Mining, Minerals Processing and Metallurgical Engineering

Separation of phosphorus from metallurgical-grade silicon via micro negative pressure during oxidative ladle refining

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  • Xiao-cong DENG1,2, Kui-xian WEI1,2,3, Wen-hui MA1,2,3, Qi-wei TANG1,2, Hui ZHANG1,2
1. Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China;
2. National Engineering Laboratory for Vacuum Metallurgy, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China;
3. Key Laboratory (MOST) of Clean Utilization in Complex Non-ferrous Metal Resources, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China

Online published: 2023-04-25

Abstract

The stable separation of P from metallurgical-grade silicon (MG-Si) was achieved by introducing a micro negative-pressure (MNP) environment with oxidative ladle refining. The average relative removal efficiency of P was increased from -1.9428% to 21.7638% with the introduction of MNP environment. During MNP oxidative ladle refining (MNPOLR), P was not enriched in slag and instead was separated via gas phase transfer. Despite the low boiling point of P and its highly saturated vapor pressure, the volatilization of P was controlled by gas diffusion during conventional oxidative ladle refining. The continuous separation of fume via MNPOLR weakened the diffusion resistance of P in the gas phase, efficiently separating P from MG-Si. Therefore, MNPOLR is an effective P separation technique that can be widely applied.

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Xiao-congDENG,Kui-xianWEI,Wen-huiMA,Qi-weiTANG,HuiZHANG, . Separation of phosphorus from metallurgical-grade silicon via micro negative pressure during oxidative ladle refining[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2023 , 33(4) : 1296 -1304 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(23)66183-7

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