3-D Modelling of thermal and sodium expansion in Soderberg aluminium reduction cells

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 587-592

  Sun, Yang ^a   Forslund, Karl G ^b   Sørlie, Morten ^b   Øye, Harald A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Elkem Carbon AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium reduction cell; Mathematical model; Sodium expansion; Thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM REDUCTION CELLS; SODERBERG CELLS; SODIUM EXPANSION; THERMAL FIELD DISTRIBUTION;

CATHODES; DEFORMATION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REDUCTION; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 2442610988     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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