Anode Baking: The Underestimated Human Aspect

Autor:	Felix Keller, Peter O. Sulger, Werner K. Fischer
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Materials science Waste management media_common.quotation_subject Mechanical engineering chemistry.chemical_element Anode Indirect costs chemistry Smelting Human–machine interface Quality (business) Process optimization Carbon media_common
Zdroj:	Essential Readings in Light Metals ISBN: 9783319485775 Essential Readings in Light Metals: Electrode Technology for Aluminum Production, Volume 4
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-319-48200-2_54
Popis:	In the framework of carbon plant auditing R&D Carbon Ltd. had the opportunity to investigate the operation of many different anode bake furnaces. As a striking result significant differences in the performance of bake furnaces with similar design were identified. Avoidable direct annual losses of one million USD and more per 100.000 tons of baking capacity have been identified. These direct costs do not take any indirect losses in the smelter into account, which result from substandard anode quality and which can easily be two to three times higher than the direct losses.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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