Oxygen Steelmaking - The converter today and tomorrow
Stahlinstitut VDEh, Düsseldorf
Sep 28th, 2026 – Sep 30th, 2026
• History, developments and types and of oxygen converters
• Thermodynamic and kinetic basics in the converter process
• Tramp elements
• Hot-metal pretreatment
• Computational Fluid Dynamics in the converter
• Design and construction of modern oxygen converters
• Chemical reactions kinetics:
Refining reactions and slag forming in the BOF process
• Mass balance and heat balance
• Converter process modelling
• Steel scrap for the converter
• Refractory materials for BOF
• Comparison of different converter operation practices:
US – Europe – Japan
• Environmental aspects: Dedusting
• Process of CO2 neutral steelmaking
• The role of the converter in CO2 neutral steelmaking
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