Aluminum companies have developed and are operating over fifty different types of prebake cell technologies at smelters worldwide. Seventeen additional types of prebake cells are currently operating in Russia and China. Currently there is no universal system for nomenclature and identification of prebake (PB) cell technologies. Aluminum companies use their own naming systems and they differ widely throughout the industry. The adoption of an acceptable universal prebake nomenclature (UPBN) system by the aluminum industry is recommended for the naming of all current and future prebake cells.
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