中国有色金属学报(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
| Vol. 34 No. 11 November 2024 |
（1. School of Metallurgy Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China;
2. Key Laboratory of Ionic Rare Earth Resources and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ganzhou 341000, China;
3. Ganzhou Engineering Technology Research Center of Green Metallurgy and Process Intensification, Ganzhou 341000, China;
4. School of Material Engineering, Jiangxi College of Applied Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China）
Abstract:Oxygen-enriched top-blown smelting is a promising technology for processing waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs). The distribution behavior of valuable elements in WPCBs during smelting was investigated by varying the oxygen-enriched concentration, oxygen volume, CaO/SiO2 (mass ratio), and Fe/SiO2 (mass ratio). The optimal operating conditions were obtained by implementing a one-factor-at-a-time method. X-ray diffractometer, scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectrometer, and inductive coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy methods were utilized to detect the chemical composition, occurrence state as well as elemental contents of alloy and slag. It is found that the elements of Cu, Sn and Ni are mainly accumulated in the alloy while Fe is mainly oxidized into the slag. The direct yields of Cu, Sn and Ni are 90.18%, 85.32% and 81.10% under the optimal conditions of temperature 1250 °C, oxygen-enriched concentration 30%, oxygen volume 24 L, CaO/SiO2 mass ratio 0.55, and Fe/SiO2 mass ratio 1.05. The results show that the valuable metals are mainly lost in the slag through mechanical entrainment.
Key words: waste printed circuit boards; top-blown smelting; element distribution; thermomechanical analysis; slag type
