Programme
Symposium topics
- High temperature residues
- Hot stage slag processing
- Energy recuperation
- New slag applications
- Geopolymers
- Alkali Activation
- Slag cooling methods
- Slag mineralogy
- Slag valorisation
- Critical metals
Programme overview
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| Wednesday 15 April 2015 | ||
| 18:00 | Registration + Opening Reception | |
| Thursday 16 April 2015 | ||
| 08:30 | Registration | |
| 09:00 | A Welcome Opening by the hosts: Annelies Malfliet, Yiannis Pontikes and Martine Wevers | Presentation |
| Theme | Hot Stage Slag Engineering For Higher Added Value Applications And Energy Recuperation | |
| 09:20 | Keynote Lecture Takahiro MIKI "Solidification of metallurgical slags for higher added value applications" Tohoku University (Japan) |
Presentation |
| 10:00 | Keynote Lecture Daniel MICHELS and Horst KAPPES "Dry slag granulation and energy recovery" Paul Wurth (Luxembourg) |
Paper |
| 10:40 | Coffee Break - Poster Session | |
| 11:10 | Sander ARNOUT, Els NAGELS "The InsPyro-spark calculation toolbox for slag engineering properties" InsPyro NV (Belgium) |
Paper Presentation |
| 11:30 | Mikael LINDVALL1, Lars-Olov NORDBERG1, Anders STENBERG2, Diana ORRLING2 "Swerea MEFOS experiences on dry blast furnace slag granulation" 1Swerea MEFOS (Sweden), 2SSAB Merox (Sweden) |
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| 11:50 | Jaehong LEE, Joon Seok OH , Joonho LEE "Kinetics of reduction of electric arc furnace oxidizing slag by Al alloy" Korea University (Republic of Korea) |
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| 12:10 | Susanne SCHÜLER1, Hans-Peter MARKUS2, David ALGERMISSEN3, Dirk MUDERSBACH3 "Electric arc furnace slag engineering during production, treatment, solidification and processing" 1Max Aicher Umwelt GmbH (Germany), 2Lech-Stahlwerke GmbH (Germany), 3FEhS-Institut für Baustoff-Forschung e.V. (Germany) |
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| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:20 | Joao B. FERREIRA NETO, Joao O. G. FARIA, Catia FREDERICCI, Fabiano F. CHOTOLI, Andre N. L. SILVA, Bruno B. FERRARO, Tiago R. RIBEIRO, Antonio MALYNOWSKYJ, Valdecir A. QUARCIONI, Andre A. LOTTO "Modification of molten steelmaking slag for cement application" Institute for Technological Research (IPT) (Brazil) |
Paper Presentation |
| 13:40 | Alessandra PRIMAVERA1, Laura PONTONI1, Davide MOMBELLI2, Silvia BARELLA2, Carlo MAPELLI2 "EAF slag treatment for inert materials production" 1Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.p.A. (Italy), 2Politecnico di Milano (Italy) |
Paper Presentation |
| 14:00 | Karl BUTTIENS1, Joel LEROY1, Patrick NEGRO1, Jean-Sébastien THOMAS†2, Yann DE LASSAT3 "The carbon cost of slag production in the blast furnace" 1ArcelorMittal Group CTO, 2ArcelorMittal Maizières Research, 3Iron Making Energy Consultant, †Died |
Paper Presentation |
| 14:20 | Intensified Poster Presentation Session | |
| 14:50 | Coffee Break - Poster Session | |
| Theme | Base And Critical Metal Recovery | |
| 15:20 | Keynote Lecture Helmut ANTREKOWITSCH "New development in metal recovery from secondary resources" University Leoben (Austria) |
Paper Presentation |
| 16:00 | Keynote Lecture Mathias CHINTINNE "Combined metal and slag valorisation at Metallo-Chimique" Metallo-Chimique (Belgium) |
Paper Presentation |
| 16:40 | Qingwei QIN1, Fan BI1, Jianhong YANG1, Guangqiang LI1, Guangdong LIAO2, Xiaoliang SU2 "Comprehensive utilization of copper converter slags by hybrid beneficiation technology and industrial application" 1Wuhan University of Science and Technology (China), 2Huangshi Dajiang Group Co. Ltd (China) |
Paper Presentation |
| 17:00 | Chenna Rao BORRA, Bart BLANPAIN, Yiannis PONTIKES, Koen BINNEMANS and Tom VAN GERVEN "Smelting reduction of iron oxides from bauxite residue in view of improved rare earths leaching" KU Leuven (Belgium) |
Paper Presentation |
| 17:20 | End of Thursday sessions | |
| 18:30 | Visit to Beguinage | |
| 19:30 | Symposium dinner | |
| Friday 17 April 2015 | ||
| Theme | Innovative/Low-Carbon Building Applications | |
| 09:00 | Keynote Lecture John L. PROVIS1, Razie HANAFI1, Pablo GARCÍA-TRIÑANES2 "Valorisation of wastes by alkali-activation - progress, opportunities and pitfalls" 1University of Sheffield (United Kingdom), 2University of Surrey (United Kingdom) |
Paper |
| 09:40 | Keynote Lecture Gert VAN DER WEGEN "Turning residues into business opportunities: some examples" SGS Intron B.V. (The Netherlands) |
Paper Presentation |
| 10:20 | Coffee Break - Poster Session | |
| 10:50 | Youva Raj TYAGI, Peter VAN BAKEL "Production of value added light-weight, eco-friendly green concrete through MGX Technology" MGX Research Centre BV (The Nederlands) |
Paper Presentation |
| 11:10 | Chih-Ta TSAI, Wei-Sheng CHEN, Juu-En CHANG "Cold-pressing technique - A new approach to recycle stainless steel reductive slag as coarse aggregate" NCKU (Taiwan) |
Paper Presentation |
| 11:30 | Flora FALESCHINI, Katya BRUNELLI, Manuele DABALÀ, Carlo PELLEGRINO "High performances concrete with EAF slag as coarse aggregates" University of Padova (Italy) |
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| 11:50 | Raffaele VINAI, Ali RAFEET, Marios SOUTSOS, Wei SHA "Slag valorisation in construction materials: Mechanical properties and rheology of alkali activated concrete containing GGBS" Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom) |
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| 12:10 | Frank KAUßEN1, Jörn BÖHLKE2, Christoph KEMPER1, Bernd FRIEDRICH1 "Conditioning of lead and zinc slags in pilot scale SAF for further utilization" 1RWTH Aachen University (Germany), 2Aurubis AG (Germany) |
Paper |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| Theme | Non-Traditional Slag Valorization Processes And Products | |
| 13:20 | Keynote Lecture Enrico BERNARDO, Mauro MARANGONI, Ines PONSOT "Reuse of inorganic waste in monolithic and cellular glass-based materials for structural and functional applications" University of Padova (Italy) |
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| 14:00 | Keynote Lecture Justin HARGREAVES "Catalytic applications of large scale metal processing wastes" University of Glasgow (United Kingdom) |
Paper Presentation |
| 14:40 | Intensified Poster Presentation Session | |
| 15:10 | Coffee Break - Poster Session | |
| 15:40 | Dimitra ZAHARAKI, Antigoni VLACHOU, Kostas KOMNITSAS "Co-utilization of slags with construction wastes or red mud for geopolymer production" Technical University of Crete (Greece) |
Paper Presentation |
| 16:00 | T. VELEA1, Ildiko ANGER1, F. STOCIU1, Eugenia GAMENT2, M. MIHALACHE3, L. ILIE3, Lavinia POPESCU4, Fl. ZAMAN4, Luminita MARA1, V. PREDICA1 "Non-traditional slag valorization for agriculture" 1National R&D Institute for Nonferrous and Rare Metals (Romania), 2National R&D Institute for Soil Science (Romania), 3University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine (Romania), 4Institute for Metallurgical Research (Romania) |
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| 16:20 | Wouter SCHROEYERS, Tom CROYMANS-PLAGHKI , Sonja SCHREURS "Towards a holistic approach for risk assessment when reusing slag with enhanced NORM content in building materials" NuTeC-Universiy of Hasselt (Belgium) |
Paper Presentation |
| 16:40 | Andrea DI MARIA, Muhammad SALMAN, Karel VAN ACKER, Maarten DUBOIS "Producing bricks from stainless steel slags: An Environmental evaluation based on life cycle analysis" KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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| 17:00 | Lieven MACHIELS1, Lukas ARNOUT1, Els NAGELS2, Sander ARNOUT2, Bart BLANPAIN1, Yiannis PONTIKES1 "Properties of inorganic polymer cement from ferric and ferrous vitrified residues of plasma gasification" 1KU Leuven (Belgium), 2InsPyro NV (Belgium) |
Paper Presentation |
| 17:20 | Björn DEBECKER "Funding opportunities under the EC- Research Fund for Coal and Steel Programme" Research Fund of Coal and Steel (Belgium) |
Presentation |
| 17:40 | Closing session | Presentation |
| 17:50 | End of Friday Sessions | |
| Poster presentations in conference hall (16-17 April) | ||
| 14:20 | Intensified Poster Presentation Session (16 April) | |
| Weidong HSIEH, Yao-Hung TSENG "Dry slag granulation of modified BOF slag" China Steel Corporation (Taiwan) |
Paper |
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| Shuigen HUANG1, Muxing GUO1, Yiannis PONTIKES1, Joris VAN DYCK1, Chintinne MATHIAS2, Peter Tom JONES1, Bart BLANPAIN1 "In-situ observation of ZnO containing Cu slag solidification by confocal laser scanning microscope" 1KU Leuven (Belgium), 2Metallo-Chimique N.V. (Belgium) |
Paper Presentation |
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| Zhuanzhuang LIU, Bart BLANPAIN, Muxing GUO "Influence of solid phases on the BOF slag viscosity" KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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| Barbara WENDLER, Matthias KOZARISZCZUK "Treatment and recycling of EAF slag processing water" VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut (Germany) |
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| Tran Thi Thu DUNG1,2, Valérie CAPPUYNS1, Elvira VASSILIEVA1, Asefeh GOLREIHAN1, Nguyen Ky PHUNG2, Rudy SWENNEN1 "Solid-phase characterization of blasted copper slag in relation to the potential release of toxic elements" 1KU Leuven (Belgium), 2VNUH-HCMUS (Vietnam) |
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| Eunyoung KIM, Jeroen SPOOREN, Kris BROOS, Liesbeth HORCKMANS, Peter NIELSEN "Feasibility study for chromium (Cr) recovery from stainless steel slag" VITO-Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Belgium) |
Paper Presentation |
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| Thu Hoai LE, Annelies MALFLIET, Bart BLANPAIN and Muxing GUO "Phase relations in the system CaO-SiO2-Nd2O3 at 1600°C" KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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| Bin WU, Bart BLANPAIN, Jan FRANSAER "Electrolytic reduction of red mud in strong alkaline solution" KU Leuven (Belgium) |
Presentation |
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| Valentijn BILSEN "Analysis of certain waste streams and the potential of Industrial Symbiosis to promote waste as a resource for EU industry - non-scrap metallic waste" IDEA Consult nv (Belgium) |
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| 14:40 | Intensified Poster Presentation Session (17 April) | |
| Lubica KRISKOVA, Peter Tom JONES, Hans JANSSEN, Bart BLANPAIN, Yiannis PONTIKES "Synthesis and characterisation of porous inorganic polymers from fayalite slag" KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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| Arne PEYS1, Hubert RAHIER2, Yiannis PONTIKES1 "Biomass ash as alkaline activator in inorganic polymer synthesis" 1KU Leuven (Belgium), 2Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) |
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| Youva Raj TYAGI1, Peter van BAKEL2 "Production of low cost Spijker-Bed (hanging concrete) using low cement, no reinforcement and using contaminated waste aggregates through MGX Technology" MGX Research Centre (The Nederlands) |
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| Silviana ONISEI1, Annelies MALFLIET1, Delia GUTIÉRREZ-CAMPOS2, Bart BLANPAIN1, Yiannis PONTIKES1 "Synthesis and high temperature transformations of Fe-rich inorganic polymers" 1KU Leuven (Belgium), 2Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela) |
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| Lukas ARNOUT, Lieven MACHIELS, Valerie CAPPUYNS, Peter Tom JONES, Bart BLANPAIN, Yiannis PONTIKES "The impact of curing conditions on Heavy metal immobilisation of Fe-Rich inorganic polymers" KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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| Elise FRANCOIS, Jan ELSEN, Yiannis PONTIKES, Lieven MACHIELS "Influence of the chemistry of vitrified residues on the properties of blended inorganic polymers with calcined kaolinitic clay" KU Leuven (Belgium) |
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| Carlos SABORIDO "Valorised slag aggregates in railway track foundation layers" COMSA (Spain) |
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| Konstantinos Miltiadis SAKKAS, Alexandros SOFIANOS, Pavlos NOMIKOS, Dimitrios PANIAS "Utilization of Fe-Ni slag for passive fire protection of tunnels" NTUA (Greece) |
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| Rein KUUSIK2, Mauro MARANGONI1, Enrico BERNARDO1 "Estonian oil shale ash as raw material for manufacturing glass ceramics" 1Universita` degli Studi di Padova (Italy), 2Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia) |
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| Joalet Dalene STEENKAMP "Slag jewellery: A non-traditional slag valorization process" MINTEK (South Africa) |
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