The Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy at Montanuniversität Leoben (Founded in 1840 as „Imperial Academy for Mining and Metallurgy”, today about 3,800 students and 1,300 employers) is dedicated to research and teaching at a high scientific level covering the whole value chain of the iron and steel industry, from primary and secondary raw materials through processing to the final product and recycling. The chair is particularly committed to the sustainability of iron and steel production and collaboration with industrial partners, research institutes, and universities. The focus is on an application-oriented training of highly qualified professionals who will contribute to maintaining Europe as a production hub. The chair offers committed young engineers from both domestic and international backgrounds a stimulating environment for research and teaching and sees itself as an attractive employer.
Role in the project
The Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy has the following main tasks in the Safe H-DRI Project:
- Leader of Work Package 2 and coordinator of the project’s experimental reduction and reoxidations studies;
- Development of a set of process equipment for reoxidation tests;
- Designing and setting up the lab-scale climatic conditions for investigation of reoxidation impact on H-DRI
Team
Sergej Nesterov is the project manager, Jan Eisbacher-Lubensky is headed up for the Metallurgical Redox Processes research area, Bernd Taferner is responsible for the reduction tests, Susanne Michelic is the head of the Chair and Johannes Schenk supports the project providing scientific advices whenever needed.
Sergej Nesterov
Jan Eisbacher-Lubensky
Susanne Michelic
Johannes Schenk
