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Enrichment of iron element from sulfur-containing iron tailings by S-HGMS technology

  • Zhou, Ya-qian (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing) ;
  • Yang, Rui-ming (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing) ;
  • Guo, Peng-hui (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing) ;
  • Li, Su-qin (School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing) ;
  • Xing, Yi (School of Energy and Environment, University of Science and Technology Beijing)
  • Received : 2021.04.30
  • Accepted : 2021.06.28
  • Published : 2021.09.30

Abstract

Comprehensive utilization of sulfur-containing iron tailings (SIT) not only solves environmental problems but also creates certain economic value. The iron element from SIT was enriched by the superconducting high gradient magnetic separation (S-HGMS) technology in this study. In the experiments, the total iron content (TFe) was increased from 26.3% to 60.5% with the total sulfur content (TS) of 5.9% under the optimal parameters, i.e., a magnetic flux density of 0.4 T, a slurry flow rate of 1500 mL/min. The high-quality sulfur-containing material with TFe of more than 60% was obtained, which can be used for preparing high-sulfur free cutting steel. The S-HGMS technology can realize the resource utilization of iron tailings with high added value.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51874039) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2017YFC0210301).

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