Applications of Process Engineering Principles in Materials Processing, Energy and Environmental Technologies

Part 1: Plenary Session.- Applications of Process Engineering Principles in Materials Processing, Energy and Environmental Technologies-Contributions of Professor Ramana Reddy.- Status of the Development of a Novel Flash Ironmaking Technology.- Innovations and Insights in Fluid Flow and Slime Adhesion for Improved Copper Electrorefining.- Molten Flux Design for Solid Oxide Membrane-Based Electrolysis of Aluminum from Alumina.- Effect of Slag Phase on Mixing and Mass Transfer in a Model Creusot Loire Uddeholm (CLU) Converter.- Part 2: Electrometallurgy.- Modeling of Aluminum Electrowinning in Ionic Liquid Electrolytes.- Electrochemical Processing of Rare Earth Alloys.- Effect of Cobalt Concentration on the Potential for Oxygen Evolution from Pb-Ca-Sn Anodes in Synthetic Copper Electrowinning Electrolytes.- Cobalt electrodeposition from cobalt chloride using urea and choline chloride ionic liquid: Effect of temperature, applied Voltage, and cobalt chloride concentration on current efficiency and energy consumption.- METTOP-BRX Technology - Eliminating Concerns and Highlighting Potentials of the Concept of Tankhouse Optimization.- Mathematical Modeling of Molten Salt Electrolytic Cells for Sodium and Lithium Production.- Part 3: Hydrometallurgy.- P-CAC, A Unique Separation Technology for PGM Recovery.- The Physical Characteristics of Electrorefined Copper Starter Sheet Material.- Extraction of Copper from Sulfate-Chloride Solutions by Using Hydroxyoxime Extractants.- Hydrometallurgical Processes for the Recovery of Rare Earths, Nickel and Cobalt in Chloride Medium.- A Cr6+-Free Extraction of Chromium Oxide from Chromite Ores using Carbothermic Reduction in the Presence of Alkali.- Part 4: Pyrometallurgy I.- Market Dynamics, Recycling and Recovery of Magnesium and Its Alloy from Scrap.- Alternative ways of Using Nonferrous Slags as Feed Material in the Ferrous Production Industry.- Insulating or Conductive Refractory Lining Designs for Electric Furnace Smelting?.- The influence of phosphorous additions on phase evolution in molten coal slag.- The Recovery of Copper From Smelting Slag by Flotation Process.- Reaction Mechanisms in the Silicothermic Production of Magnesium.- Influences of CaO/SiO2/MgO/Al2O3 on the Formation Behavior of FeO-bearing Primary-slags in Blast Furnace.- Desulfurization of high sulfur coal leached with H2O2 and NaOH by microwave irradiation.- Part 5: Pyrometallurgy II.- Chloridizing Roasting of Bismuthinite with Sodium Chloride-Oxygen.- Natural Gas Utilization in Blast Furnace Ironmaking: Tuyère Injection, Shaft Injection and Prereduction.- Selective Sulfation Roasting of Rare Earths from NdFeB Magnet Scrap.- Gold solubility in smelting slags for the recycling of industrial and mining wastes.- Solid State Reduction Behavior of Iron, Chromium and Manganese Oxide Ores with Methane.- Stibnite chloridizing with calcium chloride-oxygen at roasting temperatures.- Investigations on Rotary Tool Near-dry Electric Discharge Machining.- Dependence of Ti2O3 and Temperatures on Electrical Conductivity of TiO2-FeO-Ti2O3 slags.- Part 6: Materials Processing and Plasma Processing.- PTA Cladding for Wear Application.- Production of SiMn-alloys by natural gas and Carbon black.- Effect of Flux Ratio on the Products of Self Propagating High Temperature Synthesis-Casting in WO3-Si-Al System.- Synthesis of Chrysin Based Cationic Lipids: Plasmid Delivery and Transgene Expression.- Part 7: Energy Storage and Engineering Issues.- Corrosion Mechanism of Haynes 230 with Ni Crucible in MgCl2-KCl.- Conceptualization of doped Black P thin films for potential use in photovoltaics with validation from first principle calculations.- Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Steel Production.- Application of Surface Effect on Metallurgical Processes.- Part 8: Modeling and Simulation.- Metal Silicides for High-Temperature Thermoelectric Application.- CFD Modeling of Slag-Metal Reactions and Sulfur Refining Evolution in an Argon Gas-Stirred Lad... Mehr