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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1999
Thomas C. Holcombe, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Donald P. Malone, Grayson, KY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A process for recovering and purifying vanadium found in petroleum coke is disclosed. Coke containing V and other metals such as Ni is charged to a molten metal bath and dissolved to form a molten metal bath with dissolved carbon, dissolved V metal and dissolved Ni. Oxygen containing gas is added in an amount sufficient to heat balance the process and produce off gas. At least periodically the conditions in the bed are made more severely oxidizing so that a portion of the molten vanadium metal is oxidized to form slag. Oxidation is limited so that a majority of the Ni dissolved in the bath remains as dissolved elemental Ni metal. Oxidized vanadium species are continuously or intermittently withdrawn from the slag layer, by dust formation or by tapping the slag layer.