Published Research

The LMRC team maintains a strong presence at important international conferences such as The Annual Meeting, the World Aluminium Conference, and the Australasian Aluminium Smelting Technology Conference. LMRC personal are commonly involved as keynote speakers, lecturers, and presenters of conference proceedings.  Research is also published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Metals, Applied Surface Science, Key Engineering Materials, and the Journal of Applied Electromagnetics.   These conferences and journals are considered to be among the most important international forums for the field of light metals and materials processing.

Selected papers published in 2011 TMS by Light Metals Research Centre:

• 28/2    12:00     Plenary Session - The Future for Aluminium Smelter – Mark Taylor (Keynote speaker) and JJJ Chen
• 28/2    15.30     Towards Redefining the Alumina Specifications Sheet – The Case of HF Emissions - Linus M. Perander¹ , James B. Metson¹, Margaret   M. Hyland¹ , Marco A. Stam²
• 28/2    16:30     Fluoride Emissions Management Guide (FEMG) for Aluminium Smelter - Nursiani Tjahyono, Yashuang Gao, David Wong, M. P. Taylor 
• 1/3      08:50     Reduction of Anode Effect Duration in 400kA Prebake Cells - Wei Zhang¹ , David Wong¹  Alton Tabereaux² ,Melinda Soffer² , Xiaopu Sun² , Changping Hu³ , Xuemin Liang⁴ , Haitang Qin⁴ , Jihong Mao⁵ , Xuehui Lin⁵
• 1/3      14:00     Increasing the Power Modulation Window of Aluminium Smelter Pots with Shell Heat Exchanger Technology - M. Dorreen, S. Namboothiri and P. Lavoie
• 1/3      15:30     Effects of Granulometry and Composition on Thermal Conductivity of Anode Cover Materials - Hasini Wijayaratne, Margaret Hyland, Tania Groutso, Andreea Grama
• 2/3      09:25     FEM Analysis of the Anode Connection in Aluminium Reduction Cells – Susann Beier, J. Chen, H. Fortin, M. Fafard
• 2/3      10:50     Two Perspectives on the Evolution and Future of Alumina - Linus M. Perander¹, James B. Metson¹, Cornelis Klett² 
• 3/3      09:15     Determination of the Effect of Pitch-Impregnation on Cathode Erosion Rate - Pretesh Patel, Yoshinori Sato (SEC Carbon Limited),  Pascal Lavoie 
• Paper      -        Expermental Investigation of Single Bubble Characteristics in a Cold Model of a Hall-Héroult Electrolytic Cell - Subrat Das¹, Yos Morsi, Gerffrey Grooks, william Yang², John J.J. Chen³.
• Poster     -        Human Factors in Operational and Control Decision Making in Aluminium Smelters  - Yashuang Gao^1,2, Mark P. Taylor²,, John J.J. Chen¹, Michael J. Hautus³ 

Also see the complete list of 2011 Light Metals' publications.