Light metals 2013 : proceedings of the symposia sponsored by the TMS Aluminum Committee at the TMS 2013 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA March 3-7, 2013

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Raw Material Impurities and the Challenge Ahead  (Stephen J. Lindsay)....Pages 5-8
 Impacts of Impurities Introduced into the Aluminium Reduction Cell  (J. B. Metson, D. S. Wong, J. H. Hung, M. P. Taylor)....Pages 9-13
 Changes in Global Refining and Its Impact on Anode Quality Petroleum Coke  (Karl D. Bartholomew)....Pages 15-20
 Impact of Higher Vanadium Levels on Smelter Operations  (Chuck Coney, Lew Crabtree, John Gavin, Wes Marcrum, Andrea Weber, Les Edwards)....Pages 21-25
 Impact on Smelter Operations of Operating High Purity Reduction Cells  (Stewart Hamilton, Ray Cook)....Pages 27-32
 Management of Impurities in Cast House with Particular Reference to Ni and V  (M. A. Rhamdhani, J. F. Grandfield, A. Khaliq, G. Brooks)....Pages 33-38
 An Initial Assessment of the Effects of Increased Ni and V Content in A356 and AA6063 Alloys  (John Grandfield, Lisa Sweet, Cameron Davidson, Jason Mitchell, Aiden Beer, Suming Zhu et al.)....Pages 39-45
Front Matter ....Pages 47-47
 Implementation of Logic Control by DCS to Measure the Caustic Concentration in Spent Liquor  (Ayana Oliveira Santos, Aécio Carvalho, Bruno Urakawa, Milton Maciel, E. Antonio Santos)....Pages 51-53
 Study of Influences on the Alumina/Caustic (A/C) Ratio and Discharge Digestion (DBO) Caustic of Through Design of Experiments (DOE) Statistic Tool  (Américo Borges, Arthur Monteiro, Ayana Oliveira, Bruno Urakawa, Joel Miranda, Dauton Silva)....Pages 55-57
 Particle size distribution model for kinetics of digesting alumina  (Li Bao, Ting-an Zhang, Weimin Long, Anh V. Nguyen, Guozhi Lv, Jia Ma et al.)....Pages 59-64
 Fractal kinetic model for digesting alumina  (Li Bao, Ting-an Zhang, Anh V. Nguyen, Weimin Long, Jia Ma, Zhihe Dou et al.)....Pages 65-70
 MAX HT® Bayer Sodalite Scale Inhibiter: A Green Solution to Energy Consumption  (Morris Lewellyn, Alan Rothenberg, Calvin Franz, Frank Ballentine, Frank Kula, Luis Soliz et al.)....Pages 71-74
 Sodalite Solids Formation at the Surface of Iron Oxide and Its Impact on Flocculation  (Alexander Senaputra, Phillip Fawell, Franca Jones, Peter Smith)....Pages 77-82
 Improvement on the Operation Management System of Vertical Pressure Filters  (Tatiani Santos, Lucélia Moraes, Aline Sampaio, Milton Maciel, Humberto Lima, Joel Miranda et al.)....Pages 83-85
 Using a Multivariate Statistical in the Identification of Alumina Loss in Red Mud  (Alípio Júnior, Américo Borges, Ayana Oliveira, Humberto Lima, Joaquim Ribeiro, Joel Miranda et al.)....Pages 87-89
 Bevill and the Aluminum Industry  (TMS, Anthony E. Schoedel)....Pages 91-95
 New Development Model for Bauxite Deposits - Dedicated Compact Refinery  (Peter-Hans ter Weer)....Pages 97-102
 Automatic Control of Drum Filters Operation  (Aline Sampaio, Lucélia Moraes, Tatiani Santos, Humberto Lima, Américo Borges, Juarez Borges)....Pages 105-107
 A New Technology for Dry Disposal of Alunorte’s Bauxite Residue  (Marcelo Miranda de Castro, Carlos Roberto Abrunheiro Trindade, Ronaldo Guimarães Pantoja, Eduardo Raimundo Queiroz Alves Junior, Armênio Rabelo Martins)....Pages 109-112
 Pilot Test of Bauxite Residue Carbonation with Flue Gas  (Luis C. A. Venancio, José Antonio Silva Souza, Emanuel Negrão Macedo, Fernando Aracati Botelho, Glaucia Costa César)....Pages 113-118
 Management of Industrial Waste: The Case of Effective Utilization of Red Mud and Fly Ash at Vedanta Aluminium Limited - Lanjigarh  (Mukesh Kumar, Bimalananda Senapati, C. Sateesh Kumar)....Pages 119-123
 Iron Recovery from Red Mud by Reduction Roasting-Magnetic Separation  (Mingjun Rao, Jinqiang Zhuang, Guanghui Li, Jinghua Zeng, Tao Jiang)....Pages 125-130
 Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solutions Using a Novel Granular Red Mud Mixed with Cement  (Lu Shuaidan, Thiquynhxuan Le, Shaohua Ju, Peng Jin-hui, Zhang Li-bo)....Pages 131-136
 Environmentally Safe Operation of Barometric Condensers  (Matthew Jacobs)....Pages 139-141
 Hatch - ETI Aluminyum Precipitation Modeling  (E. Stamatiou, D. R. Chinloy, B. Çelikel, M. Kayaci, E. Savkilioglu)....Pages 143-146
 Improve the Classification System in Hydro Alunorte Lines 4/5  (Emerson Moraes, Hans Haraldsen, Cleto Junior, Joaquim Ribeiro, Cesar Magro, Jose Chartouni et al.)....Pages 147-149
 Increase in the Stability of Gravimetric Classification System of Precipitation at Hydro Alunorte  (Victor Cruz, Emerson Moraes, Cleto Azevedo Junior, Denise Rodrigues, Adjane Souza, Alex Furtado et al.)....Pages 151-154
 “Experience with Commissioning New Generation Gas Suspension Calciner”  (Susanne Wind, Benny E. Raahauge)....Pages 155-162
 Bayer Process Efficiency Improvement  (Gu Songqing)....Pages 163-167
 HyClass™ Technology for Improvement of Trihydrate Classification in the Bayer Process  (Jing Wang, Jaqueline Herrera, Shawn Kostelak, Kody Frederic)....Pages 169-174
 Metallic Impurities from the Mine to Metal Products  (Stephen J. Lindsay)....Pages 177-181
 The Control of Fluoride Concentration in ETİ Alüminyum Bayer Refinery Liquor  (Esra Savkilioglu, Carl Carton, Serkan Ertugral, Meral Baygul, Kemal Dinc, Seyit Avcu)....Pages 183-186
 Beneficiation of High Silica Bauxite Ores of India an Innovative Approach  (Mukesh Kumar, Bimalananda Senapati, C. Sateesh Kumar)....Pages 187-190
 Morphological Investigation of Sodium Oxalate Crystals Grown in Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide Solution  (Weng Fu, James Vaughan)....Pages 191-194
 Impurities in Raw Gas and Secondary Alumina  (Svetlana Kalyavina, Arne Petter Ratvik, Thor Anders Aarhaug)....Pages 195-200
 Innovative Technology for Alumina Production from Low-Grade Raw Materials  (Alexander Senyuta, Andrey Panov, Alexander Suss, Yuri Layner)....Pages 203-208
 Improving Characterization of Low Grade Diasporic Bauxite to be Utilize in Jajarm Alumina Plant  (Mohammadtaghi Shadloo, Mohammad Zarbayani, Esmaeil Jorjani, Mojtaba Aram)....Pages 209-215
 The Processing of High Quartz Bauxite  (Edgar Gasafi, Alessio Scarsella, Vladimir Hartman, Hans. W. Schmidt)....Pages 217-221
 Appropriate Reduction and Fe-Al Separation of High Iron Gibbsite  (Liu Zheng-gen, Chu Man-sheng, Tang Jue, Han Yuan-ting, Wu Xiang-long)....Pages 223-227
 Influence of MgO and C/A and Cooling System on Alumina Leaching Properties of Calcium Aluminate Slag  (Zhifang Tong, Yingjie Li, Tao Chen)....Pages 229-232
 Calcification - Carbonation Method for Alumina Production by Using Low-Grade Bauxite  (Zhang Ting’an, Zhu Xiaofeng, Lv Guozhi, Pan Lu, Liu Yan, Zhao Qiuyue et al.)....Pages 233-238
 Basic Research on Calcification Transformation Process of Low Grade Bauxite  (Zhu Xiaofeng, Zhang Ting’an, Lv Guozhi, Liu Yan, Zhao Qiuyue, Dou Zhihe et al.)....Pages 239-244
 Research on the phase transformation and separation performance in calcification - carbonation method for alumina production  (Lv Guozhi, Zhang Ting’an, Zhu Xiaofeng, Pan Lu, Qin Mingxiao, Liu Yan et al.)....Pages 245-250
Front Matter ....Pages 251-251
 Mechanical Properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloys Processed with High-Pressure Torsion  (Shigeru Kuramoto, Ichiro Aoi, Tadahiko Furuta)....Pages 255-258
 High-Performance Be-Al Casting Alloys  (Gary Schuster, Charles Pokross)....Pages 259-264
 Structure Optimization of Al-Si-Type Alloys for Thermal and Mechanical High Loaded Components  (Andreas Kleine, Marcel Rosefort, Ansgar Pithan, Christiane Matthies, Hubert Koch)....Pages 265-268
 Development of High Strength Aluminium Alloys at BALCO  (Mausumi Kar, Sachin Prasad, A. K. Paul, P. K. N. Raghavan)....Pages 269-275
 Strength and Failure of Ultrafine Grain and Bimodal Al-Mg Alloy at High Temperatures  (Andrew Magee, Leila Ladani)....Pages 279-282
 Process development of AA3103 aluminum alloy for automotive thins  (Marcelo Paes, Augusto D. Coelho, Roberto S. Netto, Fernando C. Aguiar)....Pages 283-287
 Atom Probe Analysis of Sr Distribution in AlSi Foundry Alloys  (Jenifer Barrirero, Michael Engstler, Frank Mücklich)....Pages 291-296
 The Role of Sr on Microstructure Formation and Mechanical Properties of Al-Si-Cu-Mg Cast Alloy  (Mohammadreza Zamani, Salem Seifeddine, Mona Aziziderouei)....Pages 297-302
 Modification of the Eutectic Mg2si-Phase of AlMgSi-Cast Alloys  (Thomas Pabel, Tose Petkov, Christian Kneissl, Peter Schumacher)....Pages 303-304
 The influence of casting speed in the as cast strip mechanical properties of 8079 and 8006 alloys  (Dionysios Spathis, John Tsiros)....Pages 305-309
 Effect of Cooling Rate on Iron-rich Intermetallic Phases in 206 Cast Alloys  (K. Liu, X. Cao, X.-G. Chen)....Pages 311-316
 Effect of Iron in Al-Mg-Si-Mn Ductile Diecast Alloy  (S. Ji, W. Yang, F. Gao, D. Watson, Z. Fan)....Pages 317-322
 Oxidation Behavior of Al2Ca Added Al-5Mg Alloy in the Liquid State  (Young-Ok Yoon, Seong-Ho Ha, Gil-Yong Yeom, Hyun Kyu Lim, Shae K. Kim)....Pages 323-326
 Effect of the Thermal Modulus and Mould Type on the Grain Size of AlSi7Mg Alloy  (I. Lizarralde, A. Niklas, A. I. Fernández-Calvo, J. Lacaze)....Pages 327-331
 Alloy ALSi30 Cast in the Process of Rapid Solidification and Consolidated in the Process of Plastic Forming  (Wojciech Szymański, Marcin Szymanek, Janusz Żelechowski, Mariusz Bigaj, Maciej Gawlik, Bartłomiej Płonka)....Pages 333-337
 Effect of Homogenization Treatment Conditions on the Recrystallization Behavior of Al-1.2Mn Aluminum Alloy Sheets  (Pizhi Zhao, Xinglin Chen, Wei Chen, Yonghao Zhang)....Pages 341-346
 Toward a Recrystallized Microstructure in Extruded AA6005A Alloy  (A. Bahrami, A. J. den Bakker, A. Miroux, J. Sietsma)....Pages 347-350
 Grain Subdivision and Its Effect on Texture Evolution in an Aluminum Alloy Under Plane Strain Compression  (Q. Ma, W. Mao, B. Li, P. T. Wang, M. F. Horstemeyer)....Pages 351-356
 Fatigue Analysis of Ultrafine Grained Al 1050 Alloy Produced by Cyclic Forward Backward Extrusion  (Hamid Alihosseini, Mohsen Asle Zaeem)....Pages 357-359
 Effect of Zn Content and Process Parameters on Corrosion Behaviour of Twin-Roll Cast Aluminum Brazing Alloys  (Murat Dündar, Mert Günyüz, Cemil Işiksaçan, Anıl Pastirmaci)....Pages 361-364
 Growth ledges on silver-segregated θ′ (Al2Cu) precipitates  (Julian Rosalie, Laure Bourgeois)....Pages 367-371
 On the Aging Behavior of AA2618 DC Cast Alloy  (P. Shen, E. M. Elgallad, X.-G. Chen)....Pages 373-377
 The Effect of Cold Work on the Precipitation and Recrystallization Kinetics in Al-Sc-Zr Alloys  (C. T. McNamara, S. L. Kampe, P. G. Sanders, D. J. Swenson)....Pages 379-382
 A Novel Solution Heat Treatment of 7075-Type Alloy  (M. F. Ibrahim, A. M. Samuel, S. A. Alkahtani, F. H. Samuel)....Pages 383-390
 Experimental study of the Al-rich corner of the Al-Si-Ti system at 500 °C  (Yang Li, Qun Luo, Jie-Yu Zhang, Qian Li)....Pages 391-393
 Transient microstructural thermomechanical fatigue and deformation characteristics under superimposed mechanical and thermal loading, in AlSi based automotive diesel pistons  (Roman Morgenstern, Scott Kenningley)....Pages 397-403
 Mechanical Behaviour of Cold Formed Metal-Polymer Laminate and the Interaction of Its Layers  (Feidhlim Ó Dubhlaing, David J. Browne, Robin Rennicks, Connor Rennicks)....Pages 405-410
 Mechanical and Tribological Properties of AA2124-Graphene Self Lubricating Nanocomposite  (A. Ghazaly, B. Seif, H. G. Salem)....Pages 411-415
 Joining Vacuum High Pressure Die Cast A356 Under T4 Treatment to Wrought Alloy 6061  (Meng Wang, Yanda Zou, Henry Hu, Gary Meng, Patrick Cheng, Yeou-Li Chu)....Pages 417-421
 Applications of the Horizontal Squeeze Casting Process for Automotive Parts Manufacturing  (P. Dulyapraphant, E. Kittikhewtraweeserd, P. Kritboonyarit, N. Denmud)....Pages 425-429
 Characterization of the Developed Precipitates in Al-2 at.%Zn - x at.%Mg, (x=1.8, 2, 2.4, 3, 4.2)  (N. Afify, A. Gaber, Gh. Abbady)....Pages 431-436
 Design and Development of a Permanent Mould for the Production of Motor-Cycle Piston in SEDI-Enugu.  (C. E. Ilochonwu, E. I. Nwonye)....Pages 437-441
 Development and Research of New Aluminium Alloys with Transition and Rare-Earth Metals and Equipment for Production of Wire for Electrotechnical Applications by Methods of Combined Processing  (I. Matveeva, N. Dovzhenko, S. Sidelnikov, L. Trifonenkov, V. Baranov, E. Lopatina)....Pages 443-447
 Influence of Machining Parameters on Al-4.5Cu-TiC In-Situ Metal Matrix Composites  (Pradeep Kumar Jha, Anand Kumar, M M Mahapatra)....Pages 449-452
 Effect of Mg Contents on Fluidity of Al-xMg Alloys  (Nam-Seok Kim, Seong-Ho Ha, Young-Ok Yoon, Gil-Yong Yeom, Hyun Kyu Lim, Shae K. Kim)....Pages 453-456
 Effect of Process Parameters on Centrifugally Cast Al-Si FGM  (Aithal S. Kiran, Vijay Desai, S. Narendranath, P G Mukunda)....Pages 457-462
 Effects of Minor Sc Addition on the Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Casting Aluminum Alloy  (Yang Guangyu, Liu Shaojun, Jie Wanqi)....Pages 463-467
 Microhardness, Corrosion Behaviour and Microstructures of Directionally Solidified Al-Cu Alloys  (Alicia Ares, Carlos M. Rodriguez, Claudia M. Mèndez, Carlos E. Schvezov, Mario R. Rosenberger)....Pages 469-473
 Production of Single Cylinder Engine Components Through High Pressure Die Casting in Sedi Enugu  (E. I. Nwonye, C. E. Ilochonwu, C. O. Nwajagu)....Pages 475-479
 The Effect of Thermomechanical Ageing of Aluminium-Copper Alloy (MATLAB Approach)  (Adegbola Adekunle Amos, Ghazali Akeem, Fashina Olugbenga Emmanuel, Omotoyinbo Joseph Ajibade, Olaniran Oladayo)....Pages 481-486
Front Matter ....Pages 487-487
 Surface Crack Characterization of Twin Roll Caster Shells and Its Influence on As-Cast Strip Surface Quality  (Murat Dündar, Barış Beyhan, Onur Birbaşar, Hatice M. Altuner, Cemil Işıksaçan)....Pages 491-495
 The Effect of Magnesium Content on Microstructure Evolution During Hot Deformation of Aluminum Alloys  (Trevor J. Watt, Shinya Yasuda, Koji Ichitani, Ken Takata, Alex Carpenter, Jakub Jodlowski et al.)....Pages 499-503
 High Strength Nanostructured Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr Alloy Manufactured by High-Pressure Torsion  (Chao An, Huimin Lu, Shilai Yuan)....Pages 505-508
 Corrosion Behavior of 2024 Aluminum Alloy Anodized in Sulfuric Acid Containing Inorganic Inhibitor  (Maysam Mohammadi, Ali Yazdani, Farzad Mohammadi, Akram Alfantazi)....Pages 509-513
 Laboratory simulation of wear during hot extrusion of aluminium  (G. Kugler, M. Terčelj)....Pages 515-520
 The Production of Wrought AlSi30Cu1.5Mg1.2Ni1.5Fe0.8 Alloy with Ultrafine Structure  (Marcin Szymanek, Bogusław Augustyn, Wojciech Szymański, Dawid Kapinos)....Pages 521-525
 The Structure and Properties of Wrought Aluminium Alloys Series 6xxx with Vanadium for Automotive Industry”  (Marzena Lech-Grega, W. Szymański, B. Płonka, S. Boczkal, M. Gawlik, M. Bigaj et al.)....Pages 527-532
Front Matter ....Pages 533-533
 In Depth Analysis of Energy-Saving and Current Efficiency Improvement of Aluminum Reduction Cells  (Yan Feiya, Marc Dupuis, Zhou Jianfei, Ruan Shaoyong)....Pages 537-542
 Rio Tinto Alcan AP4X Low Energy Cell Development  (P. Thibeault, S. Bécasse, A. Blais, P. Côté, L. Fiot, F. Laflamme)....Pages 543-547
 Energy Reduction Technology for Aluminum Electrolysis: Choice of the Cell Voltage  (Feng Naixiang, Peng Jianping, Wang Yaowu, Di Yuezhong, Liao Xian’an)....Pages 549-552
 Advancements of Dubal High Amperage Reduction Cell Technologies  (Michel Reverdy, Abdalla Zarouni, Jean-Luc Faudou, Qassim Galadari, Ali Al Zarouni, Sergey Akhmetov et al.)....Pages 553-556
 Development of Low-Voltage Energy-Saving Aluminum Reduction Technology  (Li Jie, Lv Xiao-jun, Zhang Hong-liang, Liu Ye-xiang)....Pages 557-559
 D18+: Potline Modernisation at DUBAL  (Sergey Akhmetov, Daniel Whitfield, Maryam Mohammad Al-Jallaf, Ali Al-Zarouni, Alexander Arkhipov, Amer Al-Redhwan et al.)....Pages 561-565
 Industry Test of Perforation Anode in Aluminium Electrolysis Technology  (Yingfu Tian, Hesong Li, Longhe Wei, Xi Cao, Jianguo Yin)....Pages 567-571
 The First Results of the Indus Trial Application of the Ecosøderberg Technology at the Krasnoyarsk Aluminum Smelter  (Victor Buzunov, Victor Mann, Evgeniy Chichuk, Vladimir Frizorger, Andrey Pinaev, Evgeniy Nikitin)....Pages 573-576
 Unsteady MHD modeling applied to cell stability  (Renaudier Steeve, Bardet Benoit, Steiner Gilles, Pedcenko Alex, Rappaz Jacques, Molokov Sergeï et al.)....Pages 579-584
 Impact of magnetohydrodynamic and bubbles driving forces on the alumina concentration in the bath of an Hall-Héroult cell  (René von Kaenel, Jacques Antille, Michel V. Romerio, Olivier Besson)....Pages 585-590
 Investigation of Electrolytic Bubble Behaviour in Aluminum Smelting Cell  (Morshed Alam, Yos Morsi, William Yang, Krishna Mohanarangam, Geoff Brooks, John Chen)....Pages 591-596
 Mathematical Model Validation of Aluminium Electrolysis Cells at DUBAL  (Abdalla Zarouni, Lalit Mishra, Marwan Bastaki, Amal Al Jasmi, Alexander Arkhipov, Vinko Potocnik)....Pages 597-602
 Production Application Study on Magneto-Hydro-Dynamic Stability of a Large Prebaked Anode Aluminum Reduction Cell  (Ruan Shaoyong, Yan Feiya, Marc Dupuis, Valdis Bojarevics, Zhou Jianfei)....Pages 603-607
 MHD of Aluminium Cells with the Effect of Channels and Cathode Perturbation Elements  (Valdis Bojarevics)....Pages 609-614
 Magnetohydrodynamic Model Coupling Multiphase Flow in Aluminum Reduction Cell with Innovative Cathode Protrusion  (Wang Qiang, Li Baokuan, Wang Fang, Feng Naixiang)....Pages 615-619
 Optimization of the Cathode Collector Bar with a Copper Insert Using Finite Element Method  (Mathieu Gagnon, Patrice Goulet, Richard Beeler, Donald Ziegler, Mario Fafard)....Pages 621-626
 Energy Savings in Aluminum Electrolysis Cells: Effect of the Cathode Design  (Mathieu Blais, Martin Désilets, Marcel Lacroix)....Pages 627-631
 Low Power Operation at Aluminium Dunkerque Smelter  (Jean-Michel Peyneau, Laurent Fiot, Stéphane Mermet-Guyenet, Olivier Rebouillat)....Pages 635-639
 Maximizing Creeping Value through Rigorous Methodology  (Bénédicte Champel, Nicolas Monnet)....Pages 641-645
 The Quick Shut Down and Restarting of 291 kA Pre-Baked Potline at JSC “RUSAL Sayanogorsk» from May to August 2011  (Victor Buzunov, Andrey Soldatov, Victor Mann, Aleksandr Pavin, Vasily Borisov, Sergey Zatepyakin et al.)....Pages 647-652
 Production Growth and Future Challenges in Aluminium Bahrain (Alba)  (Isa Al-Ansari, Abdulla Habib, A. C. Mittal, Nabeel Al-Jallabi)....Pages 653-658
 High Frequency Power Modulation - TRIMET smelters provide primary control power for stabilizing the frequency in the electricity grid  (Andreas Lützerath)....Pages 659-662
 Autonomous Vehicle and Smelter Technologies  (Ashley Tews, Paulo Borges)....Pages 663-668
 Preventive Maintenance of Transport Vehicles is it improving production stability of a smelter?  (Maarten Meijer)....Pages 669-671
 Composition and Thermal Analysis of Crust Formed from Industrial Anode Cover  (Qinsong Zhang, Mark P. Taylor, John J. J. Chen, David Cotton, Tania Groutzo, Xiaodong Yang)....Pages 675-680
 Liquidus Temperatures of Na3AlF6-AlF3-CaF2-KF-LiF-Al2O3 Melts  (Di Yuezhong, Peng Jianping, Bai Yunbin, Feng Naixiang)....Pages 681-684
 The Effect of Calcium Fluoride on Alumina Solubility in Low Temperature Cryolite Melts  (P. Tingaev, Yu. Zaikov, A. Apisarov, A. Dedyukhin, A. Redkin)....Pages 685-688
 Conductivity of KF-NaF-AlF3 System Low-temperature Electrolyte  (Jianhong Yang, Wangxing Li, Hengwei Yan, Dan Liu)....Pages 689-693
 Numerical analysis of ionic mass transfer in the electrolytic bath of an aluminium reduction cell  (Mohsen Ariana, Martin Désilets, Pierre Proulx)....Pages 695-699
 Liquidus Temperature of Electrolytes for Aluminum Reduction Cells  (Dong Shi, Bing-liang Gao, Zhao-wen Wang, Zhong-ning Shi, Xian-wei Hu)....Pages 701-704
 Effect of LiAlO2 and KF on Physicochemical Properties for Industrial Aluminum Electrolyte  (Lv Xiaojun, Chen Shiyue, Lai Yanqing, Tian Zhongliang, Li Jie, Zhang Hongliang)....Pages 705-709
 Improvement of Alumina Dissolution Rate through Alumina Feeder Pipe Modification  (Jayson Tessier, Gary P. Tarcy, Eliezer Batista, Xiangwen Wang, Patrice Doiron)....Pages 713-717
 Reduction Cell Restart Method Influence on Cell Life Evolution  (Mikhail Lukin, Richard Jeltsch)....Pages 719-724
 Start of an Aluminum Reduction Cell without Liquid Bath  (Kayron F. Lalonde, Brian D. Audie, Willy Kristensen, Timothy M. Snyder)....Pages 725-728
 A MIMO Modeling Strategy for Bath Chemistry  (Fabio M. Soares, Roberto C. L. Oliveira)....Pages 729-734
 Cumulative Distributions of Metallic Impurities  (Stephen J. Lindsay)....Pages 735-739
 Sodium Content in Aluminum and Current Efficiency — Correlation through Multivariate Analysis  (Lukas Dion, László Kiss, Patrice Chartrand, Gilles Dufour, François Laflamme)....Pages 741-746
 Gas-Solid Flow Applications for Powder Handling in Aluminum Smelters Processes  (Paulo Douglas S. de Vasconcelos, André L. Amarante Mesquita)....Pages 747-752
 Operational Experience of Advanced Alumina Handling Technology in a Russian Smelter  (Jan Paepcke, Arne Hilck, Sergey V. Marshalko)....Pages 753-759
 Reduction in HF emission through improvement in operational practices  (H. R. Devadiga, Ali Jassim Banjab, Maryam Mohamed Al Jallaf, Ali H. A. M. Al Zarouni, Kamel Al Aswad, A. Kumar et al.)....Pages 763-767
 Trace Element Concentration in Particulates from Pot Exhaust and Depositions in Fume Treatment Facilities  (Heiko Gaertner, Arne Petter Ratvik, Thor Anders Aarhaug)....Pages 769-774
 The Study and Applications of Modern Potline Fume Treatment Plant (FTP)  (Deng Xiang, Lv Weining, Liu Xun, Deng Qiyi, Yi Xiaobing)....Pages 775-780
 F>C: Combined Treatment of Pot Gases and Anode Baking Furnace Fumes  (B. Hureiki, C. Lim, A. Periers, E. Bouhabila, G. Girault, M. Leduc et al.)....Pages 781-785
 Compact Filter Design for Gas Treatment Centers  (Peter Verbraak, Peter Klut, Travis Turco, Erik Dupon, Edo Engel)....Pages 787-792
 An Innovative Compact Heat Exchanger Solution for Aluminum Off-Gas Cooling and Heat Recovery  (El Hani Bouhabila, Erling Næss, Victoria Kielland Einejord, Kolbeinn Kristjansson)....Pages 793-797
 Latest Filter Developments Increasing Existing Aluminium Smelter Gas Treatment Centre Capacity and Reducing Emissions  (Michael Neate, Brad Currell)....Pages 799-804
 Reduced Ventilation of Upper Part of Aluminum Smelting Pot: Potential Benefits, Drawbacks, and Design Modifications  (Ruijie Zhao, Louis Gosselin, Mario Fafard, Donald P. Ziegler)....Pages 805-810
 Latest developments in potroom building ventilation CFD modelling  (Nathalie Menet, Guillaume Girault, Nicolas Monnet, Catherine Turpin, Lionel Soulhac)....Pages 811-816
 Solutions to Address Arc Welding Problems in an Operating Potline  (Bill Paul, Yann El Ghaoui, Philippe Jadaud, John Anderson, Stephen A. L. Foulds)....Pages 819-822
 Replacement of Damaged Electrical Insulators on Live Cross-Over Busbars inside a Tunnel: A Methodology Based on Risk Assessment and Numerical Simulation  (Daniel Richard, André Yelle, Olivier Charette, Andre Felipe Schneider, Jean-François Nadeau, Mickael Glière et al.)....Pages 823-828
 A Thermal-Mechanical Approach for the Design of Busbars Details  (Andre Felipe Schneider, Olivier Charette, Daniel Richard, Charles Turcotte)....Pages 829-835
 Study of Technology and Equipment on Magnetic Induction Intensity Weaken for Aluminum Reduction Cells Welding in the Condition of Pot Line Current  (Wang Ziqian, Cao Bin, Yang Tao, Huang Jun, Li Meng)....Pages 837-841
 Potline Shutdown and Restart Secured Solutions  (Anne-Gaëlle Hequet)....Pages 843-844
 Effect of Watering and Non-Watering Cooling Rates on the Mechanical Properties of an Aluminum Smelter’s Potshell  (Ayoola T. Brimmo, Mohamed I. Hassan, M. O. Ibrahiem, Youssef Shatilla)....Pages 845-850
 Mathematical Model of Cooling of a Stopped Pot and Its Validation  (Mohamed I. Hassan, Ayoola T. Brimmo, M. O. Ibrahiem, Youssef Shatilla)....Pages 851-855
 A Study of Low Voltage PFC Emissions at Dubal  (Abdalla Zarouni, Michel Reverdy, Ali Al Zarouni, K. G. Venkatasubramaniam)....Pages 859-863
 Continuous PFC Emissions Measured on Individual 400kA Cells  (David S. Wong, Jerry Marks)....Pages 865-870
 PFC and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from an Australian Aluminium Smelter Using Time-Integrated Stack Sampling and GC-MS, GC-FID Analysis  (Paul Fraser, Paul Steele, Mark Cooksey)....Pages 871-876
 Investigation on Formation Mechanism of Non-Anode Effect Related PFC Emissions from Aluminum Reduction Cells  (Chen Xiping, Li Wangxing, Zhang Yanfang, Qiu Shilin, Chris Bayliss)....Pages 877-881
 On the Mechanism Behind Low Voltage PFC Emissions  (Jomar Thonstad, Sverre Rolseth, Rudolf Keller)....Pages 883-885
 Frequency response analysis of anode current signals as a diagnostic aid for detecting approaching anode effects in aluminum smelting cells  (C. Cheung, C. Menictas, J. Bao, M. Skyllas-Kazacos, B. J. Welch)....Pages 887-892
 Reduction Strategies for PFC Emissions from Chinese Smelters  (Li Wangxing, Chen Xiping, Qiu Shilin, Zhang Baowei, Chris Bayliss)....Pages 893-898
 Off-Gas Analysis of Laboratory-Scale Electrolysis Experiments with Anodes of Various Compositions  (Ole S. Kjos, Thor Anders Aarhaug, Egil Skybakmoen, Asbjørn Solheim, Henrik Gudbrandsen)....Pages 899-903
 Hydrolysis of Carbonyl Sulfide (COS) on Smelting Grade Alumina  (Aleksandr V. Mikhonin, Neal R. Dando, Michael Gershenzon)....Pages 905-908
 A Thermodynamic Approach to the Corrosion of the Cathode Refractory Lining in Aluminium Electrolysis Cell: Modelling of the Al2O3-Na2O-SiO2-AlF3-NaF-SiF4 System  (Guillaume Lambotte, Patrice Chartrand)....Pages 911-916
 Effect of Current Density and Phosphorus Impurities on the Current Efficiency for Aluminum Deposition in Cryolite-Alumina Melts in a Laboratory Cell  (Rauan Meirbekova, Gudrun Saevarsdottir, Geir Martin Haarberg, Joseph Prince Armoo)....Pages 917-920
Front Matter ....Pages 921-921
 Very High Purity Ingot — An Endangered Species?  (Stephen J. Lindsay)....Pages 925-928
 The Challenge of Effectively Utilizing Trace Elements/Impurities in a Varying Raw Materials Market  (Gyan Jha, Shridas Ningileri, Xiaoxuan Li, Randall Bowers)....Pages 929-934
 Energy control in primary aluminium casthouse furnaces  (Inge Johansen, Svenn Ivar Strømhaug)....Pages 935-939
 Metal Contamination Associated with Dross Processing  (Ray D. Peterson)....Pages 941-946
 Ultrasonic Degassing and Processing of Aluminum  (Victor Rundquist, Kiran Manchiraju)....Pages 949-955
 Kinetics of Ultrasonic Degassing of Aluminum Alloys  (Noé Alba-Baena, Dmitry Eskin)....Pages 957-962
 Removal of Inclusions in Molten Aluminum by Flux Injection Under Counter-Gravity  (Jianmin Zeng, Hong Gu)....Pages 963-965
 Advanced Compact Filtration (ACF): An Efficient and Flexible Filtration Process  (Francis Breton, Peter Waite, Patrice Robichaud)....Pages 967-972
 Electromagnetic Priming of Ceramic Foam Filters (CFF) for Liquid Aluminum Filtration  (Robert Fritzsch, Mark William Kennedy, Jon A. Bakken, Ragnhild E. Aune)....Pages 973-979
 Plant Scale Investigation of Liquid Aluminium Filtration by Al2O3 and SiC Ceramic Foam Filters  (Sarina Bao, Martin Syvertsen, Arne Nordmark, Anne Kvithyld, Thorvald Engh, Merete Tangstad)....Pages 981-986
 Casting Practices Influencing Inclusion Distributions in Billets  (Ghadir Razaz, Torbjörn Carlberg)....Pages 987-991
 Oxidation of Commercial Purity Aluminum Melts: An Experimental Study  (Stephen J. Bonner, John A. Taylor, Ji-Yong Yao, M. Akbar Rhamdhani)....Pages 993-997
 Optimisation of Grain Refinement  (Rein Vainik, John Courtenay, Bader Saglam)....Pages 1001-1008
 Grain Refiner for Al-Si Alloys  (Hari Babu Nadendla, Magdalena Nowak, Leandro Bolzoni)....Pages 1009-1012
 Production of Al-Ti-B Grain Refining Master Alloys from B2O3 and K2TiF6 by Microwave Irradiation  (Zhou Shu-cai)....Pages 1013-1016
 Effects of Yb Additions on Refinement of Eutectic Si in Al-5Si Alloys  (J. H. Li, P. Schumacher)....Pages 1017-1022
 Influence of Vanadium on the Microstructure of A356 Foundry Alloy  (Thomas H. Ludwig, Paul L. Schaffer, Lars Arnberg)....Pages 1023-1028
 Influence of die and casting temperatures and titanium and strontium contents on the technological properties of die-cast A356 in the as-cast and T6 condition  (Sebastian F. Fischer, Veronika F. Groten, Johannes Brachmann, Carolin Fix, Thomas Vossel, Andreas Bührig-Polaczek)....Pages 1031-1036
 Horizontal Single Belt Strip Casting (HSBC) of Al-Mg-Sc-Zr Alloys  (Mert Celikin, Donghui Li, Luis Calzado, Mihaiela Isac, Roderick I. L. Guthrie)....Pages 1037-1040
Front Matter ....Pages 1041-1041
 Review of Different Techniques to Study the Interactions Between Coke and Pitch in Anode Manufacturing  (Duygu Kocaefe, Arunima Sarkar, Shipan Das, Salah Amrani, Dipankar Bhattacharyay, Dilip Sarkar et al.)....Pages 1045-1050
 Observations on the Coke Air Reactivity Test  (Keith Neyrey, Les Edwards, James Marino)....Pages 1051-1056
 Impurity Removal from Petroleum Coke  (Alexandre Gagnon, Nigel Backhouse, Hans Darmstadt, Esmé Ryan, Laurence Dyer, David G. Dixon)....Pages 1057-1062
 Calcined Coke Round Robin 19 and the Precision of Bulk Density Tests  (Marvin Lubin, Les Edwards, Lorentz Petter Lossius)....Pages 1063-1068
 A Method for the Rapid Characterization of Petroleum Coke Microstructure Using Polarized Light Microscopy  (Andris Innus, Alain Jomphe, Hans Darmstadt)....Pages 1069-1073
 Improvements of Vibrated Bulk Density Analysis at VM-CBA and Petrocoque S.A  (Jean Carlos Pardo, Edinaldo Pereira da Silva, Paulo da Silva Pontes, André Nantes)....Pages 1075-1078
 Influence of GPC Properties on the CPC Quality  (Zhao Jingli, Zhao Qingcai, Zhao Qingbo, Yu Lei, Yu Pusheng)....Pages 1079-1083
 Quality of Calcined Petroleum Coke and Its Influence on Aluminium Smelting  (José Subero)....Pages 1085-1088
 A Green Anode Plant Performance Analysis Tool Fully Embedded in the Plant Control System  (Xavier Genin, Pasquale Calò)....Pages 1091-1096
 Measures to Prevent Baked Anode Density Drop When Using High Porosity Cokes  (Vinicius Piffer, Chin Woo, Fabiana Nicéas, Rafael Bacelar, Jeronimo Araujo, Leonardo Paulino)....Pages 1097-1100
 New Green Anode Plant at EMAL Start-Up & Operation in the First Two Years  (Raja Javed Akhtar, Rudolf Gemein, Manfred Beilstein)....Pages 1101-1104
 Improving Anode Baked Density and Air Permeability through Process Optimization and Coke Blending  (Bienvenu Ndjom, Muhammad Shafik Malik, Amer Al Marzouqi, Tapan Kumar Sahu, Saleh Ahmed Rabba)....Pages 1105-1110
 Development of an Analytical Dynamic Model of a Vibro-Compactor Used in Carbon Anode Production  (Fatma Rebaïne, Mohamed Bouazara, Daniel Marceau, Duygu Kocaefe, Brigitte Morais)....Pages 1111-1115
 Driving Cost Reduction and Carbon Plant Productivity Improvement through Theory of Constraints and Planned Maintenance Capability  (Keith A. Sinclair, Barry A. Sadler)....Pages 1117-1122
 Optimum Vibration Time for Green Anode Production  (Shoulei Gao, Chongai Bao, Shoujun Zhang, Huanxue Wang, Joe Woo, Euel Cutshall)....Pages 1123-1126
 Comparison of Mixing Process Methods in Prebaked Anode Production  (Sun Yi, Guan Huai, Zhou Shanhong, Liu Chaodong, Xu Haifei)....Pages 1127-1130
 Hydro Aluminium’s Historical Evolution of Closed Type Anode Baking Furnace Technology  (Michal Tkac, Anders Ruud, Inge Holden, Hogne Linga)....Pages 1133-1138
 Use of Mathematical Modelling to Study the Behavior of a Horizontal Anode Baking Furnace  (Yasar Kocaefe, Noura Oumarou, Mounir Baiteche, Duygu Kocaefe, Brigitte Morais, Marc Gagnon)....Pages 1139-1144
 Study on Anode Baking Parameres in Open-Top and Closed-Type Ring Furnaces  (Borzu Baharvand, Mohesn Ameri Siahouei, Mohammad Nabi Batoei, Saeb Sadeghi)....Pages 1145-1150
 Energy Efficiency Improvement in Anode Baking Furnaces  (Cassio Linhares, Fabiana Niceas, Rafael Bacelar, Helcio Campelo, Marcos A. Silva, Jeronimo Araujo et al.)....Pages 1151-1154
 Anode Baking Process Improvement at ALRO  (Pierre Mahieu, Nicolas Fiot, Arnaud Trillat, Ovidiu Balu, Cristian Stanescu)....Pages 1155-1161
 Operational and Environmental Benefits of the New Baking Furnace at Boyne Smelters by Use of an Advanced Firing Technology  (Andreas Himmelreich, Detlef Maiwald, Domenico Di Lisa, Glenn Cordon, Sathya Moodley)....Pages 1163-1168
 Laser Mapping of Carbon Bake Furnaces  (Ashley Tews, Mike Bosse, Robert Zlot, Paul Flick, Meaghan Noonan)....Pages 1169-1174
 Pilot Scale Anodes for Raw Material Evaluation and Process Improvement  (Lorentz Petter Lossius, Juraj Chmelar, Inge Holden, Hogne Linga, Michal Tkac)....Pages 1177-1182
 Relationships between Coke Properties and Anode Properties — Round Robin 19  (Lorentz Petter Lossius, Marvin Lubin, Les Edwards, Julien Wyss)....Pages 1183-1188
 Application of the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) in Predicting Anode Properties  (Dipankar Bhattacharyay, Duygu Kocaefe, Yasar Kocaefe, Brigitte Morais, Marc Gagnon)....Pages 1189-1194
 A Model for Predicting the Electrical Resistivity of Baked Anodes  (Dipankar Bhattacharyay, Duygu Kocaefe, Yasar Kocaefe, Brigitte Morais, Marc Gagnon)....Pages 1195-1200
 The Role of Electrode Quality in Metal Purity  (Stephen J. Lindsay)....Pages 1201-1205
 Electrochemical Characterization of Carbon Anode Performance  (Rebecca Jayne Thorne, Camilla Sommerseth, Espen Sandnes, Ole Kjos, Thor Anders Aarhaug, Lorentz Petter Lossius et al.)....Pages 1207-1211
 High Capacity Thermobalance Anode Reactivity Testing  (Nick Janssen, James Baker, Frank Cannova, Barry Sadler)....Pages 1213-1218
 Diagnosing Changes in Baked Anode Properties using a Multivariate Data-driven Approach  (Julien Lauzon-Gauthier, Carl Duchesne, Jayson Tessier)....Pages 1219-1223
 Evolution of the Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Ramming Paste from Ambient to Operating Temperature in a Hall-Heroult Cell  (Stephane Tremblay, Lyne St-Georges, Laszlo Kiss, Lyès Hacini, Bénédicte Allard, Daniel Marceau)....Pages 1227-1231
 New Compaction Method for the Production of Large Ramming Paste Samples for 3D Mechanical Characterization  (Pierre-Olivier St-Arnaud, Donald Picard, Maxime Noël, Houshang Alamdari, Donald Ziegler, Mario Fafard)....Pages 1233-1238
 Technology for Manufacturing Cathodes for Aluminium Reduction in China  (Yang Hongjie, Liu Fengqin, Cai Suwei, Yang Xiaopei)....Pages 1239-1243
 The Effect of Cryolite on the Formation of Aluminum Carbide at the Carbon Aluminum Interface  (B. Novak, K. Tschöpe, A. P. Ratvik, T. Grande)....Pages 1245-1250
 Critical Reflections on Laboratory Wear Tests for Ranking Commercial Cathode Materials in Aluminium Cells  (Kati Tschöpe, Anne Støre, Egil Skybakmoen, Asbjørn Solheim, Tor Grande, Arne Petter Ratvik)....Pages 1251-1256
 Model for Excessive Cathode Wear By a “Carbon Pump” at the Cell Bottom  (Asbjørn Solheim, Kati Tschöpe)....Pages 1257-1262
 Characterization of Porous Structure and its Correlation to Sodium Expansion of Graphite Cathode Materials Using Image Analysis  (Xiang Li, Jilai Xue, Tong Chen)....Pages 1263-1267
 Studies on the Resistance to Alkali Metal Penetration of Binders for TiB2-C Composite Cathode Materials  (Fang Zhao, Zhang Kai, Lai Yan-qing, Li Lin-bo, Zhu Jun)....Pages 1269-1274
 Mechanically alloyed Cu-Ni-Fe-Y material as inert anode for Al production  (V. Ouvarov-Bancalero, D. Guay, L. Roué)....Pages 1277-1281
 Cold Spray deposition of mechanically alloyed Cu-Ni-Fe material for application as inert anodes for aluminum production  (G. Goupil, S. Helle, E. Irissou, D. Poirier, J. G. Legoux, D. Guay et al.)....Pages 1283-1287
 Initial 1000A Aluminum Electrolysis Testing in Potassium Cryolite-Based Electrolyte   (John Hryn, Olga Tkacheva, Jeff Spangenberger)....Pages 1289-1294
 Electrochemical Behavior of Cermet Anodes in Na3AlF6-K3AlF6-Based Low-Melting Electrolytes for Aluminium Electrolysis  (Guihua Wang, Xiaofei Sun)....Pages 1295-1298
 Production of Aluminum Sulfide through Carbosulfidation Utilising H2S  (Nazmul Huda, M. A. Rhamdhani, G. A. Brooks, B. J. Monaghan, L. Prentice)....Pages 1299-1304
 Microstructural Evolution of Cast Iron Used for Cathode Rodding in Aluminium Electrolysis Cell  (Alireza Hekmat-Ardakan, Gervais Soucy, Loig Rivoaland)....Pages 1305-1309
 Preparing Al-Sc-Zr Alloys in Aluminum Electrolysis Process  (Yi Qian, Jilai Xue, Qiaochu Liu, Jun Zhu)....Pages 1311-1314
 Fume Treatment Systems Based on RTO Technology for Carbon Baking Furnaces  (Matthias Hagen, Bernd Schricker)....Pages 1317-1322
 AHEX- A New, Combined Waste Heat Recovery and Emission Control System for Anode Bake Furnaces  (A. Sørhuus, S. Ose, G. Wedde)....Pages 1323-1328
 Successful Start-Up of the Fume Treatment Centre at Boyne Smelter Carbon Bake Furnace #4  (Jonathan Higley, Glenn Cordon, Peter Klut, Rick Oliana, Erik Dupon, Travis Turco et al.)....Pages 1329-1334
 Thermo-electro-mechanical characterization of anode interfaces at operating conditions  (Hugues Fortin, Marie-Hélène Martin, Nédeltcho Kandev, Guillaume Gauvin, Donald Ziegler, Mario Fafard)....Pages 1335-1340
 A Fully Coupled Thermal-Electrical-Mechanical Transient FEA Model for a 3D Anode Assembly  (D. R. Gunasegaram, D. Molenaar)....Pages 1341-1346
 Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Voltage Drop in Anode Assemblies  (Ebrahim Jeddi, Daniel Marceau, Laszlo I. Kiss, Lyne St-Georges, Denis Laroche, Lyès Hacini)....Pages 1347-1352
 Optimization of the Anode-Stub Contact: Effect of Casting Temperature, Contact Stress and Temperature and Surface Roughness  (Bjarte Oye, Anne Store, Elin Haugland, Jorund Hop)....Pages 1353-1357
 Experimental Investigation of Factors Affecting the Electrical Performance of the Stub to Carbon Connection  (D. Molenaar, T. Kilpatrick, A. Montalto)....Pages 1359-1364
Back Matter ....Pages 1365-1377