution, and only 25% exists as solid potassium chloride. (2) During the conversion process, if there is magnesium sulfate hydrate, the illusion of “metastable state with fixed solid and liquid points” will appear, In fact, it is the dynamic process of the conversion of potassium chloride and magnesium sulfate hydrate into kaleite. When the solid phase magnesium sulfate hydrate is absent, the liquid point will move to the tetrasalt co-saturation point of sodium chloride, potassium chloride, kaleite, and carnallite. (3) In the kinetic equation of Kai formation, the order of the reaction driving force (the difference between the ionic activity products at invariable point and process point) is 1.5, the influence index of the product stock is 2/3, and the reaction rate constant is 3.907×10-4 mol1/3·min-1. The kinetic equation and the full-component material equation constitute a dynamic model, which can quantitatively express the state of the solid-liquid mixing system at any time during the transformation process. These results have important guiding significance for improving the utilization process of potassium resources in salt lakes.

Key words: magnesium sulfate subtype salt lake, carnallite, kainite, phase equilibria, multiphase reaction, kinetic modeling

摘要:

硫酸镁的存在影响光卤石矿加工的钾盐收率和产品质量。通过对一里坪盐湖硫酸镁型光卤石进行等温不完全分解实验,研究了钾盐分解转化机制和动态特征,并建立了钾盐转化过程的动态模型。结果表明:(1)硫酸镁型光卤石在加水过程迅速分解,而经过3~4 h诱导期,氯化钾与硫酸镁会逐渐转化为钾盐镁矾,经过50 h系统达到平衡,总钾量的近55%转化为钾盐镁矾,约20%溶于分解液,仅25%以固相氯化钾存在;(2)转化过程中,如有硫酸镁水合物存在,会出现“固、液相点不动的介稳态”假象,而实际上是氯化钾和硫酸镁水合物转化为钾盐镁矾的动态过程,当固相硫酸镁水合物缺失,液相点会向氯化钠、氯化钾、钾盐镁矾、光卤石的四盐共饱点移动;(3)钾盐镁矾生成的动力学方程的反应推动力(离子活度积与共饱点活度积之差)级数为1.5,产物存量的影响指数为2/3,反应速率常数为3.907×10-4 mol1/3·min-1,动力学方程与全组分物料方程构成了动态模型,可量化表达转化过程中任意时刻固液混合体系的状态。这一研究结果对改善盐湖钾资源利用过程具有重要指导意义。

关键词: 硫酸镁亚型盐湖, 光卤石, 钾盐镁矾, 相平衡, 多相反应, 动力学模型

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