Program 2024
Overview
June 3
5:00 PM Early congress registration
6:00 PM Get together
June 4
10:00 AM Opening
11:00 AM Technical sessions
June 5
9:00 AM Technical sessions
6:00 PM Evening event
June 6
9:00 AM Technical sessions
2:15 PM Farewell
June 7
7:00 AM Plant visits
Preliminary program
Room 1
Opening sessions:
- 10:00
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Krüger, Conference Chair
- Silke Krebs, State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy in the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Dr. Henrik Adam, Chairman of Steel Institute VDEh, Vice President European Corporate Affairs, Tata Steel Ltd, The Netherlands
Keynote sessions:
- 10:30 SALCOS® EAF - Centerpiece of a hydrogen-based transformation for a CO2-neutral steel industry
Johannes Markus Höffgen, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH - 11:00 The first step in thyssenkrupp's transformation - technology and boundary conditions
Dr. Matthias Weinberg, Competence Center Metallurgy, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe - 11:30 Green steel strategy and circular economy activities inside Swiss Steel Group
Bernhard A. Rischka, Senior Manager Corporate Technology, Swiss Steel Holding AG - 12:00 Lunch Break
Room 1
Auxiliary systems:
- 13:00 Robots for the hot gunning repair of EAF, LF and RH
Christian Wolf - Velco GmbH - 13:25 Safe Electric Melting: How robotics is transforming the EAF steel production
Dr. Ion Rusu - POLYTEC spa - 13:50 Application of technology to improve safety at the EAF, by eliminating human operation – Zero man around
Giovanni Londero - MORE - 14:15 Improvement of refractory maintenance and safety at the EAF with the help of 3D laser scanning and fully automated gunning robot system
Rolf Lamm - Minteq International GmbH-Ferrotron Division - 14:40 Coffee Break
- 15:10 SwingDoor, hybrid burner and real time off gas analysis – a full technological package to immediate reduce CO2 emissions in EAF operation
Patrick Marterer - INTECO PTI - 15:35 Hydrogen-ready energy-efficient technologies for EAF steelmaking
Hamzah Alshawarghi - Linde GmbH - 16:00 Development on advanced oxygen-fuel burner in Electric Arc Furnace
Kyuntae Kim - HYUNDAI STEEL - 16:25 Decarbonization at nucor using Tallman supersonic carbon injection system
Aaron Strelbisky - Tallman Technologies Inc. - 16:50 Developing new type of side-wall burner box of Electric Arc Furnace from waste cobalt based metal parts of reheating furnace
Koray Gencoglan - Tosyali Holding - 17:15 Elevating EAF sustainability: Pneumatic injection drives efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions
Leomar Marcon - Lhoist Germany
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EAF/LF metallurgy:
- 13:00 Modeling the kinetic behavior of Nitrogen Pickup in an Electric Arc Furnace
Siddharth Nachankar - IOB RWTH Aachen - 13:25 Controlling nitrogen in steel during CONARC steelmaking process
Prakash Gupta - Tata Steel Limited - 13:50 Removal of tramp elements from molten steel by evaporation: role of temperature, pressure, C, and S
Youn-Bae Kang - Pohang University of Science and Technology - 14:15 Development of high efficiency smelting of high quality steel in Ladle Furnace process
Dr. Rensheng Chu - Shougang Group Co., LTD. Research Institute of Technology - 14:40 Coffee Break
- 15:10 Tramp and residual element distribution in EAF – Trials in a 6 tonnes pilot furnace
Dimitra Papamantellou - Tata Steel Netherlands - 15:35 CANCELLED - Analysis of saturated MgO foam slag and energy consumption of Electric Arc Furnace
Bo Cui - University of Science and Technology Beijing, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy - 16:00 Value in use of lime in EAF steelmaking process
Jelena Brankov - Carmeuse Europe
Process modelling:
- 16:25 Research on Hybrid Modeling of LF Refining Process
Zicheng Xin - University of Science & Technology Beijing - 16:50 CFD modelling and validation of industry-scale Electric Arc Furnaces
Chenn Zhou - Purdue University Northwest
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Process modelling:
- 13:00 Complementary modelling approaches to assess and optimise the EAF process behaviour for C-lean operation
Bernd Kleimt - VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH - 13:25 Keeping an EAF in top-shape: Prevent standstills, extend operational life and one day … even process optimization?
Yves Van Ingelgem - Zensor - 13:50 Digital modeling at the forefront: A case study of ArcelorMittal Belval's production enhancement
Alexander König - FESIOS GmbH - 14:15 Numerical modeling of energy efficient solutions for “flat bath” process in the EAF
Dr. Sergii Timoshenko - Donetsk National Technical University - 14:40 Coffee Break
- 15:10 Establishment and evaluation of dynamic model for Electric Arc Furnace steelmaking
Dr. Zhaoping Chen - Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
- 15:35 Online temperature estimation in the electric arc furnace (EAF) on the industrial edge
Goran Andonovski - University of Ljubljana, Faculty of electrical engineering - 16:00 Investigation of electromagnetic and gas stirring in EAF by numerical flow simulations
Monika Zielinska - ABB Sp. z o. o./AGH University of Krakow - 16:25 Tornado flow inside Electric Arc Furnace driven by external magnetic field
Mohamad Al Nasser - Montanuniversität Leoben - 16:50 Continuous development of prediction models for EAF and steelmaking for improved process control
Dr. Piero Frittella - Feralpi Group
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Furnace technology:
- 09:00 Allcharge: The SMS solution for the green steel of today
Massimiliano Daita - SMS group SpA - 09:25 EAF quantum – Performance and next generation outlook
Dr. Hans-Jörg Krassnig - Primetals Technologies Germany - 09:50 High quality low carbon flat grades based on EAF-LF-VD process route
Bojan Vucinic - Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A - 10:15 Efficiency, flexibility and safety - The future of electric steelmaking needs to achieve all three key targets
Hannes Beile - tripleS GmbH & CoKG - 10:40 Coffee Break
- 11:10 Innovations in small Electric Arc Furnaces: Projects, designs, challenges, and performance insights
Christian Redl - INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH - 11:35 SAVEDRY® water leakage monitoring on electric arc furnaces in real-time
Steven Reumschüssel - Saveway GmbH & Co. KG
DRI melting furnace:
- 12:00 SAF and OSBF modelling - State of the art and open research questions
Moritz Eickhoff - Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering of the RWTH Aachen University - 12:25 Lunch Break
- 13:25 Melting and processing of DRI – EAF or smelter?
Gerald Wimmer - Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH - 13:50 Tenova’s iBlue open slag bath furnace design – fundamental design decisions for a DRI melter
Dr. Markus Dorndorf - LOI Thermprocess GmbH - 14:15 Post-Taphole Ladle Refining of CRISP+ Electric Smelting Furnace Hot Metal to Produce High Quality Green Metallics
Rainer Hüsken - Hatch - 14:40 Coffee Break
- 15:10 On the way to a sustainable DRI-Smelter – Lessons learned from ferroalloy production
Marcus Sommerfeld - thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG - 15:35 Green transition of the direct reduction route
Gerald Wimmer - Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH - 16:00 Electric smelting furnace technology benefits & readiness
Kyle Chomyn - Hatch Ltd - 16:25 Refractory challenges and solutions for DRI-based EAF steelmaking
Uxia Dieguez Salgado - RHI Magnesita GmbH
Room 2
Slag characteristics and treatment:
- 09:00 Digital solutions for enhancing the decision-making for electric steelworks slag valorization
Dr. Ismael Matino - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - 09:25 The physical parameters of slags, their evaluation and their significance for the design and process of electric furnaces
Dr. Roland König - Bluemetals GmbH - 09:50 Metallurgical treatment of EAF slag to improve the environmental properties
Marek Kassenbrock - Georgsmarienhütte GmbH - 10:15 Development of high-efficiency smelting technology for slag recycling in Electric Arc Furnace with hot metal charging
Yu-Lun Huang - China Steel Corporation - 10:40 Coffee Break
Avoiding fossil energy/ carbon:
- 11:10 Effects of replacing fossil charge coal with bio-coal briquettes in electric arc furnace
Joel Orre - Swerim AB - 11:35 From screening trail to use - Foaming coal replacement in the EAF process
Michel Wurlitzer - ArcelorMittal Hamburg GmbH - 12:00 Use of alternative non-fossil carbon sources in electric steelworks: Results of flowsheet model-based simulations
Dr. Valentina Colla - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - 12:25 Lunch Break
- 13:25 Chemical package solutions for carbon footprint reduction in EAF steelmaking
Stefano Morsut - MORE - 13:50 An Experimental Setup and Investigation on Biochar Blends for Slag Foaming Applications
Christopher DiGiovanni - CanmetMATERIALS, Natural Resources Canada - 14:15 Technical and material-based solutions for the reduction of CO2-eq. emissions in EAF steelmaking
Dr. Dennis Fischer - D.A.R. Metall AG - 14:40 Coffee Break
- 15:10 Transformation pathway to a green lime offer
Tobias Dickmann - Lhoist Europe - 15:35 Biocarbon use in Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking is now realistic – some techno-economic considerations are now considered to be solved
Dr. Pasi Rönkkö - Carbon Balance Finland Oy
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Process control:
- 09:00 Optimizing scrap mix and melt-down operation in the EAF – the MultiSensEAF project
Dr. Thomas Echterhof - RWTH Aachen University, Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering - 09:25 Tenova's iEAF® solution, a key component in the EAF technological roadmap transformation towards the goal of green steel
Armando Vazquez Arredondo - Tenova Goodfellow Inc. - 09:50 SmartFurnace Advanced EAF optimization control and tools by AMI
Mariana Viale - AMI Automation - 10:15 Leveraging Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) for enhanced process control in Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking
Mehrdad Mirzaei - Luxmet Oy - 10:40 Coffee Break
- 11:10 The effect of arc stability on EAF performance
Paul Stafford - GrafTech International Inc. - 11:35 Temperature control in steelmaking reduces energy consumption and stabilizes the process
Dr. Otmar Jannasch - Smart Steel Technologies - 12:00 Lunch Break
Merging technologies:
- 13:25 How the sample preparation free LIBS-technology opens new possibilities for increasing efficiency in steel making and steel refining
Martin Sprunk - Secopta Analytics GmbH - 13:50 Transformative insights: The impact of rapid slag analysis on carbon-neutral steel production
Andreas Kunz - QuantoLux Innovation GmbH - 14:15 Towards sustainability: Exploring hydrogen arc utilization in Electric Arc Furnaces
Prof. Abdellah Kharicha - Montanuniversität Leoben - 14:40 Coffee Break
- 15:10 H2 plasma smelting of iron ore or DRI - an industrial perspective
Harmen Oterdoom - Butter Bridge - 15:35 Fossil fuel substitution by Coolbrook’s RotoDynamic Heater technology
Timo Paananen - Coolbrook - 16:00 Secondary electrothermal alloying and refining (SETAR) as a new method of out-of-furnace steel processing
Dr. Oleksandr Kharchenko - Zaporizhzhia National University, Engineering Institute - 16:25 Reduction behavior of molten iron oxide using mill-scale and solid carbonaceous residues after pyrosis of waste polymer
Sun-joong Kim - Chosun university
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Power supply solutions:
- 09:00 Danieli Q-One technology for innovative power transfer to the arc furnace
Antonello Mordeglia - Danieli Automation S.p.A. - 09:25 New multilevel converter system solutions for EAF power supplies
Dr. Christof Sihler – GE Vernova Power Conversion - 09:50 Medium voltage power supply for Electric Arc Furnaces
Daniel Dinkel - Primetals Germany - 10:15 Next generation power supply options for Electric Arc Furnaces and Electric Smelting Furnaces
Yan Elksnis - Hatch Ltd. - 10:40 Coffee Break
Auxiliary systems:
- 11:10 Slag Transport Systems (STS): A new solution to a Century old problem
Riccardo Bianchi - Paling Transporter Ltd. - 11:35 Mobile fluxes injection system: Optimizing EAF processes for sustainable steel production trials
Camille Douce - Lhoist - 12:00 High performance EAF off-gas treatment solutions for hybrid steel plants
Thomas Steinparzer - Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH - 12:25 Lunch Break
- 13:25 Fume treatment plant for a steelmaking facility overview
Matteo Tomba - PERT SRL - 13:50 Zero impact for water resources for a steel industry complex
Matteo Tomba - PERT SRL
Room 2
Process optimisation:
- 09:00 Reduction of electrode unit consumption in ladle-refining furnace
Yoshiyuki Mizutani - Godo Steel, Ltd. - 09:25 Case of energy-saving activities for ancillary equipment (at Godo-steel, Ltd.)
Tetsuya Onodera - Godo Steel, Ltd. - 09:50
Overall process management:
- 10:15 Energy management and scheduling of melt shops with multiple dynamic operation modes
Marco Lauricella - ABB Corporate Research Center German - 10:40 Coffee Break
- 11:10 Efficient heat scheduling combined with energy management in a hybrid steel plant
Dr. Martin Schlautmann - PSI Metals GmbH - 11:35 Optimized EAF operation by Primetals’ heat cloning
Manuel Sattler - Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH - 12:00 AI in electric steelmaking: Next generation raw material optimisation
Ansgar Jüchter - ArcelorMittal Hamburg - 12:25 Lunch Break
- 13:25 AI-Driven decision support system for scrap-based steelmaking in the Electric Arc Furnace
Bernd Kleimt - VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH - 13:50 Impact of furnace retrofitting solutions in electric steelmaking on environmental evaluation
Felix Kaiser - RWTH Aachen University - IOB
Room 3
Melting of DRI:
- 09:00 Iron ore quality and its impact on Electric Smelting Furnace (ESF)-based steelmaking
Dr. Ge Sa - Hatch Ltd. - 09:25 Revolutionizing steel production: Utilizing H2-reduced iron oxide pellets for sustainable, Low-CO2 emission steelmaking
Dario Pauluzzi - Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche S.p.A - 09:50 H2-reduced DRI melting in a lab-scale EAF – Preliminary assessment of melting behaviour with optical emission spectroscopy and video recording
Dr. Henri Pauna - University of Oulu, Finland - 10:15 Thermochemical understanding the melting behavior of HBI and phosphorus transfer in EAF conditions: In-situ observation and computational simulations
Prof. Joohyun Park - Hanyang University - 10:40 Coffee Break
Process optimisation:
- 11:10 Result for EAF operation when HBI up to 60% in bucket
Jaemin Lee - HSC - 11:35 Optimization of the melting process of an electric arc furnace (EAF) by digital off gas measurement
Hannes Beile - tripleS GmbH & CoKG - 12:00 Metallurgical benefits of inert gas stirring in Electric Arc Furnaces for several raw materials strategies on the way to green steelmaking
Marcus Kirschen - RHI Magnesita - 12:25 Lunch Break
