The invention provides a method for extracting
alumina from
coal ash through a wet process. The method comprises the following steps: 1, mixing the
coal ash,
calcium oxide and an alkaline solution, reacting, carrying out
flash evaporation, and filtering to obtain an alkaline solution containing
sodium aluminate and aluminum removed
slag; 2, cooling and crystallizing the alkaline solution obtained in step 1 to obtain a coarse hydrated
sodium aluminate crystal and a
crystallization mother solution; 3, circulatingly applying the
crystallization mother solution obtained in step 2 to a leaching reaction, dissolving the coarse hydrated
sodium aluminate crystal with water or a diluted alkaline solution, carrying out
silicon removal and seed
decomposition to obtain aluminum
hydroxide, and calcining aluminum
hydroxide to obtain
alumina; 4, evaporating the seed-decomposed mother solution, and mixing the evaporated seed-decomposed mother solution with the alkaline solution obtained in the step 1; and 5, carrying out
hydrolysis sodium removal on the aluminum removed
slag obtained in the step 1 in the diluted alkaline solution, filter-separating, and carrying out multistage countercurrent washing on the sodium removed
slag. According to the method, the dissolving-out temperature and the dissolving-out pressure are low, the dissolving-out rate of
alumina can reach above 90%, and the content of
sodium oxide in the sodium removed slag is less than 1%.