The invention discloses a dechlorination and
copper removal process for
zinc hydrometallurgy in the field of
metal hydrometallurgy. The dechlorination and
copper removal process comprises the following steps: 1) dechlorination of a neutral leaching solution: feeding the neutral leaching solution obtained by neutral leaching and filter pressing of secondary
zinc oxide mineral
powder into a dechlorination tank, adding
copper removal
slag, replacement
slag and a
copper sulfate solution, adjusting the pH value of a
system to 2-2.5, heating to 60-70 DEG C, and stirring for 30-50 minutes; after the content of the solution is detected to be less than 0.5 g / L, carrying out rapid filter pressing, feeding a dechlorination solution into a copper removal tank, and feeding dechlorination residues into a regeneration tank; (2) copper removal through the dechlorination liquid:
zinc powder is added into the dechlorination liquid in the copper removal tank in batches, the pH value of the
system is adjusted to 4-4.5, and stirring is conducted for 30-40 min; and after detecting that the content of the solution is less than 0.1 g / L, carrying out filter pressing, feeding the copper-removed solution into an
iron removal station, and returning the copper-removed
slag to the dechlorination tank in the step 1). The production cost is reduced through material internal circulation (copper source cyclic utilization), the
impurity removal efficiency reaches the standard, no waste water is discharged, by-products are recycled, and the method is suitable for low-grade zinc
raw material wet
smelting.