GTT Users’ Meeting 2023

The GTT Users‘ Meeting in this year took place as an online event, on Tuesday June 20th and on Wednesday June 21st. It was a great event with more than 150 participants from all over the world!

This year we had a record number of presentations: there was a total of 19 presentations and corresponding Q&A sessions. The video presentations are available here as Youtube links in the table below.

Below you will find the Program of the 25^th GTT Users’ Meeting:

Program (all times in CEST)

Session Metallurgy – 20th of June – Tuesday Morning
Chairman: Moritz to Baben

10:00	Greeting and Introduction
	Author	Institute/Company	Topic	Abstract	Presentation	Video
10:10	Sabrine Khadhraoui	SMS Group (Germany)	The BlueControl App: Dynamic control and optimization of the copper refining furnace using ChemApp and surrogate models
10:30	Zhiming Yan	University of Warwick (Great Britain)	HIsarna Process Simulation Model: Using FactSage with Macro Facility
10:50	Karri Pentilla	VTT (Finland)	Dynamic Simulation of a Recausticizing Plant
11:10	Gather Town	Coffee break
11:30	Ömer Büyükuslu	GTT-Technologies (Germany)	High-throughput screening of composition space for materials and process design
11:50	Mohamad Mahdi Siblani	University of Lyon (France)	Experimental and thermodynamic modelling of Al2O3 corundum and TiO2 rutile structures forming on Ti-6Al-4V powder during oxidation
12:10	Gather Town	Discussion lounge

Session Energy – 20th of June – Tuesday Afternoon
Chairman: Moritz to Baben

13:00	Greeting and Introduction
	Author	Institute/Company	Topic	Abstract	Presentation	Video
13:10	Johan van Dyk	GTI Energy (USA)	Thermodynamic modelling of inorganic components in coal, municipal solid waste and biomass for clean energy production in gasification
13:30	Shivani Gonde	Forschungszentrum Jülich, IEK-2 (Germany)	Thermodynamic Modelling and Experimental Study of NASICON Sub-systems for Application as Solid State Electrolyte
13:50	Naiemeh Vali	University of Borås (Sweden)	Biochar chemistry after pyrolysis process of municipal sewage sludge
14:10	Gather Town	Coffee break
14:30	Lena Klaas	DLR (Germany)	Sustainable High-Purity Nitrogen Production Using Perovskites (Sesam)
14:50	Darya Ewaznezhad Fard	Forschungszentrum Jülich, IEK-2 (Germany)	Viscosity modelling of molten salts in heat transport and storage applications
15:10	Gather Town	Discussion lounge
15:40	End of Day 1

Session General Topics – 21st of June – Wednesday Morning
Chairman: Stephan Petersen

10:00	Greeting and Introduction
	Author	Institute/Company	Topic	Abstract	Presentation	Video
10:10	Taehyung Kim	Seoul National University (South Korea)	Thermodynamic optimization of molten salt systems for MSR application
10:30	Florian Tang	GTT-Technologies (Germany)	ChemApp for Python - newest developments
10:50	Andrea Kotze	Inspyro (Belgium)	FLASHPHOS – complete thermochemical recycling of sewage sludge
11:10	Gather Town	Coffee break
11:30	Bora Derin	Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)	Predicting and Optimizing High-Temperature Processes by FactSage in Some Selected Research Studies
11:50	Willem Roos	University of Pretoria (South Africa)	Geometrical Acceleration of Complex Equilibrium Calculations for Integration in High-Temperature Models
12:10	Gather Town	Discussion lounge

Session Metallurgy – 21st of June – Wednesday Afternoon
Chairman: Stephan Petersen

	Author	Institute/Company	Topic	Abstract	Presentation	Video
13:10	Deepoo Kumar	IIT Bombay (India)	Dynamic modelling of BOF process using FactSage macro
13:30	Wagner Bielefeldt	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)	Some examples of the use of the FactSage Viscosity module applied to steelmaking
13:50	Gather Town	Coffee break
14:10	Kevin Heppner	SysCAD (Australia)	Further Development of THEREDA database in SysCAD for aqueous / brine applications
14:30	Moritz to Baben	GTT-Technologies (Germany)	Whats new in FactSage8.3?
14:50	Gather Town	Discussion lounge
15:20	End of Day 2