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US 4,544,533 AGranted
Recovering vanadium values from ammonium bicarbonate solution using heat, sulfuric acid, and ammonium sulfate
AssigneeChevron Research Company
InventorPaul J. Marcantonio
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Abstract
A method of recovering vanadium from an aqueous ammonium bicarbonate solvent strip solution is disclosed. The method includes heating the aqueous ammonium bicarbonate solution at a temperature of from 70.degree. C. to 100.degree. C., followed by addition of sulfuric acid to control the pH in the range of from 6.5 to 8.5 and addition of ammonium sulfate to precipitate out the vanadium.
Claims7
A method of recovering vanadium values from an aqueous ammonium bicarbonate solvent extraction strip solution comprising:
- (a) heating the aqueous ammonium bicarbonate strip solution containing vanadium values to a temperature of from 70.degree. C. to 100.degree. C. in order to decompose the ammonium bicarbonate to NH.sub.3 and CO.sub.2 ;
- (b) distilling NH.sub.3 and CO.sub.2 from the aqueous solution;
- (c) adding sulfuric acid to the strip solution in order to bring the pH of the strip solution in the range of from 6.5 to 8.5;
- (d) adding ammonium sulfate to the solution to a total concentration of 0.2M to 10M;
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- (e) separating the vanadium metal values from the strip solution.
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