Experimental Study on Hydrogen-based Mineral Phase Transformation Followed by Magnetic Separation of Iron Ore from Shilu,Hainan
The iron content of the Shilu iron ore in Hainan province is 52.45%.Within this composition,a substantial 86.18%manifests as hematite/limonite,with a minor presence of magnetite.To efficiently recover this ore,a systematic experi-mental study on Hydrogen-based Mineral Phase Transformation(HMPT)-magnetic separation process was carried out,and the products under the optimal conditions were analyzed by chemical composition,XRD and VSM.The results indicate that,under the optimal conditions of a feed particle size of-0.074 mm accounting for 89.41%,HMPT temperature of 525 ℃,HMPT time of 10 min,total gas flow rate of 500 mL/min,H2 concentration of 20%,and HMPT product grinding fineness of-0.045 mm ac-counting for 69.68%,the iron concentrate with an iron grade of 65.26%and an iron recovery rate of 95.39%was obtained by magnetic separation.The iron concentrate obtained from the experiments exhibited an increase of 2.7 percentage points in iron grade and a commendable 30 percentage point rise in iron recovery rate compared to the original gravity and magnetic separa-tion combined process.The study not only provides technical support for the industrial application of HMPT-efficient sorting in Hainan Shilu iron ore,but also opens up new avenues for the green and efficient sorting of other complex and refractory iron ore resources.
iron oreHydrogen-based Mineral Phase Transformation(HMPT)magnetic separationH2 and CO molar ratio