Low temperature aluminum electrolysis is an important research area for energy saving in aluminum electrolysis technology.The composition of the molten salt has a significant effect on the electrolysis temperature and current efficiency.In order to obtain the optimal low-temperature molten salt systems,NaCl and LiF have been added to the NaF-AlF3-CaF2-Al2 O3 molten salt systems,and the electrolysis has been conducted at 840~880℃for 4 h.The influences of additive and alumina mass fraction on the current efficiency have been analyzed.The results show that when 10% ( mass fraction,the same as below) NaCl is added the current efficiency is 72.5%,which is 16.4% higher than that of the traditional NaF-AlF3-CaF2-Al2 O3 molten salt system.When 2.5%NaCl-7.5%LiF,5%NaCl-5%LiF,and 7.5%NaCl-2.5%LiF are added,the current efficiency is approximately 68%.When 10%LiF is added,the current efficiency is 57.8%.When the mass fraction of Al2 O3 is 2%,the current efficiency during NaF-AlF3-5%CaF2-10%NaCl-5%LiF molten salt systems electrolysis for 2 h is 48.1%,which is 5.2% higher than that of the Al2 O3 with the mass fraction of 3%.
关键词
低温铝电解/电流效率/NaCl/LiF
Key words
low temperature aluminum electrolysis/current efficiency/NaCl/LiF