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Title: Electrode Arrangement As Substitute Bottom For An Electrothermic Slag Smelting Furnace.

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OSTI ID:880159

The electrode arrangement uses vertically oriented electrodes with side wall contacts for an electrothermic smelting furnace for aluminum production. The side wall contacts are radially moveable into the furnace to compensate for wear on the contacts. The side wall contacts can be hollow to allow a slag forming charge to be fed to the furnace.

Research Organization:
Aluminum Company of America
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-00ID13900
Assignee:
Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Patent Number(s):
US 6,980,580
Application Number:
10/646507
OSTI ID:
880159
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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