EEC 2026 - 14th European Electric Steelmaking Conference & EMECR 2026 - 5th International Conference on Energy and Material Efficiency and CO2 Reduction in the Steel Industry

Session

Future Directions and Emerging Technologies

12 May 2026, 11:00

Foscolo room

Conveners

Future Directions and Emerging Technologies

• Enrico Malfa (Tenova)

137. A System and Best Practice to Reduce Electrode Pin Breaks

Themistoklis Boutos (Graftech)

12/05/2026, 11:00

EEC 5.B Lessons learned from operational challenges and solutions

Oral Presentation

During EAF steel making, an electrode joint break is a highly disruptive event with significant implications to productivity and safety. It is well known, the quality of the electrode build practice is paramount to the integrity of the joint and will greatly reduce the probability of a pin break.
A poorly assembled joint has a very high risk of triggering a pin break, because it places...

22. Journey towards the decarbonization : ESTEP engagement for technical innovation

Klaus Peters (ESTEP)

12/05/2026, 11:20

EMECR 5. Cleaner Production and Technologies in Steel Industry

Oral presentation (paper for Ironmaking & Steelmaking special issue)

The European Steel Technology Platform (ESTEP) continues its mission to drive innovation in sustainable steel production, with ongoing initiatives and collaborations shaping the industry's journey toward climate neutrality. The Clean Steel Partnership (CSP) has further expanded the collaborative research framework established by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel. CSP enables the development...

108. Energy and CO₂ Reduction in Steel Reheating and Hot Rolling through Intelligent Furnace Control and Delay-Aware Process Integration

Gulvir Singh (Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana)

12/05/2026, 11:40

EMECR 7. Energy savings and energy efficiency optimization

Oral Presentation

Steel hot rolling is a critical downstream process in steel production and remains highly energy-intensive due to reheating furnace losses, unplanned mill delays, and insufficient coordination between furnace operation and rolling schedules. While significant progress has been achieved in improving energy efficiency and decarbonization in primary steelmaking, downstream processes such as...