Increased Current Efficiency and Reduced Energy Consumption at the TRIMET Smelter Essen Using 9 Box Matrix Control

Essential Readings in Light Metals

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 817-824

  Rieck, Torsten ^a   Iffert, Martin ^a   White, Peter ^b   Rodrigo, Renuka ^c   Kelchtermans, Rik ^b  

^a Trimet Aluminium AG Aluminiumallee 1   (Germany)

^b Heraeus Electro Nite Intl NV   (Belgium)

^c Heraeus Electro Nite Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium electrolysis process; Greenhouse gas emissions; Hall heroult process; Nonlinear model; Process control strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887092014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118647851.ch122     Document Type: Chapter

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