| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Aluminum Reduction Technology
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| Presentation Title |
Thermoelectrical Analysis of Lying-bed Patterns during Preheating Phase |
| Author(s) |
Rohini Nandan Tripathy, Simon-Olivier Tremblay, Daniel Marceau, Duygu Kocaefe, Antoine Godefroy, Sebastien Charest |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Rohini Nandan Tripathy |
| Abstract Scope |
Electrolysis cells can be preheated electrically or thermally, but aluminium industry prefers electrical preheating with Lying-Bed due to economical aspects. Preheating phase has a significant impact on the early cell operation and cell life since it goes through significant thermal, electrical and mechanical changes during this phase. Hence, a successful preheating is crucial for the smelter’s productivity. Thus, it is essential to determine the conditions/parameters for a good cell preheating. In this work, the preheating of an electrolysis cell for various Lying-Bed patterns are simulated using a strongly coupled, thermo-electrical ¼-cell model developed in ANSYS™. The thermal and electrical properties of the coke/graphite Lying Bed are estimated using calibration procedure with in situ measurements and the results are compared in order to determine the better possible Lying-Bed pattern in terms of anodic current distribution, cathode surface temperature distribution, baking level of ramming paste. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Light Metals |
| Keywords |
Modeling and Simulation, Aluminum, Other |