Special Issue "Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Novel Technologies in Steelmaking Engineering"

Dear Colleagues,

We aim to publish a Special Issue of the journal that presents a set of themed articles on “Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Novel Technologies in Steelmaking Engineering”. The focus will be on the actual status and developments of the theories and practices applied to steelmaking processes and engineering to discuss new insights into ongoing technologies. Special interest is on the analysis of new approaches aiming to enhance the effectiveness, clean energy sources, and raw materials availability. Our Special Issue will cover relevant topics of interest, such as:

• Raw materials selection for green steel;
• Kinetic and thermodynamic modeling applied to sintering, blast furnace, and Shaf furnace processes;
• Modeling and innovative practices applied to steelmaking processes;
• CALPHAD and kinetics modeling approaches of ironmaking and steelmaking processes;
• Big Data, expert systems, and artificial intelligence approaches for process analysis, control, and new developments;
• New alternative processes for net zero carbon of ironmaking and steelmaking processes;
• Industrial trials aiming at sustainable developments on the green ironmaking steelmaking process chain.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Jose Adilson De Castro
Guest Editor

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• raw materials
• shaft furnace
• sintering
• self-reducing
• blast furnace
• LD
• BOF
• EOF
• DRI
• net-zero carbon