Name: 9th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Metallurgical Processes in Steelmaking - STEELSIM2021
Start: 2021-10-04T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-10-07T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Virtual Conference

9th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Metallurgical Processes in Steelmaking - STEELSIM2021

from Monday, 4 October 2021 (08:00) to Thursday, 7 October 2021 (16:00)

Monday, 4 October 2021
Tuesday, 5 October 2021

08:40 Welcome
Welcome
08:40 - 08:50
Room: Room 1
08:50 Plenary Talks
08:50 - 10:10
Room: Room 1
Contributions

08:50 Modeling of Steel Continuous Casting - Brian G. Thomas (Colorado School of Mines)

09:30 The role of modelling and simulation in the development of refractory products used in the steel industry - Gernot Hackl (RHI Magnesita)
10:10 Break
Break
10:10 - 10:20
10:20 T_1 Raw materials & ironmaking
10:20 - 11:40
Room: Room 1
Contributions

10:20 Real Time Modelling of Burden Components Distribution during Hopper Outflow and Burdening via a rotating Chute - Stephan Hojda (AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke)

10:40 On the Role of Heat Transfer in the Thermo Chemical Conversion of Pulverized Coal - Markus Bösenhofer (TU Wien / K1-MET GmbH)

10:55 Development of a porous solid model for DRI applications - Quentin Fradet (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Low-Carbon Industrial Processes)

11:10 Species Diffusion Modeling in Porous Particles for Metallurgical Applications - Markus Bösenhofer (Technische Universität Wien, K1-MET GmbH)

11:25 A new sinter plant model for flowsheet simulations - Johannes Niel (Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Austria)
T_9 Microstructure & mechanical properties of steel
10:20 - 11:40
Room: Room 3
Contributions

10:20 From ladle to wire: Integration of calphad-based design and traditional through process modelling approaches - Johannes Kreyca (voestalpine Forschungsservicegesellschaft Donawitz GmbH)

10:40 Predicting the change in strength properties of heavy plates due to the levelling operation - Thomas Kaltenbrunner (voestalpine Grobblech GmbH)

10:55 The Introduction of a Boundary Intensity Factor to Cellular Automata Modelling to Improve Prediction of Recrystallisation in Hot Rolled Steel - Gabriel Ekoja (WMG/University of Warwick)

11:10 Role of cooling rate on microstructure evolution of Zn-Al-Mg based coatings via phase-field approach - Vanessa Quaranta (NLMK Group)

11:25 Unravelling the competing effects of chemical composition and grain size in affecting austenite stability in high carbon steels - Adriel Wong (University of Cambridge)
T_5 Flow control & solidification
10:20 - 11:25
Room: Room 2
Contributions

10:20 Model experiments in a liquid metal mockup focusing on the bubble dynamics in a steel ladle - Thomas Wondrak (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

10:40 Study of Bubble Breakup and Coalescence in Gas-Stirred Ladle Refining Process - Wentao Lou (Northeastern University China)

10:55 Ensuring better inert gas shielding of ladle shroud-collector nozzle (LS-CN) assembly: A new gas delivery design and industrial scale assessment - Dipak Mazumdar (IIT Kanpur, India)

11:10 Experimental and numerical study of the open eye in the uphill teeming ingot casting process - Jun Yin (KTH)
11:40 Break
Break
11:40 - 13:00
13:00 T_9 Microstructure & mechanical properties of steel
13:00 - 14:35
Room: Room 3
Contributions

13:00 Using alloy design, modelling and rapid alloy processing validation to improve through-thickness microstructural uniformity during the production of large section components - Carl Slater (University of Warwick)

13:20 Numerical modelling of thermal evolution and phase transformation during high-heat input electro-gas welding of marine steel - JUN FU (University of Leicester)

13:35 Prediction and optimization of the mechanical properties of Q&P Steel using process – property correlation via multiscale modelling - Sai Pavan Bhogireddy (NLMK Belgium Holdings)

13:50 Multiscale homogenization of elastic properties in hypereutectoid steel - Marko Vogric (CDL-IPE, TU Wien)

14:05 Ultrafine grained high C steel bars obtained by multi-pass warm caliber rolling - Claudio Guarnaschelli (Rina Consulting - CSM S.p.A.)

14:20 Rapid alloy processing approach for ductility enhancement in commercial dual-phase steels through industrially relevant process and composition changes. - Bharath Bandi (Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
T_10 Advanced iron & steel processing, environmental impact
13:00 - 14:20
Room: Room 1
Contributions

13:00 Recent modeling approaches to close-coupled atomization for powder production - Hans-Jürgen Odenthal (SMS group GmbH, R&D Division)

13:20 Development of a kinetic mechanism for the direct reduction of hematite pellets in CO-H2 atmospheres using a porous solid pellet model - Mohammed Liaket Ali (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

13:35 Hydrogen based direct iron ore reduction plant simulation - Roland Eisl (ENRAG GmbH)

13:50 Search for Compositionally Complex Coating Materials for a Sustainable Steel Industry - Zihui Dong (University of Leicester)

14:05 Computational fluid modelling of plastics injections in EAF metallurgical operation through innovative nozzles and industrial testing - Michele De Santis (Rina Consulting - Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA)
T_5 Flow control & solidification
13:00 - 14:05
Room: Room 2
Contributions

13:00 From real-time CFD simulations towards flow-based digital shadows of metallurgical processes - Stefan Pirker (Johannes Kepler University)

13:20 Analysis of inclusions removal during steel flow in multi-strand tundish using numerical modelling - Markéta Tkadlečková (VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava)

13:35 Water model experiments on the influence of the phase distribution in the SEN considering varying operating conditions - maria thumfart (K1-MET)

13:50 Analysis of the hysteresis behavior in regime transition of co-current liquid-gas flow using computational fluid dynamics - Mahdi Saeedipour (Johannes Kepler University)
14:35 Break
Break
14:35 - 15:10
15:10 T_2 Blast furnace
15:10 - 16:00
Room: Room 1
Contributions

15:10 Analysis of a blast furnace behaviour through a resolving Euler-Lagrange approach - Bernhard Peters (University of Luxembourg)

15:30 Interpretation of the state of the blast furnance hearth by wear-model analysis - Henrik Saxén (Åbo Akademi University)

15:45 CFD-DEM simulation of dynamics of the upper part of the blast furnance - Debanga Mondal (Åbo Akademi University)
T_6 Continuous casting and quality control
15:10 - 16:30
Room: Room 2
Contributions

15:10 Continuous Casting Mold Flow with Gas Injection: Comparison of Physical and Mathematical Simulations - Mirko Javurek (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institut für Strömungslehre und Wärmeübertragung)

15:30 The Physical Chemistry of Steel Deoxidation and Nozzle Clogging in Continuous Casting - Rodolfo Morales (Instituto Politécnico Nacional)

15:45 Modelling the Effects of Different Degrees of NMI Adhesion on Particle Deposition Behaviour in a Nozzle - Kaamil Ur Rahman Mohamed Shibly (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON)

16:00 Thin slab casting nozzle geomery design study with the aid of numerical and water modelling - Yong Tang (RHI Magnesita)

16:15 Large eddy simulation of continuous casting process - Katarina Mramor (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
T_8 Metal forming, rolling and thermo-mechanics
15:10 - 16:30
Room: Room 3
Contributions

15:10 Steel strip hot runout table simulation and high temperature electromagnetic measurement for phase transformation monitoring - Russell Hall (Warwick Manufacturing Group)

15:30 Flow stress modelling considering dislocation density and recrystallization kinetics during hot deformation of API X70 pipeline steel - Nabi Allah Razani (deputy of planning and development-Khouzestan Oxin Steel Company- Ahwaz-Iran)

15:45 Bolt forging process optimisation using simulation software with applied Avrami model for recrystallisation - Michal Filipowicz (University of Warwick)

16:00 Use of damage theory to improve material model and predict potential failures in a hot rolling simulation system - Umut Hanoglu (Institute of Metals and Technology)

16:15 Recrystallization simulation and double-hit compression tests of microalloyed steel - Evelyn Sobotka (CDL-IPE, TU Wien)
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
08:50 Plenary Talks
08:50 - 10:10
Room: Room 1
Contributions

08:50 Modelling and simulation of ironmaking blast furnaces for low CO2 emission and high process efficiency - Aibing Yu (Monash University)

09:30 “Simulation and process modelling along the production route of high performance steels and high value added material” - Harald Holzgruber (INTECO melting & casting technologies GmbH)
10:10 Break
Break
10:10 - 10:20
10:20 T_3 Slag, refractory and their interation with steel
10:20 - 11:55
Room: Room 1
Contributions

10:20 Liquid-liquid mass transfer in steelmaking processes - Pascal Gardin (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)

10:40 A sub-particle model for inclusions at the gas/steel interface - Zilong Qiu (KU Leuven)

10:55 Improving the slag-metal separation of a Blast Furnance Trough with the use of numerical simulations - Rodrigo Garcia Ribeiro (RHI Magnesita)

11:10 Numerical Simulation on Refractory Wear and Inclusion Formation in Continuous Casting Tundish - Qiang Wang (Wuhan University of Science and Technology)

11:25 Dynamic changes in slag properties during the reduction stage of the AOD process - Ville-Valtteri Visuri (Outokumpu Stainless Oy; Process Metallurgy Research Unit, University of Oulu)

11:40 How laser OES real time analysis enables the in-situ integration of slag analysis into simulation models - Alexander Schlemminger (QuantoLux GmbH)
T_6 Continuous casting and quality control
10:20 - 11:40
Room: Room 2
Contributions

10:20 Modelling Asymmetric Flow in the Thin Slab Casting Mould under Electromagnetic Brake - Alexander Vakhrushev (Christian Doppler Laboratory for "Metallurgical Applications of Magnetohydrodynamics")

10:40 Control of liquid metal flow in a laboratory model of a continuous caster with Electromagnetic Brake and Contactless Inductive Flow Tomography - Ivan Glavinić (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)

10:55 Online 3D Heat Transfer and Solidification/Microstructure Models and their Capabilities for Simulation of Continuous Casting of Steel and Quality Prediction - Aleksi Laukka (Process Metallurgy Research Unit, University of Oulu)

11:10 Flow control in continuous slab casting by local electromagnetic braking - Bahareh Najafian Ashrafi (K1-MET GmbH)

11:25 Experimental study of turbulent flow in a continuous casting mold under the influence of an EMBr at various positions - Ivan Glavinic (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
T_8 Metal forming, rolling and thermo-mechanics
10:20 - 11:55
Room: Room 3
Contributions

10:20 Identification of the 3D cellular automata model of static recrystallization based on the inverse analysis - Mateusz Sitko (AGH University of Science and Technology)

10:40 Digital Process and Product Twin for hot rolling - Markus Widder (Primetals Technologies Austria)

10:55 DEVELOPMENT OF A THICK STEEL PLATE MANUFACTURING ROUTE - Jean-Christophe Gebelin (NISCO-UK Research Centre, The University of Leicester, UK)

11:10 Effect of sample geometry on strain uniformity and double hit compression tests for recrystallisation kinetics determination - Nusrat Tamanna (University of Warwick)

11:25 Automatic unstructured quadrilateral mesh generator based on a direct method - Filippo Avellino (RINA SpA)
11:55 Break
Break
11:55 - 13:00
13:00 T_12 Processing of special steels (ESR, VAR, VIM, etc.)
13:00 - 13:50
Room: Room 3
Contributions

13:00 Numerical Modeling of Scrap Melting and Heat Transfer During Electrode Bore-In IN AC EAF - Yuchao Chen (CIVS, Purdue University Northwest)

13:20 A numerical study on the impact of a time-varying axial magnetic field on an industrial vacuum arc remelting (VAR) process - Ebrahim Karimi-Sibaki (Christian-Doppler Laboratory for Metallurgical Applications of Magnetohydrodynamics)

13:35 Numerical Simulations of the Molten Metal Droplet Formation in the Electro-slag Remelting Process with a Rotating Electrode - Christian Schubert (RWTH Aachen University)
T_4 Ladle metallurgy and steel refining
13:00 - 14:35
Room: Room 1
Contributions

13:00 Melting Kinetics of Metallic Particles in a Bottom Stirred Ladle during the Tapping Operation of Liquid Steel from the Furnace to the Ladle - Rodolfo Morales (Instituto Politecnico Nacional)

13:20 Application of Liquid-Liquid Mass Transfer for a Steel Ladle - Marianne Doletschek (Montanuniversität Leoben)

13:35 Euler-Euler Multiphase Simulation for Optimization of Bottom Tuyere Configuration in a Combined-Blowing Worn Out Converter - Vinod Dhiman (Tata Steel Nederland B.V.)

13:50 Study the effect of slag conductivity on liquid fe-c droplet decarburization kinetics - Jayasree Biswas (McMaster University)

14:05 On the removal of a spherical Al2O3 inclusion at the steel-slag interface: A numerical study - xiaomeng zhang
T_6 Continuous casting and quality control
13:00 - 14:20
Room: Room 2
Contributions

13:00 Modelling in Continuous Casting in the frame of the VALCRA RFCS project - Arianna Gotti (Rina Consulting - Centro Sviluppo Materiali Spa) Pavel Ramirez Lopez (SWERIM)

13:20 Influence Mechanisms of Processing Parameters on Solidification Structure of Continuously Cast Steel - Weiling Wang (Northeastern University)

13:35 Roller geometry optimization in order to minimize unsteady bulging of slab casters - Alija Vila (Primetals Technologies)

13:50 Modeling Contact and Friction at the Mold-strand Gap through Lubrication and Contact Indexes - Hyunjin Yang (SWERIM AB)

14:05 Distribution of TiN precipitates in high Ti UHSS grade conventional thick slab - Hongbin Yin (ArcelorMittal Global R&D)
14:35 Break
Break
14:35 - 15:10
15:10 T_11 Integration of Al & modeling & data mining
15:10 - 16:30
Room: Room 3
Contributions

15:10 Metallurgical Data Science for Steel Industry - Bogdan Nenchev (University of Leicester)

15:30 Implementation of a surface-to-surface model for implicitly solved multiple one-dimensional simulations - Andreas Rath (Montanuniversität Leoben)

15:45 Digitalization and Software Support of the Electric Arc Furnace Process - Vito Logar (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of electrical engineering)

16:00 Estimation of the bath temperature in an electric arc furnace using operational data and fuzzy modelling approach - Vito Logar (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana)

16:15 Probabilistic EAF charge mix optimization using machine learning based scrap characterization - Christoph Kirmse (SMS digital GmbH)
T_4 Ladle metallurgy and steel refining
15:10 - 16:15
Room: Room 1
Contributions

15:10 Modelling of steel-slag-inclusion reactions during refining of Si-Mn killed steel - Angshuman Podder (McMaster Steel Research Center, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, ON L8S 4L7)

15:30 CFD modelling on impact of plug clogging in industrial scale steel ladles - Kumar Subramanian (Tata Steel)

15:45 Simulation based Proof-of-Concept for Plant Transformation from Integrated BOF towards Hybrid BOF/EAF Production Route - Stefan Mühlböck (Primetals Technologies GmbH)

16:00 Application of process simulation strategies in off line prediction models and on-line Decision Support Systems with through process approach on Feralpi sites - Piero Frittella (Feralpi Siderurgica)
T_6 Continuous casting and quality control
15:10 - 16:15
Room: Room 2
Contributions

15:10 A temperature, concentration, stress and grain structure slice model for continuous casting of steel - Božidar Šarler (University of Ljubljana & Institute of Metals and Technology)

15:30 Simulation of SEN clogging during continuous casting of Ti-ULC steel using a combined model - Hadi Barati (K1-MET / Montanuniversität Leoben)

15:45 On the modelling of channel segregation: from benchmark to steel ingots - JUN LI (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

16:00 Using a Multiphase Model to Study the Solidification Structure and Macrosegregation in Continuous Casting Process - Rui Guan (Northeastern University, China)
16:30 Poster Session: Postersession
Postersession
16:30 - 17:30
Contributions

16:30 Development of adaptive meshless solution procedure for phase field modelling of dendritic solidification in carbon steel. - Tadej Dobravec (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

16:35 Numerical Simulation of Solid Shell Distribution in a Funnel Shape Mold under Electromagnetic Braking and Strand Electromagnetic Stirring - Changjun Wang (Northeastern University)

16:40 Effect of bottom tuyere blockage on the mixing efficiency of molten bath in a converter - Jiankun sun (University of Science and Technology Beijing)

16:45 Prediction of mechanical properties of hot rolled steel plates using neural network and statistical method - Xiaoan Yang (University of Leicester)

16:50 Thermodynamic Performance Optimization of CaO-SiO2-MgO-Al2O3 Slag System Based on Response Surface Methodology and Multiobjective Optimization - Zicheng Xin (State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing)

16:55 Numerical investigation of steelmaking by-products recycling using microwave radiation - Luís Silva (Instituto Superior Técnico)
Thursday, 7 October 2021
08:50 Plenary Talks
08:50 - 10:10
Room: Room 1
Contributions

08:50 Thermomechanical modelling of additive manufacturing at different scales - Michel Bellet (Mines ParisTech - PSL Research University)

09:30 Modelling of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer at Tata Steel - Dirk van der Plas (Tata Steel Netherlands Technology BV)
10:10 Break
Break
10:10 - 10:20
10:20 T_11 Integration of Al & modeling & data mining
10:20 - 11:10
Room: Room 3
Contributions

10:20 Digital twin for continuous casters – Optimizing production with modeling and simulation methods - Reinhold Leitner (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

10:40 Big data handling in process surveillance and quality control of secondary metallurgical processes - Christine Gruber (K1-MET)

10:55 Optimization of integrated steel plants operation using the m.simtop strategic planning platform - Bernd Weiss (Primetals Technologies GmbH)
T_4 Ladle metallurgy and steel refining
10:20 - 11:25
Room: Room 1
Contributions

10:20 Model predictive control of the AOD process for material and energy optimisation - Ville-Valtteri Visuri (Outokumpu Stainless Oy)

10:40 From Bubble-Scale to Full-Scale: Optimization of Numerical Modeling of the Ladle Furnace - Tim Haas (Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering)

10:55 A fundamental investigation of decarburization reactions in the AOD converter using coupled CFD and thermodynamics databases. - Serg Chanouian (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

11:10 Improving nitrogen control in AOD processes with the aid of computational fluid dynamics and thermodynamics databases. - Björn Ahlin (KTH- Royal Institute of Technology)
T_6 Continuous casting and quality control
10:20 - 11:40
Room: Room 2
Contributions

10:20 Modeling of the as-cast structure and macrosegregation in the continuous casting of a steel billet: Effect of M-EMS - Menghuai Wu (Department of Metallurgy, Montanuniversitaet Leoben)

10:40 Numerical Simulation of Free Grain Sedimentation in Continuously Cast Billet - SEN LUO (Northeastern University)

10:55 Temperature model for secondary metallurgical application - Roman Rössler (voestalpine Stahl GmbH)

11:10 An integrated approach for near process modelling of the continuous casting of steel - Gabriel Santos (K1-MET GmbH)

11:25 Numerical Investigation of Air-Mist Spray in the Secondary Cooling during Continuous Casting of Steel - Vitalis Anisiuba (CIVS, Purdue University Northwest)
11:40 Break
Break
11:40 - 13:00
13:00 T_11 Integration of Al & modeling & data mining
13:00 - 14:05
Room: Room 3
Contributions

13:00 Digital Twin of Steelmaking and -refining Process by On-Line Thermodynamic and Kinetic Model - Anthony Nicholas Grundy (Thermo-Calc AB)

13:20 Development of a Prediction Simulator Software for Blast Furnace Operation - Tyamo Okosun (CIVS, Purdue University Northwest)

13:35 AI models for mechanical properties prediction and their application in product development - Sonja Straßer (Primetals Technologies)

13:50 Simulating the impact of complex rules’ configuration on quality control in steel manufacturing - Joachim Gnauk (PSI Metals)
T_6 Continuous casting and quality control
13:00 - 14:05
Room: Room 2
Contributions

13:00 Defect monitoring tool for CC strands - Susanne Hahn (Primetals Technologies)

13:20 Continuous Casting Secondary Cooling: Realtime Simulation of Local Strand Temperatures - Mirko Javurek (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Institut für Strömungslehre und Wärmeüübertragung)

13:35 Applicability of heat transfer and solidification simulations in investigating microstructural banding in continuously cast steel - Tuomas Alatarvas (University of Oulu, Finland)

13:50 Impact of radiative heat transfer on cooling of steel ingots during transport – a numerical analysis - Frederic Costes (Transvalor SA)
14:05 Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
14:05 - 14:15