The provisional 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 Institute for Industrial Furnace Construction and Heating Technology 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 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Wuppermann |
| 9:15 am | TBA |
| 9:40 am | TBA |
| 10:05 am | TBA |
| 10:30 am | Coffee break |
| 10:45 am | Current development in academic R&D at Aachen, Freiberg and Hannover TBA |
| 11:45 am | Roundtable discussion TBA |
| 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 | |
| 13:30 pm | Decarbonization in the Brick Industry: Exploring Green Ammonia as a Fuel E. Kanbak, R. Giese, J. Kaiser, B. Islami | Heating and quenching strategies for property control of aluminium automotive sheet K. Karhausen, P. Heil, A. Subramanian, C. Krause |
| 13:55 pm | Decarbonization and latest developments in melting technology for aluminum foundries A. Seltenreich | Analysis of heat transfer-relevant cross-sectional internals – an experimental investigation C. Meitzner, F. Herz, E. Specht, A. Lange, H. Kruggel-Emden |
| 14:20 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 |
| 14:45 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 |
| 15:10 pm | Coffee break | |
| 15:35 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 |
| 16:00 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 |
| 16:25 pm | H2Reuse in bright annealing C. Trachternach, D. Petry, D. Astesiano, E. Koenig, M. Leali, E. Malfa | TBA |
| 16:50 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 |
| 17:15 pm | Investigating the applicability of H2 in lime shaft kilns using CFD and FGM with a porous media approach V. Achutha, B. Jaeger, E. Illana, V. Scherer | Thermoacoustic considerations of hydrogen-methane flames with sensors for the furnace industry Y. John, C. Nailis, D. Kuckelberg |
| 17:40 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 19:00 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 | TBA |
| 10:40 am | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 am | Poster session and VR experience | |
| 12:15 pm | Lunch break | |
| 13:15 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 |
| 13:40 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 |
| 14:05 pm | Regenerative heating systems in bogie hearth furnaces V. Schmucker, K. Omerbegovic | Inductive high-temperature plasma systems – from exclusive space technology to a powerful tool for decarbonising industry U. Lohse, R.Sokolov |
| 14:30 pm | Pollution in combination with indirect heating in a small sized single ended radiant tube H. Graf v. Schweinitz | TBA |
| 14:55 pm | Coffee break | |
| 15:20 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 |
| 15:45 pm | Modelling and Characterization of Soft Magnetic Composites in Induction Heating Systems Y. Zhou, E. Baake, I. Niedzwiecki, A. Nikanorov | Calculation of Energy Costs when Changing from Natural Gas to Electric Power in High Temperature Process Heat Generation – a case study considering energy storage and hybridization T. Mertens, J. Sorge |
| 16:10 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 |
| 16:35 pm | Analysis of the thermal recycling of lithium batteries F. Hoffmann, F. Weigler, F. Herz | TBA |
| 17:00 pm | End of the presentation programme | |
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