Description

Thesis by Sheralyn Marie Hume, published in 1999 by R&D Carbon Ltd., ISBN 3-9521028-2-2

This book contains the results of Dr. Sheralyn M. Hume’s thesis for which she received her Ph.D. from the School of Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand. The thesis gives a detailed overview from refinery operation and coke calcination to the anode performance in the electrolysis cell.

Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Refinery Operations
3. Development of Methods for Measurement of Carbon Reactivity
4. Statistical Analysis of Coke Parameters
5. Characterisation of Anode Carbon Reaction Mechanisms
6. Blending
7. Conclusions