Patents Represented by Attorney Schwegman, Lunderberg & Woessner, P.A.
  • Patent number: 8206560
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aluminum electrolytic cell having profiled cathode carbon blocks structures, comprising a cell case, a refractory material installed on the bottom, an anodes and a cathode. The cathode carbon blocks include a profiled structure having projections on the top surface of the carbon blocks, that is, a plurality of projections are formed on a surface of the cathode carbon blocks. The aluminum electrolytic cell having the cathode structure according to the present invention can reduce the velocity of the flow and the fluctuation of the level of the cathodal molten aluminum within the electrolytic cell, so as to increase the stability of the surface of molten aluminum, reduce the molten lose of the aluminum, increase the current efficiency, reduce the inter electrode distance, and reduce the energy consumption of the production of aluminum by electrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignees: Northeastern University Engineering & Research Institute Co, Ltd., Northeastern University, Shenyang Beiye Metallurgical Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naixiang Feng