Camille Fleuriault – författare

Every sector faces unique challenges in the transition to sustainability. Across each, materials will play a key role. That will depend on novel materials and processes, but these will only be effective with a solid understanding of the trends in the market. For each respective sector, the papers in this collection will explore the trends and drivers toward sustainability, the enabling materials technologies and challenges, and the tools to evaluate their implications.

Major sections in REWAS 2019 include:

Disruptive Material Manufacturing: Scaling and Systems Challenges

Education and Workforce Development

Rethinking Production

Secondary and Byproduct Sources of Materials, Minerals, and Metals

·       Electrolysis and electrification of metallurgical processes

·       High-temperature electrolytic routes for metal and alloy production

·       Biofuels and other non-fossil reagents for metallurgical applications

·       Direct andindirect use of solar energy in high-temperature processing

·       Energy efficiency and waste heat recovery concepts applied to pyrometallurgical operations

·       Mineral Processing

·       Hydrometallurgy

·       Pyrometallurgy

·       Metals and E waste recycling

·       Waste minimization (including by-product recovery)

·       Innovations in metallurgical engineering education and curriculum development

This collection explores the methods and challenges of containing corrosive and abrasive materials at extreme temperatures, whether they are used across commodities or technology specific. There is much to be learned from cross-commodity and cross-technology perspectives and this collection creates a platform for the exchange of ideas on the challenges, solutions, failures, and successes in furnace containment designs and applications while bringing together perspectives from industry, design houses, and research institutions. Topics include, but are not limited to:

·       Advances in furnace lining design philosophies

·       Advances in furnace design configurations and other design considerations

·       Problems experienced and their solutions implemented during construction and commissioning

·       Back to basics: refractory materials, shells, and cooling systems

·       Maintaining and monitoring

·       Process control and slag design

·       Lessons learned