ICSOBA 2015

TRAVAUX № 44

Full ICSOBA 2015 Proceedings

KN01 - Technology and innovation at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

Authors: Ali Al Zarouni - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

KN02 - A portrait of aluminium, metal of dream and modernity

Authors: Maurice Laparra - Institute for the History of Aluminium

KN03 - Towards the smelter of the future

Authors: Claude Vanvoren - Rio Tinto

KN04 - Ecology as a fundamental trend of UC RUSAL technical evolution

Authors: Victor Mann - UC RUSAL

KN05 - Joint ventures – old risks and new challenges

Authors: Anthony Kjar - Gibson Crest

KN06 - Sustainability in aluminum production

Authors: Florian Kongoli - FLOGEN Technologies

KN07 - Aluminium smelting costs: A value-based costing (VBC) approach

Authors: Helena Norrgren, Sion Roberts and Kelly Driscoll - CRU Group

KN08 - Aluminium market outlook

Authors: Carl Firman - Wood Mackenzie

BX01 - Bauxite beneficiation modifying factors

Authors: Caio van Deursen, Roberto Seno Jr., Rodrigo Moreno and Thiago Franco - Votorantim Metais

BX02 - AKW Apparate + Verfahren GmbH and its expertise in bauxite upgrading

Authors: Thomas Baumann - AKW Apparate+Verfahren

BX03 - Bauxite fines recovery via desliming and concentration

Authors: Caio van Deursen, Roberto Seno Jr., Rodrigo Moreno and Thiago Franco - Votorantim Metais

BX04 - Madagascar bauxite as an alternative source

Authors: Yves Occello - Amber Development

BX05 - Value engineering study for bauxite reject disposal

Authors: Caio van Deursen, Roberto Seno Jr., Rodrigo Moreno and Thiago Franco - Votorantim Metais

BX06 - Developing bauxite projects – balancing technical and logistical considerations

Authors: Filip Orzechowski - SRK Consulting

BX07 - The rediscovery of Rondon do Para, the last giant world-class bauxite deposit in an attractive geography

Authors: Hélcio José dos Prazeres Filho, Saulo Batista de Oliveira, Lúcio Molinari, Jones Belther - Votorantim Metais

BX08 - New scope of exploration and techno-economic studies of laterites and bauxites in regions covered with Gondwana sediments

Authors: Rakesh Shrivastava and Suyash Kumar - Government Model Science College

BX09 - The Votorantim Metais bauxite rod-ball grinding mill

Authors: Caio van Deursen, Roberto Seno Jr., Rodrigo Moreno and Thiago Franco - Votorantim Metais

AA01 - Design, startup and operation of the new digestion facility at the Ma’aden Alumina Refinery

Authors: Brady Haneman and Brandon Lindsay Rae - Hatch Associates, Ma’aden

AA02 - The application of single stream digestion at Votorantim Metais/CBA refinery

Authors: Thiago Franco, Roberto Seno Jr., Anderson Duck, Alexandre Freitas - Votorantim Metais/CBA, AJP Engenharia

AA03 - Bauxite digestion redundancy options

Authors: Daniel Thomas and Brad Hogan - WorleyParsons

AA04 - Use of double hose-diaphragm pumps in Bayer process for alumina production

Authors: Ralf Scherer - FELUWA Pumpen

AA05 - Advanced process control application in VM-CBA bauxite digestion unit

Authors: Thiago Franco, Roberto Seno Jr., Anderson Duck, Sayonara Carneiro, Danilo Halla and Igor Santiago - Votorantim Metais, I.Systems Automação Industrial

AA06 - Assessment of flow pattern and mixing phenomena in alumina digesters

Authors: Kiran Bhor, Kumaresan T., Ashish Mishra, Narinder Walia, Sudip Bhattacharya - Aditya Birla Science and Technology Company, Hindalco Industries

AA07 - Thermal areas synergy in an alumina refinery

Authors: Karel Fort , Roberto Seno Jr. , Thiago Franco - KF Engineering Services, Votorantim Metais

AA08 - Effect of bauxite characteristics and process conditions on control of silica and phosphate in Bayer liquor

Authors: S. Sankaranarayanan - Hindalco Industries

AA09 - Basic design criteria for agitators in alumina production

Authors: Detlef Klatt and Janin Klatt-Eberle - STC-Engineering

AA10 - Process simulation in VM-CBA alumina refinery

Authors: Thiago Franco, Roberto Seno Jr., Rodrigo Moreno, Caio van Deursen and Alexandre Freitas - Votorantim Metais/CBA, AJP Engenharia

AA11 - Energy efficiency in alumina refineries - Combining hydrate filtration with alumina calciner

Authors: Michael Missalla, Andreas Koschnick, Linus Perander, Hans Werner Schmidt - Outotec

AA12 - Experience with particle breakdown in gas suspension calciners

Authors: Benny Erik Raahauge and Niranjan Devarajan - FLSmidth

AA13 - Fit for future – Design of the BOKELA boozer and spoker boozer disc filter

Authors: R. Bott, J. Hahn, T. Langeloh - BOKELA

AA14 - Nalco CGMax ™: A tool for alumina yield improvement and product quality control

Authors: Alex Aboayge, Prabhat Chaturvedi, Hanuman Gupta and John Kildea - Hindalco, Nalco, An Ecolab Company

AA15 - Performance evaluation of CYFLOC® HF series – New dextran-based hydrate flocculants for the alumina industry

Authors: Renata Vinhas, Luis Soliz, Xin Li, Akshar Gupta, and Dave Dennis - Cytec

AA16 - The quality of alumina produced by the hydrochloric acid process and potential for improvement

Authors: Alexander Suss, Alexander Senyuta, Maria Kravchenya, Andrey Smirnov, Andrey Panov - RUSAL Engineering & Technology Center

AA17 - Redefining ‘scale of economy’ for stand-alone specialty alumina production capacities

Authors: Bhavani Shankar Pani - Span Resources Management Services

AA18 - Processing of red mud by low temperature microwave hydrogen plasma for production of iron: An eco-friendly technology

Authors: Bhagyadhar Bhoi, Priyanka Rajput, and Chitta Ranjan Mishra - CSIR - Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, NALCO

AA19 - Drivers for seawater neutralisation of bauxite residue

Authors: Callan Gault - Hatch

AA20 - Impact of beneficiated seawater on red mud neutralization

Authors: Mark Mullett, D. Johnstone, Callan Gault, and S. Couperthwaite - Hatch, Queensland University of Technology

AA21 - Sustainable solids – liquid separation in mining and mineral industry with solid bowl decanter

Authors: Ivar Madsen and Marcelo Gabriel - Alfa Laval

AA22 - New developments in red mud flocculation and control of solid/liquid separation

Authors: John Kildea - Nalco, An Ecolab Company

AA23 - Votorantim Metais/CBA bauxite residue: challenges and solutions

Authors: Rodrigo Moreno and Roberto Seno - Votorantim Metais

AA24 - Red mud turns from waste to raw material for cement industry in joint effort by JP Cement-Dalla and Hindalco-Renukoot

Authors: Prabhat Chaturvedi, Hanuman Gupta - Hindalco

AA25 - Investigation of energy efficiency improvements in alumina refinery of Seydişehir ETI Aluminium Plant

Authors: Seyit Avcu, Gökhan Kürşat Demir, Mustafa Esen Martı and Muammer Özgören - ETI Aluminium, Selçuk University

AA26 - The importance of temperature control in caustic cleaning routines in a Bayer plant

Authors: Américo José Preto Borges, Clauderino da Silva Batista, João Nazareno Nonato Quaresma - Hydro Alunorte, Federal University of Pará

AA27 - Caustic cleaning quality: Condition crucial to increased system availability in a Bayer plant

Authors: Américo José Preto Borges, Clauderino da Silva Batista, João Nazareno Nonato Quaresma - Hydro Alunorte, Federal University of Pará

AA28 - Formation study and influence of tricalcium aluminate (TCA) on the polishing process of green liquor

Authors: José Antônio da Silva Sousa, Mônica Silva Serra Leandro - Federal University of Pará, Hydro Alunorte

CB01 - Petroleum coke shaft calcining technology - salient features of construction and production techniques

Authors: Oscar Mascarenhas, Raghunath Prabhu, Arun Mathur and Antonio Botelho - Goa Petcoke Consultancy

CB02 - Influence of calcination temperature and sulfur level on coke properties

Authors: Victor Buzunov, Sergey Khramenko, Andrey Konstantinov and John Johnson - United Company RUSAL, Engineering & Technology Center

CB03 - Strategy for sustaining anode quality amidst deteriorating coke quality

Authors: Tapan K. Sahu, Saleh Ahmed Rabbaa, Amer Al Marzooqi, Muhammad Shafiq Malik, Bienvenu Ndjom, Pragasan Palavar and Esam Mohamed - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

CB04 - Rhodax green anode plants - 10 years of success

Authors: Christophe Bouche and André Pinoncely - Fives Solios

CB05 - Role of anode manufacturing processes in net carbon consumption

Authors: Khalil Khaji and Mohammed Al Qassemi - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

CB06 - MIREA – An on-line real time solution to check the electrical quality of anodes

Authors: Guillaume Léonard, Ameline Bernard, Yann El Ghaoui, Marc Gagnon, Patrick Coulombe, Gontran Bourque and Stéphane Gourmaud - Rio Tinto, Aluminerie Alouette, Fives

CB07 - Inspection of baked carbon anodes using acoustic techniques

Authors: Moez Ben Boubaker, Donald Picard, Jayson Tessier, Houshang Alamdari, Mario Fafard, Carl Duchesne - Université Laval

CB08 - Crack detection method applied to 3D computed tomography images of baked carbon anode

Authors: Donald Picard, Julien Lauzon-Gauthier, Carl Duchesne, Houshang Alamdari, Mario Fafard, Donald Ziegler - Université Laval, Alcoa

CB09 - Retrofit opportunities in aluminum smelter using DIDION rotary thimble cleaning and carbon crushing equipment

Authors: David J Roth - GPS Global Solutions

CB10 - The STAS ASIS3D – The automated anode stub inspection system

Authors: Pascal Côté, Jean-Pierre Gagné, Pete Forakis - STAS

AL01 - DX cell technology at 400 kA and beyond

Authors: Rawa Ba Raheem, Arvind Kumar, Sergey Akhmetov - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

AL02 - Amperage increase in DX potlines at EMAL

Authors: Vijayakumar Pillai, Shaikha Al Shehhi, Dinesh Bakshi, Joseph Ndjebayi, Tariq Majeed - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

AL03 - Modelling and measurements to support technological development of AP60 and APXe cells

Authors: Yves Caratini, Isabelle Mantha, Benoit Bardet, Sébastien Bécasse, Alexandre Blais, Martin Forté, Sébastien Guérard - Rio Tinto

AL04 - 25 years of continuous improvements in TALUM smelter

Authors: Zlatko Čuš, Avgust Šibila, Branko Juršek, Stanislav Kores - TALUM

AL05 - A practical, cost-effective solution to processing sodium reduction skimming station residue

Authors: Shane Pollé, Shaikha Rashed Al Shehhi, Halim Khan, Yousuf Ehab Yousuf Abdulkhaliq, Bharat Gadilkar, Deepu Ramchandran - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

AL06 - Alumina supply study for a smelter expansion

Authors: Laszlo Tikasz, Shawqi Al-Hashimi, Jacques Caissy, Robert I. McCulloch - BECHTEL, Aluminium Bahrain

AL07 - Extended surface filter bags – applications and benefits

Authors: Petra Mühlen - Advancetex International

AL08 - Pneumatic conveying of alumina - comparison of technologies

Authors: Jens Garbe, Arne Hilck, Andreas Wolf - Claudius Peters Projects

AL09 - Embedded service robot: towards an automated, efficient and green smelter

Authors: Michael Trideau - Fives

AL10 - Evaluation of anode cover heat loss

Authors: Amal Aljasmi, Alexander Arkhipov and Abdalla Alzarooni - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

AL11 - Millivolt Anodes and Cicero - new tools for better pot and potline control

Authors: Benoit Verreault, Réjean Fournier, Christian Bourbonnière - Rio Tinto

AL12 - An approach to a sustainable aluminium smelter design

Authors: Stephan Broek, James Farrell, Muna Alamoodi, Nadia Ahli, Milton Khan - Hatch, EGA

AL13 - Economic feasibility analysis of construction of high amperage aluminium smelters

Authors: S. Akhmedov, V. Kozlov, V. Rozanov, M. Gorlanov - ALCORUS

AL14 - Current efficiency in laboratory aluminium cells

Authors: Asbjørn Solheim, Henrik Gudbrandsen, Karen Sende Osen, and Jannicke Kvello - SINTEF

AL15 - A Cell Simulator for optimizing the operation practices and the process control

Authors: Jacques Antille, René von Kaenel, Louis Bugnion - KAN-NAK

AL16 - Carbon dust in aluminum electrolysis pots - a vicious circle

Authors: Louis Bugnion, Jean-Claude Fischer - R&D Carbon

AL17 - Influence of carbon dust in the electrolyte on aluminium electrolysis parameters

Authors: Stanislaw Pietrzyk and Jomar Thonstad - AGH-University of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

AL18 - Performances of green and eco-friendly ramming pastes in EGA pots

Authors: Benedicte Allard, Arvind Kumar and Mohamed Tawfik - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

AL19 - Oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance of silicon carbide side lining

Authors: Andrey Yurkov - Voljsky Abrasive Works

AL20 - Issues of spent carbon potlining processing

Authors: Aleksandr Suss, Natalia Kuznetzova, Aleksandr Damaskin, Irina Paromova, Andrey Panov - RUSAL Engineering & Technology Center

AL21 - A new aluminium electrolysis cell busbar network concept

Authors: Marc Dupuis - GeniSim

AL22 - Impact of copper insert on low amperage aluminium reduction cell

Authors: Amit Gupta, Amit Jha, Mahesh Sahoo, J. Jinil and J. P. Nayak - Aditya Birla Science and Technology, Hindalco Industries

AL23 - Storvik high conductivity anode yoke with copper core

Authors: Dag Sverre Sæsbøe - Storvik

AL24 - Anode design modeling for improved energy efficiency

Authors: Ayoola Brimmo, Mohamed Mahmoud, Khalil Khaji, Mohamed I Hassan - Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)

AL25 - Studies on background PFC and current distribution using individual anode signals in aluminium reduction cells

Authors: Ali Jassim, Sergey Akmetov, Barry Welch, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Jie Bao and Yuchen Yao - Emirates Global Aluminium, The University of New South Wales

AL26 - Measuring sulphur in the electrolyte of aluminium reduction cells

Authors: Rauan Meirbekova, Jomar Thonstad and Gudrun Saevarsdottir - Reykjavik University, NTNU

AL27 - Effects of electrolyte impurities on the current efficiency during aluminium electrolysis

Authors: Geir Martin Haarberg - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

AL28 - Recovery of impurities from secondary alumina by acid leaching

Authors: Thor Anders Aarhaug, Arne Petter Ratvik and Svetlana Kalyavina - SINTEF, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

AL29 - Aluminum loss in KF-NaF-AlF3 based electrolyte

Authors: Shengzhong Bao, Guisheng Liang, Jianhong Yang, Junwei Wang, Zhiming Liu - Zhengzhou Non-ferrous Metals Research Institute, Chalco

DS01 - Ignitable reactive Al-Ni-MexOy composite products by ball milling and ultrasonic powder consolidation

Authors: Somayeh Gheybi Hashemabad, I.E. Gunduz, Teiichi Ando, Claus Georg Rebholz and Charalabos Constantinos Doumanidis - Northeastern University, Purdue University, University of Cyprus, Khalifa University

DS02 - Experimental assessment of the icosahedral phase of Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystalline alloy for enhanced solar absorption

Authors: Abdul Hai Alami, Afra Alketbi, Meera Almheiri and Jehad Abed - University of Sharjah