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Outline
Historical leaching tests Development of leach factors Initial WTP process Revised process to achieve leach factors What we know today
Leach 5 h at 100 C
Decant leachate
Wash Sample
Contract target
Leach factors were measured for 32 tanks Leach factor was estimated for 8 hours at 100 C in 3 M NaOH (usually an interpolation between 5 and 10 hours)
LF = 1 mf mi
pk
Statistical analysis is used to regress data from all 32 tanks simultaneously Not all waste groups have been measured If a leach factor has been measured for a tank, that value is used If a leach factor has not been measured, the weighted leach factor from the regression is used
Major Al sources highlighted in red Yellow highlights are estimates for groups that have not been tested
Wash Water
1 g of NaOH at 3 M NaOH
Leach 8 h at 85 C
Wash Water
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Process changes
Eliminated up front washing step Evaluated increasing leaching temperature to 100 C Initially reduced the caustic usage to contract target (0.62 g NaOH:g insoluble solids) Subsequently increased the caustic usage to avoid supersaturation
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5 wt% slurry
Dewater
20 wt% slurry
Dewater/ Wash
Clarified supernate
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Test Conditions
Component Sodium Oxalate Gibbsite Boehmite Inert Solids (Fe) 19M NaOH (g) Condensate Supernate (g) Mass 6.5 22.73 22.73 12.99
Leached at 100 C Stirred with an overhead agitator at 140 rpm (full scale facility uses Pulse Jet Mixer Target was to dissolve ~50% of boehmite in 12 hours 1.54 g NaOH/g insoluble solids
200.27 274.96 259.82
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Results
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Leachate composition
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200 265 330 395 275 275 275 275 260 208 156 104
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Results
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Leachate Composition
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481.9 481.9 481.9 481.9 118.2 118.2 118.2 118.2 381.8 381.8 381.8 381.8 105.4 105.4 105.4 105.4 100 95 85 80
1.98
1.98
1.98
1.98
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Results
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Leachate Analysis
Decreasing T
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0.6 A l in so lu tio n (M )
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0.4
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UFP-2 Leach - Caustic Added in PEP UFP-2 Leach Caustic Added in APEL PEP UFP-2
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UFP-1 Leach - Caustic Added in PEP UFP-1 Leach - Caustic Added in APEL PEP UFP-1
0 0 5 10 15 Tim e 20 25 30
The original target quantity of NaOH (0.62 g NaOH:g insoluble solids) was not sufficient to keep the Al concentration below the literature solubility limit
Very few tests have been performed at this low rate of caustic addition
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