World Creativity and Innovation Day is an annual celebration that aims to inspire people to think outside the box and develop innovative solutions to global and local problems. It is a day to recognize the importance of creativity and innovation in all aspects of life, from business to art, to science.
Our consortium would like to celebrate this day by highlighting ideas and concepts that HAlMan consortium team members have come up with before our project and that today form a solid base of knowledge and data for implementing our shared work.
Technologies for Sustainable Metallurgy (TeSMet)
TeSMet, in cooperation with NTNU, will adapt an innovative technology into the HAlMan project that demonstrates a sustainable pathway to produce Metallurgical Grade Alumina (MGA) and Mn in an integrated process.
The basis of the innovation is the extraction of Al from calcium aluminate slags via alkaline leaching, followed by aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3) precipitation with CO2 gas purging. The resulting Al(OH)3 is calcined to produce MGA.
Professor Jafar Safarian
HAlMan coordinators, Professor Jafar Safarian came up with the idea of the HAlMan process and conducted experimental and theoretical research on the HAlMan process. The obtained results from the lab scale studies process will be scaled up in the HAlMan EU project. In addition, other research results conducted by Professor Jafar Safarianon, for example, on hydrogen use and aluminothermic reduction to process various ores and materials, will be used in the HAlMan project.
HAlMan coordinator NTNU
Project HAlMan coordinator NTNU has had significant innovative research with several achievements such as hydrogen use for metals production and refining, hydrogen use for waste valorization, valorization of Al dross, valorization of bauxite residue. Experience gained in these research areas will be used to do process modelling, design experimental set ups, characterize the materials to will pave the way to building new knowledge and gathering valuable data for the HAlMan technology.