Overview of projects

Project title

Researcher(s)

Sponsor

Metals Production, Refining and Recycling

Hydrogen application in metal production

G. Georgalli

EET

Characterisaton and recycling of various coated Mg scraps

C. Meskers

Senter-IOP

Reducing secondary environmental risk from waste incineration

Y.Xiao, Y.Yang, J.H.L. Voncken

KNAW

Creation of blast furnace module for steeluniversity.org

Y.Yang, R.Boom

IISI

Micro-structural changes in brazing sheet

A. Wittebrood

Corus (NIMR)

Mould powders for high speed continuous casting of steel

J.A. Kromhout

Corus (NIMR)

Calcium metallurgy in Al killed steel

W.K. Tiekink

Corus (NIMR)

Injection processing in liquid metals

H.J. Visser

Corus (NIMR)

Simulation of submerged arc furnace for elemental phosphorus production

E. Scheepers

Senter-Novem and Thermphos international B.V

Prediction of the cohesive zone properties in the iron making blast furnace

A.T. Adema, postdoc research (vacancy)

NIMR

Vanadium recovery from fly ash in oil-fired power plant

Y. Xiao

Consultek Research

Feasibility study of a new process for low cost Zr production

Y. Xiao

Senter-Novem and Zr-Hf-Ti Metallurgie B.V.

Recycling and refining of Si wafering slurry

Y. Xiao

Senter-Novem and Consultek Research

Forming, coatings and powder technology

Development of multifunctional nanocrystalline and nanocomposite coatings on aluminium

I.Apachitei

STW

Research on advanced chemical coatings for magnesium extrudates

Senter-TS

Research on a new generation of plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings for a new concept of aluminium tooling

Senter-IS

Improvements of surface quality of magnesium extrusions for subsequent coatings

F.Slooff, L.E. Fratila-Apachitei

Senter-IOP

Developments of advanced functionally-graded materials for a new-family of extrusion tooling

A.Berkani,

Senter-TS

Thermo mechanical and metallurgical aspects of Mg extrusion

L.Wang

STW

Process modelling and verification of lost-wax casting

Y.He, J.Dzwonczyk

NIVR

Extrudability and peripheral recrystallisation of medium and high strength aluminium alloys

A.Eivani

NIMR

Nanocrystalline aluminium alloys through meltspinning and continuous rotary extrusion

Senter-IS

Development of magnesium technology from billet casting to profile manufacturing

Senter-TS

Deformable and corrosion resistant novel Mg alloys via rapid solidification

Senter-IS

Solidification science and casting technology

Reactive sintering of ceramic-metallic materials

M. Martinez

TNO/ NIMR

Structure development and associated flow phenomena

D. Eskin, A.Turchin, D. Ruvalcaba,

NIMR

Application of cavitation melt treatment in solidification processing

Cold cracking during direct-chill casting

T. Atamanenko

M. Lalpoor

TUD (NIMR)

NIMR