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US 12,534,376 · App. 17/867,618 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Method of purifying sodium bromide from waste circuit boards pyrolysis coke

Inventors: Yufeng Wu (Beijing, CN); Gongqi Liu (Beijing, CN); De-an Pan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
C01D3/10C01D3/16C22B1/06C22B26/10C01P2006/80
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Patent No.
US 12,534,376
App. No.
17/867,618
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing and purifying sodium bromide using the coke from waste circuit boards pyrolysis residues as reducing agent, belonging to the field of purifying sodium bromide and high-value utilization, and more particularly, relating to a method for reducing and purifying crude bromine salt obtained from waste circuit boards smelting ash by using the coke in waste circuit boards pyrolysis residues. The main steps are as follows: carbonization conversion, water dissolution, filtration, and concentrated crystallization under vacuum heating. The pure sodium bromide was obtained by reducing crude bromine salt enriched from waste circuit board smelting ash by using the coke in waste circuit boards pyrolysis residues, realizing the resource coupling and high-value utilization of the two wastes, avoiding the secondary pollution in the process of recycling the waste circuit boards. It has the characteristics of simple operation, high resource utilization rate and no tail liquid discharge.

Claims (6)

1 . A method for producing and purifying sodium bromide using coke from pyrolysis residues of waste circuit boards as reducing agent, characterized by the following specific steps:

(1) carbonization conversion: crude bromine salt is mixed with the coke from the pyrolysis residues of waste circuit boards to obtain a mixture; the crude bromide salt is a by-product obtained from smelting ash of waste circuit boards, which contains NaBr, NaBrO and NaBrO 3 ; the mixture is heated at a temperature of 250-450° C. for 1.0-2.0 h to obtain carbon monoxide and a crude sodium bromide containing NaBr and C from the coke; the carbon monoxide is collected and used as raw material of water gas; during mixing, a mass of the coke is 0.1-1.0 kg per kilogram of the crude bromine salt;

(2) water dissolution and filtration: the crude sodium bromide obtained in step (1) is added to distilled water for dissolution and filtration to obtain insoluble impurities containing C and a leachate containing NaBr;

(3) concentrated crystallization under vacuum heating: the leachate containing NaBr obtained in step (2) is concentrated and crystallized by vacuum heating to obtain sodium bromide (NaBr); this step (3) is carried out in a vacuum evaporation device, which includes an evaporator, a solvent collecting tank and a vacuum system; the evaporator is in communication with the solvent collecting tank and the vacuum system respectively, a condenser and a material head tank are arranged on the evaporator and respectively in communication with the evaporator, and the vacuum system is in communication with the condenser and the solvent collecting tank respectively, so that pressure in the condenser can be kept balanced with that of the solvent collecting tank and liquefied solvent in the condenser flows into the solvent collecting tank automatically.

2 . A method for producing and purifying sodium bromide using the coke from pyrolysis residues of waste circuit boards as reducing agent according to claim 1 , characterized in that, during the water dissolution and filtration, a liquid-solid volume/mass ratio of distilled water to the crude sodium bromide is 8:1˜3:1 (L/kg), the water dissolution and filtration of step (2) is conducted at a temperature of 50˜80° C. for 20-60 min.

3 . A method for producing and purifying sodium bromide using the coke from pyrolysis residues of waste circuit boards as reducing agent according to claim 1 , characterized in that, the concentrated crystallization of step (3) is conducted at a temperature of 60-150° C. for 30-60 min.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: WU, YUFENG; LIU, GONGQI; PAN, DE-AN
To: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 060539/0706 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911359343.6 · Dec 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 17351083 · Jun 17, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2020127972 · Nov 11, 2020
Related Publication 20220356067A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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