Stahlinstitut VDEh https://vdeh.de/en/steel-academy/seminars/programme/ – 26.04.2026

Programme and Registration

Programme and Registration

June10

Future Steelmaking

Natural gas and hydrogen-based direct reduction, DRI properties and processing strategies

Jun 10th, 2026 – Jun 11th, 2026seminar in english

• Limitations of scrap-based steel production
• Natural gas and hydrogen-based direct reduction
• Iron ores for NG and hydrogen-based direct reduction
• Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrogen-based reduction
• Mass and component balance in the shaft furnace
• Pilot plant µDRAL – flexible DR with natural gas and H2
• Chemical composition and characteristics of DRI
• Hybrit pilot project: Extensive testing of hydrogen-reduced DRI
• New transport solutions for DRI
• EAF-Melting of DRI – Metallurgical requirements
• Carburization behaviour of DRI-based iron melts
• From direct reduction to plasma smelt reduction
• Practical approach: Visit of BFI Technical Centre

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June16

Steel Ladle Lining - Refractory concepts for a complex reactor

NH Hotel Düsseldorf City North

Jun 16th, 2026 – Jun 18th, 2026seminar in english

• Trends in clean steel technology and steel ladle lining
• Demands on refractories for secondary metallurgy
• Salzgitter Flachstahl: Improvements of the steel ladle linings
• DEW: Refractory lining for varying operating conditions
• thyssenkrupp Steel: Improvement of lining for a 400 mt steel ladle
• ArcelorMittal: Ladle lining for various steel grades
• Tata Steel IJmuiden: Steel ladle lining for flat steel production
• SSAB Finland: Monolithic lining in a 3-converter-shop
• PAHAGE: Purging plugs in steel ladles
• Exercise: Optimization of economics in refractories
• Teamwork: The digitalized steel ladle
• Steel plant and refractory tour at ArcelorMittal Duisburg

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June30

Continuous Casting of Steel

NH Düsseldorf City Nord

Jun 30th, 2026 – Jul 2nd, 2026seminar in english

This Continuous Casting Course is designed to train persons in continuous casting of steel. In three days the essential topics of CC are explained in detail. The course is suitable to give an overview to newcomers and to train operating engineers in theoretical fundamentals

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September28

Oxygen Steelmaking - The converter today and tomorrow

Stahlinstitut VDEh, Düsseldorf

Sep 28th, 2026 – Sep 30th, 2026seminar in english

• 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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