Match Document Document Title
7628904 Minimising carbon transfer in an electrolytic cell  
An electrochemical cell for electrochemical reduction of a metal oxide in a solid state is disclosed. The cell includes a molten electrolyte ( 14 ), an anode ( 10 ) formed from carbon in contact...
7618519 Cathode element for use in an electrolytic cell intended for production of aluminum  
This invention relates to a cathode element for use in a pot of an electrolytic cell intended for production of aluminum. The cathode element comprises a cathode block and a steel connection bar....
7527715 Method and system for cooling an electrolytic cell for aluminum production  
The invention relates to a cooling method of a igneous electrolytic cell for aluminium production wherein heat transfer fluid droplets (or “divided heat transfer fluid”) are produced,...
7513979 Series of electrolysis cells for the production of aluminium comprising means for equilibration of the magnetic fields at the ends of the lines  
The invention relates to a series ( 1 ) of electrolysis cells for the production of aluminum by fusion electrolysis, comprising at least two lines of cells, arranged transversely, an internal...
7504010 Anode for electrolysis of aluminum  
The present invention relates to a dimensionally stable oxygen-evolving anode for use in an electrolytic cell for the production of aluminium. The anode comprises of a container made from an alloy...
7504016 Method and system for controlling addition of powdery materials into the bath of an electrolysis cell for the production of aluminium  
This invention relates to a method for controlling additions of powder materials into an electrolytic cell designed for the production of aluminium by fused bath electrolysis. The method according...
7481911 Fluorine cell  
An arrangement for installing and sealing an anode within a fluorine generating electrolytic cell is described, the arrangement comprising: an anode connection member, said anode connection member...
7470354 Utilisation of oxygen evolving anode for Hall-Hèroult cells and design thereof  
A method for electrolytic production of aluminium metal from an electrolytic ( 3 ) including aluminium oxide, by performing electrolysis, with at least one inert anode ( 1 ) and at least one...
7465379 Electrolysis cell and structural elements to be used therein  
An arrangement of one or more structural elements ( 3 ) in a cell lining, in particular for use as a side lining in aluminum electrolysis cells ( 5 ). The design of and choice of materials for side...
7445696 Monitoring electrolytic cell currents  
For an electrolytic cell, an apparatus and method are described that use one or more sensors to measure magnetic field strength about a conductor carrying electrical current. A processor is in...
7429314 Device for controlling the travel distance of a chisel in a feeding system for an aluminium production electrolytic cell  
Device for equipment of a cell ( 1 ) comprising an electrolytic bath ( 4 ) covered with a crust ( 5 ), with a chisel ( 13 ) that can be moved vertically between a high position in which it is above...
7422624 Method for operating one or more electrolysiscells for production of aluminium  
A method for operating one or more electrolysis cells ( 43, 154, 243 ) for production of aluminium, the cell comprising inert or substantially inert anodes, where an oxygen containing gas ( 21,...
7384521 Method for reducing cell voltage and increasing cell stability by in-situ formation of slots in a Soderberg anode  
A self-baking, Soderberg type carbon anode ( 40 ) for use in an aluminum electrolyses cell ( 1 ) to form product aluminum ( 11 ), where the anode ( 40 ) is consumable in molten electrolyte ( 12 )...
7351322 Fluorine gas generator and method of electrolytic bath liquid level control  
A fluorine gas generator for generating fluorine gas by electrolysis of an electrolytic bath comprising a hydrogen fluoride-containing mixed molten salt in which generator the position of the...
7316765 Apparatus and method for molten salt electrolytic bath control  
An apparatus for controlling a molten salt electrolyzer in which an electrolytic bath in a solid form as contained in the electrolyzer is melted to automatically attain a state allowing...
7255783 Use of infrared imaging to reduce energy consumption and fluoride consumption  
Operations in an electrolytic cell for producing aluminum are controlled by sensing infrared radiation on an outer surface of a cell chamber to determine an actual temperature. When the actual...
7241950 Solar cell electrolysis of water to make hydrogen and oxygen  
A water permeable electrode for electrochemical splitting of water having a light sensitive catalytic material layer which includes a light sensitive catalytic material and a semiconductor, a...
7201830 Anode for oxygen evolution and relevant substrate  
The invention concerns an anode for gas evolution in electrochemical applications comprising a titanium or other valve metal substrate characterized by a surface with a low average roughness,...
7192508 Devices to conduct current to or from the electrodes in electrolysis cells, methods for preparation thereof, and an electrolysis cell and a method for production of aluminum by electrolysis of alumina solved in a melted electrolyte  
Device ( 1 ) to conduct current to or from the electrodes of an electrolysis cell, which device in the direction towards the electrolysis cell comprises three types of segments; at least one outer...
7175749 Method and device for detecting anode effects of an electrolytic cell for aluminum production  
Process for early detection of an anode effect in an aluminum production cell based on molten salt electrolysis. The cell comprises at least one anode, at least one cathode and cathode connecting...
7144483 Method and an electrowinning cell for production of metal  
The present invention relates to a method for production of molten aluminium by electrolysis of an aluminous ore, preferably alumina, in a molten salt mixture, preferably a sodium...
7097747 Continuous process electrorefiner  
A new device is provided for the electrorefining of uranium in spent metallic nuclear fuels by the separation of unreacted zirconium, noble metal fission products, transuranic elements, and uranium...
7037414 Photoelectrolysis of water using proton exchange membranes  
A photoelectrochemical cell which includes a light transmissive enclosure, a semiconductor photoanode disposed within the light transmissive enclosure, a semiconductor photocathode disposed within...
7033469 Stable inert anodes including an oxide of nickel, iron and aluminum  
Ceramic inert anodes useful for the electrolytic production of aluminum are disclosed. The inert anodes comprise oxides of Ni, Fe and Al. The Ni—Fe—Al oxide inert anode materials have...
6977031 Anode assembly  
An anode assembly for conducting electrical energy to an electrolytic smelting cell including an anode of high electrically conductive material connected to a yoke, the ends of the yoke being...
6855234 Sinter-bonded direct pin connections for inert anodes  
A sintered electrode assembly is made of an inert electrode ( 15 ) containing a sealed metal conductor ( 20 ) having a surface feature ( 30 ) such as a coating or wrapping which aids in bond...
6818105 Apparatus for generating fluorine gas  
A fluorine gas generating apparatus for generating fluorine gas of high purity by electrolysis of a mixed molten-salt comprising hydrogen fluoride, the fluorine gas generating apparatus comprising...
6811677 Electrolytic cell for the production of aluminum and a method for maintaining a crust on a sidewall and for recovering electricity  
The present invention relates to an electrolytic cell for the production of aluminum comprising an anode and an electrolytic tank where the electrolytic tank comprises an outer shell made from...
6797148 Drained-cathode aluminium electrowinning cell with improved electrolyte circulation  
A drained-cathode cell for the electrowinning of aluminium comprises one or more anodes ( 14 ) suspended over one or more cathodes ( 16 ). The or each anode ( 14 ) and cathode ( 16 ) respectively...
6790337 Method and device for operating an electrolytic cell  
The present invention concerns a method and device for reducing emissions of process gases from Hall-Héroult cells to the ambient air. The cells comprise an anode superstructure ( 1 ) with covers...
6783656 Low temperature operating cell for the electrowinning of aluminium  
A cell for the electrowinning of aluminum using anodes ( 10 ) made from a alloy of iron with nickel and/or cobalt is arranged to produce aluminum of low contamination and of commercial high grade...
6692620 Aluminium electrowinning cell with sidewalls resistant to molten electrolyte  
A drained cathode cell for the electrowinning of aluminium comprises a cell bottom ( 20 ) arranged to collect product aluminium and thermic insulating sidewalls ( 55,55 ′) lined with a molten...
6689260 Nuclear fuel electrorefiner  
The present invention relates to a nuclear fuel electrorefiner having a vessel containing a molten electrolyte pool floating on top of a cadmium pool. An anodic fuel dissolution basket and a...
6682643 Aluminium electrowinning cells having a V-shaped cathode bottom and method of producing aluminium  
A cell for the electrowinning of aluminium comprises a plurality of metal-based anodes facing and spaced part from an aluminium-wettable drained cathode surface on which aluminium is produced. The...
6638412 Prevention of dissolution of metal-based aluminium production anodes  
A method of inhibiting dissolution of a transition metal alloy anode ( 40 ) of an aluminium electrowinning cell comprises providing a sodium-inert layer ( 11,20,50,50 ′) on a sodium-active...
6607657 Carbon-containing components of aluminium production cells  
Carbon-containing components of cells for the production of aluminium by the electrolysis of alumina dissolved in a cryolite-based molten electrolyte are protected from attack by liquid and/or...
6599413 Method and apparatus for the treatment of a melt  
A method and apparatus for adding a metal, for example sodium, to a melt of a material, for example aluminum, in a vessel, in which a molten compound of the metal or a solution of a compound of the...
6558525 Anode for use in aluminum producing electrolytic cell  
A method of producing aluminum in an electrolytic cell containing alumina dissolved in an electrolyte, the method comprising the steps of providing a molten salt electrolyte at a temperature of...
6551476 Noble-metal coated inert anode for aluminum production  
This invention is an inert, non-consumed, anode for use in electrolytic production of aluminum from the ore, consisting of a plurality of parallel vertical wires, or rods, attached to a suspended...
6551473 Electrolytic cell arrangement for production of aluminum  
An arrangement of electrolysis pots suitable for use for the production of aluminum by igneous electrolysis according to the Hall-Héroult process with an electrolysis current with intensity Io is...
6540887 Aluminum electrowinning cells with oxygen-evolving anodes  
A cell for the electrowinning of aluminium comprises at least one non-carbon metal-based anode ( 10 ) having an electrically conductive metallic structure ( 12, 13, 15 ) which is suspended...
6537438 Method for protecting electrodes during electrolysis cell start-up  
The present invention is directed to methods for applying a protective layer ( 42 ) to the cathode ( 40 ) of an electrolysis cell ( 10 ), where the cell also contains inert anodes ( 50 ) and the...
6533909 Bipolar cell for the production of aluminium with carbon cathodes  
A bipolar cell for the electrowinning of aluminium has bipolar electrodes each comprising a carbon cathode body having on one side an active surface on which aluminium is produced and connected on...
6521115 Nickel-iron alloy-based anodes for aluminium electrowinning cells  
An anode of a cell for the electrowinning of aluminium comprises an iron-nickel alloy body or layer whose surface is oxidised to form a coherent and adherent outer iron oxide-based layer, in...
6511590 Alumina distribution in electrolysis cells including inert anodes using bubble-driven bath circulation  
This invention relates to the use of bubble-driven flow to enhance the dissolution and distribution of alumina in an aluminum electrolysis cell operating with inert anodes. By harnessing the...
6475358 Method for providing a protective coating for carbonaceous components of an electrolysis cell  
A method of treating a carbonaceous cell component of an electrolyte cell for the production of aluminum, to impart protection against deterioration during operation of the cell. A liquid...
6447667 Thermal shock protection for electrolysis cells  
A cermet anode of an electrolytic cell is protected from thermal shock during cell start-up by coating an outer surface portion of the anode with a coating composition comprising carbon or aluminum...
6440279 Chemical milling process for inert anodes  
A cermet inert anode having a reduced level of contaminating surface metal is disclosed. Methods for preparing cermet inert anodes and methods for treating cermet inert anodes are also disclosed....
6440293 Electrode and electrolyte for use in preparation of nitrogen trifluoride gas, and preparation method of nitrogen trifluoride gas by use of them  
An electrode for electrolyzing an electrolyte comprising an ammonium fluoride (NH 4 F)-hydrogen fluoride (HF)-containing molten salt and having a composition ratio (HF/NH 4 F) of 1 to 3 to prepare...
6436272 Low temperature aluminum reduction cell using hollow cathode  
A method of producing aluminum in an electrolytic cell containing alumina dissolved in an electrolyte. A plurality of non-consumable anodes are disposed substantially vertically in the electrolyte...