The program is divided into four sessions: Energy Conversion, Metallurgy, Cement production and Miscellaneous.
Below you can see a list of speakers and corresponding companies that contributed with a presentation at the GTT Users’ Meeting in 2019.
Wednesday afternoon
| Author | Institute/Company | Topic | Abstract | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moritz to Baben | GTT-Technologies | Opening remarks | ||
| Sedigheh Bigdeli | Chalmers University of Technology | Understanding the mechanism of fast corrosion initiation caused by KCl on waterwalls and superheated materials in waste and bio-fired power plants |  |  |
| Benedetto Risio | Recom Services | Using Thermo-Chemical Equilibrium Calculations in a Combustion CFD Environment for the Simulation of Slagging and Fouling in Lignite Fired Power Stations | | |
| Francoise Defoort | CEA | Identification of the K2Ca6Si4O15 ternary phase in biomass mixtures | | |
| Stefan Guhl | University of Freiberg | Application of thermochemistry for the prediction of slagging in coal fired boilers | | |
| Daniel Lindberg | Aalto University | Slags and ashes in biomass combustion | | |
| Dmitry Sergeev | Forschungszentrum Jülich | PCM Screening: current state of experimental work on high temperature PCMs | | |
| Bruno Reis | GTT-Technologies | Phase Change Materials | | |
| Elena Yazhenskikh | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Database development for the HotVeGas project | | |
| Tatjana Jantzen | GTT-Technologies | Addition of SrO to the HotVeGas and GTOX Oxide databases | | |
Thursday
| Author | Institute/Company | Topic | Abstract | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabrine Khadhraoui | SMS Group | Application of thermochemistry in BOF process modeling: What did it teach us about the dynamics of decarburisation reaction? | | |
| Klaus Hack | GTT-Technologies | Control of Dephosphorisation in BOF process - BOFDePhos | | |
| Joao Rezende | GTT-Technologies | Development of a process route for the beneficiation of Bismuth foams - BIREC | | |
| Michael Spiegel | SZMF | Slag formation and internal oxidation during HFI welding of pipeline steels | | |
| Johan Zietsman | Ex Mente | Dynamic Process Modelling with ChemAppPy | | |
| Frans van Schalkwyk | HZDR Freiberg | Dynamic model of a TSL furnace, developed with SimuSageTM software | | |
| Kevin Heppner | SysCAD | ChemApp in SysCAD | | |
| Svitlana Iljenko | MSI | Materials Constitution: The Need for Critical Evaluation | | |
| Yiannis Pontikes | KU Leuven | Designing the precursors for a new slag-based cement, the ELCE | | |
| Pertti Koukkari | VTT | Calculation of phase diagrams for non-equilibrium reaction systems with constrained Gibbs Energy minimization | | |
| Karri Penttila | VTT | Dynamic Model for the Lime Kiln in the Chemical Kraft Recovery | | |
| Andrea Steyn | Ex Mente | Deeper understanding of phase diagrams through visualisation | | |
| Moritz to Baben | GTT-Technologies | Introduction to constrained equilibrium method | | |
Friday morning
| Author | Institute/Company | Topic | Abstract | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephan Petersen | GTT-Technologies | Sustainable fertilizer production from sun, air and water - DüSol | | |
| Robert Spatschek | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Comparing thermodynamic data for monatomic and diatomic gases from ab-initio and CALPHAD data | | |
| Peer Schmidt | BTU Cottbus | Rational Approaches to Synthesis and Crystal Growth of Rare Earth Metal Tellurides | | |
| Detlef Klimm | IKZ Berlin | Thermal Analysis and Thermodynamic Calculations in Rare-Earth Oxide Based Systems | | |
| Torsten Markus | University of Mannheim | Determination of Thermodynamic Data for Gaseous Phases using Knudsen Effusion Mass Spectrometry | | |
| Christian Holländer | Siemens Mülheim | Simulation of high temperature corrosion and deposit formation in gas turbines | | |
| Stephan Petersen | GTT-Technologies | ChemApp, SimuSage, ChemSheet: Current Developments | | |
| Moritz to Baben | GTT-Technologies | Development of the AIMP database | | |
| Moritz to Baben | GTT-Technologies | Concluding Remarks and Farewell |
As every year, everybody is invited to take part at a kart race in the Friday afternoon after the meeting!