Biopitch as a Binder for Carbon Anodes: Impact on Carbon Anode Properties
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Abstract
Aluminum industry depends on coal-tar-pitch as a binder to produce carbon anodes used for aluminum electrolysis. This binder is nonrenewable and mainly composed of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which are harmful for the human health and the environment. The biomass-driven pitch is considered to be a green and abundant binder. In this study, we synthesized biopitch from bio-oil by heat treatment of the bio-oil at 160 and 180 °C. The biopitch was then baked at 1100 °C to produce its carbonized form. In comparison to the carbonized coal-tar-pitch, the baked biopitch showed amorphous microstructure, higher air reactivity and higher specific electrical resistivity. Biopitch is known to have high wettability and adhesion with the coke particles which could reduce the negative effect of inferior characteristics of its baked form on the resulting anodes. Biopitch was used to replace 100 % of the conventional coal-tar-pitch binder in the anode recipe. Green anodes were produced by mixing the coke aggregates with the biopitch at 178 °C. The baked anode properties were measured and compared to those of classical reference anodes (made of coal-tar-pitch and calcined coke). Although, the air and CO2 reactivity of the biopitch anodes is slightly higher than that of the reference ones, the biopitch anodes showed similar density, coefficient of thermal expansion, specific electrical resistivity, mechanical strength, and lower air permeability in comparison to those of the reference anodes.
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