Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- Lead Editors -- Editorial Team -- Part 1: Bauxite -- Section Introduction -- Bauxite - Its Technical and Economical History During the Last Hundred Years -- Bauxite Mineralogy -- The Classification of Bauxites from the Bayer Plant Standpoint -- Effect of Bauxite Microstructure on Beneficiation and Processing -- Chinese Bauxite and Its Influences on Alumina Production in China -- Impact of Jamaican Bauxite Mineralogy on Plant Operations -- Sustainable Bauxite Mining: A Global Perspective -- Bauxite Mining Sustainability -- Bauxite Mine Rehabilitation Programs: A Progress Report -- Cross-Country Bauxite Slurry Transportation -- Design and Operation of the World's First Long Distance Bauxite Slurry Pipeline -- Recommended Reading -- Part 2: Bayer Process -- Section Introduction -- Bayer Process Design -- A Hundred Years of the Bayer Process for Alumina Production -- The Alumina Industry Technology Roadmap -- Basic Principles of Bayer Process Design -- Chemical Reaction Engineering in the Bayer Process -- The Effect of Silica, Temperature, Velocity and Particulates on Heat Transfer to Spent Bayer Liquor -- Physical Data -- The Effect of Four Common Bayer Liquor Impurities on Alumina Solubility -- Autoprecipitation of Gibbsite and Boehmite -- Equilibrium Composition of Sodium Aluminate Liquors -- Boiling Point Rise of Bayer Plant Liquors -- Viscosity, Specific Gravity, and Equilibrium Concentration of Sodium Aluminate Solutions -- The Heat of Dissolution of Gibbsite at Bayer Digestion Temperatures -- Reactions of Iron Minerals in Sodium Aluminate Solutions -- Identification of Organics in Bayer Liquor -- Behavior of Radioactive Elements (Uranium and Thorium) in Bayer Process -- Solubility of Bayer Liquor Impurities in Evaporative Crystallization -- Calcium Chemistry.

Reaction of Lime in Sodium Aluminate Liquors -- Some Aspects of Calcium Chemistry in the Bayer Process -- Chemistry of Bayer Liquor Causticization -- The Equilibrium Approach to Causticization for Optimizing Liquor Causticity -- Layered Double Hydroxides in the Bayer Process: Past, Present, and Future -- Silica Chemistry -- Dissolution Kinetics of Kaolin in Caustic Liquors -- The Dissolution Rate of Quartz and the Rate of Desilication in the Bayer Liquor -- Mathematical Modeling of the Kinetics of Gibbsite Extraction and Kaolinite Dissolution/Desilication in the Bayer Process -- Autoclave Desilication of Digested Bauxite Slurry in The Flashing Circuit -- Organic Removal -- Characterization of Organics in Bayer Liquor -- Review of Bayer Organics-Oxalate Control Processes -- Sizing an Organic Control System for the Bayer Process -- Organic Control Technologies in Bayer Process -- Removal of HMW Organic Compounds by Partial Wet Oxidation -- Removal of Organic Carbon from Bayer Liquor by Wet Oxidation in Tube Digesters -- A Year of Operation of the Solid-Liquid Calcination (SLC) Process -- A Thermodynamically Based Model for Oxalate Solubility in Bayer Liquor -- Oxalate Removal by Occlusion in Hydrate -- Recommended Reading -- Part 3: Digestion -- Section Introduction -- Bayer Digestion and Predigestion Desilication Reactor Design -- Digester Design Using CFD -- Preheaters and Digesters in the Bayer Digestion Process -- The Improved Low Temperature Digestion (ILTD) Process: An Economic and Environmentally Sustainable Way of Processing Gibbsitic Bauxites -- New Technology for Digestion of Bauxites -- Boehmitic Reversion in a Double Digestion Process on a Bauxite Containing Trihydrate and Monohydrate -- Mixer Design Optimization for High Solids Contents Media: Methodology and Application to the Pechiney's High Density Predesilication Process.

Mechano-Activated Bauxite Behaviour -- Processing of Diaspore Bauxites -- On-Line Multivariable Control for Digestion A/C Analysis -- Recommended Reading -- Part 4: Clarification, Red Mud Washing, and Liquor Filtration -- Section Introduction -- Selection of Sedimentation Equipment for the Bayer Process: An Overview of Past and Present Technology -- Effect of Particle Characteristics on the Solids Density of Bayer Mud Slurries -- Red Mud Flocculants Used in the Bayer Process -- Development of New Bayer Process Flocculants -- Effects of Temperature and Method of Solution Preparation on the Performance of a Typical Red Mud Flocculent -- Advanced Filtration Methods for Pregnant Liquor Purification -- Impact of Excess Synthetic Flocculent on Security Filtration -- Hydroseparators, Hydrocyclones and Classifiers as Applied in the Bayer Process for Degritting (Desanding) of Digested Bauxite, and for Sand Washing to Recover Soda -- Development of a Self-Sluicing Pressure Leaf Filter -- Comparison of the Rheology of Bauxite Residue Suspensions -- Pressure Decantation at Gramercy Alumina -- The Manufacture of Tricalcium Aluminate -- Recommended Reading -- Part 5: Precipitation, Classification, and Seed Filtration -- Section Introduction -- Precipitation Technology -- Some Studies in Alumina Trihydrate Precipitation Kinetics -- Physical Chemistry Considerations in Aluminum Hydroxide Precipitation -- Modeling Bayer Precipitation with Agglomeration -- Gibbsite Growth History: Revelations of a New Scanning Electron Microscope Technique -- Alumina Yield in the Bayer Process -- Alumina Yield in the Bayer Process - Past, Present and Prospects -- Improvements by the New Alusuisse Process for Producing Coarse Aluminum Hydrate in the Bayer Process -- Agitation Effects in Precipitation -- Hydrodynamics Effect on Precipitation Yield.

Hydrodynamics of Hydrate Slurries in Precipitators: Application to Precipitators Design -- Alumina Crystallizer Mixing Using CFD -- Particle Strength of Bayer Hydrate -- The Effect of Glucoisosaccharinate on the Bayer Precipitation of Alumina Trihydrate -- Influence of Mineral and Organic Impurities on the Alumina Trihydrate Precipitation Yield in the Bayer Process -- Factors Affecting Residual NA2O in Precipitation Products -- Soda Incorporation During Hydrate Precipitation -- A Method for Evaluating Seed Balance Parameters in Alumina Refinery Seed Classifications Systems -- Utilization of Horizontal Belt Filters for Washing Fine Alumina Seed and Kiln Feed Product -- Recommended Reading -- Part 6: Product Hydrate Filtration and Alumina Production by Calcination -- Section Introduction -- The World's Largest Hydrate Pan Filter: Engineering Improvements and Experiences -- Utilization of Steam Hoods in Horizontal Table Filters -- Conversion of Conventional Rotary Kiln into Effective Sandy Alumina Calciner -- Application of Circulating Fluid Bed Calcinaters in Large-size Alumina Plants -- Alumina Calcination in the Fluid-Flash Calciner -- Industrial Prospects and Operational Experience with 32 Mtpd Stationary Alumina Calciner -- Experience with 3 x 4500 TPD Gas Suspension Calciners (GSC) for Alumina -- Alcoa Pressure Calcination Process for Alumina -- Recommended Reading -- Part 7: Water, Evaporation, and Energy -- Section Introduction -- Alumina Refinery Wastewater Management: When Zero Discharge Just Isn't Feasible -- Wastewater Treatment Methods -- The Need for Energy Efficiency in Bayer Refining -- Prediction of Heat Exchanger - Heat Transfer Coefficient Decay Due to Fouling -- Heat Transfer in the Bayer Process -- Perspective on Bayer Process Energy -- Recommended Reading -- Part 8: Alumina Quality -- Section Introduction.

Dehydration Products of Gibbsite by Rotary Kiln and Stational Calciner -- Morphological Analysis of Alumina and Its Trihydrate -- Factors Affecting the Attrition Strength of Alumina Products -- The Generation of Fines Due to Heating of Alumina Trihydrate -- Development of Particle Breakdown and Alumina Strength During Calcination -- Measurement of Sandy Alumina Dustiness -- Alumina Handling Dustiness -- The Influence of Alumina Properties on Its Dissolution in Smelting Electrolyte -- The Influence of Physical and Chemical Properties of Alumina on Hydrogen Fluoride Absorption -- SGA Requirements in Coming Years -- Recommended Reading -- Part 9: Health, Safety, and Plant Maintenance -- Section Introduction -- Application of Operation Integrity Management in the Alumina Industry -- Management Methodology for Pressure Equipment -- The Design of Pressure Safety Systems in the Alumina Industry -- Inspection Techniques for Digestion Pressure Relief System -- Benefits of the Utilization of Cleaning Liquor in Red Side of CVG-Bauxllum -- MAX HTTM Sodalite Scale Inhibitor: Plant Experience and Impact on the Process -- Recommended Reading -- Part 10: Process Control/Simulation -- Section Introduction -- Modern Control Instrumentation and Process Management in Bayer Plants -- Process Control in Alumina Refining, Review and Prospects -- Development of Automatic Control of Bayer Plant Digestion -- Aspen Modeling of the Bayer Process -- Bayer Digester Optimization Studies Using Computer Techniques -- Equations for Calculating Recovery of Soluble Values in a Countercurrent Decantation Washing System -- Simulation and Development of Internal Model Control Applications in the Bayer Process -- Dynamic Modeling of Yield and Particle Size Distribution in Continuous Bayer Precipitation -- Recommended Reading -- Part 11: Red Mud Disposal and Other Environmental Concerns.

Section Introduction.