The invention relates to a using method for an aluminum
electrolytic cell, which comprises the following steps of: (1) adopting the aluminum
electrolytic cell in which a longitudinal trapezoidal groove and a horizontal groove are crossed on the surface of a bottom
cathode block, chamfering an upper end part of the
cathode block longitudinally, and forming the horizontal groove on the top of the
cathode block; (2) adopting wet-process calcining to start the
electrolytic cell, filling the longitudinal trapezoidal groove and the horizontal groove with
graphite scraps so as to be flush with an upper surface of the cathode block before calcining, filling a layer of medium with the thickness of 0.5 to 5cm and different resistivity in different subregions on the upper surface of the cathode of the whole electrolytic
cell, and starting the electrolytic
cell; and (3) setting the following electrolytic conditions of the electrolytic
cell: the average
voltage of the electrolytic cell is 3.50 to 3.90V, the electrolytic temperature is between 900 and 970 DEG C, the
electrolyte molecular ratio is 2.0 to 3.0, the
electrolyte level is 14 to 30cm, the aluminum level is 16 to 28cm, the
electrode distance is 3.2 to 4.2cm and the
alumina concentration is 1.0 to 3.0 percent.