Twelve years of experience with a fully automated gas preheating system for sØderberg and prebake cells

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1001-1005

  Lorentsen, Odd Arne ^a   Rye, Ketil Å ^b  

^a Hydro Aluminium Metal   (Norway)

^b Elkem Carbon AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Early operation; Preheating; Start up

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CLADDING; CELLS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FUEL BURNERS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LIGHT METALS; METALS; PROPANE;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; (8 HYDROXY QUINOLINE) ALUMINUM; ANNUAL MEETINGS; ANODE EFFECT (AE); CATHODE BLOCKS; CATHODE LININGS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; PREBAKE; PREBAKE CELLS; PROPANE BURNERS; START UP PROCEDURES; START UPS; TECHNICAL SESSIONS;

PREHEATING;

EID: 45749114600     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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