Process simulation of aluminum reduction cells

Conference · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:371989

Tabsh, I ^[1]; Dupuis, M ^[2]; Gomes, A ^[3]

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1. CompuSIM Inc., Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
2. GeniSim, Jonquiere, Quebec (Canada)
3. Alcan Aluminio do Brasil S.A., Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)

A program was developed to model the dynamic behavior of an aluminum reduction cell. The program simulates the physical process by solving the heat and mass balance equations that characterize the behavior of eleven chemical species in the system. It also models operational events (such as metal tapping, anode change, etc.) and the process control logic including various alumina feeding policies and anode effect quenching. The program is a PC based Windows{reg_sign} application that takes full advantage of the Windows user interface. This paper describes the implementation of the process model and the control logic. Various results using the simulation are compared to measured data.

• OSTI ID: 371989
• Report Number(s): CONF-960202-; ISBN 0-87339-312-0; TRN: IM9641%%66
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting and exhibition of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Anaheim, CA (United States), 4-8 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Light metals 1996; Hale, W. [ed.] [Anglesey Aluminum Metal Ltd., North Wales (United Kingdom)]; PB: 1304 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
99 MATHEMATICS
COMPUTERS
INFORMATION SCIENCE
MANAGEMENT
LAW
MISCELLANEOUS
ALUMINIUM
ELECTROLYSIS
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
EQUATIONS
HEAT TRANSFER
MASS BALANCE
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
PROCESS CONTROL
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
FLUORIDES
VALIDATION
TIME DEPENDENCE