Carbothermic reduction of alumina: A review of developed processes and novel concepts

Proceedings - European Metallurgical Conference, EMC 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 729-744

  Balomenos, Efthymios ^a   Panias, Dimitrios ^a   Paspaliaris, Ioannis ^a   Friedrich, Bernd ^b   Jaroni, Benjamin ^b   Steinfeld, Aldo ^c,e   Guglielmini, Enrico ^c   Halmann, Martin ^d   Epstein, Michael ^d   Vishnevsky, Irina ^d  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Al C O system; Alternative aluminum production; Shaft EAF; Vacuum metallurgy

Indexed keywords

AL-C-O SYSTEM; ALUMINUM PRODUCTION; CARBOTHERMIC REDUCTION PROCESS; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS; CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; SHAFT-EAF; THERMOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; VACUUM METALLURGY;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; CARBIDES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GREENHOUSE GASES; METALLURGY;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84875409628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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