The invention provides a method and a
system for recovering
chromium and aluminum from a waste
chromium catalyst. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out alkali fusion reaction on the waste
chromium catalyst and
sodium hydroxide to obtain alkali fusion clinker; mixing the alkali fusion clinker with water, pulping, leaching, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain a water leaching solution containing Na2CrO4 and NaAlO2 and a
filter cake containing Al2O3; adding a
barium salt solution or
solid into the
aqueous extract containing Na2CrO4 and NaAlO2, reacting to generate a BaCrO4 precipitate, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain a BaCrO4
filter cake and a
sodium metaaluminate filtrate; reacting the BaCrO4
filter cake with an inorganic acid, and carrying out solid-liquid separation to obtain a
chromic acid solution and a
barium sulfate precipitate; and adding an acid solution into the
sodium metaaluminate filtrate, adjusting the pH value to 7-8, and carrying out solid-liquid separation to obtain an Al (OH) 3 filter cake. According to the method, Cr (III) in the waste catalyst is directionally converted into Cr (VI) through an alkali fusion
oxidation process, then the
solubility difference of
sodium chromate and sodium metaaluminate in an
aqueous solution is fully utilized, the high-selectivity separation characteristic of
barium chromate
precipitation is combined, the chromium-aluminum
separation problem is fundamentally solved, and the finally obtained product is excellent in purity.