Treatment of alkaline bauxite residue

A process is disclosed for treating a Bayer process waste comprising a slurry containing bauxite residue and dissolved aluminium. The process comprises supplying the waste to a settling area to cause the bauxite residue to settle out of the slurry, thereby producing a supernatant liquor. The process...

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Hauptverfasser:	ANDERSON JOHN VICTOR, PELOQUIN GUY, O'BRIEN BEN, ROUSSEAUX JEAN-MARC
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL MATERIALS FOR USE IN BREATHING APPARATUS CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES OR FOR COMBATING ORPROTECTING AGAINST HARMFUL CHEMICAL AGENTS CHEMISTRY COMPOUNDS OF THE METALS BERYLLIUM, MAGNESIUM, ALUMINIUM,CALCIUM, STRONTIUM, BARIUM, RADIUM, THORIUM, OR OF THERARE-EARTH METALS FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS FIRE-FIGHTING HUMAN NECESSITIES INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LIFE-SAVING METALLURGY PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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Zusammenfassung:	A process is disclosed for treating a Bayer process waste comprising a slurry containing bauxite residue and dissolved aluminium. The process comprises supplying the waste to a settling area to cause the bauxite residue to settle out of the slurry, thereby producing a supernatant liquor. The process further comprises neutralizing the supernatant liquor with a solution containing magnesium and calcium to produce a neutralized slurry containing precipitated hydrotalcites and thickening the neutralized slurry to produce a clarified effluent and a compacted slurry containing the precipitated hydrotalcites, part of said compacted slurry being recirculated to the supernatant liquor to be neutralized and/or directly to the neutralizing step The clarified effluent and the compacted slurry are disposed of separately. Also disclosed is a plant for treating a Bayer process waste.