ICSOBA 2017

TRAVAUX № 46

Full ICSOBA 2017 Proceedings

KN01 - The Industrial Society as a Skyscraper

Authors: Martin Iffert

KN02 - Dadco and Aluminiumoxid Stade: A Perspective - Past, Present and Future

Authors: Marco van der Werff

KN03 - Resource Conservation and Energy Efficiency in Car Production – Sustainability as Part of the Product Strategy

Authors: Hagen Seifert

KN04 - Mining and Refining 4.0

Authors: Raphael Costa

KN05 - Sustainability of the Indian Aluminium Industry: Challenges and Opportunities

Authors: Pradip Kumar Banerjee

KN06 - History and Recent Developments in Aluminum Smelting in China

Authors: Bingliang Gao, Zhaowen Wang, Zhongning Shi and Xianwei Hu

KN07 - Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Market Overview

Authors: Kelly Driscoll

KN08 - Bauxite Mine Rehabilitation and Bauxite Residue Management: A Global Perspective

Authors: Katy Tsesmelis

BX01 - The El Palmar Bauxite Deposit in Venezuela

Authors: Noel Mariño

BX02 - Impurities Control – From a Mine to a Plant

Authors: Stephan Beaulieu

BX03 - New Bauxite - Testing Protocol

Authors: Eoin Keane

AA01 - Overview of Alumina Refining Energy Consumption

Authors: Linlin Wu

AA02 - Industrial Emissions Licence – an EU Licence

Authors: Louise Clune

AA03 - Sustainability and Alumina Refinery Design

Authors: Peter-Hans ter Weer

AA04 - The Evolution of Alumina Production Technology in China, New Challenges and Trends

Authors: Gu Songqing

AA05 - Tube Digestion – Late Success of a VAW Technology

Authors: Horst Peters

AA06 - The Continuous Optimization of the Primary Energy Input at AOS – A Story of Success

Authors: Felix Wolters and Michael Schütt

AA07 - Advancing Asset Reliability and Process Monitoring using Fiber Optics Technology

Authors: Michael Barnes and Brady Haneman

AA08 - Impurity Removal in the Bayer Process

Authors: Steven Rosenberg

AA09 - A Review of Zinc in Bauxites, the Bayer Process, Alumina and Aluminium  

Authors: György (George) Bánvölgyi

AA10 - Optimization of Lime Dosage to Digestion at Alunorte Refinery Using Monte Carlo Methods  

Authors: Daniela Menezes Rossetto, Daniel Rodrigues, Robert LaMacchia

AA11 - High Iron Diasporic Bauxite Processing Study  

Authors: Xinhua Li, Songqing Gu, Zhonglin Yin

AA12 - The Impact of Organic Additives on Phase Transformation and Particle Size of Bayer Process Desilication Product

Authors: Dilini Seneviratne, Hong Peng and James Vaughan

AA13 - The Leachability of Calcium Aluminate Phases in Slags for the Extraction of Alumina

Authors: Fabian Imanasa Azof, Leiv Kolbeinsen and Jafar Safarian

AA14 - Distribution of Trace Elements Through the Bayer Process and its By-Products

Authors: Johannes Vind, Vicky Vassiliadou and Dimitrios Panias

AA15 - The Effect of Dissolved Silica in Bayer Liquor Titration

Authors: Daniel Rodrigues and Robert LaMacchia

AA16 - Development and Utilization of Detailed Process and Technology Models at RUSAL Alumina Refineries

Authors: Vladimir Golubev, Mamadou-Bano. Balde, Dmitriy Chistyakov

AA17 - Progress in Research and Development of Alumina Production Technology for Low Grade Bauxite in China

Authors: Yin Zhonglin, Wu Guobao, Zhang Liqiang and Lu Xiaotao

AA18 - Specifics of Sample Preparation and Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Trace Impurities in Alumina and Aluminium

Authors: T.G. Golovanova, T.P. Mukina, Yu.A. Chernyshova,A.P. Nechitaylov, A.G. Suss

AA19 - The Properties of Superfine ATH Precipitated by Carbonation

Authors: Andrey Panov, Alexander Senyuta, Alexander Damaskin

AA20 - Equivalence of Growth Rate and Yield Methods

Authors: Rodney Stephenson

AA21 - Alumina Hydrate Suspension in the Draft Tube Precipitator Design – Batch versus Continuous Operation

Authors: Kumaresan T., Kiran Bhor, Vilas Tathavadkar, Ashish Mishra, Prasanta Bose and Rohit Chourasia

AA22 - Thermal Energy Consumption in Gas Suspension Calciners

Authors: Benny Raahauge

AA23 - Consistent Plant Performance Through Operator Centered Visual Daily Management

Authors: Damien Clancy

AA24 - Real-time Elemental Analysis for Prompt Process Control in Alumina Production

Authors: Alexander Baryshnikov, Ivan Belikov, Vsevolod Demidov and Vitaly Ovcharenko

AA25 - Strategies for Alumina Refinery Optimisation

Authors: Andrew Furlong and Jock Armstrong

AA26 - Design and Operation of Pan Filters at the Physical Cake Moisture Limit

Authors: Jürgen Hahn

AA27 - SOLVAY’s CYQUEST® 170 Series: an Oil-Free and more Cost Effective Crystal Growth Modifier

Authors: Luis Soliz, Scott Griffin, Marie Anderson, Krzysztof Andruszkiewicz and Mark Doran

AA28 - Using Digital Tools to Further Optimize Product Quality and Calcination Performance 

Authors: Michael Missalla, Linus Perander, Steffen Haus and Nikola Anastasijevic

AA29 - Comparison of Impeller-Baffle Interactions in Alumina Precipitators

Authors: René Rödenbeck, Detlef Klatt and Janin Klatt-Eberle

AA30 - Alumina Production - Harsh Conditions for Filter Media

Authors: Philipp Trautmann and Giacomo Campagna

BR01 - Bauxite Residue Disposal Area Rehabilitation

Authors: Kevin McMahon

BR02- Red Mud Issues in Vietnam

Authors: Huan Minh Tran and Loi Duc Vu

BR03 - Bauxite Residue Dewatering by Pressure Filtration: a Versatile and Customizable Solution for Dry Stack Disposal

Authors: Francesco Kaswalder and Emanuele Iero

BR04 - Factors Affecting Solute Analysis of Bauxite Residue Filter Cakes and Resulting Influences on Solute Recovery Calculations

Authors: Teemu Kinnarinen, Mikko Huhtanen, Lloyd Holliday and Antti Häkkinen

BR05 - Polymer Enhanced Geosynthetic Clay Liners for Bauxite Storage

Authors: Michael S. Donovan, Robert Valorio and Barbara Gebka

BR06 - Chemical Compatibility of Geosynthetic Clay Liners to Aggressive Bauxite Liquor

Authors: Kuo Tian and Craig H. Benson

BR07 - Bauxite Residue as a Source of Gallium – An Extraction Study

Authors: Éva Ujaczki, Patricia Cusack, Seamus Clifford, Teresa Curtin, Ronan Courtney and Lisa O’Donoghue

BR08 - Specific Features of Scandium Behavior during Sodium Bicarbonate Digestion of Red Mud

Authors: Alexander Suss, N.V. Kuznetsova, Alexander Kozyrev, Andrey Panov and Sergey Gorbachev

BR09 - Impact of Using Bauxite Residue in Microconcrete and Comparison with Other Kind of Supplementary Cementitious Material

Authors: Roberto Cesar de Oliveira Romano, José Augusto Ferreira Sales de Mesquita, Heitor Montefusco Bernardo, Gabriel Carpinelli Perozzi Brasileiro, Gustavo Henrique Utsunomiya Muniz, Maria Alba Cincottoand Rafael Giuliano Pileggi

BR10 - Use of Bauxite Residue Slurry as Single Activator in a Hybrid Binder System

Authors: Lukas Arnout, Tobias Hertel, Maxime Liard, Didier Lootens and Yiannis Pontikes

BR11 - Low-Carbon Footprint Cements Incorporating High Volumes of Bauxite Residue

Authors: David Ariño-Montoya, Marios Katsiotis, Giannis Giannakopoulos, Remus Ion Iacobescu and Yiannis Pontikes, S.A.

BR12 - Potential Commercial Processes for the Utilization of Bauxite Residues

Authors: David J Roth, and Jim Falter

BR13 - Behaviour of Silica during Metal Recovery from Bauxite Residue by Acidic Leaching

Authors: Rodolfo Marin Rivera, Brecht Ulenaers, Ghania Ounoughene, Koen Binnemans and Tom Van Gerven

BR14 - Ionometallurgical Leaching Process of Bauxite Residue: a Comparison between Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids

Authors: Chiara Bonomi, Panagiotis Davris, Efthymios Balomenos, Ioanna Giannopoulou and Dimitrios Panias

BR15 - Production of Green Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) from Red Mud of Indian Origin: Novel Concept

Authors: Bhagyadhar Bhoi, Priyanka Rajput and Chitta Ranjan Mishra  

BR16 - High Temperature Processing Options for the Valorisation of Bauxite Residue towards New Materials

Authors: Tobias Hertel, Bart Blanpain and Yiannis Pontikes  

BR17 - Combined SAF Smelting and Hydrometallurgical Treatment of Bauxite Residue for Enhanced Valuable Metal Recovery

Authors: Bengi Yagmurlu, Gözde Alkan, Buhle Xakalashe, Bernd Friedrich, Srecko Stopic and Carsten Dittrich  

BR18 - Reductive Roasting Process for the Recovery of Iron Oxides from Bauxite Residue through Rotary Kiln Furnace and Magnetic Separation

Authors: Chiara Cardenia, Buhle Xakalashe, Efthymios Balomenos, Dimitrios Panias and Bernd Friedrich 

BR19 - Carbothermic Reduction of Bauxite Residue for Iron Recovery and Subsequent Aluminium Recovery from Slag Leaching

Authors: Pritii Tam Wai Yin, Buhle Xakalashe, Bernd Friedrich, Dimitrios Panias and Vicky Vassiliadou

CB01 - Vanadium Speciation in Petroleum Cokes for Anodes used in Aluminium Electrolysis

Authors: Gøril Jahrsengene, Hannah C. Wells, Camilla Sommerseth, Arne Petter Ratvik, Lorentz Petter Lossius, Richard G. Haverkamp and Ann Mari Svensson

CB02 - Thermal Desulfurization of Petroleum Coke for Anode Use

Authors: Les Edwards

CB03 - Acoustic Emission Techniques to Measure the Properties of Coke Particles – A First Foray

Authors: Geoffroy Rouget, Petre Manolescu, Donald Picard, Carl Duchesne, Houshang Alamdari, and Duygu Kocaefe

CB04 - Formulation without Ultrafine Coke Particles: A Way to Increase the Features of the Carbon Anode

Authors: F. Chevarin, R. Ishak, G. Rouget, D. Ziegler, M. Fafard, H. Alamdari

CB05 - Prebaked Anodes Cracking at Forming - Reasons and Solutions

Authors: Yvon Menard

CB06 - Storvik HAL Compactor

Authors: Gunnar T. Gravem, Amund Bjerkholt, Dag Herman Andersen

CB07 - The Influence of Flue Wall Deformation on Anode Baking Homogeneity for the Aluminum Production

Authors: Mouna Zaidani, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Abdul Raouf Tajik, Zahid Ahmed Qureshi and Tariq Shamim

CB08 - Effects of Fire Cycle Time on Heat Transfer Characteristics and Energy Consumption in Anode Baking Furnace

Authors: Abdul Raouf Tajik, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Mouna Zaidani, Zahid Ahmed Qureshi and Tariq Shamim

CB09 - An Introduction to Phase-Field based Model for Predicting the Baking Level of Carbon Anodes

Authors: Zahid A. Qureshi, Rashid K. Abu Al-Rub, Mouna Zaidani, Abdul Raouf Tajik and Tariq Shamim

CB10 - 3D Transient Modelling of a Complete Fire Line for Anode Baking Furnace Design and Optimization

Authors: Arnaud Bourgier, Sandra Besson and Jean-Philippe Schneider

CB11 - Improvement in oxidation Behaviour of Prebake anodes used in NALCO smelter plant Binuta Patra and Anindya Palchowdhury

Authors: Arnaud Bourgier, Sandra Besson and Jean-Philippe Schneider

CB12 - Improving Net Carbon Consumption at EGA with the Support of Anode Tracking and Butt Analyser

Authors: Tapan K. Sahu, Najeeba Al Jabri, Saleh Ahmed Rabba, Ali Jassim Banjab, Ahmed Al Marzouqi, Amer Al Marzouqi, Mariam Almarzooqi, Bienvenu Ndjom, Pragasan Palavar, Rajwinder Kaur and Edouard Mofor

CB13 - Measurement of Tortuosity of Anode Porosity by 3D Micro X-ray Computed Tomography

Authors: Arnaud Stein Rørvik and Lorentz Petter Lossius

CB14 - An Experimental Testing of the SERMA Technology for the Quality Control of Green and Baked Anodes

Authors: Abderrahmane Benzaoui, Duygu Kocaefe, Dipankar Bhattacharyay, Yasar Kocaefe and Jean-François Desmeules

DS01 - Optimization of Energy Consumption at a Billet Foundry

Authors: Omar El-Rouby, Mathieu-Alexandre Murray and Michel Carreau

DS02 - Machinability of a 53 % Silicon Aluminum Alloy

Authors: Oussama Chaieb, Victor Songmene and Mohammad Jahazi

DS03 - Storvik´s Casting and Holding Furnace Tending Tools and Best Practices

Authors: Helgi Magnússon

Al01 - Challenges and Progress in Environment Protection in China’s Aluminum Metallurgy

Authors: Wanchao Liu

Al02 - Thirty Years of Continuous Technical Progress at Aluminij Mostar Smelter

Authors: Davor Ramljak, Boris Vican, Darko Ostoji????, Robert Zovko, Zoran Raspudic and Josip Kožul

Al03 - Innovation of Prebaked Anode Design to Enhance Productivity

Authors: Victor Buzunov, Victor Mann, Igor Cherskikh, Andrey Soldatov, Sergey Koshkarev, John Johnson and Andrey Zavadyak

Al04 - Thermo-Electrical Analysis of an Anode Design

Authors: Tuofu Li, Hicham Chaouki, Wenju Tao, Jianfeng Hou, Zhaowen Wang and Mario Fafard

Al05 - Anode Spike Detection Using Advanced Analytics and Data Analysis

Authors: Arthur Martel

Al06 - Millivolt Anodes - New Technology Opportunities for Better Pot Control

Authors: Benoit Verreault and Renaud Santerre

Al07 - Development of an AUTODESK CFD-Based 3D Model of a Hall-Héroult Cell Hooding  System and HF Capture Efficiency

Authors: Marc Dupuis, Michaël Pagé and Frédéric Julien

Al08 - Online Support for Amperage Creeping and Technology Brick Implementation

Authors: Bertrand Allano, Bernard Molinier and Gwenola Jaouen

Al09 - D20+, the New EGA Optimized Version of D20 Technology for Lower Energy Consumption

Authors: Ali Alzarouni, Sergey Akhmetov, Mahmood Abdulmalik, Yousuf Juma Ahli and Ali Jassim

Al10 - RA-550 Cell Technology: UC RUSAL’s New Stage of Technology Development

Authors: Viktor Mann, Andrey Zavadyak, Vitaly Pingin, Vitaly Platonov4 and Iliya Puzanov

Al11 - The Use of Copper in Cathodes of Aluminium Reduction Cells

Authors: René von Kaenel, Louis Bugnion, Laure von Kaenel, Gualtiero Spinetti and Markus Pfeffer

Al12 - Surviving an Extended Power Outage after a Breakdown in the Sub Station

Authors: Roman Düssel and Till Reek

Al13 - Managing Pot Operation of 340 kA Prebake Potline at Reduced Amperage of 280 kA

Authors: G.G. Pal, Janmejaya Dalai, Bhabani Acharya, Sandip Gore, Hitesh Bamrah, Rajesh Kumar, P. Prateesh and B.K. Kakkar

Al14 - Potline Open Circuit Auto-Adaptive Protection

Authors: Didier Lamant, Pierre Marcellin, Jean-Sébastien Bouchard and Matthieu Buire

Al15 - High Frequency Modulation in France and in TRIMET Saint-Jean de Maurienne for F and G Lines

Authors: Olivier Granacher, Quentin Denoyelle, Frédéric Charvoz, Alexandre Riot and Matthieu Dhenaut

Al16 - Crane Electrical Insulation Monitoring in Potlines: New CANDI™ 4.0 Performance

Authors: Etienne Tezenas du Montcel, Serge Despinasse and Eric Norel

Al17 - Liquid Metal Batteries as a Power Buffer in Aluminium Production Plants

Authors: Asbjørn Solheim, Karen S. Osen, Camilla Sommerseth and Ole E. Kongstein

Al18 - 3D Thermo-Electric Modelling of Aluminium Reduction Cells Including Equilibrium Ledge Profile Prediction

Authors: Burkhard Sachs, Ingo Eick, Gregor Bellinghausen, Kati Tschöpe and Robert Jørgensen

Al19 - Thermal Radiation towards the Sideledge in Alumina Reduction Cells

Authors: Asbjørn Solheim, Henrik Gudbrandsen, Nils-Håvard Giskeødegård, Steinar Kolås, Eirik Mangerand Nancy J. Holt

Al20 - Experience from Laboratory Testing of Commercial Silicon Bonded Silicon Carbide Materials. Typical Properties and Analyses

Authors: Egil Skybakmoen and Zhaohui Wang

Al21 - Sludge Formation in Hall Héroult Process: An Existing Problem

Authors: Mojtaba Fallah Fini, Gervais Soucy, Martin Désilets, Patrick Pelletier, Didier Lombard and Loig Rivoaland

Al22 - Determination of Iron Source in Molten Aluminium by Using the Accumulation Ratio of Iron to Manganese

Authors: Yasser Mansour

Al23 - The Application of Extended Surface Filtration Bags in Gas Treatment Centres

Authors: Stephan Broek and Julie Dontigny

Al24 - Extended Surface Filter Bags in Reverse Air Cleaning Filters Petra Mühlen, Bernard Cloutier and Valérie Paquet Advancetex International Pty Ltd, Fives Solios, Alcoa

Authors: Stephan Broek and Julie Dontigny

Al25 - Gas Treatment and Improvements for More Than 40 Years at the Hamburg Trimet Smelter

Authors: Elmar Sturm, Lorenz Struck, Anders Sørhuus, Sivert Ose and Eivind Holmefjord

Al26 - Upgrade of Existing Cell Feeding Systems

Authors: Jan Paepcke, Michael Altmann-Rinck and Arne Hilck

Al27 - Two-Stage Pot Gas Treatment Technology Allowing the Production of Sodium Sulfate

Authors: Viktor Mann, Vitaly Pingin, Aleksey Zherdev, Sergey Pavlov and Yuri Bogdanov

Al28 - Heat Exchanger for Alumina Preheating in Aluminium Reduction Cells

Authors: Dagoberto Schubert Severo and Vanderlei Gusberti

Al29 - Findings from Operating a Pot with Heat Recovery System

Authors: Amal AlJasmi and Abdalla Alzarooni

Al30 - Discussion of Industrial Spent Pot Lining Treatment

Authors: Harald Arnljot Øye

Al31 - New Connections for Cathode Flexibles in Aluminium Electrolysis Cells

Authors: Lalit Kumar Mishra, Mustafa Anwar, Alexander Arkhipov, Amal Aljasmi, Nadia Ahli, Abdalla Alzarooni and Abdallah Al Jaziri

Al32 - Implementation of a New Measuring Device for Cathode Current Distribution

Authors: Matthias Dechent and Richard Meier

Al33 - Measurement of DC Busbar Currents in Aluminium Smelters

Authors: Vinko Potocnik, Alexander Arkhipov, Nadia Ahli and Abdalla Alzarooni

Al34 - Process Control in Aluminium Industry - News in the XRD Tool Box

Authors: Uwe König and Nicholas Norberg

Al35 - Energy Reduction Initiatives to Improve Low Amperage Cell Performance

Authors: Amit Gupta, Amit Jha, Mahesh Sahoo, Ravi Pandey, Maneesh VT and J. P. Nayak