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1997 TMS Annual Meeting: Thursday Session



ALUMINUM DROSS & SALT CAKE PROCESSING

Sponsored by: EPD Extraction and Processing Division
Program Organizer: Annette Revet, IMC Kalium Belle Plaine, P.O. Box 7500, Regina, SK S4P


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Room: 231C

Session Chairs: Annette Revet, IMC Kalium Belle Plaine, P.O. Box 7500, Regina, SK S4P; John Hryn, Argonne National Labs, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439-4815


8:30 am

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY OF ALUMINUM SALT CAKE: Donald G. Graczyk, Alice M. Essling, Edmund A. Huff, Florence P. Smith and Christine T. Snyder, Argonne Chemistry Laboratory/Chemical Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439

8:50 am

QUANTIFYING THE AMOUNT OF OXIDES IN ALUMINUM: D.L. Stewart Jr., K.M. Tomaswick, Alcoa Technical Center, Alcoa Center, PA 15065

9:10 am

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF PHASE RELATIONS IN THE SYSTEM H20-NaCl-KCl-MgCl2, WITH APPLICATION TO A NEW PROCESS FOR TREATING SALT CAKE: Robert J. Bodnar, Maxim O. Vityk, Fluids Research Laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061; John N. Hryn, Argonne National Laboratory, Energy Systems Division, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439; John A. Mavrogenes, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia 0200

9:30 am

CONCENTRATION AND PRECIPITATION OF NaCl AND KCl FROM SALT CAKE LEACH SOLUTIONS BY ELECTRODIALYSIS: Kandipati Sreenivasarao, Filippos Patsiogiannis, John N. Hryn and Edward J. Daniels, Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439

9:50 am BREAK

10:00 am

THE EVOLUTION OF ROTARY MELTING AT RECYCLAGE D'ALUMINUM QUEBEC INC.'S: DIVISION OF PHILIP ENVIRONMENTAL INC.: TWO ALUMINUM DROSS PROCESSING PLANTS: Michael W. Paget, Recyclage D'Aluminum Quebec Inc., 128 Blvd. Comeau, Baie Comeau, QB G4Z 2L6; James F. Heffron, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., R & D #2, 7201 Hamilton Blvd., Allentown, PA 18195; Pierre Richer, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 2090 Steeles Avenue, Brampton, ON L6T 1A7

10:20 am

COMPLETE ALUMINUM DROSS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY: Peter G. Schirk, CHMM, Director of Engineering & Special Projects, ALTEK International, Inc., 585 Exton Commons, Exton, PA 19341

10:40 am

A NEW CONCEPT FOR DIRECT DROSS TREATMENT BY CENTRIFUGING OF HOT DROSS IN COMPACT TYPE ECOCENT MACHINES: Bernd Kos, PhD., FOCON GES.M.B.H. Foundry Consultants, Endresgasse 11, A-8700 Leoben, Austria

11:00 am

SALT-FREE DROSS PROCESSING WITH ALUREC®--TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE: Henrik Gripenberg, M. Sc., AGA AB, S-181 81 Lidingö, Sweden; Michael Müllerthann, Dipl.-Ing., Hoogovens Aluminium Hüttenwerk GmbH, Schleusenstrasse, D-46562 Voerde, Germany


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