Belyaninc and Anatoly N. Baranovb aSiberian Federal University , , 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia bNational Research Irkutsk State Technical University RUSAL Krasnoyarsk JSC 83 Lermontova, Irkutsk, 664074, Russia c 40 Pogranichnikov Krasnoyarsk, 660111, Russia Received 27.03.2016, received in revised form 24.05.2016, accepted 06.08.2016 The aluminum industry is one of the main consumers of energy resources in Russia, spending for production ~ 4 million tons/year of metal and more than 60 billion kW·h the electric power that to almost equally total annual development of Krasnoyarsk, Bratsk and Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station, or total power of the thermal power plants burning 24 million tons/ year of coal. <...> The predicted growth of production of aluminum by 2020 to 70 million tons in the year will lead to increase in consumption or, perhaps, to defi ciency of energy resources therefore the policy of the leading countries of the world, including Russia, in the fi eld of power – resource-saving is directed on development and deployment of power effective technologies. <...> Development of energy-saving measures in aluminum production, J. <...> All rights reserved * Corresponding author E-mail address: shahrai56@mail.ru # 845 # Sergey G. Shahrai, Viktor V. <...> Development of Energy-Saving Measures in Aluminum Production Разработка энергосберегающих мероприятий в производстве алюминия С.Г. Шахрайа А.В. <...> Предложены технические решения, направленные на повышение энергетической эффективности производства алюминия, обеспечивающие сокращение удельного расхода электроэнергии на 700–1200 кВт·ч/тAl. <...> На производство каждой тонны металла в электролизерах с самообжигающимся анодом расходуется от 15 до 16 тыс. кВт·ч/тAl электроэнергии, в электролизерах с обожженным анодом – от 13,2 до 14,4 тыс. кВт·ч/тAl, более половины которой рассеивается в окружающую среду <...>