Launched! AlCircle’s new report “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission”

AlCircle has added a new Sector Focus Report - “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission” to its 2020 portfolio. The report promises to provide a deep insight into energy consumption by the primary aluminium sector and various technological developments with respect to optimising power consumption as well as reducing greenhouse emissions.

World primary aluminium production increased from 37.7 million tonnes in 2009 to 63.7 million tonnes in 2019. This growth in expected to continue in the coming years on higher demand. To produce one tonne of aluminium the average total energy (AC) intensity across the world stood at about 14.2 MWh while the average process energy intensity stood at 13.4 MWh. Globally, the aluminium industry emits around 450 MT per annum of CO₂ equivalents, accounting for about 1% of the world’s total emission.

On the other hand, increasing global concerns over climate change and stringent emission norms will pose major challenges for the use of primary aluminium in the coming years. Aluminium producers have been working towards reducing energy consumption and emissions in their smelters. The report - “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission” also analyses the sources of power supply to aluminium smelters and developments in usage of clean energy in the production of primary metal.

Many companies have been investing in R&D and pilot projects to reduce energy consumption in primary aluminium facilities. They are also working on initiatives to achieve energy reduction and emission targets to further aid the aluminium metal to expand its market.

In a nutshell, the report covers the following points:

• Aluminium – Industry overview

• Aluminium value chain
• World aluminium usage

• Primary aluminium production & energy consumption

• Primary aluminium production
• Aluminium smelting: Hall Heroult electrolysis process
• Aluminium smelting: An energy-intensive process
• Need to reduce energy consumption in primary production
• Energy intensity and emissions of major producers
• Aluminium smelting and regulations on emissions

• Technologies and energy efficiency in aluminium smelting

• Electrode Technologies
• Alternative Reduction Technologies
• Energy efficiency technologies, initiatives & developments
• Industry 4.0 and optimised energy usage
• Recycled aluminium and energy efficiency

• Power Sources for Aluminium Smelting

• Trend in smelting power consumption
• Primary aluminium production and renewable power
• Renewable energy grids and modulating aluminium smelters

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The report “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission” is now available in both Digital as well as Print format. Both the available options along with their pricing details are as follows:

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