Resource efficient metal production from a clean industry
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Metal Production is an interdisciplinary Centre for Research-based Innovation (SFI). During the next decades, the Norwegian metal industry will need to achieve even higher-quality output with more efficient use of resources and energy.
The main goal of Metal Production is to enable industrial innovation and give the industry long term access to world class fundamental competence and candidates. This will enable the industry to maintain its position at the forefront of sustainable innovation.
February 23, 2023 NTNU has taken out a patent for an industrial process that will remove all direct emissions of CO2 and NOx. The process has been named SisAl. With today’s technology, CO2 is formed when quartz reacts with carbon. Instead of carbon, the SisAl process uses aluminium as a reducing agent, thus avoiding the formation of CO2. Twenty-two partners in research and industry in Europe and South Africa have developed the process based on NTNU’s patent. You can read more about the project in this recently published article in Norwegian SciTech.
January 20, 2023 Sindre Engzelius Gylver successfully defended his thesis January 20th 2023. The topic of Sindre's presentation at the trial lecture was “Flue-gas Recycling in the Al-industry - Challenges and Opportunities”. The trial lecture was followed by an excellent presentation of his PhD thesis “Feeding of Alumina in Molten Cryolite Bath”. Read more
December 16, 2022 Dr. Massoud Hassanabadi successfully defended his thesis December 16th 2022. The topic of Massoud's presentation at the trial lecture was “Inclusion removal by degassing: Industrial practice and outlook”. The trial lecture was followed by an excellent presentation of his PhD thesis “Characterisation of Alumina Based Ceramic Foam Filters (CFFs) – An Experimental and Modelling Approach”. Read More
December 15, 2022 Dr. Romain Billy successfully defended his thesis December 15th 2022. The topic of Romain's presentation at the trial lecture was “Novel aluminium manufacturing processes and alloys and their impact on absorption of end-of-life scrap”. The trial lecture was followed by an excellent presentation of his PhD thesis “Monitoring and simulating material cycles and emissions at multiple scales - Case studies for aluminium”. Read More
November 18, 2022 Dr. Cathrine Kyung Won Solem successfully defended her thesis November17th. The topic of Cathrine’s presentation at the trial lecture was “Use of Ionic Liquid Solvents for Metal Recovery”. The trial lecture was followed by an excellent presentation of her PhD thesis “Parametric Study of Molten Aluminium Oxidation in Relation to Dross Formation at Laboratory and Industrial Scale”. Read More
04 November, 2022 - November 1st SFI Metal Production organized the Autumn Meeting for all centre members. This was followed by an all-day symposium in honor of Professor Leiv Kolbeinsen November 2nd. Read more
