| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production
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| Presentation Title |
Performance Improvement of the Anode Baking Process in Horizontal Furnaces |
| Author(s) |
Emmily Fonseca, Marcus Brasiliense, Paulo Teixeira, Leonardo Campos, Fernando Von Schaffelw, Paulo Nogueira, Alexandre Aquino, Douglas Almeida |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Emmily Fonseca |
| Abstract Scope |
In the face of the need for process optimization to achieve efficient resource consumption and quality gains, the present study addresses practices that have led to performance improvement in the anode baking process in horizontal furnaces. Key actions included optimizing the logic of heavy fuel injection, developing process controls, equipment parameterization, and developing new routines. These actions contributed to the following gains when comparing the years 2020 and 2022: a 5.7% reduction in the standard deviation of equivalent temperature, increase 41°E in the equivalent temperature, an 8.7% increase in adherence to the baking temperature, and decreased 75% in underbaked occurrences. These increments also contributed to the reduction of dust generation in the electrolytic cells. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: Light Metals |
| Keywords |
Aluminum, Other, |