| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2025 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
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| Presentation Title |
Determining the Characteristics of a Highly Complex Gas Flow in the Flue of an Anode Baking Furnace Using Various Tools |
| Author(s) |
Houssameddine Feriani, Yasar S. Kocaefe, Duygu Kocaefe, Jules Côté |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Yasar S. Kocaefe |
| Abstract Scope |
Carbon anodes used in the aluminum electrolytic cells are produced by preparing green anodes and then baking them to about 1150C in large furnaces. The gas flow in the flues in which the gases circulate is highly complex. The accessibility to the flue is limited. Some sections of the furnace at high temperatures makes it difficult to carry out measurements. In order to characterize the flow in the flue, a 1:4 ratio pilot size system was built. Mathematical modelling was utilized to determine the similarity between the actual flow in the flue and the one in the pilot system. These were complemented by some measurements in the flue of the industrial furnace. The flow was characterized by combining results from all of these works. In this article, the methodology will be explained and the results will be presented. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Light Metals |
| Keywords |
Aluminum, Modeling and Simulation, Process Technology |