eprintid: 404
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/00/00/04/04
datestamp: 2011-11-29 12:47:34
lastmod: 2015-05-29 20:01:33
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type: report
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creators_name: Fitt, A.D.
creators_name: Howell, P.D.
title: The Manufacture of Continuous Electrodes using Paste Briquettes
ispublished: pub
subjects: materials
studygroups: esgi30
companyname: Elkem
full_text_status: public
abstract: In electrical smelting, current is supplied through electrodes which are gradually consumed. These electrodes are made of paste which flows under increasing temperature. The paste is charged by adding paste briquettes on top of the electrode which soften and flow to form a dense fluid which is baked to form the solid electrode. When producing electrodes rapidly the softening/flow process can be incomplete due to trapped air leading to breakages.

The objective of the Study Group is a mathematical analysis of this process which will allow a transfer of laboratory measurements to conditions for real electrodes.
date: 1997
citation:   Fitt, A.D. and Howell, P.D.  (1997) The Manufacture of Continuous Electrodes using Paste Briquettes.  [Study Group Report]     
document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/404/1/elkem2.ps