Publications
Our research activities are reflected in technical papers published in leading international journals and presented at major conferences worldwide. Explore the lists below to discover the topics we have investigated, and feel free to contact us if you would like further information or discuss a specific subject in more detail.
| Title | Place of Publication | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Developing future technical leaders at EGA: a tailor-made program with R&D Carbon for anode performance excellence | Light Metals | 2026 |
| A non-hazardous PAH-free ramming paste binder made from wood | ICSOBA | 2025 |
| Testing fines in anode plant with R&D Carbon blaine apparatus | Aluminium International Today | 2024 |
| Anode issues during smelter capacity creep | International aluminum conference Vedanta | 2023 |
| Superior sensitivity of the blaine method compared to sieving analysis of ultrafines | ICSOBA | 2023 |
| Standards for analysis of important raw materials in ISO Technical Committee 226 | ICSOBA | 2022 |
| Prebaked anodes for aluminum electrolysis | Indo Carbon Graphite | 2021 |
| Testing of anodes, cathodes and ramming paste: a must for smelters and producers | International Congress Non-Ferrous Metals & Minerals | 2017 |
| Testing needle coke graphitization behaviour | Carbon technology | 2016 |
| Standardized cathode testing in primary aluminum production | Conference AZ China | 2016 |
| Effect of carbon dust on the electrical resistivity of cryolite bath | Light Metals | 2016 |
| Evaluation of raw material, anode quality and process data to improve smelter performance | International Congress Non-Ferrous Metals & Minerals | 2016 |
| High purity composite briquette for direct UMG-Si production in arc furnaces | International Congress Non-Ferrous Metals & Minerals | 2016 |
| Anode issues during smelter capacity creep | International Conference Non-Ferrous India | 2015 |
| Influence of anode performance on smelter cost | International Congress Non-Ferrous Metals & Minerals | 2015 |
| Bench mark prebaked anodes with raw materials | International Congress Non-Ferrous Metals & Minerals | 2015 |
| Carbon dust in aluminum electrolysis pots – a vicious circle | ICSOBA | 2015 |
| Standard development work in the ISO technical committee :”Materials for the production of primary aluminium” | Light Metals | 2015 |
| Future trends for anode bake furnace firing system | ICSOBA | 2014 |
| Anode management options during smelter capacity creep | Australasian Aluminum Smelting Technology Conference | 2014 |
| Paste production and its performance in Söderberg smelters | Light Metals | 2014 |
| Influence of anode quality on smelter performance and production cost | International Conference “Aluminum of Siberia” | 2013 |
| Paste production and its performance in Söderberg smelters | International Conference “Aluminum of Siberia” | 2013 |
| Relationships between coke properties and anodes properties – round robin 19 | Light Metals | 2013 |
| High purity composite briquettes for direct UMG-Si production in arc furnaces | JOM | 2013 |
| Testing carbon materials for research and industrial purposes | Aluminium International Today | 2012 |
| The impact of anode quality on smelter performance | International Aluminum Conference | 2012 |
| A solution for securing the long term supply of high quality coke | World Aluminum Conference | 2012 |
| Methodology to optimize the anode performance | International Congress Non-Ferrous Metals & Minerals | 2012 |
| Anode quality and bake furnace performance of Emal | Light Metals | 2012 |
| Improvement of anode paste quality and performance of Alcoa Lista | Light Metals | 2012 |
| How to eliminate cracks in EAF electrodes from LWG furnaces | Steel Times Internationational | 2011 |
| Coke selection criteria for abrasion resistant graphitized cathodes | Light Metals | 2011 |
| Recent development in anode baking furnace design | Light Metals | 2011 |
| Measurement of the dimension changes of carbon during graphitization | Tanso | 2011 |
| New materials for the production of graphitized carbon materials | Aluminium International Today | 2010 |
| Specific energy consumption in anode bake furnaces | Light Metals | 2010 |
| Anode baking: the underestimated human aspect | Light Metals | 2009 |
| Carbon products : a major concern to aluminum smelters | Light Metals | 2009 |
| Anode baking : baking of anodes for the aluminum industry | R&D Carbon book | 2008 |
| ISO standards for testing of cathode materials | Light Metals | 2008 |
| Anode dusting during the electrolytic production of aluminium | PhD Thesis | 2007 |
| Production and application of coal tar pitch in China | Light Metals | 2007 |
| Process optimization in bake furnace | Light Metals | 2007 |
| Production and performance of slotted anodes | Light Metals | 2007 |
| Dynamic process optimization in paste plant | Light Metals | 2006 |
| Effect of coke properties and its blending recipe on performances of carbon anode for aluminium electrolysis | Journal of Central South University of Technology | 2006 |
| Cathodes for aluminum smelters: a challenge for the Indian carbon Industry | Indo Carbon | 2006 |
| An anode plant in urban areas: fiction or reality | Arabal | 2006 |
| ISO testing of materials used in the primary aluminum industry | Arabal | 2006 |
| Influence of anode quality on aluminum production cost | International Conference Rodding | 2005 |
| Chinese raw materials for anode manufacturing | R&D Carbon book | 2004 |
| Heat treatment of carbon anodes for the aluminum industry | PhD Thesis | 2004 |
| Influence of the properties of raw materials on anode quality | International Carbon Conference | 2004 |
| Centralized anode plants- impact on production costs | World Aluminum Conference | 2004 |
| Influence of anode quality on aluminum production cost | Iranian Aluminum Congress | 2004 |
| Outlook of the anode requirement for the world aluminum industry in 2015 | Light Metals | 2004 |
| Survey on worldwide prebaked anode quality | Light Metals | 2004 |
| Low S cokes: blending experiences in carbon plants | GLC Carbon Conference | 2003 |
| Worlwide pitch quality for prebaked anodes | Light Metals | 2003 |
| Anode properties, cover materials and cell operation | Light Metals | 2001 |
| Effects of anode butts quality and of butts preparation on the anode performance | International Conference Rodding | 2001 |
| Understanding the relationship between raw materials characteristics, formulation and processing parameters in the manufacture of green carbon anodes | PhD Thesis | 2000 |
| Coke characteristics from the refiners to the smelters. | Light Metals | 2000 |
| Process adaptations for finer dust formulations: mixing and forming | Light Metals | 2000 |
| The changing world of anode raw material : can today’s carbon technology cope with it? | Arabal | 1999 |
| Production and performance aspects of ramming paste | Light Metals | 1999 |
| Dust generation and accumulation for changing anode quality and cell parameters | Light Metals | 1999 |
| Cooling of green anodes after forming | Light Metals | 1999 |
| Advances in anode forming | Light Metals | 1999 |
| The cooling of green anodes after paste compaction | Diploma Thesis | 1998 |
| Influence of raw material properties and process parameters on anode quality | Australasian Aluminum Smelting Technology Conference | 1998 |
| Anode dusting | Carbon Quality conference | 1997 |
| Effets des impuretés dans les anodes | Symposium québecois sur le procédé d’électrolyse de l’aluminium | 1997 |
| Reduction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Pah) by using petroleum pitch as binder material: a comparaison of anode properties and anode behavior of petroleum pitch and coal tar pitch anodes | Light Metals | 1997 |
| Petroleum pitch, a real alternative to coal tar pitch as binder material for anode production | Light Metals | 1997 |
| Cracking behavior of anodes | RDC Book | 1996 |
| Test methods for the determination of carbonaceous matreials for the aluminum industry | ICSOBA | 1996 |
| La performance des anodes | Symposium québecois sur le procédé d’électrolyse de l’aluminium | 1996 |
| Bath impregnation of carbon anodes | Light Metals | 1996 |
| Cracking behaviour of prebaked anodes used for the aluminum production | PhD Thesis | 1995 |
| Carbon cathode materials: approval and quality control procedures | JOM | 1995 |
| Petroleum coke quality, anode performance and aluminum production cost | Pace Quaterly | 1995 |
| Dynamic process optimization | Light Metals | 1995 |
| New technology for continuous preparation of anode paste | Light Metals | 1994 |
| Correlations between anode properties and anode performance | Light Metals | 1994 |
| Thermal shock of anodes: a solved problem? | Light Metals | 1994 |
| Waste materials in anode manufacturing: an overview | Light Metals | 1994 |
| The design of new anode technology for the aluminum industry | JOM | 1994 |
| Gas reactivity testing of raw materials and anodes | JOM | 1994 |
| Anode reactivity: influence of raw material properties | PhD Thesis | 1993 |
| Anodes- A crucial element in today’s aluminum production | Arabal | 1993 |
| Constructing and operating anode plants: what top management need to know | Arabal | 1993 |
| Optimization of the anode carbon consumption with respect to butt recycling | Light Metals | 1993 |
| Baking parameters and the resulting anode quality | Light Metals | 1993 |
| Influence of petroleum coke sulphurcontent on the sodium sensitivity of carbon anodes | Light Metals | 1993 |
| A model for petroleum coke reactivity | Light Metals | 1993 |
| New concept in anode manufacturing | Australasian Aluminum Smelting Technology Conference | 1992 |
| Evaluating pitch behaviour in prebaked anodes by analysis of the binder matrix | Aluminium International Today | 1992 |
| Charaterizing and evaluating the dry aggregate coke dust used in carbon anode manufacture | Aluminium International Today | 1992 |
| Anode manufacturing in a changing environment: an overview | Light Metals | 1992 |
| The influence of low current density on anode performance | Light Metals | 1992 |
| Granular carbon mechanical properties: their measurement and influence on paste production | Light Metals | 1992 |
| An evaluation of binder matrix in prebaked anode used for aluminum production | PhD Thesis | 1991 |
| New concept for firing anode bake furnaces with heawy fuel oil | Light Metals | 1991 |
| Investigation of the quality of recycled butts | Light Metals | 1991 |
| Interdependence between properties of anode butts and quality of prebaked anodes | Light Metals | 1991 |
| Interdependence between anode net consumption and pot design, pot operating parameters and anode properties | Light Metals | 1991 |
| Process control in an anode bake furnace fired with heavy oil | Light Metals | 1991 |
| The effect of pitch sodium content compared to sodium additions through butts recycling on the reactivity of the anode binder matrix | Light Metals | 1991 |
| An evaluation of the effect of dust granulometry on the properties of binder matrix bench scale electrodes | Light Metals | 1991 |
| Determination of the sodium sensitivity of petroleum coke | Light Metals | 1991 |
| Discussing the issues in carbon anode technology | JOM | 1990 |
| Thermal shock in anodes for the electrolytic production of aluminium | Light Metals | 1990 |
| Characterizing anode properties by quality figures | Light Metals | 1990 |
| Anthracite in potlining material | Light Metals | 1989 |
| Workers hygiene and environment protection in anode plants | Light Metals | 1989 |
| High vanadium venezuelan petroleum coke, a raw material for the aluminum industry? | Light Metals | 1989 |
| Sensitivity of anodes for electrolytic aluminum production to thermal shock | Light Metals | 1988 |
| Strategies for the revision of bake furnaces | Light Metals | 1988 |
| Interdepedence between the ignition temperature and the reactivity of granular carbon materials | Light Metals | 1988 |
| Determining prebaked anode properties for aluminum production | JOM | 1987 |
| Influence of vanadium on anode quality and pot performance | Light Metals | 1986 |
| Factors influencing the carboxy and air reactivity behaviour of prebaked anodes in Hall-Héroult cells | Light Metals | 1986 |
| Process controlled operation of baking furnaces | Light Metals | 1985 |
| Influence of coke calcining parameters on petroleum coke quality | Light Metals | 1985 |
| Development of anode quality criteria by statistical evaluation of operational results in the electrolysis | Light Metals | 1982 |
| Modern anode bake furnace developments | Light Metals | 1981 |
| The interdependence of pitch content, dust fineness, mixing temperature | Light Metals | 1980 |
| Carbon reactivity: the combined effect of purity, structure and porous texture on reactivity investigated and generalized by means of the compensation effect | Biennial Conference on Carbon | 1979 |
| Recording and interpreting temperature distribution in open bake furnaces | Light Metals | 1978 |
| Application of pilot plant work in prebaked anode manufacturing | Light Metals | 1978 |
| Pressed anodes versus vibrated anodes | Light Metals | 1976 |
