PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR LIMITING THE EMISSION OF GASEOUS POLLUTANTS FROM ANODE BUTTS

摘要

The invention relates to a process and device for treating anode butts (5), taken from cells for producing aluminium by melt electrolysis, by covering the anode butts (5) with alumina (8) that is able to capture fluorine, the process consisting in, as soon as the butt (5) has been removed from the electrolysis cell, submerging it in alumina (8) that has been melted beforehand in order to make the submersion easier, and in that the alumina is allowed to solidify after the submersion so that the butt is covered with solid alumina until it has made the transfer from the electrolysis cell to a station equipped with devices for extracting and treating fumes, especially a hot grinding station or a cooling station, so as to confine the part and limit emission of gaseous pollutants, especially fluorinated pollutants.