Energy Reduction in Aluminium Smelting: An Overview ...
There are reasons to why Aluminium Smelting is not a very energy efficient process. The cell resistance is high due to ohmic electrolyte and gas bubble resistances, plus ohmic resistances in the anodes and cathodes. The AnodeCathodeDistance (ACD) must be kept above a certain minimum distance to avoid the back reaction of aluminium with CO 2 ...