Today’s aluminum industry: Facing the economic and environmental challenges

JOM ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 6-6
Author(s):  
David Morton
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Industry ◽  
Environmental Challenges

Implementing a Risk-Based Inspection Framework in an Aluminum Industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Vrassidas I. N. Ioannis Leopoulos ◽  
George Koutsoupis
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Industry

On the effect of the periodicity of diagnostic measurements on improving the reliability of high-voltage transformers

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-21
Author(s):  
V. A. Tikhonov
Keyword(s):  
Service Life ◽  
High Voltage ◽  
Chromatographic Analysis ◽  
Aluminum Industry ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Transformer Oil ◽  
Operating Voltage ◽  
Dissolved Gases ◽  
The Aluminum Industry

The influence of the periodicity of diagnostic measurements on the operational state of high-voltage transformers is considered. Examples of defects of switching devices of converter transformers and methods for their detection are given. The rationale for the importance of recognition of defects at an early stage of their occurrence is given. The influence of the multiplicity of overvoltages on the service life of converter transformers in the aluminum industry is investigated. Based on the analysis of the service life of converter transformers of one of the powerful aluminum plants, where 83% of converter transformers have exhausted their standard service life, it is shown that in 40% of cases it would be possible to avoid their failures, with timely detection and elimination of emerging defects. Examples of defects of OLR (on-load regulators) of converter transformers and methods for their detection are given. The importance of recognition of defects at an early stage of their occurrence is substantiated. A method for chromatographic analysis of dissolved gases in transformer oil has been developed for the qualitative determination of defects and ways to eliminate them. Examples of diagnostics of converter transformers at operating voltage and working load are given, providing the best quality operational characteristics of converter transformers. The periodicity of diagnostic measurements and the reduction of defects and failures has been substantiated. The question of diagnosing the state of the converter transformer TDNP-40000/10 at an enterprise of the aluminum industry is investigated. Currently, diagnostic methods are being developed based on chromatographic analysis of dissolved gases in transformer oil. The presented method of evaluating the operating parameters of transformers allows for the safe operation of high-voltage transformers and enables to increase the reliability of the power supply scheme of aluminum industry plants.

Environmental genotoxicity and cytotoxicity studies in mussels and fish inhabiting northern Atlantic zones impacted by aluminum industry

Ekologija ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Baršienė ◽  
Anne Bjornstad ◽  
Aleksandras Rybakovas ◽  
Janina Šyvokienė ◽  
Laura Andreikėnaitė
Keyword(s):  
Aluminum Industry ◽  
Cytotoxicity Studies ◽  
Northern Atlantic ◽  
Environmental Genotoxicity
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