Production process for preparing anhydrous magnesium chloride by microwave energy
Technical Field
The invention relates to a production process, in particular to a production process for preparing anhydrous magnesium chloride by microwave energy.
Background
Anhydrous magnesium chloride MgCl2Is an indispensable raw material for preparing metal magnesium by electrolysis. In the last decade, the use of bischofite MgCl has been increasing at a rate of about 5% per year due to the increasing demand for magnesium metal in both traditional industrial applications and new technology areas, such as the quantity of western magnesium metal increasing at a rate of about 5% per year2.6H2Preparation of high-purity anhydrous magnesium chloride MgCl from O2Has been the subject of intense research in various countries throughout the world for many years.
The existing preparation process of anhydrous magnesium chloride comprises the following steps of production, development and research:
1. in the presence of HCl and Cl2Dehydrating under atmosphere. Namely, the proper concentration of hydrogen chloride or chlorine gas is maintained in the reaction system at a certain temperature, so that the hydrolysis of magnesium chloride hexahydrate or bischofite during the heating and removing crystal water can be avoided or reduced to the minimum degree. Because the hydrogen chloride atmosphere needs high temperature of about 400 ℃, the energy consumption is large, the equipment is seriously corroded under the high-temperature operation, and the hydrolysis and the side reaction are easy to occur under the high temperature. Relatively low reaction temperature in the chlorine atmosphere, process operation control and environmental protectionIt is still necessary to perfect.
2. Double salt method process. Adding hydrated magnesium chloride MgCl2.6H2And reacting the O with potassium chloride or ammonium chloride to prepare potassium or ammonium carnallite with a double-salt structure, and heating to remove crystal water in the potassium or ammonium carnallite. Because the activity of magnesium chloride in carnallite is less than that of hydrated magnesium chloride, hydrolysis in the dehydration process is obviously reduced, and the quality of anhydrous magnesium chloride is improved, but the problems of large relative flux, high energy consumption, incapability of continuous production process in the electrolysis process, low recovery rate and the like exist.
3. Ammonia complexation dehydration method. The process is a key development at home and abroadThe pathway of (1). The technology adopts alcohol to replace crystal water and magnesium chloride to form a complex, removes the crystal water and then forms hexammine MgCl through ammoniation2.6NH3Calcining at 450 ℃ to obtain the anhydrous magnesium chloride. The operation condition is relatively mild, the yield of magnesium chloride is high, the content of hydrolysate in the product is low, the use amount of ammonia and organic solvent is low, the reaction crystal size is large, the filtering is easy, and the industrialization is favorably realized.
The application of microwave heating technology in the chemical and metallurgical fields has been greatly developed in the last two decades. The method can be used for preparing anhydrous magnesium chloride with good effect. Compared with the traditional heating mode, the microwave radiation heating has obvious advantages on the aspects of production efficiency, product quality, energy conservation, labor improvement, production conditions and the like. The characteristics of internal heating, rapid heating, selective heating, controllability of a heating device, high-frequency vibration without a stirring device and the like of microwave radiation have wide prospects in the field of hydrometallurgy.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to: provides a production process for preparing anhydrous magnesium chloride by microwave energy, which removes bischofite MgCl by microwave heating2.6H2Crystal water and suppression of OThe hydrolysate is generated, the energy consumption for preparing the anhydrous magnesium chloride and the consumption of auxiliary materials are reduced, and the production efficiency and the utilization rate of a production device are improved.
The technical solution of the invention is as follows: the process is carried out in two parts, firstly, magnesium chloride hexahydrate to magnesium chloride containing 1.5-2.0 crystal water is realized in a first microwave heater; then removing residual crystal water in a second microwave heater to obtain the anhydrous magnesium chloride.
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate or bischofite MgCl
2.6H
2And O is conveyed into the first microwave radiation heater by conveying equipment, the conveying equipment is made of a non-metal material, microwave radiation heating energy penetrates and directly acts on the polar molecular material, and the heating reaction process of the crystal water is as follows:
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i.e. the magnesium chloride hexahydrate is formed into MgCl tetrahydrate in steps during heating
2.4H
2O and MgCl dihydrate
2.2H
2O。
The heating temperature is controlled by a temperature measuring instrument in sections at 80-120 ℃ and above 120 ℃ to 150 ℃, and then the magnesium chloride dihydrate material is produced, and basically no hydrolysate is produced.
When the thickness of the heated material is constant in the microwave heating radiation field, the temperature gradient is not generated, the heating direction is consistent with the escape direction of water molecules, the heating efficiency can be obviously improved, the heating time is shortened, and the energy consumption is saved.
After the magnesium chloride dihydrate is formed, the magnesium chloride dihydrate is sent into a second microwave heater, a dehydrating agent is added and uniformly stirred, the dehydrating agent is added according to 1-10% of the weight of the magnesium chloride dihydrate material, the microwave radiation heater is relatively closed, chlorine gas covering the surface area of the material is introduced to form a protective atmosphere relatively isolated from air, all crystal water is removed, and the temperature is controlled within the range of 150-350 ℃.
Due to the addition of the dehydrating agent, the material MgCl which has weak response capability to microwave radiation2.2H2The capacity of O to absorbmicrowave heat energy is rapidly increased, so that the material MgCl2.2H2Two crystal water in O are rapidly removed along with the reaction of the dehydrating agent and the temperature increase. On one hand, chlorine gas is added to form protective atmosphere around the materials, and on the other hand, once the hydrolysate is generated, the hydrolysate is reduced under the combined action of carbon monoxide and chlorine gas formed by the dehydrating agent.
The reaction process of finally forming the anhydrous magnesium chloride is as follows:
in addition to the above reaction processes, there are also a variety of side reactions associated with the above.
The materials in the microwave resonant cavity can be conveyed in two stages or three stages according to the temperature control range, the first microwave heater is provided with a water vapor discharge device, the second microwave heater is provided with a chlorine dehydrating agent adding device, a water and air discharge device and a chlorine recovery device.
The dehydrating agent may be amorphous carbon, activated carbon, charcoal, carbon black, coke or graphite.
The invention has the following advantages: 1. the dehydration temperature is low, the speed is high, the time is short, the materials can be selectively heated, the heat is saved obviously, the production efficiency is improved, the continuous operation is realized, and the cost is reduced. 2. The processing equipment is simple to process, convenient to maintain and operate, and capable of realizing industrial production.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a process flow diagram of the present invention
Detailed Description
Example 1:
1. 200 g of MgCl hexahydrate2.6H2The O is arranged in a microwave heater,opening the container and stirring, controlling the temperature to be 100 ℃, operating an exhauster, and removing two crystal waters to form MgCl tetrahydrate2.4H2O; the temperature is then raised to 150 ℃ to form MgCl magnesium chloride dihydrate2.2H2O, the process time is 5 minutes.
2. Moving the magnesium chloride dihydrate into a closed microwave heater with an air inlet and an air outlet, adding dehydrating agent active carbon accounting for 5.0 percent of the weight of the materials at the moment, introducing chlorine covering the surface area of the materials, fully stirring, heating to 230 ℃, and carrying out the time process for 5 minutes to obtain anhydrous magnesium chloride capable of being used for electrolysis, wherein the MgO of the magnesium oxide is less than 0.5 percent; h2O<0.3%。
Example 2:
1. putting 500 g of magnesium chloride hexahydrate into a microwave heater with a scraper for stirring and conveying, heating to 100 ℃ by microwaves, simultaneously operating an exhaust fan, increasing the temperature to 150 ℃, and obtaining MgCl dihydrate after 5 minutes2.2H2O。
2. The magnesium chloride dihydrate is sent to a tubular microwave heater with stirring, 4.5 percent of dehydrating agent charcoal and 20ml of chlorine gas are respectively added in the weight of the materials,heating to 240 ℃ by microwave for 10 minutes to obtain anhydrous magnesium chloride for electrolysis, wherein the content of MgO is less than 0.5%; h2O<0.2%。
Example 3:
1. putting 500 g of magnesium chloride hexahydrate into a semicircular microwave heater with a stirrer, heating to 100 ℃ by using microwaves, simultaneously operating an exhaust fan, raising the temperature to 150 ℃, and obtaining the magnesium chloride dihydrate after 5 minutes.
2. Feeding the magnesium chloride dihydrate into a tubular microwave heater with a stirrer, and respectively adding carbon accounting for 4.5 percent of the weight of the materials and 20ml of chlorine gas to obtain anhydrous magnesium chloride with the content of magnesium oxide being less than 0.4 percent after 10 minutes; h2O<0.2%。