화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemical Engineering Communications, Vol.197, No.12, 1485-1499, 2010
MODELING THE COMPENSATION EFFECT FOR DIFFERENT BAUXITE TYPES LEACHING IN NaOH SOLUTION
This article presents the results of experimental investigations of the leaching process kinetics for different types of bauxite: gibbsite [image omitted], boehmite [image omitted], diaspore [image omitted], and gibbsite/boehmite and boehmite/diaspore mixtures. The process kinetics were investigated under isothermal conditions, while selection of the kinetic models for linearization of experimental isotherms =f(t) was performed by using Sharp's method of reduced halftime or reaction t/t0,5. As the results of the kinetic parameters evaluation, the linear dependence of activation energy on the density of bauxite types, with the correlation coefficient of R2=0.978, was detected. Also, the linear dependence of the Arrhenius parameters logarithm on activation energy was confirmed lnA=f(Ea). The resulting degree of the correlation for this dependence was R2=0.999, which led to the conclusion that such a dependence should be considered as a potential compensation effect of the investigated system. This brings new possibilities for making decisions concerning the leaching rate depending on the mineralogical form of the starting bauxite.