This invention relates to a desulfurization method for leaching residue from high-pressure acid leaching of
laterite nickel ore, and pertains to the treatment of leaching residue from high-pressure acid leaching of
laterite nickel ore. The method includes the following steps: S1,
drying and dispersing: the leaching residue from high-pressure acid leaching of
laterite nickel ore is pressure filtered, dried, and dispersed to reduce its
moisture content to ≤3%, resulting in pretreated dried nickel
slag; S2, suspension
roasting desulfurization: the pretreated dried nickel
slag is fed into a suspension
roasting furnace
system and subjected to suspension
roasting under a weakly
reducing atmosphere and a low gas-
solid mass ratio, allowing the encapsulated sulfates in the nickel
slag to fully decompose, thereby achieving desulfurization and ultimately achieving a stable reduction in the total
sulfur mass fraction of the desulfurized nickel slag to ≤0.1%. In step S1, the particle size D90 of the dried material is ≤75μm; in S2, the weakly
reducing atmosphere during roasting has a CO content ≤5%, the roasting temperature is 850℃~950℃, and the material
residence time is 10~30s. Using this method, the total
sulfur content of nickel slag can be stably reduced from 2.3% (original slag
sulfur content) to ≤ 0.1%, with a stable desulfurization rate of ≥ 95%.