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Modernisation of Sumitomo S170 Cells at Boyne Smelters Limited

2019; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_69

2367-1181

Chris Corby, Hao Zhang, Madeleine Lewis, James Roberts,

Advanced Battery Technologies Research

Rio Tinto has developed a busbar designBusbar Design that can be retrofitted to the Sumitomo S170 cell technologyTechnology . The new busbar designBusbar Design includes under-cell busbarBusbar and side risersSide risers . The busbarBusbar redirects current away from the existing end risers, improving MHD behaviour and cell performancePerformance substantially. The design can reduce specific power consumption by more than 5%. This paper presents the key design features and methodologyMethodology for developing a design that balances both performancePerformance and operational considerations. The results of a live test cell against predicted performancePerformance are also presented.