Method for recovering valuable metals from slag and apparatus for manufacturing multifunctional aggregate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9469885-B2
Application number	US-201314096956-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2013
Priority date	Nov 29, 2011
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus for recovering valuable metals and manufacturing multifunctional aggregate from slag. The apparatus includes a slag reforming processing pot 10 in which molten slag discharged from a converter or an electric furnace is stored, a reducing agent introducing part 20 which introduces a reducing agent into the slag reforming processing pot from above, the reducing agent recovering valuable metals from the molten slag, a reducing agent inflow part 25 which inputs a reducing agent into the slag reforming processing pot through a lower portion of a side of the slag reforming processing pot, the reducing agent recovering valuable metals from the molten slag, and cooling units 30 and 40 which create bubbles and perform controlled cooling in order to convert the molten slag, from which the valuable metals are recovered, into a light material having a porous structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for recovering valuable metals and manufacturing multifunctional aggregate from slag, comprising:
a slag reforming processing pot in which molten slag discharged from a converter or an electric furnace is stored;
a reducing agent introducing part that introduces a reducing agent into the slag reforming processing pot, wherein the reducing agent recovers valuable metals from a molten slag;
a reducing agent inflow part that inputs the reducing agent into the slag reforming processing pot via a lower portion of a side of the slag reforming processing pot, wherein the reducing agent recovers valuable metals from the molten slag; and
a cooling unit configured to create bubbles and cool the molten slag to convert the molten slag into a material having a porous structure,
wherein the reducing agent inflow part includes:
an injection pipe disposed at the lower portion of the side of the slag reforming processing pot and configured to introduce the reducing agent and a gas into the slag reforming processing pot;
a supply pipe connected to one portion of the injection pipe and configured to supply the reducing agent and the gas to the injection pipe; and
an aperture opener disposed in the injection pipe and configured to open an outlet of the injection pipe when the outlet is closed.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reducing agent introducing part includes:
a hopper in which the reducing agent is stored;
a lance pipe that extends from the hopper into the slag reforming processing pot to inject the reducing agent into the slag reforming processing pot; and
an inflow controller configured to calculate an amount of the reducing agent introduced into the slag reforming processing pot via the lance pipe.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the aperture opener includes:
a body disposed at one end of the injection pipe that is opposite the outlet, wherein the body includes a space through which hydraulic or pneumatic pressure enters and exits; and
an aperture opening part that opens and closes inside the body in a direction toward the outlet of the injection pipe, wherein a part of the outer circumference of the leading end of the aperture opening part corresponds to an inner diameter of the injection pipe.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the aperture opening part has a conical leading end.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a reducing agent sensor configured to detect a closure of the outlet of the injection pipe based on whether the reducing agent flows inside the injection pipe; and
an opener controller configured to receive a detection signal from the reducing agent sensor and open the outlet of the injection pipe by operating the aperture opener in response to determining the closure of the outlet of the injection pipe.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the supply pipe is connected to a reducing agent supply pipe connected to the hopper and a gas supply pipe, wherein the supplied reducing agent and the gas are mixed before being supplied to the injection pipe.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the reducing agent supply pipe and the gas supply pipe include injection valves configured to adjust amounts of the supplied reducing agent and the supplied gas.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling unit includes:
a steam supplying part configured to introduce steam into the slag reforming processing pot, wherein the steam cools the molten slag to produce the solid slag; and
a gas supplying part configured to introduce a carrier gas into the slag reforming processing pot, wherein the carrier gas increases a reaction between the molten slag and the reducing agent,

wherein the cooling is performed as a mixture gas that includes the steam and the carrier gas which is blown into the molten slag.

Assignees

• Hyundai Steel Co

Inventors

• Ki Joon-Seong

Classifications

• C22B7/04 Primary

  Working-up slag · CPC title

• C04B18/141

  Slags · CPC title

• Y02W30/94

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• C04B5/065

  Porous slag · CPC title

• Y02P10/212

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic