The aim of this work was to achieve an understanding of the distribution of selected bauxite trace elements (gallium (Ga), vanadium (V), arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), rare earth elements (REEs), scandium (Sc)) in the Bayer process. The assessment was designed as a case study in an alumina plant in operation to provide an overview of the trace elements behaviour in an actual industrial setup.
At the start of the process, the bauxite is finely ground and, with the addition of caustic soda, converted into a viscous suspension (chemists say: digested). The suspension is pumped through the pipes of a reactor and heated up in stages to approx. 270 °C.
The Bayer process, as it has become known, is used for refining bauxite to smelting grade alumina (aluminum oxide), the precursor to aluminium. Typically, depending upon the quality of the ore, between and tonnes of bauxite is required to produce 1 tonne of alumina. The Bayer process is a cyclic one and is often called Bayer cycle.
Bayer process liquors are supersaturated not only with alumina but also with contaminants such as silica and oxalate which are derived from digestion of the bauxite ore with caustic liquor; such ...
Bayer process, widely used to produce alumina, could be traced down two patents proposed by Bayer between 1887 and 1892, which was a breakthrough in mineral processing that enabled alumina to be extracted from bauxite ore economically on a large scale, and has been used to produce gibbsite from bauxite for over one hundred years [].The basic mechanism of Bayer process can be explained using ...
The Bayer process is the principal industrial means of refining bauxite to produce alumina (aluminium oxide) and was developed by Carl Josef, the most important ore of aluminium, contains only 3060% aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3), the rest being a mixture of silica, various iron oxides, and titanium aluminium oxide must be further purified before it can be refined into ...
The most commonly used methods for aluminium production are the Bayer process and the HallHeroult process. The Bayer process is used to produce alumina (Al 2 O 3) from bauxite and the HallHeroult process is used to produce molten aluminium from the year 1887, Karl Josef Bayer invented a method of extracting aluminium hydroxide from bauxite through Bayer processing.
One of the advantages of a tube reactor is that the slurry undergoes turbulent plug flow as the slurry moves ... 2. Wahnsiedler, The Kinetics of Bauxite Digestion in the Bayer Process Light Metals 1985, TMS, Warrendale, 145±182. 3. Lesinski, Sullivan, Method of employing dextrans, Patent USA, Dow
The major portions of the impurity enter the Bayer process through bauxite. Beyond the critical levels the impurities alter the kinetics of the process. Among the various impurities, organic carbon is the most prominent one that affects the precipitation operation and the product quality, depending on the level of organic with respect to the ...
1. Introduction. The Bayer process developed and patented by Karl Joseph Bayer 110 years ago is used for refining bauxite ore into smelting grade alumina (Al 2 O 3).The Bayer process involves the digestion of bauxite in concentrated caustic at high temperatures followed by precipitation, clarification, and calcination to recover the alumina content. 1, 2, 3 The remaining insoluble solids from ...
To test this hypothesis, a set of digestion experiments were conducted using gibbsite, one of the major minerals in bauxite. Gibbsite was digested at various temperatures (50, 75, and 95 °C) in ...
The alumina extraction and iron minerals' comprehensive utilization of technology that could replace the current Bayer process have not yet been formed. In the current Bayer digestion process, gibbsitic bauxite was digested at a temperature, alkali concentration, and time of 100150 °C, 120190 g/L, and 1090 min, respectively.
Therefore, based on the above theoretical research, a process for digesting gibbsiteboehmite bauxite is proposed using high digestion temperature (250 °C), short digestion time (5 min) and large ...
Both forms can have deleterious effects on Bayer process operations used to produce smelter grade alumina from bauxite ore. Jamaican bauxite which is comprised mainly of gibbsite (Al 2 O 3 ·3H 2 ...
Bauxite residue, a potential secondary source of CRM, can contain considerable amounts of strategically important metals depending on its geologic origin and processing [6, 7]. Bauxite residue is the byproduct of alumina production and is generated in the Bayer process when bauxite is digested in hot NaOH under elevated temperature and pressure.
1 Citations Part of the Springer Series in Materials Science book series (SSMATERIALS,volume 320) Abstract This chapter aims to illustrate and discuss the inputs and outputs for both water and energy in the context of the Bayer process, highlighting throughout the sections their interconnectedness.
to another one, sodalite to cancrinite. Solid particles (in this case bauxite and/or bauxite residue) can be entrapped in the scale and ... Bayer Digestion and Predigestion Desilication Reactor Design, Proceedings of TMS Conference, ... (To the Chemical Process of Bauxite Digestion. Studies in system of Na2OAl2O3TiO2H2O) Metall, 25 ...
The bauxite ore, Bayer process materials before precipitation, mud residue, and sand residue are therefore of radiological interest, whereas the alumina product is Positional and personal monitoring data from bauxite mines and alumina refineries in Western Australia have been used to assess the abovebackground annual doses for the ...
Abstract. In the Bayer process, used for the production of alumina from the bauxite ores, there are frequent disturbances and a large number of interacting processes which incorporate considerable ...
As shown in Figure 1, the source of energy to the Bayer Process is the Powerhouse. Energy is distributed essentially as steam to Digestion and Evaporation and electrical power to the refinery. The amount of energy required is determined by four interrelated factors: 1. Type of Bauxite. Trihydrate bauxite (low temperature digest or
A new step in the Bayer process has been used to recover NaOH and to reduce its content in red mud. After digestion, the residue is separated from the Bayer liquor and goes through press filters, which enables the recovery of NaOH and decreases the moisture content. It is well known that red mud is one of the most important sources of scandium. For this reason, the goal of this work was to ...
Stage 2: Alumina production. In the 1890s, Austrian chemist Carl Josef Bayer invented a revolutionary process for extracting alumina from bauxite. Today—over 100 years later—some 90% of ...
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