Toward sustainable green alumina production: A critical review on process discharge reduction from gibbsitic bauxite and large-scale applications of red mud

G Zhou, Y Wang, T Qi, Q Zhou, G Liu, Z Peng… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
In 2021, global alumina production reached over 135 million tons and discharged
approximately 200 million tons of red mud, leading to severe environmental safety hazards …

Red mud treated with KOH: synthesis of sustainable materials from waste for water treatment

C Belviso, M Mancinelli, M Abdolrahimi… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Solid waste resulting from bauxite ore (red mud) was converted into useful products
consisting in hydrogarnet together with zeolite. Red mud (RM) transformation from disposal …

The anion effect on sodium aluminosilicates formed under Bayer process digestion conditions

J Vogrin, T Santini, H Peng, J Vaughan - Hydrometallurgy, 2020 - Elsevier
The removal of inorganic impurities Cl−, CO 3 2–and SO 4 2− from Bayer liquor largely
relies on their incorporation into sodium aluminosilicates (ideal formulae Na 8 (AlSiO 4) 6 X …

A novel process for one-step preparing potassium-containing fertilizer using red mud or CFA synergistic extraction of alumina

X Chao, T Zhang, G Lv, A Zhao, Z Liang, S Lin… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Red mud and coal fly ash (CFA) are bulk aluminum-containing solid waste in the industrial
production process, posing a great threat to the environment and ecological security. The …

[HTML][HTML] Desilication and recycling of alkali-silicate solution seeded with red mud for low-grade bauxite utilization

Y Xu, C Chen, Y Lan, L Wang, J Li - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
When low-grade high-silica bauxite undergoes desilication by alkaline leaching, a large
amount of alkali-silicate solution will be produced. To realize its recycling, the alkali-silicate …

Precipitation of desilication products in CaO-Na2O-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O system based on the Bayer process

X Pan, H Wu, H Yu, S Bi - Hydrometallurgy, 2020 - Elsevier
The formation and evolution of desilication products (DSPs) in synthetic sodium aluminate
solution with different reaction temperatures, holding time, CaO additions and carbonate …

Preparation and Properties of Pseudo-boehmite Obtained from High-Alumina Fly Ash by a Sintering–CO2 Decomposition Process

G Lu, T Zhang, W Feng, W Zhang, Y Wang, Z Zhang… - Jom, 2019 - Springer
A sintering–CO 2 decomposition process for preparation of pseudo-boehmite is proposed
for clean valorization of high-alumina fly ash. The effects of different synthesis conditions on …

Influence of chloride on sodium aluminosilicate solubility in Bayer liquor

J Vogrin, T Santini, H Peng, J Vaughan - Microporous and Mesoporous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The solubility of sodium aluminosilicate and the effects of NaCl in the NaOH–NaAl (OH) 4–
NaCl system were studied under equilibrium conditions in synthetic Bayer liquors. Sodium …

The sandy desilication product process concept

J Vaughan, H Peng, D Seneviratne, H Hodge… - Jom, 2019 - Springer
Reactive silica is the most detrimental impurity in bauxite. When bauxite is contacted with
Bayer liquor, reactive silica dissolves and then precipitates as a sodium aluminum silicate …

Effects of Si-bearing minerals on the conversion of hematite into magnetite during reductive Bayer digestion

Y Wang, X Li, Q Zhou, T Qi, G Liu, Z Peng, K Zhou - Hydrometallurgy, 2019 - Elsevier
Converting hematite to magnetite in Bayer liquor at elevated temperature plays a key role in
the exploration of a cleaner technology for alumina production with high iron content …