A Method for Enriching Precious Metals from Printed Circuit Board Incineration Ash from Molten Pool by Circulating Chlorination

A method for enriching precious metals from printed circuit board incineration ash by bath smelting-chlorination circulation process, comprising the steps of:

• (1) pretreating of printed circuit board Incineration ash, further comprising the steps of:
• slurry aging to obtain a slurry by mixing the printed circuit board incineration ash with concentrated sulfuric acid with a mass concentration of 98%, the mass ratio between the printed circuit board incineration ash and the 98% concentrated sulfuric acid being 0.5-1.5:1, the aging time being 12-24 hours.
• primary roasting to obtain a primary roasted sand and a primary roasted smoke, by roasting the slurry;
• secondary roasting to obtain a secondary roasted sand and a secondary roasted smoke by roasting the primary roasted sand;
• water leaching enrichment to obtain a water leaching slag rich in precious metals and a water leaching solution, by leaching the secondary roasted sand with an initial water leaching solution comprising water;
• displacement precipitation of copper to obtain a crude copper and a post copper precipitation solution, by adding zinc powder to the water leaching solution to displace and precipitate copper from the water leaching solution, wherein the molar ratio of the zinc powder to copper in leaching solution is in the range of 1.2:1-1.5:1;
• evaporating the post copper precipitation solution to precipitate the zinc to obtain crude zinc sulfate crystalline and a post zinc precipitation solution, and adding the post zinc precipitation solution to the initial water leaching solution in the water leaching enrichment process;
• comprehensive treatment of the primary roasted smoke, further comprising the steps of:
• alkali washing by spraying the primary roasted smoke with sodium hydroxide solution with a mass percentage of 30% to obtain an alkali washing solution and a flue gas;
• releasing the flue gas;
• filtrating the alkali washing solution to obtain an alkali washing filtrate and an alkali washing residue;
• partially evaporating the alkali washing filtrate to precipitate and obtain Bromine and to obtain a post bromine precipitation solution;
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• returning the post bromine precipitation solution to the alkali washing solution;
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• comprehensive treatment of the secondary roasted smoke, further comprising the steps of:
• performing dust collection and desulfurization on the secondary roasted smoke to obtain a dust ash and another flue gas;
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• releasing the another flue gas;
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• (2) enriching precious metals by a circulating chlorination process, further comprising:
• collecting chlorination raw materials comprising the water leaching slag, the alkali washing residue, and the dust ash from the step (1);
• performing chlorination and filtration of the chlorination raw materials to obtain a chlorination slag and a chlorination solution;
• obtaining a precious metal slag and a precious metal lean solution by displacement enrichment of the chlorination solution;
• extracting the precious metal from the precious metal slag;
• filtering the precious metal lean solution to obtain lead chloride and a lead lean solution;
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• returning the lead lean solution into the step of chlorination and filtration of the chlorination raw materials to be part of the chlorination solution.