The invention discloses a method and a
system for continuously extracting
lithium by utilizing waste materials. The method comprises the following steps: step 1, a continuous ball milling step; 2, a continuous
sodium removal step; adding
bottom water into a
sodium removal reaction kettle, transferring the ball-milled
slurry into the
sodium removal reaction kettle, and starting stirring; heating the
slurry in the sodium removal reaction kettle to 25-100 DEG C;
lime milk is added and stirred, so that the
lime milk reacts with the
slurry, and precipitates are obtained after the reaction; 3, continuously extracting
lithium; the method comprises the following steps: preparing insoluble solids and reuse water according to a
mass ratio of 1: (0.5-10) in a continuous
lithium extraction reaction kettle, starting stirring, and adding
sulfuric acid; adding
lime milk to convert aluminum
sulfate into insoluble aluminum
hydroxide and
calcium sulfate precipitates; 4, a continuous
impurity removal step; 5, continuously depositing lithium; adding the
impurity-removed
lithium sulfate solution and a
sodium carbonate solution into a continuous lithium
precipitation reaction kettle, and heating to carry out a lithium
precipitation reaction so as to precipitate
lithium carbonate; and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain
lithium carbonate and lithium
precipitation mother liquor. According to the invention, continuous lithium extraction can be realized, and the whole process is controllable.