Estimation of alumina content of anode cover materials using multivariate image analysis techniques

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1370-1380

  Tessier, Jayson ^a   Duchesne, Carl ^a   Gauthier, Claude ^b   Dufour, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum reduction; Electrolysis; Imaging; Partial least squares; Particles; Process control

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM REDUCTION; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES;

ALUMINA;

ALUMINA; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PROCESS CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349051060     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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