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Session 1: Side streams in powder & steel industry cycles
15.00-15.15 Industrial circular economy, Marjaana Karhu, VTT: Karhu_Industrial Circular Economy
15.15-15.40 Circular economy in metal powder industry, Björn Haase, Höganäs: Haase_Circular economy in metal powder industry
15.40-16.05 Valorisation of by-products in steel industry, José Barros Lorenzo, ArcelorMittal
Break
Session 2: Gas purification sorbents
16.15-16.40 Zn based materials, application and recycling, Anna Trubača-Boginska, Catalyco: Trubača-Boginska_Zn based materials application and recycling
16.40-17:05 Gas purification with sorbents, Christian Frilund, VTT: Frilund_Gas purification with adsorbents
17:05-17:30 DESULF- Gas desulfurization by steel industry side streams, Pertti Lintunen,VTT: Lintunen_Gas desulfurization by steel industry side streams-DESULF
Closing the webinar

Webinar “Can industrial dust be useful?” 2021-11-15

Join our webinar “Can industrial dust be useful?” on Mon 15th Nov between 15:00-17:30 [EEST]! Free of charge.

The topic is related to circular economy in industry and how challenging by-product can be converted into useful product. Keynote speakers from for example Höganäs and ArcelorMittal.

Agenda
Session 1: Side streams in powder & steel industry cycles
15.00-15.15 Industrial circular economy, Marjaana Karhu, VTT
15.15-15.40 Circular economy in metal powder industry, Björn Haase, Höganäs
15.40-16.05 Valorisation of by-products in steel industry, José Barros Lorenzo, ArcelorMittal
Break
Session 2: Gas purification sorbents
16.15-16.40 Zn based materials, application and recycling, Anna Trubača-Boginska, Catalyco
16.40-17:05 Gas purification with sorbents, Christian Frilund, VTT
17:05-17:30 DESULF- Gas desulfurization by steel industry side streams, Pertti Lintunen,VTT
Closing the webinar

Registration: https://lnkd.in/eNeWh_Db

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Journals published the DESULF-project news

2021-04-12
Materials World published news “Dusting off the steel industry”:
https://www.iom3.org/resource/dusting-off-the-steel-industry.html

2021-04-06
Powder Metallurgy Review published “Höganäs joins DESULF project to reuse zinc-rich dust from its melting furnaces”:
https://www.pm-review.com/hoganas-joins-desulf-project-to-reuse-zinc-rich-dust-from-its-melting-furnaces/

2021-03-01
Tekniikka& Talous, which is Finland’s leading innovation media, published news based on our press release “Suomessa löydettiin uusiokäyttöä terästeollisuuden sinkkipölylle – laboratoriossa tulokset vastaavat kaupallisia tuotteita”
In Finnish:
https://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/uutiset/tt/f38d48de-57d7-4fe2-b718-716988219853?ref=ampparit:1b2f

2021-03-03
Promaint-lehti, a Finnisg production and maintanance magazine, published news “VTT kehitti terästeollisuuden sivuvirtana syntyvälle sinkkipitoiselle pölylle uusiokäyttötarkoituksen – pöly käyttöön teollisen kaasun puhdistuksessa”
In Finish:
https://promaintlehti.fi/Tutkimus-ja-koulutus/VTT-kehitti-terasteollisuuden-sivuvirtana-syntyvalle-sinkkipitoiselle-polylle-uusiokayttotarkoituksen-poly-kayttoon-teollisen-kaasun-puhdistuksessa

Press release announced 2021-03-01

The first press release of DESULF-project:
“VTT developed a reuse for zinc-containing dust produced as a side stream from the steel industry – dust can be used as sulphur adsorbent for synthesis gas purification”
https://www.vttresearch.com/en/news-and-ideas/vtt-developed-reuse-zinc-containing-dust-produced-side-stream-steel-industry-dust

In Finnish: “VTT kehitti terästeollisuuden sivuvirtana syntyvälle sinkkipitoiselle pölylle uusiokäyttötarkoituksen – pöly käyttöön teollisen kaasun puhdistuksessa”
https://www.vttresearch.com/fi/uutiset-ja-tarinat/vtt-kehitti-terasteollisuuden-sivuvirtana-syntyvalle-sinkkipitoiselle-polylle

Can even dust be useful? 2020-12-04

Read our blog “Can even dust be useful?” and find out if there has been found useful further use dust bunnies collecting in the corners of households:
https://www.vttresearch.com/en/news-and-ideas/can-even-dust-be-useful
In Finnish, “Voiko pölystäkin olla hyötyä?”:
https://www.vttresearch.com/fi/uutiset-ja-tarinat/voiko-polystakin-olla-hyotya

 

Doctoral thesis “Utilization of Mineral Side Streams in High Temperature Ceramic Materials” 2020-12-04

The doctoral dissertation of M.Sc. Marjaana Karhu in the field of materials science Utilization of Mineral Side Streams in High Temperature Ceramic Materials will be publicly examined in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences of Tampere University on 4.12.2020. Professor Timo Fabritius from University of Oulu and professor Yiannis Pontikes from KU Leuven will act as opponents. Professor Erkki Levänen from Tampere University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences will act as the custos.
Release (in Finnish): https://www.tuni.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/marjaana-karhu-teollisuuden-sivuvirroista-valmistetut-tuotteet-voivat-olla
Thesis (in English): http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-03-1737-9


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