The invention discloses a
zinc sulfate solution
impurity removal method based on a three-section countercurrent purification process, and belongs to the technical field of
hydrometallurgy. Heating the
zinc sulfate solution containing impurities to 60-70 DEG C in a first-section reaction tank, reacting for 30-60 minutes, adding the second-section pressure filter residue, and performing pressure
filtration to obtain a first-section purified solution and a first-section pressure filter residue; the first-section purified liquid is transferred into a second-section reaction tank,
zinc powder and third-section filter residues are added, the adding amount of the zinc
powder is 0.8-2 times of the theoretical amount of the zinc
powder needed for
metal cadmium replacement, the temperature is increased to 70-80 DEG C, a reaction is conducted for 60-90 min, and second-section purified liquid and second-section filter residues are obtained after filter pressing; the second-section purified liquid is transferred into a third-section reaction tank, zinc powder is supplemented, the adding amount is 180-300 times of the theoretical amount of the zinc powder needed for
metal cobalt replacement, the temperature is increased to 80-90 DEG C, a reaction is conducted for 90-120 min, and third-section purified liquid and third-section filter pressing residues are obtained after filter pressing; and returning the third-section press-filter residue to the second-section reaction tank, returning the second-section press-filter residue to the first-section reaction tank, and reversely recycling. The method has the advantages of sufficient reaction
kinetics, high
utilization rate of zinc powder, low zinc content in purified
slag, simple process, deep
impurity removal, low consumption and high efficiency.