Compared with a conventional Hall Heroult cell(H H cell), the interpolar distance of a drained cell can be reduced significantly and the cell voltage and heat produced in the electrolysis will decrease greatly as well...Compared with a conventional Hall Heroult cell(H H cell), the interpolar distance of a drained cell can be reduced significantly and the cell voltage and heat produced in the electrolysis will decrease greatly as well, which makes it crucial to achieve a new heat balance in the drained cell. A half anode cathode slice model of a hypothetical drained cell retrofitted from a 160 kA currently used in H H cell was developed for the thermo electric calculation and simulation. The results were presented and analyzed and possible approaches for setting up a new heat balance in a drained cell were discussed.展开更多
文摘Compared with a conventional Hall Heroult cell(H H cell), the interpolar distance of a drained cell can be reduced significantly and the cell voltage and heat produced in the electrolysis will decrease greatly as well, which makes it crucial to achieve a new heat balance in the drained cell. A half anode cathode slice model of a hypothetical drained cell retrofitted from a 160 kA currently used in H H cell was developed for the thermo electric calculation and simulation. The results were presented and analyzed and possible approaches for setting up a new heat balance in a drained cell were discussed.