Continuous improvement in aluminium reduction cell process performance using the ALPSYS® control system

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 495-500

  Fardeau, Sylvain ^a   Sulmont, Benoît ^b   Vellemans, Philippe ^a   Ritter, Claude ^b  

^a Rio Tinto Alcan LRF   (France)

^b Rio Tinto Alcan   (France)

Author keywords

Alumina concentration control; Anode effects; Current efficiency

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA CONCENTRATION; ANODE CURRENT DENSITY; ANODE EFFECTS; BEST PRACTICE; CELL DYNAMICS; CELL TECHNOLOGY; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; LARGE-SCALE DEPLOYMENT; REDUCTION CELLS; RIO TINTO;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PRODUCTIVITY;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 77952402337     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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