Effect of carbon anode production parameters on anode cracking

S Amrani, D Kocaefe, Y Kocaefe, D Bhattacharyay… - SN Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Carbon anodes are used in the electrolytic production of aluminum. The quality of anodes is
directly related to the production cost, carbon and energy consumption, and environmental …

A non-destructive technique for the on-line quality control of green and baked anodes

A Benzaoui, D Kocaefe, D Bhattacharyay, Y Kocaefe - Metals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Carbon anodes play an important role in the electrolytic production of aluminum. They have
a significant economic and environmental impact. Carbon anodes are made of dry …

[HTML][HTML] Elaboration and Characterization of Electrodes from Robinia pseudoacacia and Azadirachta indica Charcoal Powder with Coconut Bio-Pitch as a Binder

E Zingbe, DM Kongnine, BM Agbomahena, P Kpelou… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Carbon-based electrodes have recently been most widely used in P-MFC due to their
desirable properties such as biocompatibility, chemical stability, affordable price, corrosion …

Acousto-Ultrasonic Inspection of Pre-baked Carbon Anodes: Repeatability Analysis and Assessment of Damage Detection Performance

D Rodrigues, D Picard, C Duchesne… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Previous studies have established the potential of acousto-ultrasonic inspection (AU) for non-
destructive testing and evaluation of pre-baked carbon anodes soundness. This work …

Testing of SERMA technology on industrial anodes for quality control for aluminum production

Y Kocaefe, D Kocaefe, D Bhattacharyay, A Benzaoui… - Light Metals 2020, 2020 - Springer
Carbon anode quality has a strong influence on the electrolytic process, cost, energy use,
and environmental emissions. The current practice by visual inspection and the testing of …

Inspection of baked carbon anodes using a combination of multi-spectral acousto-ultrasonic techniques and principal component analysis

MB Boubaker, D Picard, C Duchesne, J Tessier… - Ultrasonics, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the application of an acousto-ultrasonic (AU) scheme for the
inspection of industrial-size carbon anode blocks used in the production of primary …

The potential of acousto-ultrasonic techniques for inspection of baked carbon anodes

M Ben Boubaker, D Picard, C Duchesne, J Tessier… - Metals, 2016 - mdpi.com
High quality baked carbon anodes contribute to the optimal performance of aluminum
reduction cells. However, the currently decreasing quality and increasing variability of anode …

Development of a soft sensor for detecting overpitched green anodes

A Paris, C Duchesne, É Poulin, J Lauzon-Gauthier - Light Metals 2020, 2020 - Springer
Increase in coke variability over the past few years has led to frequent changes in the
optimum pitch demand (OPD) defined as the amount of pitch that yields the best anode …

Non-destructive testing of baked anodes based on modal analysis and principal component analysis

MB Boubaker, D Picard, C Duchesne, J Tessier… - Light Metals 2017, 2017 - Springer
Baked anodes quality control is still mostly based on core sampling and characterization.
Only a small proportion of the production can be tested by this method due to the costly, time …

An experimental testing of the SERMA technology for the quality control of green and baked anodes

A Benzaoui, D Kocaefe, D Bhattacharyay, YS Kocaefe… - 2017 - constellation.uqac.ca
It is well known that the quality of carbon anodes is important for the aluminum industry.
Carbon anodes provide the necessary carbon for the reduction reaction in the Hall-Héroult …