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i ) Calculate the production rate of aluminum ( in k g / day ) in a 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 amp

i) Calculate the production rate of aluminum (in kg/day) in a 150,000amp Hall-Heroult cell
operating at 95% current efficiency with respect to the formation of Al at the cathode.
The overall reaction involving aluminum reduction is
2Al2O3(l)+3C(s)4Al(l)+3CO2(g)
Carbon is fed continuously into the cell and is "baked" by the heat within the reactor to
continually form anodes which are consumed by the above reaction. Determine the rate
(in kg? day) at which carbon must be fed into the cell to maintain the above current under
steady state conditions assuming the oxidation of carbon to CO2(g) is the only anodic
process that occurs.
ii) Under normal conditions, a small amount of the CO2 produced at the anode can be
transported to the cathode where it is reduced to CO by the reaction
CO2(g)+2e-CO(g)+O2-
Consider that this is the side reaction that consumes 5% of the cathodic current for the
conditions described in i) above. Determine the rate (in kg? day ) at which CO2(g) and
CO(g) are produced in the cell.
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