COMPARISON OF MIXING PROCESS METHODS IN PREBAKED ANODE PRODUCTION

摘要

The continuous, batch, and semi-continuous mixing processes aremainly used for prebaked anode production in China. In recentyears, the semi-continuous mixing process is very popular inChina. There are three kinds of mixing processes, which aredifferent in construction, equipment configuration, yield, productquality and also varying investment, operation and maintenancecost. Considerations for selecting a mixing process includeenvironment, automation level, staff ability requirement, andadaptability with different raw materials. For a new green anodeplant project, the clients always focus on the investment, profit,product quality, operational efficiency, energy consumption andenvironmental standard, and then choose the proper mixingprocess method. The three kinds of mixing processes havedifferent advantages according to the project scale, investment,automation level and product quality, and they will all bepresented in this paper.