Zotayidwa ndi ambiri zitsulo amafotokozera pa Dziko Lapansi, okwana pafupifupi 8% ya matanthwe a Dziko Lapansi. Komabe, aluminiyamu ngati chinthu ndi yotakasuka choncho sizichitika mwachibadwa – imafunika kuyengedwa kuti ipange zitsulo za aluminiyamu. Chachikulu poyambira mfundo zotayidwa kuyenga ndi bauxite, dziko yaikulu malonda gwero la zotayidwa. Bauxite ndi thanthwe la sedimentary, ndipo nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi ma aluminium mineral gibbsite (Al(HA)3), boehmite (C-Ålö(HA)) ndipo diaspore (a-Ålö(HA)), ndipo nthawi zambiri amasakanizidwa ndi zitsulo ziwiri zachitsulo goethite ndi hematite, mchere wa dongo la aluminium kaolinite ndi kachulukidwe kakang'ono ka anatase (TiO2) ndi/kapena ilmenite (FeTiO3).
Bauxite madipoziti ndi kufalikira padziko lonse, makamaka zikuchitika m'madera otentha kapena subtropical. Ngakhale nkhokwe zotsimikiziridwa za bauxite zikuyembekezeka kukhala zaka zambiri, khalidwe la nkhokwe kuti akhoza chuma kufika ndi kuchepekela. pakuti refiners, who are in the business of bauxite processing to make alumina, ndi zitsulo kenako zotayidwa, ili ndi vuto ndi tanthauzo onse zachuma ndi a zachilengedwe.
Njira yoyenga metallurgical bauxite kukhala alumina imaphatikizapo zotsatirazi:
Zotsatira zotsatirazi zimapangidwa:
Njira yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri pakuyenga bauxite kukhala aluminiyamu, njira ya Bayer, kumaphatikizapo kusungunula Al2O3 mu thanthwe la bauxite ndi caustic soda (NaOH) pa kutentha kwakukulu ndi kupanikizika. Gawo la Al2O3 la bauxite limasungunuka kukhala yankho, kuti pambuyo pake atulutsidwe ngati aluminiyamu. Komabe, bauxite yapamwamba imakhala ndi mpaka 60% Al2O3, ndipo ma depositi ambiri a bauxite ali pansi apa, nthawi inafika pamene 30-40% Al2O3. Chifukwa mankhwala ankafuna ndi mkulu chiyero Al2O3, ndi oxides otsala mu bauxite ndi (Fe2O3, SiO2, TiO2, Zakuthupi) amasiyanitsidwa ndi Al2O3 ndipo amakanidwa ngati malo oyeretsera aluminiyamu amakhala (ARR) kapena matope ofiira. Mwambiri, m'munsi mkhalidwe wa bauxite (ie otsika Al2O3 zili) matope ofiira kwambiri amapangidwa pa tani imodzi ya alumina. Kuphatikiza apo, ngakhale ena a Al2O3 okhala ndi mchere, alimiwa kaolinite, kutulutsa zotsatira zoyipa panthawi yoyenga ndikupangitsa kuchuluka kwa matope ofiira, komanso kufa mtengo caustic koloko mankhwala, yaikulu variable mtengo mu bauxite kuyenga.
Matope ofiira kapena ARR akuimira lalikulu ndi kupita amavutika makampani zotayidwa. Matope ofiira lili kwambiri yotsalira caustic mankhwala zotsala kuchokera kuyenga, ndipo kwambiri zamchere, Nthawi zambiri ndi pH a 10 - 13. Amapangidwa m'mabuku akuluakulu padziko lonse lapansi – malinga ndi USGS, Akuti padziko lonse aluminiyamu kupanga anali 121 matani miliyoni mu 2016. Izi ziyenera kuti zinapangitsa zambiri kuposa 150 matani mamiliyoni matope ofiira kwaiye panthaŵiyinso. Ngakhale kafukufuku kupitirirabe, matope ofiira panopa ali ochepa njira malonda yotheka kwa opindulitsa kukonzanso ntchito. Akuti kwenikweni matope ofiira ndi mopindulitsa kukonzanso ntchito padziko lonse. M'malo mwake matope ofiira amakankhidwa kuchokera kumalo oyeretsera aluminiyamu kupita kumalo osungiramo zinthu kapena zotayirapo, kumene kusungidwa ndi kuunikira pa mtengo waukulu.
Imfa ya mtengo caustic koloko (NaOH) ndipo m'badwo wa matope ofiira onse amagwirizana ndi ubwino wa bauxite wogwiritsidwa ntchito poyenga. Mwambiri, m'munsimu Al2O3 zili mu bauxite, ikuluikulu buku la matope ofiira kuti adzakhala kwaiye, monga magawo omwe si a Al2O3 amakanidwa ngati matope ofiira. Kuphatikiza apo, kumtunda kwa kaolinite kapena silika yokhazikika ya bauxite, matope kwambiri wofiira adzakhala kwaiye. Zomwe zimapangidwira za silika sizimangowonjezera kuchuluka kwa matope ofiira, komanso amadya caustic soda reagent ndi kuchepetsa zokolola za Al2O3 anachira kuchokera bauxite. Choncho, pali mtsutso wachuma ndi chilengedwe womwe uyenera kupangidwa pakuwongolera mtundu wa bauxite musanayengedwe.
The STET youma kupatukana ndondomeko umafuna bauxite opanga kapena refiners bauxite mwayi kuchita chisanadze Bayer-ndondomeko kukulitsa miyala bauxite yowongolera. Njira imeneyi phindu ambiri:
Powombetsa mkota, processing youma ndi STET olekanitsa mipata kupanga phindu kwa alimi bauxite ndi refiners. Chisanadze processing wa isanafike bauxite kuyenga kuchepetsa ndalama mankhwala, Muzitsitsa matope ofiira kwaiye ndi kuchepetsa ndondomeko atasokonezeka.
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