EP2732075A2 - Aluminium smelter comprising electrical conductors made from a superconducting material - Google Patents
Aluminium smelter comprising electrical conductors made from a superconducting materialInfo
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- EP2732075A2 EP2732075A2 EP12748726.2A EP12748726A EP2732075A2 EP 2732075 A2 EP2732075 A2 EP 2732075A2 EP 12748726 A EP12748726 A EP 12748726A EP 2732075 A2 EP2732075 A2 EP 2732075A2
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Definitions
- Aluminerie comprising electrical conductors of superconducting material
- the present invention relates to an aluminum smelter, and more particularly to the electrical conductor system of an aluminum smelter.
- an electrolytic cell composed in particular of a steel box, a refractory lining, and a cathode made of carbon material, connected to conductors used to carry the electrolysis current.
- the electrolytic cell also contains an electrolytic bath consisting in particular of cryolite in which is dissolved alumina.
- the Hall-Héroult process consists in partially immersing a carbon block constituting the anode in this electrolytic bath, the anode being consumed as and when the reaction progresses. At the bottom of the electrolytic cell is formed a sheet of liquid aluminum.
- aluminum production plants include several hundred electrolysis tanks. These electrolysis tanks are traversed by a high electrolysis current of the order of several hundreds of thousands of amperes.
- Some problems are common in an aluminum smelter; they consist in particular in the reduction of the costs in terms of energy consumed, of the material used to make the electrical conductors and the reduction of the bulk in order to increase the production on the same surface.
- Another problem results from the existence of a large magnetic field generated by the electrolysis current. This magnetic field disturbs the operation of the tanks whose performance it decreases. The vertical component of this magnetic field, in particular, causes the instability of the liquid aluminum sheet.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates, seen from above, a tank 100 of electrolysis in which the magnetic field is self-compensated thanks to the arrangement of the connecting conductors 101. this tank 100 to the next tank 102 placed downstream.
- the conductors 101 are eccentric with respect to the tank 100 which they bypass.
- An example of magnetically self-compensated tank is known in particular from patent document FR2469475. This solution imposes many design constraints because of the large size due to the particular layout of the drivers.
- the long length of the conductors, generally aluminum, for the implementation of this solution involves high material costs and significant energy losses by resistive effect of the conductors.
- Another solution for decreasing the vertical component of the magnetic field is to use a secondary electrical circuit formed by one or more metallic electrical conductors.
- This secondary electrical circuit conventionally follows the axis or axes of alignment of the electrolysis cells of the aluminum smelter. It is traversed by a current whose intensity is equal to a certain percentage of the intensity of the electrolysis current, and thereby generates a magnetic field compensating for the effects of the magnetic field created by the electrolysis current.
- the present invention aims to remedy all or part of the disadvantages mentioned above and to provide a solution to the problems encountered in an aluminum production plant by proposing an aluminum smelter whose manufacturing and operating costs are significantly reduced and with less space.
- the subject of the present invention is an aluminum smelter comprising:
- a main electric circuit intended to be traversed by the electrolysis current 11, having two ends each connected to one of the poles of the feed station,
- at least one secondary electrical circuit comprising a conductor electrical superconducting material, to be traversed by a current (12, 13) along the row or rows of electrolysis cells, characterized in that the electrical conductor of superconducting material of the secondary electrical circuit runs at least twice the or the rows of electrolysis tank, so as to perform several rounds in series.
- At least one electrical conductor of superconducting material makes it possible in particular to reduce the overall energy consumption of the aluminum smelter, and therefore the operating costs of the smelter.
- electrical conductors of superconducting material allow better management of the available space inside the aluminum smelter. Because of their lower mass than equivalent conductors made of aluminum, copper or steel, electrical conductors of superconducting material require less important support structures and therefore less expensive.
- an electrical conductor of superconducting material is particularly advantageous when it has a significant length.
- the use of a secondary circuit of superconducting material makes it possible to reduce the harmful effects of the magnetic field generated by the electrolysis current on the liquids contained in the tanks, by realizing energy savings due to the quasi-zero resistivity.
- electrical conductors of superconducting material maintained below their critical temperature.
- the loop formed by the secondary electrical circuit runs along the row or rows of tanks, and includes several rounds in series. This makes it possible to divide by the number of turns the value of the intensity of the current flowing through the electrical conductor in superconductive material, and consequently to reduce the cost of the power supply station intended to deliver this current to the secondary electrical circuit and the cost of the junctions between the poles of the power station and the electrical conductor of superconducting material.
- the electrical conductor of superconducting material of the secondary electrical circuit comprises a single cryogenic envelope, inside which pass side by side the turns made by said electrical conductor of superconducting material.
- a single cryogenic envelope inside which pass side by side the turns made by said electrical conductor of superconducting material.
- the electrical conductor of superconducting material of the secondary electrical circuit is flexible and has at least one curved portion.
- the secondary electrical circuit may comprise one or more non-rectilinear portions (s).
- the flexibility of the electrical conductor in superconducting material makes it possible to avoid obstacles (thus to adapt to the spatial constraints of the aluminum smelter), but also to refine the compensation of the magnetic field locally.
- the electrical conductor of superconducting material of the secondary electrical circuit is placed, in part, inside a magnetic shield enclosure.
- the magnetic shield enclosure is located at at least one end of the electrolysis cell line (s).
- the secondary electric circuit comprises two ends, each end of said electric circuit. secondary being connected to an electrical pole of a feed station separate from the feed station of the main circuit.
- the electrical conductor made of superconducting material of the secondary electrical circuit runs along the electrolysis cell line or queues a predetermined number of times in order to allow the use of a feed station of the secondary electrical circuit delivering a current of intensity. between 5 kA and 40 kA.
- the electrical conductor superconducting material thus performs as many rounds in series as necessary to allow the use of a power station that can be easily found in the trade and economically interesting.
- at least a portion of the electrical conductor of superconducting material of the secondary electrical circuit is disposed in at least one electrolytic cell of the or queues.
- At least a portion of the electrical conductor made of superconducting material of the secondary electrical circuit runs along the right side and / or the left side of the electrolytic cells of the line or queues.
- each electrical conductor of superconducting material is formed by a cable comprising a central core of copper or aluminum, at least one fiber of superconducting material and a cryogenic envelope.
- the cryogenic envelope is traversed by a cooling fluid.
- the cooling fluid is liquid nitrogen and / or helium.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view from above of an electrolysis cell belonging to the state of the art
- FIG. 2 is a side view of an electrolysis cell of the state of the art
- FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are schematic top views of an aluminum smelter, in which at least one electrical conductor of superconductive material is used in a secondary electrical circuit,
- FIGS. 8 and 9 are schematic top views of an aluminum smelter, in which an electrical conductor of superconducting material is used in the main electrical circuit,
- FIG. 10 is a partial schematic view from above of an aluminum smelter comprising a secondary electrical circuit provided with a curved portion,
- FIG. 11 is a sectional view of an electrolysis cell of an aluminum smelter having a particular positioning of the electrical conductors in superconducting material of two secondary electrical circuits, and also having the positioning that should have been used with conventional electrical conductors made of aluminum or copper,
- FIG. 2 shows a typical example of electrolysis tank 2.
- the electrolysis tank 2 comprises in particular a metal box 3, for example made of steel.
- the metal casing 3 is lined internally with refractory and / or insulating materials, for example bricks.
- the electrolysis cell 2 also comprises a cathode 6 made of carbonaceous material and a plurality of anodes 7, intended to be consumed as the electrolysis reaction takes place in an electrolytic bath including cryolite and electrolysis. alumina.
- a blanket of alumina and milled bath generally covers the electrolytic bath and at least partially the anodes 7.
- a sheet of liquid aluminum is formed.
- the cathode 6 is electrically connected to cathode outlets 9 in the form of metal bars passing through the caisson 3, the cathode outlets 9 being themselves connected to electrical conductors 11 of tank to tank. Electrical conductors 1 1 tank to allow the flow of electrolysis flow 11 from one electrolysis tank 2 to another.
- the electrolysis current 11 passes through the conductive elements of each electrolysis cell 2: firstly an anode 7, then the electrolytic bath 8, the liquid aluminum ply 10, the cathode 6 and finally the electrical conductors 1 1 of vat tub connected to the cathode outlets 9, to then convey the electrolysis current 11 to an anode 7 of the next electrolysis tank 2.
- the electrolysis tanks 2 of an aluminum plant 1 are conventionally arranged and electrically connected in series.
- a series may comprise one or more rows F of electrolysis tanks 2.
- the series comprises several files F, these are generally rectilinear and parallel to each other, and are preferably even in number.
- the aluminum smelter 1 an example of which is visible in FIG. 3, comprises a main electrical circuit 15 traversed by an electrolysis current 11.
- the intensity of the electrolysis current 11 can reach values of the order of several hundred thousands of amperes, for example of the order of 300 kA to 600 kA.
- a feed station 12 feeds the series of electrolysis tanks 2 electrolysis current 11.
- the ends of the series of electrolysis tanks 2 are each connected to an electrical pole of the feed station 12.
- Conductors 13 electrical links connect the electrical poles of the power station 12 to the ends of the series.
- the rows F of a series are connected electrically in series.
- One or more electrical connecting conductors 14 allow the flow of the electrolysis current 11 from the last electrolytic cell 2 of a line F to the first electrolytic cell 2 of the following queue F to be conveyed.
- the main electrical circuit 15 consists of the electrical connecting conductors 13 connecting the ends of the series of electrolysis tanks 2 to the supply station 12, electric connecting conductors 14 connecting the rows F of the electrolysis tanks 2. to each other, electrical conductors 1 1 of a tank to tank connecting two electrolytic cells 2 of the same file F, and conductive elements of each tank 2 electrolysis.
- 50 to 500 electrolysis cells 2 are connected in series and extend over two rows F of more than 1 km in length each.
- the aluminum smelter 1 also comprises one or more secondary electrical circuits 16, 17, visible for example in FIG. 3. These secondary electrical circuits 16, 17 typically follow the lines F of tanks 2 of electrolysis. They make it possible to compensate for the magnetic field generated by the high value of the intensity of the electrolysis current 11, causing the instability of the electrolytic bath 8 and thus affecting the efficiency of the electrolysis tanks 2.
- Each secondary electrical circuit 16, 17 is traversed respectively by a current 12, 13, delivered by a feed station 18.
- the feed station 18 of each secondary circuit 16, 17 is distinct from the feed station 12 of the main circuit 15.
- the aluminum smelter 1 comprises at least one secondary electrical circuit 16, 17 provided with an electrical conductor of superconducting material.
- These superconducting materials may for example comprise BiSrCaCuO, YaBaCuO, MgB2, materials known from patent applications WO2008011184, US20090247412 or other materials known for their superconducting properties.
- Superconducting materials are used to carry current with little or no Joule heat generation loss because their resistivity is zero when held below their critical temperature. Due to this absence of energy loss, it is possible to devote a maximum of the energy received by the lamp (for example 600kA and 2kV) to the main electrical circuit 15 which produces aluminum, and in particular to increase the number of tanks 2.
- a superconducting cable used for implementing the present invention comprises a central copper or aluminum core, ribbons or fibers of superconducting material, and a cryogenic envelope.
- the cryogenic envelope may be formed by a sheath containing a cooling fluid, for example liquid nitrogen.
- the cooling fluid makes it possible to maintain the temperature of the superconducting materials at a temperature below their critical temperature, for example less than 100 K (Kelvin), or between 4 K and 80 K.
- the electrical conductors of superconducting material are particularly advantageous when they have a certain length, and more particularly a length equal to or greater than 10 m. .
- FIGS 3, 4 and 5 illustrate, by way of non-exhaustive examples, various possible embodiments of an aluminum smelter 1.
- the electrical conductors of superconducting material are represented by dashed lines in the various figures.
- FIG. 3 shows an aluminum smelter 1 comprising two secondary electrical circuits 16 and 17, respectively traversed by intensity currents 12 and 13 and each supplied by a feed station 18.
- the currents 12 and 13 run through the respective secondary electrical circuits 16 and 17 in the same direction as the electrolysis current 11.
- the secondary electrical circuits 16 and 17 in this case perform a compensation of the magnetic field generated by the conductors 11. electric tank to tank.
- the intensity of each of the electric currents 12, 13 is important, for example between 20% and 100% of the intensity of the electrolysis current 11 and preferably from 40% to 70%.
- the compensation of the magnetic field of the neighboring queue F can be obtained with the example of FIG. 4.
- the aluminum plant 1 illustrated in FIG. 4 comprises a secondary electrical circuit 17 forming an internal loop, traversed by an electric current 13.
- the use of electrical conductors of superconducting material to form the secondary circuit or circuits 16, 17 is interesting because of the length, of the order of two kilometers, of the secondary electrical circuits 16, 17.
- the use of electrical conductors in superconducting material requires less voltage compared to that required by electrical conductors made of aluminum or copper.
- the cost of the station 18 for supplying the secondary electrical circuit or circuits is reduced accordingly.
- the aluminum smelter 1 comprises a secondary electric circuit 16, 17 provided with an electrical conductor made of superconducting material and running substantially at the same place, advantageously at least twice, the same row F of electrolysis tanks 2, as is notably visible on the FIGS. 6 and 7.
- the fact that the loop formed by a secondary electrical circuit 16, 17 comprises several turns in series makes it possible for the same magnetic effect to divide the intensity of the current 12, 13 passing through the secondary electric circuit 16, 17 as many times the number of laps completed. The reduction of the value of this intensity also makes it possible to reduce Joule energy losses at the junctions and the cost of the junctions between the superconducting material electrical conductors and the electrical input or output conductors of the electrical circuit. secondary 16, 17.
- each secondary electrical circuit 16, 17 with electrical conductors of superconducting material reduces the size of the feed station 18 associated with them. For example, for a loop to deliver a current of 200 kA, twenty turns of electrical conductor material superconductors allow to use a feed station 18 delivering 10kA. Similarly, forty turns of electrical conductor superconducting material would allow to use a power station delivering a current of intensity equal to 5 kA. This allows the use of equipment commonly sold in commerce and therefore inexpensive.
- the use of one or more turns in series to form the secondary electrical circuits 16, 17 of superconducting material has the advantage of reducing the magnetic fields in the path between the feed station 18 and the first and the second. last tank 2 electrolysis because it has a low intensity on this path (a single passage of the electrical conductor).
- the small size of the electrical conductors of superconducting material relative to electrical conductors made of aluminum or copper facilitates several series turns in the loops formed by the secondary electrical circuits 16, 17.
- the aluminum smelter 1 according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6 comprises a secondary electrical circuit 16, the electrical conductors of which line the series F of the series twice in series.
- the aluminum smelter 1 comprises a secondary electrical circuit 16 along both the left side and the right side of the electrolysis tanks 2 of the series (left side and right side being defined by compared to an observer placed at the level of the main electrical circuit 15 and directing his gaze in the direction of global circulation of the electrolysis current 11).
- the electrical conductors (made of superconducting material) of the secondary electrical circuit 16 of the aluminum smelter 1 shown in FIG. 7 carry out several turns in series, including two laps along the left sides of the tanks 2 of the series and three turns in along the right sides.
- the number of turns could be twenty and thirty respectively.
- the difference between the number of turns to be made on each side is determined according to the distance between the queues in order to obtain an optimal magnetic balance. Due to the small difference in potential between two turns of electrical conductor in superconducting material, it is easy to electrically isolate the different turns of the electrical conductor. A thin electrical insulator placed between each electric conductor tower of superconducting material is sufficient.
- This cryogenic envelope may comprise a thermally insulated sheath in which a cooling fluid circulates. At a given location, the cryogenic envelope can therefore contain side by side several passages of the same electrical conductor superconducting material.
- the aluminum smelter 1 may thus comprise one or more secondary electrical circuits 16, 17 comprising an electrical conductor of superconducting material having at least one curved portion. This makes it possible to bypass the obstacles 19 present inside the aluminum smelter 1, for example a pillar, as can be seen in FIG.
- This also makes it possible to locally adjust the compensation of the magnetic field in the smelter 1 by locally adjusting the position of the electrical conductor in superconducting material of the secondary electrical circuit or circuits 16, 17, as allowed by the curved portion 16a of the secondary electrical circuit 16 of the aluminum smelter 1 visible in FIG. 10.
- This flexibility makes it possible to move the electrical conductor in superconducting material with respect to its initial position, to correct the magnetic field by adapting to the evolution of the smelter 1 (for example increasing the intensity of the electrolysis current 11, or to use the results of the most recent magnetic correction calculations that are enabled by the new computer powers and general knowledge on the subject).
- the electrical conductors of superconducting material or secondary electrical circuits 16, 17 may be arranged under the electrolysis tanks 2. In particular, they can be buried. This arrangement is made possible by the small size of the electrical conductors of material superconducting on the one hand, and by the fact that they do not heat on the other hand. This provision would be difficult to achieve with electrical conductors made of aluminum or copper, because their size is greater at equal intensity, and because they heat and therefore need to be cooled (commonly in contact with the air and / or with specific cooling means).
- FIG. 11 shows, for a same smelter plant 1, the possible locations of secondary electric circuits 16, 17 with electrical conductors of superconducting material and secondary electrical circuits 16 ', 17' using aluminum electrical conductors.
- the secondary electrical circuits 16 ', 17' are placed on either side of an electrolysis cell 2. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the secondary electrical circuits 16 ', 17' prevent access to the electrolytic cells 2, for example for maintenance operations. However, they can not be placed under the electrolysis tanks 2, such as the secondary electrical circuits 16, 17 with electrical conductors of superconducting material, because they have a larger footprint and need to be cooled. The secondary electrical circuits 16, 17 using electrical conductors of superconducting material may, however, be placed under the electrolysis tanks 2. Access to the electrolysis tanks 2 is thus not limited.
- the electrical conductors of superconductive material may be contained in part within a chamber 20 forming a magnetic shield.
- This enclosure 20 may be a metal tube, for example steel. It can significantly reduce the magnetic field outside of this magnetic shield. This thus makes it possible to create, in the places where this chamber 20 has been placed, passage zones, in particular of vehicles the operation of which would have been disturbed by the magnetic field emanating from the electrical conductors made of superconducting material. This makes it possible to reduce the cost of these vehicles (which must otherwise be equipped with protection).
- This enclosure 20 may advantageously be placed around the electrical conductors of superconducting material located at the end of the line F, as illustrated in FIG. 6.
- the magnetic shield enclosure 20 may also be formed of superconducting material kept below its temperature. critical.
- this enclosure of superconducting material forming a magnetic shield can be disposed as close as possible to the electrical conductors of superconducting material, inside the cryogenic envelope. The mass of superconducting material of the enclosure is minimized and the superconducting material of the enclosure is kept below its critical temperature without the need for another specific cooling system.
- the use of a protective enclosure 20 is not possible with conventional electrical conductors of the prior art made of aluminum, or even copper. These aluminum electrical conductors actually have a section of significant dimensions, of the order of 1 m by 1 m, against 25 cm in diameter for an electrical conductor of superconducting material. Above all, aluminum electrical conductors heat up in operation. The use of such a magnetic shield enclosure 20 would not allow a proper evacuation of the heat generated.
- the electrical conductors of superconducting material have a mass per meter which can be twenty times lower than that of an aluminum electrical conductor for an equivalent intensity.
- the cost of the supports of the electrical conductors in superconducting material is therefore lower and their installation is facilitated.
- the main electrical circuit 15 of the aluminum smelter 1 may also comprise one or more electrical conductors of superconducting material.
- the electrical connecting conductors 14 electrically connecting the rows F of the series to each other may be of superconducting material, as shown in FIG. 8.
- the electrical connecting conductors 13, connecting the ends of the series of cells 2 electrolysis at the poles of the feed station 12 of the main circuit 15, may also be of superconducting material, as shown in FIG. 9.
- the electric connecting conductors 14 connecting two rows F measure 30m. at 150m, depending on whether the two lines F they connect are in the same building or in two separate buildings for reasons of magnetic interaction between these two lines F.
- the electric connecting conductors 13 connecting the ends of the series to the poles 12 station power supply typically measure from 20m to 1km depending on the positioning of this power station 12. Because of these lengths, it will be readily understood that the use of electrical conductors of superconducting material at these locations can achieve energy savings.
- the use of electrical conductors of superconducting material in an aluminum smelter 1 may be advantageous for sufficiently high conductor lengths.
- the use of electrical conductive material conductors is particularly advantageous for secondary electrical circuits 16, 17 for reducing the effect of the tank-to-cell magnetic field by means of loops of the type described in patent document EP0204647; when the intensity of the current flowing in the main electrical circuit 15 is particularly high, greater than 350 kA, and when the sum of the intensities flowing in the secondary electrical circuit, in the same direction as the current flowing in the main circuit, is between 20% and 100% of the main circuit current, and preferably 40% to 70%.
- a main electrical circuit 15 comprising both electrical conductors 14 of line to file of superconducting material and electrical conductors 13 leash connecting the ends of a series to the poles of the station 12 d supply of superconducting material also, and one or more secondary electrical circuits 16, 17 also comprising electrical conductors of superconducting material performing several turns in series.
- a single secondary electrical circuit 16 comprising electrical conductors made of superconducting material may also be provided, with conductors performing several turns in series, between the rows F of tanks 2 or outside thereof.
- the invention can be extended to aluminum smelters with electrolysis with inert anodes.
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