Effects of Anode Wettability and Slots on Anodic Bubble Behavior Using Transparent Aluminium Electrolytic Cells

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• 作者：Zhibin Zhao ; Bingliang Gao ; Yuqing Feng ; Yipeng Huang ; Zhaowen Wang ; Zhongning Shi&#8230
• 刊名：JOM
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：69
• 期：2
• 页码：281-291
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• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Engineering, general; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Physics, general; Environment, general; Earth Sciences, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1543-1851
• 卷排序：69

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Transparent aluminum electrolytic cells were used to study the effects of anode wettability and slots on bubble behavior in a similar environment to that used in industrial cells. Observations were conducted using two types of transparent cells, one with side-observation and the other with a bottom-observation cell design. Anodic bubbles rising process in the side channel is strongly affected by the wettability of the anode. After rising a short distance, the bubbles detach from the anode vertical surface at good-wetting anode cases, while the bubbles still attach to the vertical surface at poor-wetting anode cases. Anode slots of width of 4 mm are able to prevent smaller bubbles from coalescing into larger bubbles and thus decrease the bubble size and gas coverage on the anode. Anode slots also make a contribution in slightly reducing bubble thickness. With the presence of slots, the bubble-induced cell voltage oscillation decreases as well.