1. Process metallurgy Research unit

2. Process metallurgy Research unit
Professorship since 1991
Jouko Härkki,
Timo Fabritius, 2010-
Total 30 employees
Approximately half of them in post doc –positions
Scientific publications
25-35 articles annually ( )
2-3 doctoral degrees annually ( )
Professor Timo Fabritius making adjustments on the gas flow rates to the Blast furnace simulator (BFS).

3. Education (Bachelor-level)
Learning outcomes
Part of general studies of process and environmental engineering
Focus on fundamentals, terminology, chemical equilbria as well as solid state structures and properties
Courses
Introduction to process and environmental engineering, 5 ECTS
Thermodynamic equilibria, 5 ECTS
Solid inorganic materials, 5 ECTS
Education (Bachelor-level)
Lecturer Eetu-Pekka Heikkinen explains the concept of eutectic equilibrium in binary phase diagrams.

4. Education (Master-level)
Learning outcomes
Methodological skills required in Research & Development
Experiments, analyses
Phenomenon- and process-based modelling
Applied in the production and treatment of inorganic materials
Especially metals production (process metallurgy)
High temperature processes
Courses (mostly in Finnish)
High temperature processes, 5 ECTS
High temperature chemistry, 5 ECTS
Exp. methods of high temperature research, 10 ECTS
Thermodynamic and process modelling in metallurgy and mineral processing, 5 ECTS
Current and future trends in metal production, 5 ECTS
Students of metallurgy also study one supporting topic, e.g.:
Automation, chemical engineering, materials science and engineering, industrial management, mineral processing, etc.

5. Research Research topics Focus areas Metals production
Materials involved in metals production
Raw materials, products, by-products, waste, construction materials, etc.
Environmental issues of metals productions
High temperature processes and treatments in general
Focus areas
Reductants and reduction metallurgy
e.g. iron production and bioreducers
Primary and secondary steelmaking metallurgy
e.g. modelling of steelmaking and stainless steelmaking processes
Circular economy and metallurgical processes
e.g. slag and dust valorisation
Advanced measurement and treatment technologies in metallurgy
e.g. utilisation of optical and microwave techniques

6. Research Research methods
Laboratory scale experiments
High temperature behavior of oxidic and metallic materials as well as reductants
Analyses of laboratory and industrial samples
Chemical and mineralogical compositions
Material structures
Modelling
Reaction modelling (CTD, kinetics)
Computational fluid dynamics
Phenomenon-based process modelling
Research is heavily focused on the production of iron, steel and ferroalloys
Close co-operation with e.g. SSAB Europe and Outokumpu Stainless

7. Process metallurgy research unit
Aki Koskela
Reduction metallurgy
Bioreducers
Anne Hietava
Reduction metallurgy
FeCr production
Eetu-Pekka Heikkinen
Education
Reaction modelling
Process metallurgy research unit
Tuomas Alatarvas
Reaction modelling
Inclusions
Riku Mattila
Laboratory facilities
Tommi Kokkonen
Laboratory facilities
Kaisa Heikkinen
Webmaster
Mikko Iljana
Reduction metallurgy
BF burden materials
Ville-Valtteri Visuri
Process modelling
Reaction modelling
Primary and secondary steelmaking processes
Henri Pauna
Advanced measurements
Aleksi Laukka
High temperature oxidation
Petri Sulasalmi
CFD- and process modelling
Primary and secondary steelmaking processes
Professori Timo Fabritius
Head of the unit