Novel membrane percrystallisation process for nickel sulphate production

Add time:08/01/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

This research reports on an investigation of the performance of inorganic membranes for use in the percrystallisation of nickel sulphate hydrate. In this novel process, the separation of the solvent (water) and the crystallised solute (nickel sulphate hydrate) occurs continuously in a single-step, avoiding further downstream processing (crystal filtering and drying). The inorganic membranes were synthesised with sucrose solution followed by a post vacuum-assisted impregnation of the coated film on a α-alumina substrate and carbonisation under nitrogen atmosphere. The highest fluxes measured were 22 L m−2 h−1 and 1 kg m−2 h−1 (40 g L−1) for water and nickel respectively. Interestingly, the transport of solution through the membrane also affected the hydration state of the nickel sulphate, as well as the crystal type and shape. High water fluxes delivered pure nickel sulphate heptahydrate with elongated and laminar crystal particles (~200 μm). Lower water fluxes produced both heptahydrate and hexahydrate salts with approximately spherical particles (also ~200 μm). There a number of factors that influence the crystallisation reaction such as the rate of evaporation which affects water availability and the resultant temperature at the permeate side of the membrane. Finally, the activation energy for nickel sulphate crystallisation was estimated to be approximately 16 kJ mol−1 based on feed solution temperatures.

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