Analysis of Vanadium Extraction Process Based on METSIM Simulation Software
In order to improve the recovery rate of vanadium resources and reduce the waste of water resources in the vanadium extraction process,a vanadium containing steel slag pressure enhanced vanadium extraction process is proposed.By understanding the properties of vanadium,using METSIM software to model the vanadium extraction process,setting unit parameters,and conducting material balance optimization analysis,it is determined to first treat calcium vanadate,then optimize the way of washing the tailings,and finally test the application effect of the process.After optimization,the water resource consumption in the vanadium extraction process was reduced,and the total water consumption and evaporation water were reduced by 7 569 t/a and 7 645 t/a,respectively.The balance optimization of total material,vanadium,water,and alkali was achieved,and the application effect was good.