The invention relates to a method for recycling
vanadium and
molybdenum from a waste
petroleum catalyst, and belongs to the technical field of
petrochemical industry. The method comprises air-burning and ball-removing, ball-milling, soda
roasting-water leaching, aluminum removing,
molybdenum precipitating and enriching
molybdenum by
ion exchange. The method specifically comprises the following steps: firstly, igniting sticky oil in the waste catalyst in air to burn carbon and oils in the waste catalyst; then, oxidizing the
vanadium and
nickel in the forms of
porphyrin compounds in the waste catalyst into
vanadium oxide and
nickel oxide, converting most of the molybdenum into
molybdenum oxide, wherein the waste catalyst subjected to air-burning and oil-removing is more beneficial for crushing, and the crushed waste catalyst and a certain proportion of
sodium carbonate are mixed, and are roasted at a high temperature; leaching roasted materials by hot water, dissolving
sodium salts of the vanadium and the molybdenum into water to obtain a solution, filtering the solution, introducing the filtered solution into a leaching solution, introducing a little aluminum into the leaching solution, regulating the pH value of the solution to remove aluminum; regulating the pH value of the solution to 8-9, adding
ammonium chloride, precipitating and separating out the vanadium in the form of
ammonium vanadate; and concentrating vanadium-precipitated solution by adopting an
ion exchange process and enriching an
ammonium molybdate solution.