Alternative lead alloys to improve efficiencies in electrowinning processes

魁北克水电公司是加拿大主要的电力供应商，并制定了提高效率和“能源智慧”的计划。魁北克海德鲁有意支持其客户的铅基合金研究，以提高加拿大魁北克和国际上电解沉积槽的电流效率并降低功耗。在魁北克水电公司和不列颠哥伦比亚省大学的这一合作研究项目中，将培训一名硕士生和两名暑期学生。目前的研究提供了一个机会，提供了一个了解的效果，合金元素和热机械处理的现有的和新的铅合金在锌电解过程中的性能。这些认识对于提高锌电积的性能和优化锌电积的能量效率是至关重要的。所产生的信息将导致当前和任何未来加工厂的运营成本的显著节省，并且这一努力也可以适用于镍和铜等其他有色金属的电解提取过程并从中受益。

Hydro Quebec is a major electricity supplier in Canada and has programs to promote efficiency and becoming 'energy wise'. Hydro Quebec is interested in supporting research of lead-based alloys for its customers to improve current efficiency and reduce power consumption in electrowinning cell houses in Quebec, Canada, and internationally. In this collaborative research project between Hydro Quebec and the University of British Columbia, a master's student and two summer students will be trained. The current study offers an opportunity to provide an understanding of the effect of alloying elements and thermo-mechanical treatments on the performance of both existing and new lead alloys in the zinc electrowinning process. Such understanding is essential to improve the performance and optimize the energy efficiency of zinc electrowinning. The information generated would lead to significant savings in operating costs of current and any future processing plants, and this effort could also be applicable and of benefit to electrowinning processes for other nonferrous metals such as Ni and Cu.