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Conference Agenda

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Session Overview

Location: Rhône 2

Date: Monday, 28/Oct/2024

8:30am
-
10:00am

CH-1: Casthouse Session 1
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Josée Colbert
Chair: Joseph Langlais

8:30am - 9:00am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

CH01 - Combined Quantitative Analysis of Salt Fluxes Composition by X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Fluorescence in Process Control

Oksana Bezrukova¹, Petr Dubinin¹, Aleksandr Samoilo¹, Igor Yakimov¹, Aleksandr Zaloga¹, Denis Khlystov¹, Nikolai Babitskiy²

1: Siberian Federal University, Russia; 2: RUSAL Engineering and Technology Center, Russia

9:00am - 9:20am

CH02 - Conservation of Energy in Al Cast House – Technology Advancement to Overcome Challenges

Praddyum Rushikesh Pavitrakar, Shibu Mathew

Bechtel, India

9:20am - 9:40am

CH03 - Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Usage in Cast House Furnaces

Lee Anthony Allen, Tim Hordley

Mechatherm International Ltd, United Kingdom

9:40am - 10:00am

CH04 - Improvement in Sodium Reduction Process During TAC

Rashid Ahmed Alawadhi, Sajjad Hussain Shah

EGA, United Arab Emirates

10:30am
-
12:00pm

CH-2: Casthouse Session 2
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Joseph Langlais

10:30am - 11:00am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

CH05 - Increase Casting Capacity of DC-5 Caster at EGA Jebel Ali

Abani Kumar Meher, Afshin Lufti, Yaqoub Ahmad, Omar Ahmad Abdelrahman Al Hashmi, Farukh Azim, Nilay Mukeshkumar Shah, Mohammed Jumaa Abdulrahim

EGA, United Arab Emirates

11:00am - 11:20am

CH06 - Vertical Direct Chilled Casting Facilities (VDC) Reliability Improvement at EGA

Sanjay Das, Nasser Al Khaja, Rajiv Kumar Puniani, Amit Kishorchandra Parikh, Shaiju Soman, Kishore Kumar Bhatt, Mubarak Mohamed Bashir, Naresh Kumar, Mohammed Riaz Syed, Talluri Suri Babu, Shybin Karunakaran, Agnel Antonio Francisco Noronha, Ramasamy Govindaraj, Anurag Mohanty

EGA, United Arab Emirates

11:20am - 11:40am

CH07 - 100 % Volumetric Ultrasonic Inspection on 5182 Slabs Post Casting

Nicolas Jacob¹, Pierre Jeanroy²

1: Aluminium Dunkerque, France; 2: Dynamic Concept Europe, France

11:40am - 12:00pm

CH08 - Automatic Real-Time Chemical Composition Analysis (LP-LIBS) in Casthouse Operations

Kristjan Leosson, Berglind Hoskuldsdottir

DTE, Iceland

1:00pm
-
2:30pm

CH-3: Casthouse Session 3
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Joseph Langlais

1:00pm - 1:30pm
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

CH09 - Development of Electrical Wire Rod with Recycled Content at TRIMET France

Nicolas Ligonesche¹, Eric Oustry¹, Nicolas Archenault¹, Stéphane Heurtault²

1: TRIMET France, France; 2: RTE, France

1:30pm - 1:50pm

CH10 - DC-Casting of Rolling Ingots With High Level of Magnesium

Martijn Vos, Alexander Krokhin, Alexander Alabin, Aleksey Iliin

RUSAL, Russian Federation

1:50pm - 2:10pm

CH11 - Combined Rolling and Extrusion production of Wire Rod

Martijn Vos, Alexander Krokhin, Alexander Salnikov, Alexander Alabin

RUSAL, Russian Federation

2:10pm - 2:30pm

CH12 - Real-time Monitoring of Legionella in Casthouse Water Cooling Systems

Geneviveve Doyer¹, Marie-Christine Simard²

1: Riotinto, Canada; 2: Riotinto, Canada

5:30pm
-
6:30pm

Corporate_council: Corporate Council
Location: Rhône 2

Date: Tuesday, 29/Oct/2024

8:30am
-
10:00am

CH-4: Casthouse Session 4
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Joseph Langlais

8:30am - 9:00am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

CH13 - Casthouse Refractory Methods for Risk Control and Quality Assurance

Philippe Gauthier¹, Mathieu Bergeron²

1: Rio Tinto, Canada; 2: Rio Tinto, Canada

9:00am - 9:20am

CH14 - Atlantic Operation Centre (AOC): The Foundation Towards the Best Operator to Overcome the Industry Challenges and Ensure Competitiveness

Jean-Luc Allard¹, Dave Bolduc², Joseph Langlais³

1: Rio Tinto, Canada; 2: Rio Tinto, Canada; 3: Rio Tinto, Canada

9:20am - 9:40am

CH15 - Advanced Data Analytics Tools to Identify the Root Cause of Filter Clogging During Casthouse Operation

Josée Colbert¹, Jens Bouchard², Joseph Langlais³, Simon L'Heureux⁴

1: RioTinto, Canada; 2: RioTinto, Canada; 3: RioTinto, Canada; 4: RioTinto, Canada

9:40am - 10:00am

CH16 - Batscan: the Coming of Age of a New Tool for Inclusion Detection in Liquid Aluminium

Jean-Louis Achard¹, Pierre Le Brun¹, Marc Bertherat¹, Pierre-Yves Menet¹, Nicolas Bauret², Vincent Milani²

1: Constellium Technology Center, Voreppe, France; 2: STAS Inc., Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

10:30am
-
12:00pm

EL-4: Electrode Session 4
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Lorentz Petter Lossius
Chair: Houshang Alamdari

10:30am - 11:00am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

EL13 - Thermal Cycling Tests on Dense Refractories

Jean Louis Guichard¹, Simon Aufranc², Christophe Molinier³, José Almeida⁴, Arnaud Bourgier⁵

1: ICAR-CM2T, France; 2: ICAR-CM2T, France; 3: Rio Tinto, France; 4: Rio Tinto, France; 5: Rio Tinto, France

11:00am - 11:20am

EL14 - Anode Baking Furnace with Optimized Heating Curves and Natural Gas Consumption Reduction at Sohar Aluminium

Hamdan Said Alalawi, Ahmed Belfoul, Mohammed Al Balushi, Raghu Nandan Joshi, Hamood Al Brashdi, Rashid Al Maamari, Shashi Sing, Javith Basha, Mahfoud Al Ghaithy, Ciro Kato, Olivier Rival

Sohar Aluminum, Oman

11:20am - 11:40am

EL15 - Challenges in Reduction of Stub to Carbon Voltage Drop for Amperage Increase

Anisha Rao Jonnalagadda, Dibyendu Ghosh, Girish Choudhary, Amresh Singh, Anoop Singh, Bibhuti Sahu, Sasikumar S, Sudhir Patel

Hindalco Industries Limited

11:40am - 12:00pm

EL16 - Modelling of Cast Iron to Carbon Electrical Contact Resistance to Reproduce Anode Voltage Measurements

Louis Bugnion¹, René von Kaenel¹, Roman Düssel², André van Haaren²

1: KAN-NAK SA, Switzerland; 2: TRIMET Aluminium SE, Germany

1:00pm
-
2:30pm

EL-5: Electrode Session 5
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Les Charles Edwards
Chair: Houshang Alamdari

1:00pm - 1:30pm
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

EL17 - Anode Centre Modifications to Accommodate Potrooms Amperage Increase - A Review and Practical Experience

Yvon Ménard¹, Vinko Potocnik²

1: Yvon Ménard, Canada; 2: Vinko Potocnik Consultant Inc.

1:30pm - 1:50pm

EL18 - Time-Dependent Response of Coke-Glycerin Mixtures to Mechanical Vibration

Amir Kafaei¹, Soheil Akbari², Simon Laliberté-Riverin³, Louis Gosselin⁴, Houshang Darvishi Alamdari³, Seyed Mohammad Taghavi¹

1: Aluminium Research Center – REGAL, Department of Chemical Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, Canada; 2: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 3: Aluminium Research Center – REGAL, Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, Canada; 4: Aluminium Research Center – REGAL, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

1:50pm - 2:10pm

EL19 - Effect of Wood Type on Biocoke Wettability by Coal Tar Pitch

Belkacem Amara, Duygu Kocaefe, Yasar Kocaefe

UQAC, Canada

5:30pm
-
6:30pm

Delegate_meeting: Delegate Meeting
Location: Rhône 2

Date: Wednesday, 30/Oct/2024

8:00am
-
10:00am

BR-1: Bauxite Residue Session 1
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Marcelo Montini
Chair: Efthymios Balomenos

8:00am - 8:30am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

BR01 - Reduction of Water Infiltration on the BRDA of the Gardanne Alumina Refinery

Arthur Caer, Laurent Guillaumont, Jean-Paul Leredde, Philippe Thibault

ALTEO, France

8:30am - 8:50am

BR03 - Spectroscopic Investigations of Mining Residues Drying Kinetics to Predict and Prevent Fugitive Dust Emission

Gilles-Alex Dessap Pefete, Josée Maurais, Patrick Ayotte

Sherbrooke University, Canada

8:50am - 9:10am

BR04 - Applying CFD Modelling and FEA to Enhance Bauxite Residue Slurry Flow through Distribution Rings in Filter Presses

Thomas Grillot¹, Simon Gravel², Nicolas-Alexandre Bouchard³

1: Cural Laboratory, UQAC, Canada; 2: ARDC, Rio Tinto Aluminium, Canada; 3: Processing & Technology, Rio Tinto, Canada

9:10am - 9:30am

BR02 - Modern Concept for the Desanding of Red Mud

Thomas Baumann, Thibaut Richard

AKW Apparate + Verfahren GmbH, Germany

9:30am - 9:50am

BR05 - Re-examining the Risks and Environmental Indicators in the Closure Governance of Bauxite Residue Sites in Jamaica

Shanti Persaud

Jamaica Bauxite Institute, Jamaica

10:30am
-
12:00pm

BR-2: Bauxite Residue Session 2
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Laurent Birry
Chair: Efthymios Balomenos

10:30am - 11:00am
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

BR07 - Technical and Engineering Insights into Green Iron Production from Bauxite Residue: A Microwave Plant Assembly Process

Marcelo Montini¹, Darllan Rosario Pinheiro¹, Raphael Vieira da Costa¹, Luis Rodolfo Mariani Bittencourt², Lucas Arantes Araújo², Amaury Jose Leone Negrao²

1: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil; 2: New Wave

11:00am - 11:20am

BR08 - Alkaline Extraction of Alumina from Hydrogen Reduced Bauxite Residue Pellets

Georgia Maria Tsaousi, Michail Vafeias, Adamadia Lazou, Dimitrios Sparis, Dimitrios Kotsanis, Efthymios Balomenos, Dimitrios Panias

Technologies for Sustainable Metallurgy Group, Laboratory of Metallurgy, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

11:20am - 11:40am

BR11 - Field Evaluation of a New Road Sub-base Concept Including Bauxite Residue and Other Industrial By-Products

Stephane Beaulieu¹, Carlos Martin-Portugues Montoliu², Christian John Engelsen³

1: Aughinish Alumina; 2: Acciona Construccion; 3: Sintef

11:40am - 12:00pm

BR06 - European Aluminium’s Innovation Hub: Enhancing Bauxite Residue Valorisation Pathways Through Collaborative EU Projects

Konstantinos Kollias, Christian Leroy

European Aluminium, Belgium

1:00pm
-
2:30pm

BR-3: Bauxite Residue Session 3
Location: Rhône 2
Chair: Lance Myers
Chair: Efthymios Balomenos

1:00pm - 1:30pm
10 min Introduction + 20 min Presentation

BR12 - Strength Development Of Blended Cements Containing Co-Calcined Bauxite With Kaolinitic Clay

Natalia Pires Martins, Arne Peys

VITO, Belgium

1:30pm - 1:50pm

BR13 - Co-Calcination of BR with Kaolin for Economic Production of SCM. Industrial Pilot Results

Foteini Kratouna¹, Panagiotis Davris¹, Efthymios Balomenos¹, Dimitrios Kotsanis⁴, Arne Peys², Pipat Termkhajornkit³, Frédérique Ferey³, Philippe Bernard³

1: METLEN Energy and Metals, Aluminium of Greece Plant, Ag. Nikolaos, Greece; 2: VITO, Mol, Belgium; 3: Holcim Innovation Center, Saint Quentin Fallavier, France; 4: National Technical University of Athens, Laboratory of Metallurgy, Athens, Greece

1:50pm - 2:10pm

BR15 - Low-Carbon Cements from Aluminum Chain By-Products

Marcio Barata¹, Euler Arruda Junior¹, Marcelo Montini², Darllan Pinheiro², Raphael Costa²

1: Federal University of Para; 2: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Brazil

2:10pm - 2:30pm

BR14 - Development of Concretes with Different Strength Classes and Variations of Untreated Bauxite Residue Consumption

Markus Samuel Rebmann¹, Roberto Cesar de Oliveira Romano¹, José Augusto Ferreira Sales de Mesquita¹, Darllan do Rosário Pinheiro², Marcelo Montini², Raphael Costa², Rafael Giuliano Pileggi¹

1: University of São Paulo, Brazil; 2: Hydro Bauxite & Alumina, Belém, Brazil

42^nd Conference
and Exhibition
ICSOBA 2024

27 - 31 October 2024
Lyon, France

Conference Agenda