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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xinghua Liu, Murrysville, PA (US);
Douglas A. Weirauch, Jr., State College, PA (US);
Frankie E. Phelps, Apollo, PA (US);
Joseph M. Dynys, New Kensington, PA (US);
Jonell Kerkhoff, Murrysville, PA (US);
Robert A. DiMilia, Greensburg, PA (US);
Alcoa USA Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A system is provided including an electrolysis cell configured to retain a molten electrolyte bath, the bath including at least one bath component, the electrolysis cell including: a bottom, and a sidewall consisting essentially of the at least one bath component; and a feeder system, configured to provide a feed material including the least one bath component to the molten electrolyte bath such that the at least one bath component is within 2% of saturation, wherein, via the feed material, the sidewall is stable in the molten electrolyte bath.