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Informationen zum Autor GEOFF BEARNE! BSc! CEng! FIMechE! is General Manager! Technology Delivery Systems! at Rio Tinto Technology & Innovation. He has more than thirty years of experience in the aluminum industry.MARC DUPUIS! PhD! has been a consultant since 1994! when he founded GeniSim! Inc.! his own consulting firm. He specializes in the application of mathematical modeling for the aluminum industry.GARY TARCY! MS! is Manager of Smelting R&D at the Alcoa Technical Center in New Kensington! Pennsylvania. He holds twenty-six patents and has published thirty-one papers. He has been twice awarded TMS's Light Metals Award for Best Paper and also won the Australasian Smelting Technology Conference Best Paper Award. Klappentext ONE OF A FOUR-BOOK COLLECTION SPOTLIGHTING CLASSIC ARTICLESLandmark research findings and reviews in aluminum reduction technologyHighlighting some of the most important findings and insights reported over the past five decades! this volume features many of the best original research papers and reviews on aluminum reduction technology published from 1963 to 2011. Papers have been organized into seven themes:1. Fundamentals2. Modeling3. Design4. Operations5. Control6. Environmental7. Alternative processesThe first six themes deal with conventional Hall-Héroult electrolytic reduction technology! whereas the last theme features papers dedicated to nonconventional processes. Each section begins with a brief introduction and ends with a list of recommended articles for further reading! enabling researchers to explore each subject in greater depth.The papers for this volume were selected from among some 1!500 Light Metals articles. Selection was based on a rigorous review process. Among the papers! readers will find breakthroughs in science as well as papers that have had a major impact on technology. In addition! there are expert reviews summarizing our understanding of key topics at the time of publication.From basic research to advanced applications! the articles published in this volume collectively represent a complete overview of aluminum reduction technology. It will enable students! scientists! and engineers to trace the history of aluminum reduction technology and bring themselves up to date with the current state of the technology. Zusammenfassung As the second volume in the Essential Readings in Light Metals series! this book features meticulously selected articles on aluminum reduction technology. These are organized into seven themes addressing fundamentals! modeling! design! operations! control! environmental topics! and alternative processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceLead EditorsEditorial Team Part 1: FundamentalsPart 2: ModelingPart 3: DesignPart 4: OperationsPart 5: ControlPart 6: EnvironmentalPart 7: Alternative ProcessesAuthor Index ...
List of contents
Preface
Lead Editors
Editorial Team
Part 1: Fundamentals
Part 2: Modeling
Part 3: Design
Part 4: Operations
Part 5: Control
Part 6: Environmental
Part 7: Alternative Processes
Author Index
