The invention relates to the field of
metal smelting and particularly relates to a method for efficiently recovering
copper and
rhenium from
copper smelting waste acid. The method comprises the steps: filtering
copper smelting waste acid serving as a
raw material for the first time, heating the filtered copper smelting waste acid in a reaction tank, and detecting the initial
oxidation reduction potential by using an
oxidation reduction potentiometer; then, sequentially adding a flocculant and
thiosulfate for reaction, and controlling the reaction time through discontinuously detecting the
oxidation reduction potential in the reaction process; and finally, carrying out secondary
filtration to obtain a filter residue, i.e., a copper and
rhenium precipitate. By using the method, copper and
rhenium in the waste acid can be thoroughly settled, the
sedimentation effect is improved under the action of the flfocculant, and thus, the
recovery rates of the copper and the rhenium are increased; the
recovery rate of copper is higher than 95%, the
recovery rate of rhenium is higher than 98%, the
sedimentation rate of arsenium is relatively low and is only about 10%, and the obtained
filter cake contains 2-4% of rhenium and 10-20% of copper; and meanwhile, silver and
bismuth are also recovered, and the silver content is up to 2-5%, and the
bismuth content is up to 6-10%.