Comparison of measured and calculated metal pad velocities for different prebake cell designs

Light Metals: Proceedings of Sessions, TMS Annual Meeting (Warrendale, Pennsylvania)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 419-425

  Potočnik, Vinko ^a   Laroche, Frédéric ^a  

^a ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BUSBARS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FLOWMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

METAL PAD VELOCITY; PREBAKE CELL DESIGN;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 0035554958     PISSN: 10969586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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