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Anode Overvoltages on the Industrial Carbon Blocks

Authors : Peter Polyakov, Andrey Yasinskiy, Andrey Polyakov, Andrey Zavadyak, Yuri Mikhalev, Iliya Puzanov

Published in: Light Metals 2019

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

40 years ago W. Haupin stressed that anode overvoltages on the carbon materials have a scatter more than 300 mV under the same current density. This is a reason to attempt to find out the reason for greater differences because decreasing the overvoltage promises high energy saving. Experiments in lab.cells in galvanostatic conditions have been conducted to determine the overvoltages for the smelter anodes used in Sayanogorsk and Boguchany smelters (Russia) (more than 80 curves currents-overvoltages are received). Overvoltages are compared with other carbon block properties. Recommendations to use these values as a parameter of carbon block quality were made.

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Metadata
Title
Anode Overvoltages on the Industrial Carbon Blocks
Authors
Peter Polyakov
Andrey Yasinskiy
Andrey Polyakov
Andrey Zavadyak
Yuri Mikhalev
Iliya Puzanov
Copyright Year
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_99

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