The application discloses a method for preparing
zinc sulfate electrolyte from
zinc-containing electric furnace dust, and belongs to the field of
hydrometallurgy. The method uses
zinc-containing electric furnace dust as
raw material, and performs pre-
roasting-acid leaching treatment by adding
roasting aid
ferrous sulfide (FeS). The steps are as follows: the zinc-containing electric furnace dust is uniformly mixed with FeS according to a certain
mass ratio, and then roasted at a certain temperature for a certain time; the roasted product is added into appropriate dilute
sulfuric acid for leaching, and then separated into
solid and liquid through magnetic stirring and suction
filtration to obtain zinc
sulfate solution and iron-containing leaching residue. The generated zinc
sulfate solution can be used as
electrolyte for electrolytic zinc, and can be directly sent to an electrolytic zinc
plant for electrodeposition to prepare
metal zinc; the iron-containing leaching residue can be returned to an iron
smelting plant for iron
smelting process. The application ingeniously uses FeS to pre-sulfate Zn in the form of ZnO and ZnFe2O4 in the zinc-containing electric furnace dust into zinc sulfate, and then completely converts it into zinc sulfate through dilute
sulfuric acid leaching, so that zinc in the zinc-containing electric furnace dust is simply and efficiently extracted. The
leaching rate of zinc is as high as 95.33%, and the
leaching rate of iron is only 0.17%, so that most of the iron remains in the leaching residue, and the
iron removal step before zinc electrodeposition can be avoided. The application can realize zinc extraction and iron separation from the zinc-containing electric furnace dust through the pre-
roasting-acid leaching process, realize resource recycling of zinc and iron, realize full utilization and
resource utilization of the zinc-containing electric furnace dust, and is a new method for efficiently disposing the zinc-containing electric furnace dust.