The programme for the 5th Aachen Thermoprocess Colloquium on 23 and 24 September 2025 includes the following points:
Get-together on Monday, 22 September 2025 at the Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering
On the evening before the colloquium, we offer you an optional get-together at the Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering from 6 pm. If you arrive on Monday, you will have the opportunity to visit the institute and our test hall. The physical well-being of the guests will also be catered for during the get-together.
Presentation programme for Tuesday, 23 September 2025 at the Parkhotel Quellenhof
The opening and keynote session will take place in the Berlin room.
| 9:00 am | Welcome and opening of the colloquium Christian Wuppermann |
| 9:15 am | Decarbonization Opportunities and Challenges for the Downstream Aluminum Industry – Constellium View Marc Bertherat |
| 9:40 am | SALCOS – Transformation in the steel industry Nils Gaida, Mayren Schecke |
| 10:05 am | Green Electricity, Hydrogen, and Carbon Management as Key Drivers of Industrial Transformation in North Rhine-Westphalia Maximilian Feldes |
| 10:30 am | Coffee break |
| 10:45 am | Research in Thermo-process technology at Freiberg, Hannover and Aachen Hartmut Krause, Igor Niedzwiecki, Christian Wuppermann |
| 11:45 am | Roundtable discussion Moderation: Christian Schwotzer |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch break |
The presentations from the lunch break onwards take place in two parallel sessions in the Berlin room and the Lisbon room.
| Room Berlin | Room Lissabon | |
| 14:00 pm | Decarbonisation of the Aluminium industry: the Innovation Hub as key enabler C. Leroy | Heating and quenching strategies for property control of aluminium automotive sheet K. Karhausen, P. Heil, A. Subramanian, C. Krause |
| 14:25 pm | Decarbonization in the Brick Industry: Exploring Green Ammonia as a Fuel E. Kanbak, R. Giese, J. Kaiser, B. Islami | Analysis of heat transfer-relevant cross-sectional internals – an experimental investigation C. Meitzner, F. Herz, E. Specht, A. Lange, H. Kruggel-Emden |
| 14:50 pm | Plasma-based Heating Technologies for High Temperature Industrial Processes S. Eckart, R. Behrend, D. Liebsch, H. Krause | Influence of various Parameters on the Quenching of Metal Sheets using single Jets and Arrays of Jets B. Mehdi, J. Hof, E. Specht |
| 15:15 pm | Measures for CO₂-neutral brick production at Lingl Solead – Handout for practitioners H. Rottmann | Development of a honeycomb rotary kiln for the gentle thermal treatment of bulk materials – an experimental and numerical analysis J. Hahne, F. Herz, C. Meitzner, A. Bück |
| 15:40 pm | Coffee break | |
| 16:05 pm | Preparing the transition of steel reheating furnaces to renewable hydrogen H. Mohanna, S. Caillat | Level-2 systems as a prerequisite for recording and monitoring the energy efficiency of industrial furnaces H.Oertel, F. Meister, S. Hadrian |
| 16:30 pm | Challenges and Opportunities in Modernizing Industrial Furnaces for the Green Transition F. Scheck, L. Brockerhoff, W. Klein, K. Hornig | Data-driven decision support system for energy-efficient scrap melting in electric arc furnaces S. Kuthe, B. Glaser |
| 16:55 pm | H2Reuse in bright annealing C. Trachternach, D. Petry, D. Astesiano, E. Koenig, M. Leali, E. Malfa | Acoustic gas temperature measurement – Improving quality and productivity through a fast and reliable 2D gas temperature measurement M. v. Campenhausen, T. Schüler, M. Brodeck |
| 17:20 pm | Heating technologies enabling fossil-free galvanizing with zero emission C. von der Heide, H. Behrens, M. Kretschmer, A. Di Giovanni | Development of a model library to identify energy saving potentials through process coupling in the thermal process industry B. Bender, M. Dany, P. Phadnis |
| 17:45 pm | Analysis of the thermal recycling of lithium batteries F. Hoffmann, F. Weigler, F. Herz | Thermoacoustic considerations of hydrogen-methane flames with sensors for the furnace industry Y. John, C. Nailis, D. Kuckelberg |
| 18:10 pm | End of the presentation programme | |
Evening event in the ballroom of the Old Kurhaus of the City of Aachen
The evening event will take place from 19:30 in the ballroom of the Old Kurhaus of the City of Aachen. This will be an opportunity to discuss the day’s presentations, maintain contacts and make new ones.
Presentation programme for Wednesday, 24 September 2025 at the Parkhotel Quellenhof
The presentations will take place in two parallel sessions in the Berlin room and the Lisbon room.
| Room Berlin | Room Lissabon | |
| 9:00 am | H₂ Transition: Challenges for Burners and Control Systems P. Götze, R. Roth, M. Wiersig | How Virtual Reality enhance Molten Metal Safety Program at Constellium M. Bertherat, M. Godicheau, F. Zele |
| 9:25 am | Advancing industrial burners’ fuel flexibility for sustainable steel production S. Nardi, M. Bissoli, D. Astesiano, E. Malfa | Virtual reality for the training and development of employees in open-die forging M. Gouverneur, N. Jagtap, C. Klameth, B. Kantzow |
| 9:50 am | Influence of hydrogen combustion on the mechanical behaviour of heat-resistant steels in thermoprocessing technology C. Fritsche, L. Winter, L. Rymer, T. Bergelt, T. Lampke, H. Krause | Next-Gen Modernization: Leveraging VR for Smarter Plant Upgrades C. Norpoth, P. M. Saemann |
| 10:15 am | Hydrogen technologies for decarbonization of industrial heating processes and the enabling contribution of refractories T. Tonnesen, T. Echterhof, N. Schmitz, C. Wuppermann | |
| 10:40 am | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 am | Poster session and VR experience | |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch break | |
| 13:45 pm | Modelling and implementation of an Oxy-fuel Combustion system in a previously regenerative aluminium furnace to drastically reduce CO2 emissions while improving productivity J. de Diego, D. Oberschelp, J. Kaiser | Development of a reliable method for the evaluation of electrification concepts for fossil fuelled thermoprocessing applications I. Niedzwiecki, E. Baake |
| 14:10 pm | SELFREGE: a new generation of self-regenerative burners Energy Transition Ready A. Baio | Project MyGlass – Hybrid Heating for Emissions Reduction and Efficiency Increases in Glass Melting A. Pestel, R. Behrend, S. Eckart, S. Fuhrmann, H. Krause |
| 14:35 pm | Numerical Study of NOx Emissions in Hydrogen-Oxyfuel MILD Combustion Under Air Leakage in a Semi-Industrial Furnace A. M. Garcia, A. Buchholz, N. Schmitz, C. Wuppermann | Inductive high-temperature plasma systems – from exclusive space technology to a powerful tool for decarbonising industry U. Lohse, R.Sokolov |
| 15:00 pm | Pollution in combination with indirect heating in a small sized single ended radiant tube H. Graf v. Schweinitz | High Temperature Electrical Heating elements as an enabler of Decarbonisation P. Kjeldsteen |
| 15:25 pm | Coffee break | |
| 15:50 pm | Heating up electrical furnaces in pyrometallurgy: A combined molecular dynamics – experimental investigation of the electrical conductivity of oxidic slags I. Bellemans, P.-J. Boeykens, H. Verbeeck, K. Verbeken | Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Discontinuous Heat Treatment Processes with Advanced Kiln Engineering J. Hesselbach, J. Wittmann, L. Lasslop |
| 16:15 pm | Modelling and Characterization of Soft Magnetic Composites in Induction Heating Systems Y. Zhou, M. Fuchs, E. Baake, I. Niedzwiecki, A. Nikanorov | Presentation withdrawn |
| 16:40 pm | Real-Time Characterization of Dehydration Behavior in Refractory Castables Using Microwave Resonators T. Stein, O. Krause, D. Bruhn, W. Taute, M. Höft, T. Waldstädt, C. Dannert | Development of a test rig for determining the service life of hybrid heating systems F. Kremer, P. Phadnis, D. Kuckelberg, S. Harboe-Minwegen |
| 17:05 pm | End of the presentation programme | |
last updated: 22 October 2025