The invention discloses a method for dealkalizing aluminum-reinforced
red mud and separating and recovering aluminum and iron, which comprises the following steps: dissolving
red mud in water, introducing excessive SO2, introducing
oxygen for
aeration at the same time, and enabling a part of filtered alkaline
leachate to flow back; when the pH value of a
red mud mixed solution is reduced to 3 or below, conducting washing and filtering on the red mud
mixed solution, then adding NaOH into an acidic
leachate to adjust the pH value to strong
alkalinity, conducting aging and filtering on a leachateagain, treating filter residues, recovering Fe2O3, and meanwhile, enabling the filtered alkaline
leachate to flow back to the red mud
mixed solution; and adjusting the pH value of the residual filtered alkaline leachate to be weakly acidic, and then conducting filtering to recover aluminum. According to the method, SO2 is introduced into the red mud mixed solution for acidification and desulfurization, a part of filtered alkaline leachate containing Al<3+> flows back to the red mud mixed solution, and thus
dealkalization of the red mud is reinforced; and filter residues obtained by filteringthe alkaline leachate are subjected to the steps of
drying,
sintering and the like, and almost pure Fe2O3 can be obtained; and the pH value of the residual filtered alkaline leachate is adjusted to beweakly acidic, and Al(OH)3 can be recovered through filtering.