Volume 41, Issue 4, February 2024, Pages 910–919
Keita Kandas1, Kaba Oumar Barou2, Bangoura Soryba3, and Oularé Pierre Tamba4
1 Processing-Metallurgy Department, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Guinea
2 Processing-Metallurgy Department, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Guinea
3 Department of geological services, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Guinea
4 Processing-Metallurgy Department, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Guinea
Original language: English
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Good alumina production using the Bayer process depends on the regularity of the alumina dissolution parameters, as failure to control these factors leads to a drop in alumina yield. This work has enabled us to identify and propose solutions to the anomalies linked to alumina dissolution. An analysis of the dissolution parameters (temperature, liquor concentration, residence time and saturation rate) shows that the alumina yield from January to December was irregular. This fluctuation in alumina yield remains the same for all the parameters studied. Chemical analysis was used to provide results for certain parameters. These included spectral analysis, pH meter analysis and methrom analysis of samples taken from the etching plant. These analyses showed the different behaviours of the concentration of the liquor and the content of the different bauxite constituents. An analysis of the graphs shows that the parameters vary according to the plant’s instructions. All the results obtained show the need to regulate the alumina dissolution parameters. Better management of these factors will help to improve alumina yield.
Author Keywords: Bauxite, Alumina, Dissolution-Attack, Rusal/Friguia, Bayer process, Irregularity.
Keita Kandas1, Kaba Oumar Barou2, Bangoura Soryba3, and Oularé Pierre Tamba4
1 Processing-Metallurgy Department, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Guinea
2 Processing-Metallurgy Department, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Guinea
3 Department of geological services, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Guinea
4 Processing-Metallurgy Department, Higher Institute of Mines and Geology of Boké, Guinea
Original language: English
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Good alumina production using the Bayer process depends on the regularity of the alumina dissolution parameters, as failure to control these factors leads to a drop in alumina yield. This work has enabled us to identify and propose solutions to the anomalies linked to alumina dissolution. An analysis of the dissolution parameters (temperature, liquor concentration, residence time and saturation rate) shows that the alumina yield from January to December was irregular. This fluctuation in alumina yield remains the same for all the parameters studied. Chemical analysis was used to provide results for certain parameters. These included spectral analysis, pH meter analysis and methrom analysis of samples taken from the etching plant. These analyses showed the different behaviours of the concentration of the liquor and the content of the different bauxite constituents. An analysis of the graphs shows that the parameters vary according to the plant’s instructions. All the results obtained show the need to regulate the alumina dissolution parameters. Better management of these factors will help to improve alumina yield.
Author Keywords: Bauxite, Alumina, Dissolution-Attack, Rusal/Friguia, Bayer process, Irregularity.
How to Cite this Article
Keita Kandas, Kaba Oumar Barou, Bangoura Soryba, and Oularé Pierre Tamba, “Analysis of the regularity of alumina dissolution parameters: Case of the Rusal/Friguia plant (Republic of Guinea),” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 910–919, February 2024.
