This invention provides a method for producing hot-pressed iron blocks from
laterite nickel ore hydrometallurgical
slag, belonging to the field of
laterite nickel ore hydrometallurgical
slag utilization technology. The process includes the following steps: S1, pressure
filtration and water removal, reducing the
moisture content of the wet
slag to ≤30%; S2,
drying and crushing, reducing the
moisture content of the dried slag to ≤5%; S3, preheating, decrystallization,
sulfate decomposition, and desulfurization, generating SO2 gas and hot-roasted sand containing oxides such as Fe2O3, Fe3O4, and CaO; S4, the hot-roasted sand is reduced in a multi-stage
fluidized bed consisting of a second-stage pre-reduction
fluidized bed and a third-stage final reduction horizontal
bubbling fluidized bed, using H2 as the
reducing agent. After reduction in the second and third-stage reduction fluidized beds, the degree of reduction reaches 65-85% and the metallization rate is >93%, respectively; S5, the reduced
iron powder from the third-stage final reduction horizontal
bubbling fluidized bed is processed into hot-pressed iron blocks by a hot-pressing device. The purified high-temperature
flue gas is then recycled in the burner of a flash heater, thus utilizing the wet
smelting slag of
laterite nickel ore.