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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150376021 | ALUMINUM OXIDE PRODUCTION METHOD - The invention pertains to methods of producing aluminum trioxide in the form of powders or agglomerations with particles having a porous honeycomb structure, which can be used as catalyst substrates, adsorbents and filters for the chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industry. The method of production of aluminum oxide in the form of powders or agglomerations with particles having a porous honeycomb structure involves the treatment of the aluminum salt with a solution of an alkaline reagent, washing of the sediment and thermal treatment thereof. The technical result of the invention is the production of aluminum oxide in the form of separate particles with given structure and properties, specifically, with particle porosity of 60-80% and a porous structure represented by extensive parallel channels with near hexagonal packing, with dimension of the channels at the diameter of 0.3 to 1.0 mcm and length up to 50 mcm. For this, the aluminum salt used is crystals of aluminum chloride hexahydrate, which are treated with an excess aqueous solution of ammonia at temperature of 20-80° C. to form boehmite, and the heat treatment is done at 450-650° C. until aluminum oxide is formed. | 12-31-2015 |
20150368116 | ALUMINUM OXIDE - The invention pertains to aluminum oxide, specifically, aluminum trioxide in the form of powders or agglomerations with particles having a porous honeycomb structure, and it can be used as catalyst substrates, adsorbents and filters for the chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industry. The technical result is the expanding of the types of porous aluminum oxide with honeycomb structure of pores in the micron range of sizes. The aluminum oxide, constituting separate particles with a porous structure, has porosity of the particles of 60-80%, while the porous structure is represented by extended parallel channels with close packing, the dimension of the channels at the diameter being 0.3-1.0 mcm and the length up to 50 mcm. 1 independent claim, 2 illustrations. | 12-24-2015 |
20150337446 | ALUMINUM ELECTROLYSIS CELL CATHODE SHUNT DESIGN - The invention relates to electrowinning of aluminium from cryolite-alumina melts, and can be used in the shunt design of a cathode assembly. In an aluminium electrolysis cell, cathode vertical metal shunts, are designed such that their top part is melted aluminium, and the bottom part is solid aluminium. Shunts are located in conduits made in a hearth slab lining which has a widening in the middle part which is wider than both parts of the shunts. The widening in the shunt conduit can be filled with a composite material, i.e. titanium diboride-carbon. The shunts can be designed as a tube, and the widening in the conduit and the space inside the tube can be filled with the composite material titanium diboride-carbon. The invention makes it possible to increase the electrical efficiency due to the absence of contact assemblies, reduced current loss, and achieving an effective current distribution and current shunting. | 11-26-2015 |
20150252447 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINA - The invention relates to metallurgy, particularly to acid methods for producing alumina, and can be used in processing aluminium-containing raw materials, including those of a low-grade. The method for producing alumina comprises treating aluminium-containing raw materials with hydrochloric acid, separating aluminium chloride hexahydrate crystals from the supernatant chloride solution, and thermally decomposing said crystals in two stages to produce alumina. In order to increase the quality of alumina and decrease energy consumption while achieving high process productivity, water vapour is continuously introduced during the second stage of thermal decomposition, with a ratio of the total mass of the introduced water vapour to the mass of produced alumina equal to 0.2-5.7. | 09-10-2015 |
20150218718 | BUSBAR ARRANGEMENT FOR ALUMINIUM ELECTROLYSERS WITH A LONGITUDINAL POSITION - The invention relates to a busbar arrangement for heavy-duty aluminium electrolysers when said electrolysers have a longitudinal position. The busbar arrangement comprises anode busbars, risers and cathode rods, which are divided into groups, each of which is connected to separate cathode busbars, wherein the cathode busbars for the groups of rods closest to the input end of the preceding electrolyser are connected to the risers positioned at the input end of the following electrolyser, and the remaining groups of cathode rods are connected to the risers at the output end of the following electrolyser. The cathode busbars for the groups of rods closest to the input end of the preceding electrolyser are positioned beneath the base of the preceding electrolyser, and the cathode busbars of the remaining groups of rods are positioned beneath the base or the preceding and the following electrolysers of the preceeding and following electrolysers and along the cathode sheath on the front face side of the following electrolyser. The risers at the input end of the following electrolyser are mounted with an offset towards the centre of the electrolyser relative to the risers at the output end of the following electrolyser. A high degree of compensation of electromagnetic forces in the melt is achieved by virtue of optimization of the configuration of the magnetic field in the electrolyser bath and a reduction in the vertical magnetic field. | 08-06-2015 |
20150191839 | DEVICE FOR THE DOSED FEEDING OF RAW MATERIAL INTO AN ALUMINIUM REDUCTION CELL - The invention relates to a device for the metered feeding of stock into an aluminium electrolyser. The device comprises a hopper for the material to be metered, a metering chamber with a rod having a pneumatic drive, an upper shut-off element which is rigidly fixed on the rod in the upper part of the metering chamber and is in the form of a valve, a lower shut-off element which is fixed on the end of the rod and is in the form of a cone valve with a conical cover, and charging apertures which are arranged around the perimeter in the upper part of the dosing chamber above the base of the hopper. The upper limits of the charging apertures are arranged above the upper position of the valve, and the distance from the base of the cone valve to the lower section of the metering chamber in an upper position of the rod is not less than the distance from the lower surface of the upper shut-off element to the lower limit of the charging apertures. An increase in the reliability of the device and in the metering accuracy is ensured, and, accordingly, the technological characteristics of the operation of the electrolyser are improved. | 07-09-2015 |
20150175435 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALUMINA - The invention relates to metallurgy, in particular to acidic methods for producing alumina, and can be used in processing low-grade aluminum-containing raw material. The method for producing alumina comprises roasting an aluminum-containing raw material, treating said material with hydrochloric acid, salting out aluminum chloride by saturating the clarified chloride solution with gaseous hydrogen chloride, calcining aluminum chloride to produce aluminum oxide, and pyrohydrolyzing the mother liquor, with the return of hydrogen chloride to the acid treatment and salting out stages. To improve the quality of the alumina and to reduce energy consumption, the aluminum chloride, precipitated during the salting-out process, is treated with aqueous ammonia, the resulting precipitate is sent to calcination, and the ammonium chloride solution is mixed with said aluminum-containing raw material before or during the roasting thereof, ammonia released during the roasting is dissolved in water, and the resulting aqueous ammonia is sent to the treatment of aluminum chloride. The ammonium chloride solution, prior to mixing with the aluminum-containing raw material, may be subjected to stepwise evaporation with the repeated use of heating steam. The ammonium chloride released during the evaporation can be mixed with the aluminum-containing raw material. | 06-25-2015 |