| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
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| Presentation Title |
Biocarbon in the Aluminium Industry: A Review |
| Author(s) |
Samuel Senanu, Asbjørn Solheim |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Samuel Senanu |
| Abstract Scope |
Reduced fossil carbon footprint is currently an urgent trend in the metal-producing industries. Replacement of fossil carbon with bio-based equivalents is thus an important topic also for the primary aluminium industry. Several challenges related to biocarbon have been discussed in the literature, such as the availability of sustainable bio-based carbon materials for the aluminium industry in competition with other industries. Furthermore, the quality of materials made from bio-based sources tends to be inferior to the fossil-based materials, unless they undergo expensive treatment for adaptation to the aluminium industry. The most likely successful scenario appears to be a gradual introduction of biocarbon into the fossil carbon materials. One strategy being considered is replacement of the binder material with a bio-based binder in the production of ramming pastes or anodes. The current paper reviews candidate bio-based carbon materials, and their sustainability with respect to availability and efficient use is discussed. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Light Metals |