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Drained Cell Performance

0.7

Cell 1

Cell 2

Side or Center Fed-Bar Break

Uncompensated

Point Fed

Approx Line

of 25mm ACD

Approx Line

of 50mm ACD

16

15

14

13

12

11

0.75

Uncompensated

Magnetically Compensated

Drained Cathode

0.8

0.85

0.9

0.95

1

Current Density (A/cm2 )

DC kWh/kg Al Produced

1.05

1.1

1.15

1.2

1.25

Magnetically Compensated

Point Fed

Source: G.D. Brown, et. al., “TiB2 Coated Aluminum Reduction Cells: Status and Future Direction of Coated Cells in Comalco”, Queenstown Aluminum Smelting Conference, November 26, 1998.

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