Borzu Baharvand - Almahdi-hormozal Aluminum Corporation, Bandar Abbas, P.O. Box: ۷۹۱۷۱-۷۶۳۸۵, Iran
Mohammad Nabi Batoei - Almahdi-hormozal Aluminum Corporation, Bandar Abbas, P.O. Box: ۷۹۱۷۱-۷۶۳۸۵, Iran
Hassan Goodarzi - Almahdi-hormozal Aluminum Corporation, Bandar Abbas, P.O. Box: ۷۹۱۷۱-۷۶۳۸۵, Iran
Mohsen ameri - Almahdi-hormozal Aluminum Corporation, Bandar Abbas, P.O. Box: ۷۹۱۷۱-۷۶۳۸۵, Iran

Aluminium reduction cells have benefited from point feeding technology for a long time, but there are still smelters which are using the old technology of center break and center feed system. Due to several factors this system is no longer approved and there have been a few attempts worldwide to upgrade these cells so as to implement the newer technology by applying mechanical and automation changes. In this paper we will present an attempt which was made in order to retrofit a so-called center break cell to point feeder cell. The results show that this project has decreased the energy consumption and anode effect frequency. Furthermore, there has been a significant increase in current efficiency.

center break, reduction cell, point feeder system, superstructure retrofit