Organisation
Sustainable Metals Processing and Recycling
Division
Research topics are:
• Thermodynamics for material and process development
• Extraction and refining of metals
• Interaction of liquid slag and metals with refractory materials
• Thermodynamic and kinetic modeling of processes and interface reactions
• Material characterization
Current researchers
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- Wouter Achten (Member)
- Luc Alaerts (Member)
- Durga Ananthanarayanan (Member)
- David Arino Montoya (Member)
- Lukas Arnout (Member)
- Jennifer Astoveza (Member)
- Gwendolyn Bailey (Member)
- Marion Bechtold (Member)
- Glenn Beersaerts (Member)
- Lesley Beyers (Member)
Projects
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- Autoclave processing for valorizing residues from metallurgical industries – AVARESTFrom4 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Solvometallurgy-based Process for Battery-grade Lithium Refining (SOLVOLi+)From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Multi-functional high-end mechanical spectroscopyFrom1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - scientific equipment program
- Industrial Residue Activation for sustainable cement productionFrom1 Nov 2020 → TodayFunding: H2020 - Focus Areas
- Sabbatical Bart Blanpain: Sustainable Metallurgy and Materials in Flanders Metals Valley and beyondFrom1 Sep 2020 → 31 Jan 2021Funding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- High throughput - high sensitivity automated multinuclear 600 MHz NMR platform.From1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- High throughput - high sensitivity automated multinuclear 600 MHz NMR platformFrom1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- COMPLEXURF: Laboratory of complex surfaces and interfaces.From1 May 2020 → TodayFunding: FWO Medium Size Research Infrastructure
- PROCSIMA - Process Simulation for Additive ManufacturingFrom1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: Strategic Initiative Materials (SIM)
- SIM² - KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals.From1 Jan 2020 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Phase Relations in Metallurgical Oxide Systems Containing Rare Earth Elements(2021)
Authors: Thu Hoai Le, Bart Blanpain, Muxing Guo, Annelies Malfliet
- Modifying the pore size distribution in Fe-rich inorganic polymer mortars:An effective shrinkage mitigation strategy(2020)
Authors: Glenn Beersaerts, Guilherme Ascensao, Yiannis Pontikes
Number of pages: 12 - Integration of machine learning with phase field method to model the electromigration induced Cu6Sn5 IMC growth at anode side Cu/Sn interface(2020)
Authors: Anil Kunwar, Yuri Coutinho, Johan Hektor, Haitao Ma, Nele Moelans
Pages: 203 - 219 - A Materials Bank for Circular Leuven: How to Monitor ‘Messy’ Circular City Transition Projects(2020)
Authors: Julie Marin, Luc Alaerts, Karel Van Acker
Pages: 1 - 23 - Alternative alkali-activator from steel-making waste for one-part alkali-activated slag(2020)
Authors: Elijah Adesanya, Katja Ohenoja, Andrea Di Maria, Paivo Kinnunen, Mirja Illikainen
Number of pages: 12 - Hydrometallurgical Processes for the Recovery of Metals from Steel Industry By-Products: A Critical Review(2020)
Authors: Koen Binnemans, Peter Tom Jones, Alvaro Manjon Fernandez, Victoria Masaguer Torres
Pages: 505 - 540Number of pages: 36 - Selective Removal of Zinc from BOF Sludge by Leaching with Mixtures of Ammonia and Ammonium Carbonate(2020)
Authors: Nerea Rodriguez Rodriguez, Lukas Gijsemans, Jakob Busse, Joris Roosen, Mehmet Ali Recai Onal, Victoria Masaguer Torres, Alvaro Manjon Fernandez, Peter Tom Jones, Koen Binnemans
Pages: 680 - 690Number of pages: 11 - Experimental investigation of the phase relations in the SiO2-Dy2O3-CaO ternary system(2020)
Authors: Fei Wang, Wenke Zhi, Annelies Malfliet, Bart Blanpain, Muxing Guo
Pages: 23534 - 23543Number of pages: 10 - Combining multi-phase field simulation with neural network analysis to unravel thermomigration accelerated growth behavior of Cu6Sn5 IMC at cold side Cu-Sn interface(2020)
Authors: Anil Kunwar, Johan Hektor, Sukeharu Nomoto, Yuri Coutinho, Nele Moelans
Number of pages: 11 - The impact of slag fineness on the reactivity of blended cements with high-volume non-ferrous metallurgy slag(2020)
Authors: Vincent Hallet, Nele De Belie, Yiannis Pontikes
Number of pages: 8