Expected Talk Titles
Plenary Lectures

・ A novel closed-carbon-loop technology based on inprocess carbon dioxide splitting for decarbonsing energyand-carbon-intensive industry
・ Strategies and Challenges for the Global Steel Industry to Achieve Carbon Neutrality
・ The Challenge of Japanese Steel Industry to achieve Carbon Neutrality
・ Climate Change and the Global Steel Industry
・ Update on the development of POSCO's hydrogen-based ironmaking process, HyREX・ The Northern Lights project・ Development of a New Pattern of Low-carbon Green Ironmaking In ChinaIron and steelmaking industry

・ Carbon Neutralization of Direct Reduction Process by Applying Carbon Recycling
・ Effect of cooling rate on the microstructure and reducibility of iron ore sinter analogues under CO and H2・ Carbon Recycling Ironmaking Process using Deposited Carbon and Iron Ore Composite
・ Investigation in Carbon Recycling Reducing Agent Suitable for Injection into Blast Furnace
・ Kinetics modelling and micro-CT analysis of coke reactivity and degradation during H2O and CO2 gasification
・ Advanced Carbon and Energy Carrier Utilization: Application Planning in Taiwan's Iron and Steel Industry
・ Influence of the Presence of Metallic Iron and Molten Slag in Pre-reduced Lump Ore on the Softeningof OreandParticles
・ Deformation
Analysis of Carbon
Exergy Flows in Steelworks using Carbon Recycling Blast Furnace
・ Technical and economic evaluation of the integration of biomass pyrolysis and methanation in oxygen blast
furnace ironmaking
・ Design of High Temperature CO2 Recovery Reactor Using Honeycomb-shaped Lithium Silicate for Carbon
Recycling Blast Furnaces
・ Formation of mesh-like fine iron in foaming slag containing iron oxide
・ Low-temperature regenerable water-lean solvent for energy efficient CO2 capture
・ Effect of metallic interlayer on wettability of molten iron and carbon materials immediately after contact
・ Comprehensive study on low carbon iron making technology of top gas recycling oxygen blast furnace
・ Molten iron oxide electrolysis using thermal plasma as electrode・ Effect of direct reduced iron produced by MIDREX on smelting behavior of blast furnace
・ Reaction Mechanism and Kinetic Analysis of Carbon Generation in Direct Reduced Iron by Boudouard Reaction
・ Possibility of Biomass as Alternative Carbon Source for FINEX Coal briquettes.
・ Analysis of a cleaner blast furnace practice based on combined hydrogen fuel gas and pulverized charcoal
injection
・ CO2 Emission Reduction Technology Development Status in Blast Furnace Process in Korea
・ Research on advanced technology of low-carbon iron ore sintering through hydrogen-rich gas injection
・ Enhancement of Cu migration from molten iron by molten oxide electrolysis
・ Changes and Control of Hearth Activity in Hydrogen-rich Blast Furnace
・ Analyzing the pulverized charcoal injection as an alternative for cleaner blast furnace operation applying amultiphase mathematical model
・ Production of metallurgical coke from biomass and lignite: A review
・ Research on the reduction swelling mechanism of Bayan Obo ore acid pellets under different reduction
atmospheres
・ Transitional path to low carbon emission steel production: Direct reduction and electric smelting of AustralianPilbara iron ores
・ A single pellet kinetic model for the reduction of iron ore with hydrogen・ State diagram of carbon deposition for H-C-O system
・ Thermodynamic Analysis on Slag/Metal Reactions in Steelmaking Process Using Steel Scraps and Hydrogenbased Direct Reduced Iron with high-P Content

・ Consolidation behavior of Fe2O3 in the Fe3O4-CaO-MgO-SiO2 system for fluxed pellet production: Phasetransformations and morphology evolution
・ Effect of solidification end heavy reduction on the microstructure property of continuous casting slab and its
heredity of rolled thick steel plate
・ Simulation of the use of HBI (2%C and 4.5%C) in the Blast Furnace with a view to Decarbonization
・ Hydrogen production via reaction of molten zinc and water vapor
・ Absorption and Desorption Behaviors of Ammonia on Calcium Chloride based Ammonia Absorbent
・ Development of PdCu composite H2-permeable membranes by a reverse build-up method
・ Reaction Mechanism of Ammonia Formation from Iron Nitride and Carbonated Water
・ Effect of amino acid addition on supercooling of erythritol
・ Performance evaluation of an indirect heated fixed-bed reactor using molten salt for thermochemical energy
storage with calcium hydroxide

Megatrends in industrial sectcr＆sector coupling・ Mechanism of Low-temperature Reduction Disintegration of Self-fluxing Pellets in a Hydrogen-Enriched BlastFurnace
・ Microstructure of metallic iron phase in iron ore produced by hydrogen reduction
・ Analyzing How Net Zero Emission Trends are Transforming the Global Aluminum Industry
・ Development of hydrogen based shaft furnaces in China
・ A Comparative Study on Environmentally Friendly Ironmaking Process through Air to Oxygen・ Thermodynamic analysis and experimental study of coke oven gas self-reforming in gas-based shaft furnace
・ Effect of temperature on degradation behaviors during CO2 and H2O gasification reactions of coke・ GHG reduction by utilizing rice straw in steelmaking process: estimation of the effect of varying the amount ofplowing
・ The impact of biocarbon on low-carbon ironmaking processes
・ Effects of cooling rate on precipitation of copper sulfide in low carbon steels
・ Thermochemical energy storage performance of an indirect fixed-bed reactor using calcium oxide-basedcomposite
・ Thermodynamic Analysis of Novel Direct Iron Ore Reduction Systems using Biomass Chemical Looping・ Numerical analysis of composite materials using calcium hydroxide and ceramic honeycomb supports of siliconimpregnated silicon carbide
・ Numerical investigation of an indirect heat fixed-bed reactor with multi reaction tubes for calcium oxide/waterbased thermochemical energy storage

CO₂ capture/separation technologies
・ Enhancement of Gas Absorption Rate Using Spinning Horizontal Column Half Immersed into Liquid Absorbent
・ Carbon dioxide fixation method by seawater concentration using semipermeable membrane
・ Development of vacuum pressure swing adsorption process designed for CO2 capture and utilization
・ Development of poly-generation system using various fuels with CO2 capture・ Post-combustion CO2 Capture Membrane Process for Carbon Neutrality
・ Uncertainty analysis in measuring properties of amine-based aqueous solution for CO2 capture
・ Study of Piperazine-CO2 System Using Theoretical Calculation and Kinetics Simulation
・ Demonstration of New Highly durable, Low-emission Amine Solvent Conducted at Commercial CO2 Capture
Plant at Saga City Incineration Plant
・ Performance analysis of pressure swing adsorption using flexible metal−organic framework by multi-objectiveoptimization
・ Development of CO2 solid absorbent using diamine bearing an aminocyclohexyl group.

CO₂ conversion processes

・ Membrane Reactors for methanol Synthesis Using LTA-type Zeolite Membranes
・ Alkaline hydrothermal reduction of CO2 with levoglucosan for formic acid production

・ Performance Evaluation of the Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction via Chemical Looping with Alloy-Based Phase
Change Material as Thermal Regulator
・ Study on the Competitive Reactions between CO2-O2 and Fe-C Melts by Isotope Tracing Method
・ Development of integrated process for CO2 capture and conversion to syngas using transition-metal-free dualfunction material
・ Development of industrial-scale CO2 electrolyzer toward sustainable manufacturing
・ Zeolite Membrane Reactor for Direct FT Synthesis Using CO2 over Fe-Catalyst
・ Development of zeolite membrane reactor for low-temperature reverse water gas shift
・ Industrial application of e-methane produced by IHI methanation technology
・ Effects of different cell layers on performance in solid oxide electrolysis cells for carbon dioxide reduction
process in carbon recycling ironmaking system

CO₂ utilization/sequestration technologies
・ Recycling calcium carbonate from steelmaking slag using carbon dioxide
・ Effects of Solid-State Microstructure for CO2 Fixation Reaction Using Iron and Steel・ Development of one-step synthesis process for polycarbonate diol from CO2
・ Synthesis of CaCO3 from steelmaking slag in glycerol solution via two-step precipitation
・ Kawasaki CO2 Capture (KCC) from Post-Combustion Gas and Air with Solid Sorbent
・ Development of CCS Projects in Japan・ Preparation and characterization of steelmaking slag-based hollow spherical calcium carbonate particles byspray-drying method
・ Synthesis of siderite particles from iron powder and carbon dioxide
・ Conditions for CaCO3 precipitation from calcium-containing glycerol solution extracted from steelmaking slagusing CO2 reaction

Hydrogen and derived energy carriers &Generation andutilization of heat and power・ Absorption and Desorption Behaviors of Ammonia on Fluorocomplex Salts by the Pressure-Swing Method
・ Ammonia Dehydrogenation over Ru Catalysts: Effect of CeO2 Support Preparation Methods
・ Development of Metal Alloys Based Microencapsulated Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy StorageApplications
・ CO2 Capture unit with heat pump system
・ Development of high working temperature Al-Si alloy phase change material via mechanicalmicroencapsulation method
・ Cold Thermal Battery System for Effective Utilization of Unused Thermal Energy
・ Development of composites for thermochemical energy storage based on calcium hydroxide and siliconimpregnated silicon carbide foams

System modeling and analysis
・ Numerical analysis of low carbon blast furnace operation by coke oven and hydrogen gases injection inexperimental blast furnace
・ key technology of intelligent blast furnace ironmaking based on big data technology
・ Model for gas and burden distribution estimation based on in-burden probe data in the blast furnace
・ Emissions abatement potential of the DRI-ESF process route・ Challenges brought by H2 direct reduction shaft furnace and possible countermeasures based on numericalanalysis
Please note that above list is subject to change.