The invention discloses a method for preparing
iron oxide and
calcium chloride by electrochemically recovering iron-containing waste
hydrochloric acid, and belongs to the technical field of waste
acid treatment. The method comprises the following steps: S1, respectively putting a
cathode and an
anode at two ends of an
electrolytic cell, putting a diaphragm to separate the
cathode and the
anode, filtering the iron-containing waste
hydrochloric acid, removing suspended matters and
solid residues, and introducing the iron-containing waste
hydrochloric acid into the
electrolytic cell; s2, measuring the content of iron element and the content of
free acid in the iron-containing waste hydrochloric acid, and adding a neutralizing agent to neutralize redundant
free acid; s3, applying
voltage between the
cathode and the
anode according to the content of the iron element, performing electrolytic reaction to generate an oxidation intermediate, and oxidizing the iron element by using the oxidation intermediate to obtain a precipitate
iron oxide and a
calcium chloride solution; and S4, adding a proper amount of water into the reaction solution for
dilution, filtering to obtain
iron oxide, and concentrating the filtrate to obtain
calcium chloride. According to the method, the oxidation intermediate generated by waste hydrochloric acid
electrolysis is used as the
oxidizing agent, the
ferrous ions in the waste hydrochloric acid are selectively oxidized, other oxidizing agents do not need to be additionally added, new impurities cannot be generated in the
oxidation process, the
treatment time is short, the product is controllable, and remarkable
economic benefits and
social benefits are achieved.