The invention provides a method for concentrating
potassium alkali through
membrane distillation, and aims to solve the technical problems of
high energy consumption and heat efficiency
bottleneck in the existing multi-effect
evaporation technology. The method for concentrating
potassium alkali by
membrane distillation comprises the following steps: S10, pretreatment: filtering an initial
potassium alkali solution and regulating pH and temperature; s20,
membrane distillation and
pulse flow operation are conducted, and efficient
evaporation separation of water is achieved through low-grade
heat energy; s30,
seed crystal induction and product extraction are conducted, preliminary
crystallization of a supersaturated solution is generated in the membrane
distillation system, microcrystal nucleuses are generated, the
crystal nucleuses are introduced into the step S20, and
crystal mush is produced; and S40, fractional
crystallization and
solid-liquid separation: further concentrating and separating
crystal mush from the membrane
distillation system to obtain potassium alkali
solid. And S50, periodic cleaning is conducted, when the flux of a certain stage in the step S20 is attenuated to 80% of the initial flux, cleaning is conducted, and
acid washing, alkali washing and flushing are conducted in sequence. According to the method, low-grade
heat energy is adopted during membrane
distillation, and
pulse flow operation is utilized, so that
energy consumption is reduced, and heat efficiency is improved.