Partners
Century Aluminum
Pechiney
Alcan Aluminum Corp.
Koppers Ind.
Venco
Projects
Potlining Additives: Adding boron oxide to aluminum electrolysis cells to lessen
energy loss. Project funding included $1,228,910 U.S. DOE OIT; $526,680 cost share.
Project partners included Century Aluminum of West Virginia, Inc., EMEC Consultants
and NSA Division of Southwire Co. and SGL Carbon Corporation.
Intelligent Pot Room Operation: Increase efficiency of refining cells and reduce
average cell voltage. Project funding included $1.8 million U.S. DOE OIT; $632,000
cost share. Project partners included Applied Industrial Solutions LLC, Century
Aluminum of West Virginia, Inc., Gensym Corp. and West Virginia University.
Plant-wide Energy Assessment at Pechiney, Ravenswood, West Virginia, plant: Energy
assessment of the plant to increase efficiency and reduce energy costs, $223,863 in
U.S. DOE OIT Best Practices funding, $141,185 cost share. Project partners include
Pechiney and West Virginia University.
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