Separation of Uranium(VI) and Vanadium(V) from Sulfuric Acid Media by Amine Based Extractants through Liquid-liquid Extraction Technique#

Jong-Hyuk Jeon; Jin-Young Lee; Joon Soo Kim; Ho-Sung Yoon; Kumar Jyothi Rajesh

doi:10.7844/kirr.2021.30.4.64

All Issue

2021 Vol.30, Issue 4 Preview Page

Separation of Uranium(VI) and Vanadium(V) from Sulfuric Acid Media by Amine Based Extractants through Liquid-liquid Extraction Technique^# 황산 용액으로부터 아민계 추출제의 액-액 추출법에 의한 우라늄(VI)과 바나듐(V)의 분리^#

31 August 2021. pp. 64-74

PDF XML

Abstract

The importance of uranium metal is growing day by day in light of its increasing global demand for fulfilling societal needs through atomic power programs. Considering the high demand for uranium, it is necessary to find innovative hydrometallurgical techniques to separate uranium from other associated elements, especially vanadium. This study deals with the separation of uranium(VI) and vanadium(V) from sulfuric acid solutions using commercial amine-based extractants diluted in kerosene. The concentrations of the sulfuric acid solutions ranged from 0.005 to 5.0 mol/L. The effect of extractant concentration ranging from 0.005 to 0.2 mol/L was studied. The temperature was maintained at 25°C and the experiment was performed for 30 min at an aqueous: organic phase ratio of 1 (A:O = 1:1). The calculated separation factors (SFs) are presented and comparisons are made among all the experiments.

Keywords

Uranium(VI)

Vanadium(V)

Separation

Amine based extractants

Extraction

원자력 발전 프로그램에 의해 세계 우라늄 메탈의 수요가 증가함에 따라 우라늄 메탈의 중요도는 날로 증가하고 있다. 이러한 우라늄 수요의 높은 증가로 인해 주로 바나듐을 비롯한 다른 원소들로부터 우라늄을 회수하고자 하는 새로운 추출법들이 더욱 중요하게 되었다. 본 연구에서는 kerosene에 희석된 상업용 아민 기반 추출제를 사용하여 황산 용액에서 우라늄(VI)과 바나듐(V)을 분리하는 방법을 다루었다. 0.005 ~ 5.0 mol/L농도의 황산 용액과 0.005 ~ 0.2 mol/L농도의 추출제를 사용하였다. 모든 실험은 25℃에서 30분동안 동일한 수상과 유기상의 비율(A:O = 1:1)로 수행하였다. 실험 결과 값으로부터 계산된 분리 계수(SF’s)를 제시하고 모든 실험 값과 비교하였다.

키워드

우라늄(VI)

바나듐(V)

분리

아민계 추출제

액-액 추출

References

Nigond, L., Musikas, C., Cuillerdier, C., 1994 : Extraction By N,N,N',N'-Tetraalkyl-2 Alkyl Propane-1,3 Diamides. I. H₂O, HNO₃ And HClO₄, Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 12(2), pp.261-296. 10.1080/07366299408918211

Nair, G.M., Mahajan, G.R., Prabhu, D.R., 1995 : Extraction of uranium(VI) and plutonium(IV) with some high molecular weight aliphatic monoamides from nitric acid medium, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 191(2), pp.323-330. 10.1007/BF02038228

Nair, G.M., Prabhu, D.R., Mahajan, G.R., 1994 : Methylbutylmalonamide as an extractant for U(VI), Pu(IV) and Am(III), Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 186(1), pp.47-55. 10.1007/BF02163241

Nakamura, T., Miyake, C., 1995 : Extraction Of Lanthanide (III) And Uranyl(VI) From Nitric Acid Solution By N,N'- Dimethyl-N,N'-Dibutylmalonamide, Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 13(2), pp.253-273. 10.1080/07366299508918273

Preston, J.S., du Preez, A.C., 1995 : Solvent extraction of uranium(VI) and thorium(IV) from nitrate media by carboxylic acid amides, Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 13(3), pp.391-413. 10.1080/07366299508918282

Ruikar, P.B., Nagar, M.S., Subramanian, M.S., et al., 1995 : Extraction behavior of uranium(VI), plutonium(IV) and some fission products with gamma pre-irradiated n-dodecane solutions of N,N′-dihexyl substituted amides, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistr, 196(1), pp.171-178. 10.1007/BF02036302

Moore, F.L., 1958 : Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Uranium and Plutonium from Hydrochloric Acid Solution with Tri(iso-octyl)amine: Separation from Thorium and Fission Products, Analytical Chemistry, 30(5), pp.908-911. 10.1021/ac60137a012

Južnič, K., Fedina, Š., 1974 : The extraction of uranium (IV) from sulphuric acid by tri-octylamine in benzene, Microchimica Acta, 62(1), pp.39-44. 10.1007/BF01271414

Goldenberg, J.F., Abbruzzese, C., 1983 : Extraction of uranium from heap leach liquor with tri-n-octylamine: Equilibrium data and flow-sheet calculations, International Journal of Mineral Processing, 10(4), pp.241-254. 10.1016/0301-7516(83)90015-7

Lyle, S.J., Tamizi, M., 1983 : A study of equilibria in the extraction of uranium (VI) from aqueous sulphate solution by tri-n-octylamine in benzene or petroleum spirit, Hydrometallurgy, 11(1), pp.1-11. 10.1016/0304-386X(83)90012-9

Ito, K., 1993 : Extraction of technetium(VII) from uranium (VI) in nitric acid system by primary amine - n-heptane solution, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 171(2), pp.371-382. 10.1007/BF02219861

Behera, P., Mishra, R., Chakravortty, V., 1993 : Solvent extraction of uranium(VI) and molybdenium(VI) by Alamine 310 and its mixtures from aqueous H₃PO₄ solution, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 173(1), pp.161-169. 10.1007/BF02102708

El-Nadi, Y.A., Awwad, N.S., Nayl, A.A., 2009 : A comparative study of vanadium extraction by Aliquat-336 from acidic and alkaline media with application to spent catalyst, International Journal of Mineral Processing, 92(3-4), pp.115-120. 10.1016/j.minpro.2009.03.005

Lozano, L.J., Godínez, C., 2003 : Comparative study of solvent extraction of vanadium from sulphate solutions by primene 81R and alamine 336, Minerals Engineering, 16(3), pp.291-294. 10.1016/S0892-6875(03)00009-8

Coşar, T., Ziyadanoǧullari, R., 1998 : Separation of molybdenum, vanadium and nickel by liquid-liquid extraction, Turkish Journal of Chemistry, 22(4), pp.379-386.

Biswas, S., Hareendran, K.N., Singh, D.K., et al., 2010 : Extraction of U(VI) and Th(IV) from nitric acid medium using tri(butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBEP) in n -paraffin, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 283(3), pp.665-668. 10.1007/s10967-010-0453-4

Cueva Sola, A.B., Parhi, P.K., Lee, J.Y., et al., 2020 : Environmentally friendly approach to recover vanadium and tungsten from spent SCR catalyst leach liquors using Aliquat 336, RSC Advances, 10(34), pp.19736-19746. 10.1039/D0RA02229B

Cueva Sola, A.B., Jeon, J., Lee, J.Y., et al., 2020 : Spent SCR Catalyst Leach Liquor Processed for Valuable Metals Extraction by Solvent Extraction Technique, Journal of Korean Institute of Resources Recycling, 29(2), pp.55-61.

Gamare, J.S., Chetty, K. V., Mukerjee, S.K., et al., 2009 : Extraction studies of Uranium(VI), Plutonium(IV) and Americium(III) from nitric acid using the Bi-functional carbamoyl methyl sulfoxide ligands, Analytical Sciences, 25(9), pp.1167-1170. 10.2116/analsci.25.116719745549

Takahashi, Y., Hotokezaka, H., Noda, K., et al., 2009 : Extraction of uranium(VI) from nitric acid solution using pyrrolidone derivatives, Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 46(8), pp.787-792. 10.1080/18811248.2007.9711586

Lapka, J.L., Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M.Y. et al., 2009 : Extraction of uranium(VI) with diamides of dipicolinic acid from nitric acid solutions, Radiochimica Acta, 97(6), pp.291-296. 10.1524/ract.2009.1588

Singh, S.K., Dhami, P.S., Tripathi, S.C., et al., 2009 : Studies on the recovery of uranium from phosphoric acid medium using synergistic mixture of (2-Ethyl hexyl) Phosphonic acid, mono (2-ethyl hexyl) ester (PC88A) and Tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP), Hydrometallurgy, 95(1-2), pp.170-174. 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.04.006

Jha, R.K., Gupta, K.K., Kulkarni, P.G., et al., 2008 : Third phase formation studies in the extraction of Th(IV) and U(VI) by N,N-dialkyl aliphatic amides, Desalination 232 (1-3), pp.225-233. 10.1016/j.desal.2007.11.054

Egorova, N.S., Belova, V. V., Voshkin, A.A., et al., 2008 : Extraction of uranyl nitrate with a binary extractant based on di(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl)phosphinic acid, Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering, 42(5), pp.708-713. 10.1134/S0040579508050394

SATO, T., TAKAYANAGI, T., SATO, K., 2010 : Liquid- Liquid Extraction of Palladium(II) from Hydrochloric Acid Solutions by High Molecular Weight Amines, Solvent Extraction Research and Development, Japan, 17, pp.95- 110. 10.15261/serdj.17.95

Alibrahim, M., Shlewit, H., Alike, S., 2008 : Solvent extraction of Vanadium(IV) with di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid and tributyl phosphate, Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, 52(1), pp.29-33. 10.3311/pp.ch.2008-1.06

Kurbatova, L.D., Kurbatov, D.I., 2008 : Vanadium(V) extraction from sulfuric acid solutions, Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 53(7), pp.1154-1157. 10.1134/S0036023608070292

Elizalde, M.P., Garcia Pavon, E., Almela, A., et al., 2008 : Vanadium extraction from phosphoric acid solutions by LIX 860-I. Application to industrial phosphoric acid, Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 26(3), pp.180-191. 10.1080/07366290802053520

Langade, A.D., Shinde, V.M., 1980 : Liquid-liquid extraction and separation studies of uranium(VI), Mikrochimica Acta, 74(1-2), pp.93-98. 10.1007/BF01196490

Kim, C.J., Kumar, J.R., Kim, J.S., et al., 2012 : Solvent extraction studies on uranium using amine based extractants and recovery from low grade ore leach liquors, Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 23, pp.1254-1264. 10.1590/S0103-50532012000700009

Kumar, J.R., Kim, J.S., Lee, J.Y., et al., 2010 : Solvent extraction of uranium(VI) and separation of vanadium(V) from sulfate solutions using Alamine 336, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 285(2), pp.301- 308. 10.1007/s10967-010-0552-2

Kim, J.-S., Kim, S.-D., Lee, H.-I., et al., 2013 : Process development for uranium and vanadium recovery from Korean Okcheon black shale ore leach liquor, Monatshefte für chemie-Chemical Monthly, 144(11), pp.1589-1596. 10.1007/s00706-013-1061-0

Kim, J.S., Chung, K.W., Lee, H.I., et al., 2014 : Leaching behavior of uranium and vanadium using strong sulfuric acid from Korean black shale ore, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 299(1), pp.81-87. 10.1007/s10967-013-2732-3

Janardhan Reddy, K., Rajesh Kumar, J., Reddy, M.L.P., et al., 2009 : Synergistic enhancement and separation of zirconium(IV) and hafnium(IV) with 3-Phenyl-4-benzoyl- 5-isoxazolone in the presence of crown ethers, Separation Science and Technology, 44(9), pp.2022-2040. 10.1080/01496390902885882

Kumar, J.R., Lee, H.I., Lee, J.Y., et al., 2008 : Comparison of liquid-liquid extraction studies on platinum(IV) from acidic solutions using bis(2,4,4-trimethylpentyl) monothiophosphinic acid, Separation and Purification Technology, 63(1), pp.184-190. 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.04.014

Joon-Soo Kim, J. Rajesh Kumar, Jin-Young Lee, et al., 2011 : Extraction and Separation of U(VI) and V(V) from Sulfate Solutions using Alamine Extractants, Proceedings of European Metallurgical Conference (EMC), Germany, Düsseldorf, 26-29 June 2011, pp.1149-1160.

Information

Publisher :The Korean Institute of Resources Recycling
Publisher(Ko) :한국자원리싸이클링학회
Journal Title :Resources Recycling
Journal Title(Ko) :자원리싸이클링
Volume : 30
No :4
Pages :64-74
Received Date : 2021-07-28
Revised Date : 2021-08-12
Accepted Date : 2021-08-12
DOI :https://doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2021.30.4.64

Resources Recycling ISSN:2765-3439(Print) 2765-3447(Online) 자원리싸이클링

All Issue