Busbar arrangement for aluminum electrolytic cells
CA 2000647 A1 · Owner: Leblanc, Robert · Inventors: Huni, Jean-Paul R.; Leblanc, Robert; Boivin, Richard F.
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The invention relates to busbar arrangements for aluminum electrolytic cells. In a first aspect, the invention provides at least one generally horizontal collector busbar on each side of the cell and a number of current tapping points along each collector busbar so that current flows along the collector busbar in opposite directions on each side of the taps. This produces changes of sign in the vertical component of the magnetic field acting on the pad in the longitudinal direction and helps to prevent pad instabilities. In a second aspect the current taps, for the collector busbars are vertically disposed so as to convey current well below the level of the metal pad so that adverse …
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- Filed October 13, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 13, 2009.
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