Seminar
Steel Making in
the Oxygen Converter
18-20 May 2016, Cologne,
Germany
Photo: thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG / Uwe Niggemeier
DIRECTED BY
CONTENT
Karl-Heinz Spitzer, TU Clausthal
Jochen Schlüter, SMS group GmbH
• History, types and installation engineering of converters
• Thermodynamics
• Transport and Kinetics
• Tramp Elements
• Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Converter
• Chemical Reactions Kinetics:
Refining Reactions and Slag Forming in the BOF Process
• Mass and Heat Balance
• Converter Process Models and Control
• Comparison of different Converter Operation Practices:
US – Europe – Japan
• Practical Approaches:
2-Converter Shop versus 3-Converter Shop
• Implications of Raw Materials, Iron Ores
• Environmental Aspects: Dedusting
• Slags and Dust: From Creation to Utilisation
SUPPORTED BY
Steel Making Committee of the Steel Institute VDEh
TARGET GROUP
• Steel shop operating staff
• Employees in R&D
• Supervisors responsible for decisions on metallurgy,
energy, purchasing and environmental protection
• Raw material staff
The participants will learn about modern processes and methods
on oxygen steel making and will particularly benefit from detailed
discussions.
REGISTRATION FEE
EUR 1.422,00
EUR 1.222,00*
(EUR 1.190,00 registration fee VAT-free plus
EUR 232,00 conference package) /
(EUR 990,00* registration fee VAT-free plus
EUR 232,00 conference package)
* for employees of member companies and individual members of the Steel
Institute VDEh, and for scientific staff of universities
The conference package includes food and beverages during the
seminar.
A free withdrawal from the seminar is possible until 2 weeks prior
to the start. Then, 25% of the seminar fee must be paid.
The total registration amount will be charged for no show or
cancellation from the first day of the event. The participant also
has to bear the cancellation costs of the seminar hotel.
ORGANISATION
Steel Academy  Steel Institute VDEh
Peter Schmieding
Sohnstraße 65, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
Fon +49 211 6707-458  Fax -655
[email protected] / www.steel-academy.com
VENUE / SEMINAR HOTEL
art’otel Cologne
Holzmarkt 4
50676 Cologne, GERMANY
www.artotels.com
The Steel Academy will automatically make a room booking for
the participants at the art’otel Cologne from 17 – 20 May 2016 for
a special rate of EUR 99,00 per night incl. breakfast. The hotel
room bill will be settled by you upon departure. Please advise at
your registration, if you do not need a reservation or whether you
would like to stay longer in the hotel.
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
08:45
PROGRAMME
Introduction to the seminar
Peter Schmieding
13:00
Lunch
14:15
Converter Process Modelling
• Model of SMS group,
Norbert Uebber
• Model of Primetals,
Gerald Wimmer
• Model of VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut BFI,
Martin Schlautmann
 including 30 min Coffee Break
17:00
reactions and transport in the converter / basics of a model on
thermodynamics and kinetics / slags: structure and importance
Comparison of different Converter Operation
Practices: US – Europe – Japan
Wolfgang Höfer
12:15
Lunch
 Discussion of these Concepts
13:30
Transport und Kinetics
Karl-Heinz Spitzer
09:15
Introduction to the theme: History, Types, Systems
and Installation Engineering of Converters
Jochen Schlüter
construction and technology of Bessemer-, Thomas-, LD- and
OBM-converters / refractory materials
10:45
Coffee Break
11:15
Thermodynamics
Karl-Heinz Spitzer
19:00
Common Dinner
principles of mass, heat and impulse transfer / mass and heat
transfer coefficient
Friday, 20 May 2016
15:00
Coffee Break
08:45
15:30
Tramp Elements
Wolfgang Bleck
Concept 1:
Practice of a 2-Converter Shop
Frederik Engels, ArcelorMittal Gent
(Computational) Fluid Dynamics of Converters
Hans-Jürgen Odenthal
Concept 2:
Practice of a 3-Converter Shop
Jan Brockhoff, Tata Steel IJmuiden
importance and impacts of Phosphor, Nitrogen, Copper etc
16:30
relevant transport equations / fluid properties and similarity laws /
physical (water modelling) and numerical simulation (CFD) / specific
converter flow phenomena (supersonic jets, gas bubbling, post combustion) / CFD examples for AOD and BOF
19:00
Common Dinner
Thursday, 19 May 2016
08:45
Chemical Reaction Kinetics – Refining Reactions and
Slag Forming in the BOF Process
Helmut Lachmund
10:45
Coffee Break
11:15
Implications of Raw Materials, Iron Ores
Volker Ritz
iron ores for the steel industry / resources, reserves / types and
characteristics / mineral processing, beneficiation, agglomeration
12:15
Lunch
13:15
Environmental Aspects: Dedusting
Rüdiger Deike
dust formation in the BOF process / typical dust composition / dust
cleaning systems / behavior of Na, K and Zn at high temperatures /
possible dust recycling processes
oxidation of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Fe and their interactions / achievable
contents in the crude steel / gas reactions (CO, CO2, H2, N2) /
slag: forming, reactions, properties / final slag composition
10:45
Coffee Break
11:15
Mass Balance and Heat Balance
Dieter Senk
14:15
Slags and Dust – From Creation to Utilisation
Dirk Mudersbach / David Algermissen
chemical and mineralogical composition / internal and external recycling / environmental behavior and technical properties / regulations concerning slag utilization / recycling of dust / sustainability /
economy / ecology
heat of reactions in refining and slagging / kinetics of scrap
melting / kinetics of DRI melting / post combustion
15:30
SPEAKERS
Practical Approaches:
End of Seminar
David Algermissen M.Sc., FEhS Institut für Baustoff-Forschung, Duisburg  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Bleck, RWTH Aachen University 
Dipl.-Ing. Jan Brockhoff, Tata Steel IJmuiden  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Deike, University Duisburg-Essen  Ir. Frederik Engels, ArcelorMittal Gent  Dipl.-Ing.
Wolfgang Höfer, voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Linz  Dr.-Ing. Helmut Lachmund, AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke  Dr.-Ing. Dirk Mudersbach, Max Aicher Umwelt
GmbH, Meitingen  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jürgen Odenthal, SMS group GmbH, Düsseldorf  Dr.-Ing. Volker Ritz, Research Centre of Iron Ore Beneficiation,
Liebenburg  Dr. Martin Schlautmann, VDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut, Düsseldorf  Dipl.-Ing. Jochen Schlüter, SMS group GmbH, Essen  Peter
Schmieding, Steel Institute VDEh, Düsseldorf  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Senk, Department of Ferrous Metallurgy, RWTH Aachen University  Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Karl-Heinz Spitzer, Institute of Metallurgy, Clausthal University  Dipl.-Phys. Norbert Uebber, SMS group GmbH, Düsseldorf  Dr.-Ing. Gerald Wimmer,
Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Linz