Abstract:
A METHOD OF OPERATING A CELL OF AT LEAST 50 KA. FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM, COMPRISING CHOOSING THAT ANODIC CURRENT DENSITY WITH WHICH, WITH A DETERMINED ELECTROLYTE TEMPERATURE, A DETERMINED INTERPOLAR DISTANCE AND A DETERMINED THICKNESS OF THE ALUMINA COVERING ON THE ENCRUSTED SURFACE OF THE BATH, AS MUCH HEAT IS PRODUCED IN THE CELL AS THE CELL CAN CARRY AWAY AS LOSSES, AFTER DEDUCTION OF THE USEFUL AMOUNTS OF HEAT FOR THE DECOMPOSITION OF THE ALUMINA AND FOR HEATING OF THE RAW MATERIAL.
Abstract:
In a plant for production of aluminum by electrolysis comprising a plurality of cells in series, a specified arrangement of the connecting means from cell to cell in order to reduce the horizontal components of the electric current in the cells.
Abstract:
ELECTROLYTIC CELL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ALUMINUM HAVING PRESCRIBED MAXIMUM HORIZONTAL DISTANCE BETWEEN OUTER LOWER EDGES OF THE ANODES AND ADJACENT WALL SURFACES OF THE POT LINING, POT LINING WITH SPECIFIED THERMAL ISOLATING POWER, CATHODE BARS INSULATED BENEATH THE SIDE WALL OF THE LINING AND SPECIFIC RATIO OF IRON CROSS SECTION TO CARBON CROSS SECTION THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE LINING, IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE HORIZNTAL COMPONENTS OF THE ELECTRIC CURRENT IN THE CELL.
Abstract:
AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALUMINUM COMPRISING A POT FOR THE FLUORIDE ELECTROLYTE WITH A CARBON BOTTOM AND IRON CATHODE BARS EXTENDING THROUGH THE CARBON BOTTOM TO EMERGE FROM EACH SIDE OF THE CELL IN WHICH THE DROSS SCTION OF THE BARS ON EACH SIDE OF THE CENTRAL LENGTH WHICH LIES BENEATH THE ANODES IS LESS THAN THAT OF THE CENTRAL LENGTH OF THE BARS.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC RECOVERY OF ALUMINUM FROM A FUSED ALUMINA-CONTAINING BATH OF ALKALI ALUMINUM FLUORIDE IN WHICH THE FLUORIDE MELT IS KEPT IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH A MELT CONSISTING OF ELECTROLYTE HIGHLY CONCENTRATED IN ALUMINA AND SEPARATED FROM THE LIQUID CATHODIC ALUMINUM. THE ELECTROLYTIC CELL USED THEREFORE COMPRISES ONE OR MORE TROUGHS RESTING ON ITS BOTTOM AND PROVIDED FOR THE RECEPTION OF THE HIGHLY CONCENTRATED ELECTROLYTE.