The recovery of zinc and lead from regidues, obtained by leaching the are for zinc-electrolytic process, by a dry process involving volatilization of zinc and lead in a rotary kiln-i e. Waelz process-has been operated in practice at Nippon Soda Co. Aizu work. The plant consists of a drier 18.2m in length and 1.8m in outer diameter, a rotary kiln 30 m in length and 1.6m in inner diameter and two Cottrell electrical precipitators.
The writer has been engaged in this operation for several years and gained the following conclusions;
1. When the residues contain 6 per cent of lead and 15 per cent of zinc, the yield amounts to 95 per cent for lead, to 87 per cent for zinc.
2. In the above case, the products contain 19 per cent of lead and 48 per cent of zinc.
3. It is preferable, technically and also economically, to control the moisture of charge into the kiln between 13 per cent to 15 per cent.
4. The amount of cokes for suitable operation being 35 to 40 parts for 100 parts of dry ores; the amount of coal for auxiliary heat source being 5 to 10 parts.
5. The percentage composition of the gaseous mixture leaving the kiln found to be 18.50 % CO
2, 81.22% N
2, 0.08% SO
2, 0.2% O
2 and none CO.
6. The temperature, inside of the kiln, varies by space and also there found considerable difference between gas, charge and lining brick.
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