ʻO nā electrodes graphite ka mea hoʻomehana nui i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ka umu ahi arc, kahi kaʻina hana kila kahi e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ai nā ʻōpala mai nā kaʻa kahiko a i ʻole nā mea hana e hana ai i ke kila hou.
ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hana ʻana i nā kapuahi uila ma mua o nā kapuahi pahū maʻamau, ka mea i hana i ke kila mai ka hao hao a hoʻoulu ʻia e ka lanahu coking. Akā ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ke kumukūʻai no ka hana ʻana i ke kila ma muli o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻōpala kila a hoʻohana ʻia e ka uila.
ʻO nā electrodes kahi ʻāpana o ka poʻi umu ahi a hoʻohui ʻia i loko o nā kolamu. A laila, hele ka uila i loko o nā electrodes, e hoʻoheheʻe i ke kila. ʻOkoʻa ka nui o nā electrodes akā hiki ke piʻi i ka 0.75 mika (2 a me ka hapa kapuaʻi) ke anawaena a hiki i ka 2.8 mika (9 kapuaʻi) ka lōʻihi. ʻOi aku ka nui ma mua o ʻelua metric tons.
Lawe ia i 3 kg (6.6 lb) o nā electrodes graphite e hana ai i hoʻokahi tonane kila.
E hiki ana ka piko o ka electrode i 3,000 degere Celsius, ka hapalua o ka wela o ka ili o ka la. Hana ʻia nā electrodes me ka graphite no ka mea hiki i ka graphite ke kū i ka wela nui.
Hoʻopili ʻia ka umu ahi ma kona ʻaoʻao e ninini i ke kila i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o nā bākeke nunui i kapa ʻia ʻo ladles. Lawe nā kīʻaha i ke kila i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka pahu wili kila, kahi e hana ai i nā huahana hou mai ka ʻōpala i hana hou ʻia.
ʻO ka uila e pono ai no kēia kaʻina hana ua lawa ia e hoʻoikaika i ke kūlanakauhale me ka heluna kanaka he 100,000. ʻO kēlā me kēia hehee i loko o kahi umu ahi uila hou e lawe ma kahi o 90 mau minuke a hana ʻia he 150 tonnes o ke kila, lawa no kahi o 125 mau kaʻa.
ʻO Needle coke ka mea nui i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o nā electrodes i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā mea hana hiki ke hana a hiki i ʻeono mahina e hana ai me nā kaʻina me ka kuke ʻana a me ka rebaking e hoʻololi i ka coke i graphite.
Aia ka ʻaila coke ma muli o ka ʻaila a me ka coke nilala kumu, a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e hana i nā electrodes graphite. 'O ka 'Pet coke' he huahana ia o ke ka'ina ho'oma'ema'e aila, oiai ua hana 'ia ka coke me ka lanahu mai ke kalo lanahu e puka mai ana i ka hana coke.
Aia ma lalo iho nā mea hana kiʻekiʻe o ka honua i nā electrodes graphite i koho ʻia e ka mana hana ma 2016:
Inoa Hui Poʻo Māhele Kapa
(,000 tona) YTD %
ʻO GrafTech US 191 Kūʻokoʻa
International
ʻO Fangda Carbon Kina 165 +264
*SGL Carbon Kelemānia 150 +64
*Showa Denko Iapana 139 +98
KK
Graphite India India 98 +416
Ltd
HEG Inia 80 +562
Tokai Carbon Iapana 64 +137
Co Ltd
Nippon Carbon Iapana 30 +84
Co Ltd
SEC Carbon Iapana 30 +98
* Ua ʻōlelo ʻo SGL Carbon i ʻOkakopa 2016 e kūʻai aku i kāna ʻoihana electrode graphite iā Showa Denko.
Nā Kumu: GrafTech International, UK Steel, Tokai Carbon Co Ltd
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-21-2021