The invention relates to the technical field of
resource recovery of waste mercury catalysts, and particularly discloses a method and a device for recovering mercury from a waste mercuric
chloride catalyst based on ultrasonic-assisted acidic
thiourea leaching. The method comprises the following steps: crushing the waste catalyst, mixing the crushed waste catalyst with an acidic
thiourea leaching agent with a specific concentration in proportion, and leaching under a specific ultrasonic condition to enable mercury to form a soluble complex to enter a solution; separating the
leachate through a microporous membrane, and reducing the filtrate through
zinc powder to obtain mercury precipitate; and finally, centrifuging, washing and
drying to obtain high-purity
metal mercury. The device
system integrates equipment such as a catalyst
crusher, an ultrasonic leacher, a microporous membrane separator, a reaction kettle and a centrifugal
machine. According to the method, efficient
recovery of mercury is achieved through a mild wet process, the
leaching rate reaches 90% or above, the purity of the reduced mercury product is larger than or equal to 99.5%, and the method has the advantages of being low in
energy consumption, small in
pollution and stable and reliable in process.