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The use of non-combustable electrodes only gets a passing mention here but it seems a key part of making this system less carbon intensive. Also, if I remember
by VBprogrammer 6y ago
The use of non-combustable electrodes only gets a passing mention here but it seems a key part of making this system less carbon intensive. Also, if I remember correctly aluminium smelters use some pretty nasty cover gasses in the process to avoid creating a giant firework, I didn't find a reference to these in the paper.
- albrewer 6y agoI worked in an iron foundry and not an aluminum one, but I was under the impression it was just a nitrogen blanket.
- lylecheatham 6y agoAluminum Nitride actually has a favorable formation so they have to use much less friendly gasses like Sulfur Hexaflouride.
- VBprogrammer 6y agoThanks, I had Sulfur Hexafluoride in the back of my head but I wasn't sure if I was misremembering that because I've been reading about circuit breakers where it is used as an insulator.