The Instituteof Rare Metal
Metallurgyis a comprehensive teaching and research agency
which is affiliated toSchoolofMetallurgyand Environment,Central South University. The institute
has established the Key Laboratory of Hunan Province “Rare Metal Metallurgy and Material Preparation” and Key Laboratory of ChinaNon-ferrous Metal Industry “Metallurgical Separation Science and Engineering”,
and is also the important constitutive part ofNational Engineering Laboratory
of Refractory Non-ferrous Metal Resource Comprehensive Utilization.
The Institute of Rare Metal
Metallurgyhas a rich history of more than 60 years in the
field of talent cultivation and scientific research of rare metals metallurgy
inChina.
In the last 30 years, the institute has undertaken more than 50 national key
research projects including the National Basic Research Program of China (973
Program), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of
China (863 Program), the 863, State Sci-Tech Support
Plan, National Science and Technology Major Project, National Nature
Science foundation of China (NSFC) and also a hundred of industrial projects.
The achievements of research especially in the field of extractive metallurgy
and materials preparation of W, Mo, V, Ta, Nb, Ti and Ni with high efficiency
and clean production have been leading domestically and internationally, which
have created significant economic and social benefits for domestic
metallurgical industries. The institute therefore has won more than 30 awards
including 2 times of 1st Prize of National Science and Technology Progress, 2
times of 2nd and 1 time 3rd of Prize of
National Invention and 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes from
Ministry of Metallurgy, Education andHunanProvince.
More than 100 patents have been authorized. Nearly 30 text book and monographs,
and more than 1000 research papers with high lever have been published, which
make the institute enjoy high academic reputation in the field of domestic and
international metallurgy.
There are
currently 20 faculty in the institute, including 7 professors (1 Changjiang
Scholar Professor of Chinese Ministry of Education), 5 associated professors, 6
lecturers and 2 experimentalists. In addition, there is a part-time tutor of
Ph.D student, Professor Congjie GAO, the member of Chinese academy of
engineering. So far, theInstituteofRare Metal Metallurgyhas cultivated more than 40 Ph.D and 150 Master students.
Today
the institute undertakes fundamental and applied research in all areas related
to nonferrous metallurgy. Some areas of research include:
Efficient and clean production of non-ferrous especially rare metals
metallurgy
Comprehensive utilization of low grade complicated nonferrous metals resources
Utilization Second resources of nonferrous metals especially rare
metals
Metallurgical process intensification
Metallurgical separation science and engineering( solvent extraction,
ion exchange and membrane separation)
Complete separation of similar elements
Theory and technology of vacuum metallurgy
Synthesis and preparation of special materials such as powder, power
resources and separation material
Treatment of waste water from metallurgical industry
RESEARCH
GROUP
There are
currently four research groups in the institute:
Pollution-Free Metallurgy
Metallurgical Separation Science and Engineering
Vacuum(Ti, Zr, Hf) Metallurgy
Functional Material Preparation
Pollution-Free
Metallurgy Group
Overview
The group
focuses on extractive metallurgy of rare metals, metallurgical process
intensification, new process development of W and Mo metallurgy, complete
separation of similar elements and functional material preparation.
Faculty
Professor:
Zhongwei ZHAO; Yunjiao LI
Associated
Professor: Guangsheng HUO; Ailiang CHEN; Xingyu CHEN
Lecturer:
Xuheng LIU; Jiangtao LI
Typical
Research Work
Key technology on comprehensive utilization of complicated tungsten
resource(Won 1st Prize of State Science and Technology Progress)
New process on removal of Mo, As, Sn, Sb from tungstate solutions by
selective precipitation(Won 2nd Prize of State Invention)
Decomposition process and equipment of scheelite and mixed tungsten
ores(Won 2nd Prize of State Invention)
Metallurgical
Separation Science and Engineering Group
Overview
The group focuses on metallurgical
separation science and engineering, efficient and clean production of
complicated nonferrous metal resources(W, Mo, V, Ni), Comprehensive utilization
of secondary resources, Treatment of metallurgical wastewater, synthesis and
preparation of special material for metal separation(extractants, ion exchange
resins and membranes) and new equipment development for solvent extraction, ion
exchange and membrane separation.
Faculty
Professor:
Liansheng XIAO; Cuoying CAO
Associated
Professor: Guiqing ZHANG; Qinggang LI
Lecturer:
Li ZENG; Wenjuan GUAN
Typical
Research Work
Clean production process of W and Mo hydrometallurgy based on new
technology of direct solvent extraction of W and Mo from soda or caustic soda
leach solutions of their ores and secondary resources (Industrialization).
New process development on efficient and clean extraction of nickel
from acid leach solutions of low grade nickel resources based on new technology
of direct solvent extraction (Industrialization).
Clean production process of Ni and Mo extraction from low grade Ni-Mo
ores (Industrialization).
Separation of W/Mo, Mo/V, W/V using continuous ion exchange process
(Industrialization).
Purification of nickel electrolyte using continuous ion exchange
(Industrialization).
Synthesis and preparation of special extractant for direct Ni
extraction from acid leach solutions (Industrialization).
Synthesis and preparation of special ion exchange resin for separations
of Mo/W, Mo/V and W/V.
Development of process and equipment of EDI with bipolar membrane for
the untrapure water treatment of wastewater containing dilute heavy metals.
Preparation of isopolyacid and heteropolyacid of tungsten and
molybdenum using membrane technology
Vacuum
(Ti, Zr, Hf) Metallurgy Group
Overview
The group
focuses on efficient and clean metallurgy of Ti, V, Ta, Nb, Fundamental theory
and process of vacuum metallurgy, Comprehensive treatment of ammonia-nitrogen
wastewater, nano material preparation.
Faculty
Professor:
Hui ZHONG; Xuewen WANG
Associated
Professor: Mingyu WANG
Lecturer:
Yanyang DAI
Typical
Research Work
Development and preparation of series of carbide (Industrialization).
Preparation of supercapacitor
Comprehensive utilization of waste solid from Ti metallurgical industry
(Industrialization).
Membrane filtration process of crude TiCl4 (Industrialization).
Clean production of V extraction from stone coal
Preparation of nano BaSO4 (Industrialization).
Functional
Material Preparation Group
Overview
The group
focuses on synthesis of new high polymer composites, optimization of structure
and property of NIPS porous membranes.
Faculty
Professor:
Lanying JIANG
Typical
Research Work
Molecular Engineering of Membrane Materials and Fabrication for the
Separation of Acetone Butanol Ethanol (ABE) Broths Produced from Non-food
Biomass.
Sub-Nano Pore-Size Membranes for Biofuel Separation and Purification.
The Development of Mixed Matrix Nano-Composite Materials for Membrane
Separation.