Prayon Technologies

Prayton Technologies

Hydrometal Sa

Dorina Fati

Alain Germeau

Antoine Hoxha

Tomizio Guidi

A method for producing phosphoric acid, comprising attack in an aqueous medium of phosphated rock with sulfuric acid, with formation of a first dihydrate slurry suspended in an aqueous phase having a free POcontent between 38 and 50% and a free SOcontent of less than 0.5%, conversion of this first slurry by heating with recrystallization of the solubilized calcium sulfate giving rise to a second hemihydrate slurry, and separation in the second slurry between a production phosphoric acid and a hemihydrate cake, characterized in that it comprises during the attack, addition of a fluorine source in the first slurry in a content from 1% to 5% by weight of F relatively to the POcontained in the phosphated rock.

Dihydrate-hemihydrate process for producing phosphoric acid

The invention relates to a method for producing phosphoric acid, including: attacking phosphate rock by means of sulfuric acid between 70&#xb0; and 90&#xb0; C. with formation of a first calcium sulfate dihydrate crystal slurry, the aqueous acid phase of said slurry having free POcontent between 38 and 50 wt % and free SOcontent that is less than 0.5 wt % and greater than 0.05 wt %; converting said first slurry by means of heating at a temperature greater than 90&#xb0; C., thus giving rise to a second slurry formed of calcium sulfate hemihydrate crystals; and, within the second slurry, separating a produced phosphoric acid, having a free SOcontent that is less than 2%, and a calcium sulfate hemihydrate filter cake.

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