Name: 10th European Oxygen Steelmaking Conference - EOSC CTSI 2025
Start: 2025-05-20T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-05-22T19:00:00+02:00
Location: No location set

Monday, 19 May 2025
Tuesday, 20 May 2025

09:00 REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION
09:00 - 10:30

10:30 OPENING
OPENING
10:30 - 10:45
Room: Room 1
10:45
10:45 - 12:15
Room: Room 1
Contributions

10:45 Green Transition and the Future of Oxygen Steelmaking - Gerald Wimmer (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Vice President Converter Steelmaking)

11:15 voestalpine’s Strategy for the CO2-reduced steel production in Austria - Kurt Satzinger (voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Senior Vice President Research & Development and Innovation)

11:45 Kinetic Insights and Modeling for Oxygen Steelmaking Processes Future Perspectives - Neslihan Dogan (Delft University of Technology, Associate Professor in Sustainable Steelmaking)
12:15 BUSINESS LUNCH
BUSINESS LUNCH
12:15 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room 2
Contributions

14:00 Reduction of energy losses of steel ladles by improved castables for the permanent lining - Charlotte Linden (Forschungsgemeinschaft Feuerfest e. V.)

14:20 Highly efficient technologies for increased yields in steelmaking processes and reduced environmental impact - HIYIELD - Björn Glaser (KTH)

14:40 Enhancing Molten Steel Temperature Prediction Using a Hybrid Approach: Machine Learning and Finite Volume Method - Fatemeh Azizi (ArcelorMittal)

15:00 Reduction of Electrode Unit Consumption in Ladle Furnace - Yasuyuki Tani (Godo Steel, Ltd.)

15:20 A novel approach to energy management in electric steelworks - Lorenzo Vannini (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute - ICT-COISP)
14:00 - 15:40
Room: Room 1
Contributions

14:00 Effect of the Jet from Top Lance on Slag Foaming Behavior in Basic Oxygen Furnace Process - Shinya Miura (NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION)

14:20 New BOF references, equipment features and relining solutions - Bernhard Voraberger (Primetals Technologies)

14:40 Converter Revamping: There's Life in the Old Dog Yet... - Günther Staudinger (Danieli Corus BV)

15:00 Nitrogen Refining Kinetics in Current and Future Oxygen Steelmaking Process: Modelling and industrial validation - Bapin Rout (Tata Steel Netherlands)
15:40 COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
15:40 - 16:10
16:10
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Room 2
Contributions

16:10 The new Performance level - Catching up productivity gaps in BOF meltshops - Jens Kempken (SMS group GmbH)

16:30 The Exergy Analysis of Extracting Vanadium on Top and Bottom blowing oxygen converter in PanSteel Steelmaking Pla - qiang zhang (Pandang Group PanSteel Extracting Vanadium ＆ Steelmaking Plant)

16:50 Continuous optimization through adaptive boiler cleaning using Shock Pulse Generators - Rolf Siegenthaler (Explosion Power GmbH)

17:10 Smart management of process off-gases paving the way to the decarbonization of the steel production route - Ismael Matino (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute - ICT-COISP)

17:30 Reducing Site Utilities Emissions and Energy Costs with Artificial Intelligence and Real Time Optimization. - Bart de Groot (Siemens Industry Software GmbH)
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Room 1
Contributions

16:10 Online Temperature and Deformation Measurement for Vessel Shell of Oxygen Steelmaking Converters - Günther Staudinger (Danieli Corus BV)

16:30 Highly Efficiency and Long Life Steelmaking Technology - libin yang (Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, China)

16:50 Cavity Formation under Top Blowing on Liquid Bath at Various Gas and Bath Composition - Yu-ichi Uchida (Nippon Institute of Technology)

17:10 Impact of elevated phosphorus content in hot metal on crude steel quality and the phase formation of slag - Magdalena Jetzinger (Voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

17:30 CFD modelling of AOD converter tuyere region - Ari Vuokila (University of Oulu)
17:50 WELCOME RECEPTION
WELCOME RECEPTION
17:50 - 20:00
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
08:30
08:30 - 09:00
Room: Room 1
Contributions

08:30 Zero-emission, low-cost hydrogen – Methane pyrolysis as game changer in metallurgy - Christian Redl (INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH - Deputy Managing Director, Vice President Sales)
09:00 small break to change room
small break to change room
09:00 - 09:10
09:10
09:10 - 10:30
Room: Room 1
Contributions

09:10 The potential of selective adjustments to the suction gas in iron ore sintering to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - Jan Eisbacher-Lubensky (Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversität Leoben)

09:30 Reducing use of fossil carbon and fuels to decarbonize the electric steelmaking route: evaluation of the effects of biomass and hydrogen exploitation in the Electric Arc Furnace - Ismael Matino (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute - ICT-COISP)

09:50 CO2 reduction at Tata LD3 Using Tallman Technologies Focus Post Combustion Technology - Swarup Sinha (Tata Steel Limited)

10:10 Development of a fuel-flexible ladle preheating system - Hannah Kaiser (RWTH Aachen University, Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering)
09:10 - 10:30
Room: Room 2
Contributions

09:10 BOF Steelmaking - dead or alive? How to survive in the 21st century? - Jens Kempken (SMS group GmbH)

09:30 Prospects of utilizing alternative fluxing agents for replacing fluorspar in steelmaking processes - Yu-Chiao Lu (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

09:50 A Holistic Approach to Sustainable Steelmaking: Innovative Methods for Achieving Ultra-Low Carbon, Low Nitrogen, and Low Sulfur with Modern Secondary Metallurgy - Alexander Weigl (INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH)

10:10 Study for the evolution of Reoxidation products in Ti-added Al-killed Ultra Low Carbon Steel - woo-yeol Cha (Steel Products Research Laboratories, POSCO)
10:30 COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:40
Room: Room 1
Contributions

11:00 Reducing CO2 Emissions and Increasing Scrap Recycling in the Integrated Blast Furnace - Basic Oxygen Steelmaking - Elena Jipnang (SMS Group)

11:20 The Revival of the KOBM Process - Bernhard Voraberger (Primetals Technologies)

11:40 Investigation of the reoxidation and material behaviour of directly reduced pellets - Bernd Taferner (Montanuniversität Leoben)

12:00 Decreasing Hot Metal Ratio with dual-flow post-combustion lance at ArcelorMittal Dunkerque - Damien Wagner (ArcelorMittal Global R&D Maizières Process)

12:20 Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of By-product Coke-Making Using non-recyclable Waste Plastics: A European Perspective - Mario Avila (Ghent University)
11:00 - 12:40
Room: Room 2
Contributions

11:00 NITROGEN REMOVAL DURING SECONDAR Y METALLURGY AS PART OF STEELMAKING TRANSITION: IMPACT ON TYPE OF DEGASSING UNIT - Bojan Vucinic (Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A.)

11:20 Automatic Scrap ClassificationOpportunities for Improvements of the Scrap ecosystem in Meltshops - Jens Kempken (SMS group GmbH)

11:40 RH High-efficiency Combined Blowing Denitrification Technology Based on Microbubble Metallurgy - Jianhua Liu (University of Science and Technology Beijing)

12:00 Innovations and Optimizations in Tracing Non-Metallic Inclusions in Steel - Kathrin Thiele (Montanuniversität Leoben; Christian Doppler Laboratory for Inclusion Metallurgy in Advanced Steelmaking)

12:20 Simulation of Mixing Efficiency in a Large-Scale Dephosphorization Converter with Combined Top and Bottom Blowing - Chengyi Wang (Northeastern University /Central Iron and Steel Research Institute)
12:40 BUSINESS LUNCH
BUSINESS LUNCH
12:40 - 14:20
14:20
14:20 - 15:40
Room: Room 1
Contributions

14:20 Application of hydrochar composite briquettes for sustainable slag foaming process in the electric arc furnace - Yu-Chiao Lu (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

14:40 Numerical Modeling of Hydrogen Electric Arcs for Optimizing Green Steel Production in EAF - Mohamad Al Nasser (Montanuniversität leoben)

15:00 Microstructural effect of Al2O3 on the H2-based direct reduction of iron ore - Lena Patterer (Chair of Sustainable Ferrous Metallurgy, RWTH Aachen University)

15:20 Study on the reduction of hematite by hydrogen-rich gas: multi-step Reaction kinetics and Characterization - Bin Chen (Xian Jiaotong University)
14:20 - 15:40
Room: Room 2
Contributions

14:20 Development and Aplication of fully-automated smart steelmaking system on converter applicate at the Ansteel steelmaking plant - qiang zhang (Pandang Group PanSteel Extracting Vanadium ＆ Steelmaking Plant)

14:40 High-speed liquid steel analysis for improved control of primary steelmaking - Aravind Senan Vasanthasenan Reji (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

15:00 Decreasing the environmental impact of the electrical steel route through advanced modelling techniques - Lorenzo Vannini (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - TeCIP Institute - ICT-COISP)

15:20 Forging the Future: Advanced Automation in Converter Steelmaking for a Sustainable Twin Transition - Stefan Radner (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
15:40 COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
15:40 - 16:10
16:10
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Room 2
Contributions

16:10 Utilizing an AI counting system for shipping deformed steel bars - Ryuuji　 Kawakatsu (Tokai Steel Corporation)

16:30 Data-driven predictions of castability in low-alloyed steels with the aid of ab-initio datasets - Sudhanshu Kuthe (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

16:50 Accelerating decarbonization in the steel industry through process design and optimization - Simao Fernandes Pereira (Siemens Industry Software GmbH )

17:10 Characteristic analysis of mold level fluctuation in continuous casting Based on Wavelet Transform - Heng Cui (University of Science and Technology Beijing)

17:30 Implementation of a Steel Ladle Identification and Localization System Based on Image Processing - Sina Habibnia (msc) Arash Haji pour (msc)
16:10 - 17:50
Room: Room 1
Contributions

16:10 The way from BOF to EAF? Investigations and decisions to be done - Hannes Beile (tripleS GmbH & Co. KG)

16:30 Selection of carbon bio-sources based on inherent properties and reactivity for electric smelting furnace applications - Lina Kieush (K1-MET GmbH)

16:50 Effects of liquid-phase viscosity, gas phase fraction, and sedimentation particle density on foam bubble structure and particle sedimentation behavior - Takayuki Iwama (Tohoku University)

17:10 Evaluation of the changes in oxidic steel cleanness linked to tramp elements introduced by increased scrap recycling - Julian Cejka (Christian Doppler Laboratory for Inclusion Metallurgy in Advanced Steelmaking)

17:30 Transformation of TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY - Together for the generations to come - Markéta Tkadlečková (TŘINECKÉ ŽELEZÁRNY, a.s.)
18:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
CONFERENCE DINNER
18:00 - 22:00
Thursday, 22 May 2025
08:30
08:30 - 09:30
Room: Room 2
Contributions

08:30 Green Steel Initiatives Supported by CERO Waste Refractory Concept, Enhanced Slag Engineering and Using Circular Metallurgical Additives. - Florian Kek (RHI Magnesita)

08:50 Evaluation of the Usage of Secondary Iron Ore Pellets in the DRI-EAF-Process - Marc Hölling (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences)

09:10 Coarse dust briquetting for reuse in the converter - Tamara Tappeiner (voestalpine Stahl GmbH) Christoph Thaler (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)
08:30 - 09:50
Room: Room 1
Contributions

08:30 Smelter for Green Iron Production and Consequences for the BOF - Gerald Wimmer (Primetals Technologies)

08:50 Refractory solutions for the transformation to Green Steel production – solving challenges due to new furnace designs and complex raw material demands for minimum conversion costs and high productivity. - Thomas Kollmann (RHI Magnesita) Marcus Kirschen (RHI Magnesita)

09:10 Designing the secondary metallurgy for future steel plant based on Ultimate Electric Arc Furnace - Georg Gruber (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

09:30 PREVENT BOTTLENECKS AND OPTIMIZE LADLE AND CRANE LOGISTICS FOR AN EAF-BOF MELT SHOP - Alexander Koenig (FESIOS GmbH)
09:50 COFFEE BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
09:50 - 10:20
10:20
10:20 - 11:40
Room: Room 1
Contributions

10:20 Monolithic. Steel Ladles - Advanced and Sustainable Refractory Solution as part of the Green Steel Transformation - Christian Nagel (RHI Magnesita)

10:40 Simulation of Logistics for Sustainable Steelmaking: Enhancing Efficiency in Green Steel Transitions - Stefan Mühlböck (Primetals Technologies GmbH)

11:00 CFD-Driven Analysis of EAF Dynamics: Insights into Thermal and Flow Optimization - Mohamad Al Nasser (Montanuniversität leoben)

11:20 Observation of fluid flow characteristics by bottom blowing in the EAF-shaped vessel using physical modelling - Ji hyeon Park (Chosun university)
11:40 CLOSING
CLOSING
11:40 - 11:50
Room: Room 1

11:50 BUSINESS LUNCH
BUSINESS LUNCH
11:50 - 12:30

12:30 PLANT VISITS
PLANT VISITS
12:30 - 17:30