The Revision Hydro-Electrometallurgy

Created by: Hesga Fadiastian (3334091321)

DEPARTEMENT OF METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY OF ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF SULTAN AGENG TIRTAYASA

2012

The Revision

1. In Moa Bay Plant, Cuba

After the second filtration, we can get NiS and CoS. which it is generated in addition to the filtrate. The filtrate in here is H2SO4 . H2SO4 can we use again in leaching process for leaching agents. The filtrate can we use until the plant not produce 2. Hydrogen can occur in most metals research and development in a safe way to save the hydrogen as a fuel. Hydrogen is soluble in a variety of compounds consisting of nadir earth metals and transition metals and metal can be dissolved in the crystal and amorphous metals. The solubility of hydrogen in metals is caused by local distortions or impurities in the metal crystal.

3. In HPAL ( High Pressure Acid Leaching) used H2S for leaching agents and high pressure. Moa Bay Plant is the first industry used H2S to get Nickel and Cobalt since 1959 in Cuba. Advantage of HPAL are we can get concentrate without direct reduction so lower capital cost and more efficient for energy and we can get Nickel and Cobalt 90% .

4. In Sherrit Gordon Plant

The product of filtration except the solids is liquid 5. Kinetic Aspect Ammonia sulfate retards the rate of nickel precipitation from ammonical solution similar results were also repoted for copper but ammonia sulfate in system will prevent the precipitation cobalt. The solubility of cobalt at 175 C increase with increasing (NH4) 2SO4. Ammonium sulfate is present in solution prepared by ammonia leaching of sulfides. In the precipitation of nickel from ammonical nickel sulfate solution using nickel powder as a catalyst. The activation energy in the temperature range 150-175oC is 13,7 kkal/mol and in the temperature range 175-200oC is 5,7 kkal/mol. It appears that a low temperature the reaction is chemical control and at high temperature the reaction is diffusion controlled.

6. K = aH+ / (aM+ ).(aH2) log K = - log H2+ - log [M 2+] + log pH2 log K = - 2 pH log [M 2+] + log pH2 log [M 2+] = - 2 pH (log K log pH) 7. At slide number 15. 350 g/l ammonium sulfate. In this case ammonium sulfate as leaching agents. Leaching agents used in leaching proses. Ammonia sulfate retards the rate of nickel precipitation from ammonical solution similar results were also repoted for copper but ammonia sulfate in system will prevent the precipitation cobalt. The solubility of cobalt at 175 C increase with increasing (NH4) 2SO4. Ammonium sulfate is present in solution prepared by ammonia leaching of sulfides.