Enrichment and recovery of zinc from a high zinc blast furnace ash by hydrocyclone method

YANG Zhen; WANG Xiaodong; REN Shilei; HUANGFU Lin; ZENG Guanwu; ZHANG Xiaolong; LIN Gang

doi:10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2025.03.015

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YANG Zhen, WANG Xiaodong, REN Shilei, HUANGFU Lin, ZENG Guanwu, ZHANG Xiaolong, LIN Gang. Enrichment and recovery of zinc from a high zinc blast furnace ash by hydrocyclone method[J]. IRON STEEL VANADIUM TITANIUM, 2025, 46(3): 100-106. doi: 10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2025.03.015

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YANG Zhen, WANG Xiaodong, REN Shilei, HUANGFU Lin, ZENG Guanwu, ZHANG Xiaolong, LIN Gang. Enrichment and recovery of zinc from a high zinc blast furnace ash by hydrocyclone method[J]. IRON STEEL VANADIUM TITANIUM, 2025, 46(3): 100-106. doi: 10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2025.03.015

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YANG Zhen, WANG Xiaodong, REN Shilei, HUANGFU Lin, ZENG Guanwu, ZHANG Xiaolong, LIN Gang. Enrichment and recovery of zinc from a high zinc blast furnace ash by hydrocyclone method[J]. IRON STEEL VANADIUM TITANIUM, 2025, 46(3): 100-106. doi: 10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2025.03.015

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Enrichment and recovery of zinc from a high zinc blast furnace ash by hydrocyclone method

doi: 10.7513/j.issn.1004-7638.2025.03.015

YANG Zhen^{1, 2, 3
,},
WANG Xiaodong¹,
REN Shilei¹,
HUANGFU Lin^{1, 2
,
,},
ZENG Guanwu¹,
ZHANG Xiaolong¹,
LIN Gang⁴

1.
State Key Laboratory of Vanadium and Titanium Resources Comprehensive Utilization, Pangang Group Research Institute Co., Ltd., Panzhihua 617000, Sichuan, China
2.
Chengdu Advanced Metal Materials Industrial Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610305, Sichuan, China
3.
School of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610200, Sichuan, China
4.
Pangang Group Panzhihua Steel & Vanadium Co., Ltd., Panzhihua 617000, Sichuan, China

Received Date: 2025-01-13
Publish Date: 2025-06-30

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In order to fully recover and utilize the valuable elements in the blast-furnace ash, the physical and chemical properties of the high-zinc blast-furnace ash produced by the ferro-smelting of vanadium titanium magnetite in a Sichuan iron and steel enterprise were analyzed. The hydrocyclone method was proposed to enrich/recover zinc in the blast-furnace ash. The influences of key parameters such as the feed mass concentration and the diameter of the settling nozzle on the zinc enrichment/recovery effect were investigated. And further, a 200 kg blast furnace ash scale expansion experiment was carried out to verify. The results show that the zinc recovery rate slightly increases with the increase of the feed mass concentration and significantly increases with the decreases of the diameter of the underflow nozzle. The enrichment multiple change trend of zinc grade is opposite to that of the zinc recovery rate. Under the conditions of feeding mass concentration of 15~20 %, diameter of settling nozzle of 14~18 mm and depth recovery of zinc grade 3, the total zinc recovery rate can reach about 97%, the enrichment ratio of zinc in the first stage can reach about 2.4 times, and the grade of zinc in the third stage zinc-poor blast ash can be reduced to about 0.8 %. The expanded test results indicate that the recovery rate of total zinc in blast-furnace ash is 96%, the grade of zinc in the first stage zinc-rich blast-furnace ash can reach 26 %, and the content of zinc in the third stage zinc-poor blast-furnace ash can be reduced to less than 1.0 %, which meets the demand for recycling as iron making raw material. The results of this study are expected to provide data support for the resource utilization of high zinc blast furnace ash.
- high zinc blast furnace ash,
- enrichment/recovery of zinc,
- hydrocyclone method,
- extended experiment

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