2026

14th PAMIR International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), 6 – 9 July 2026, Leoben (Austria)
Talk by D. Kahrimanovic
“Liquid Metal Bath Mixing and Heat Transfer Mechanisms in Hydrogen Plasma Smelting Reduction”
Participation by Y. Siddiqui, M. F. Khan, S. Kansal, M. Schatzl
Organized by A. Kharicha (MUL-SMMP)
 

31st Symposium on Plasma Physics and Technology, 15 – 18 June 2026, Prague (Czech Republic)
Participation by A. Kharicha, Y. Siddiqui, M. F. Khan, S. Kansal
 

14th European Electric Steelmaking Conference, 11 – 13 May 2026, Milan (Italy)
Talk by E. Reichel (K1-MET)
“Stability Enhancement of DC Arcs in Reducing Argon-Hydrogen Atmospheres via Current Regulation”
Talk by H. Pauna (K1-MET)
“Monitoring the Ar-plasma pre-melting of fluxed Cr2O3 and iron oxides in a lab-scale electric arc furnace”
 

5th Workshop on FAIR Data in Plasma Science, 11 – 12 May 2026, Bochum (Germany)
Talk by M. Schatzl
“Schema Driven Data Management for Simulation, Modelling, and Experimental Data in PlasmArc4Green Using Adamant and Nextcloud”
 

ESTEP Workshop AI for Steel, 15 – 16 April 2026, Leoben (Austria)
Talk by E. Reichel (K1-MET)
 

Scientific Exchange Day, 9 April 2026, Linz (Austria)
Talk by M. Schatzl
“PlasmArc4Green – Simulation, Modelling and Monitoring of Plasma and Arc Based Processes for Green Metal Production”
Participation by H. Hassanpour, E. Reichel, D. Kahrimanovic, S. Kansal, M. F. Khan
 

PFM-Day, organised by JKU-PFM, 18 March 2026, Gallneukirchen (Austria)
Participation by M. Schatzl (K1-MET)
 

PlasmArc4Green Consortium Meeting, 9 March 2026, Linz, online
PlasmArc4Green Consortium
 

Al-Nour Winter School on Fusion Energy, 5 – 10 January 2026, Sesame (Jordan)
Participation by Y. Siddiqui (K1-MET), M. F. Khan (K1-MET), A. Kharicha (MUL-SMMP)

2025


 Measurement campaign, 17 – 20 November 2025, TUBAF (Germany)
Talk by P. Schoenherr (TUBAF), R. Methling (INP)
“Determination of Plasma Properties”
 

Plasma Modelling: Online Symposium on Methods and Applications, 17 November 2025, online
Talk by H. Pauna (symposium co-organizer)
“Plasma modeling in H2PlasmaRed”
Participation by S. Ali (OULU)
 

PlasmArc4Green Module Board Meeting with SAB, 17 November 2025, online
 

Measurement campaign, 11 – 13 November 2025, MUL-CFM Leoben (Austria)
“Setup and optimization of sensor configuration to measure metal vapor in the plasma”
 

PlasmArc4Green Consortium Meeting, 10 November 2025, Leoben (Austria)
PlasmArc4Green Consortium
 

31st International Symposium on Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum (ISDEV 2025), 21 – 26 September 2025, Chengdu (China)
Participation by A. Kharicha (MUL-SMMP)
 

7th European Steel Technology and Application Days ESTAD 2025, 6 – 9 October 2025, Verona (Italy) 
Talk by H. Hassanpour, M. Farkas, B. Adami, M. Zarl, M. Schatzl, C. Gruber
“Advancing Hydrogen Plasma Smelting Reduction: Process Simulation and technical and environmental assessment”
 

9th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Steelmaking (ICS-2025), 1 – 5 July 2025, Seoul (Korea)
Invited talk by A. Kharicha (MUL-SMMP)
“Optimizing Electric Arc Furnaces through Advanced Numerical Simulation”
 

PlasmArc4Green Consortium Meeting, 25 June 2025, Linz (Austria)
PlasmArc4Green Consortium
 

Sustainable Steelmaking follow-up: Zwischenbilanz auf dem Weg zur klimaneutralen Stahlproduktion, 17 June 2025, Leoben (Austria)
Talk by S. Schneiderbauer
“Transient CFD Simulations of Electric Arcs in the HPSR Process”
 

Measurement campaign, 11 – 12 June 2025, TUBAF (Deutschland)
 

PlasmArc4Green Consortium Meeting, 8 April 2025, Linz (Austria)
PlasmArc4Green Consortium
 

Introduction to SAB, 20 February 2025, online
Participation by M. Schatzl, H. Hassanpour, E. Reichel

2024

ESTEP (European Steel Technology Platform), 29 – 31 October 2024, Linz (Austria)
Talk by H. Hassanpour, C. Gruber
“Simulation, Modelling, and Monitoring of Plasma and Arc-Based Processes for Green Metal Production”
“Comparison of HPSR and Hy4Smelt with primary BF-BOF route”
Talk by E. Reichel, C. Quick, T. Voglhuber-Brunnmaier (JKU), M. Zarl
“Model-Based Control of Electric Arc Plasma in the HPSR: Process for Zero-Emission Iron Ore Reduction”
 

Kick-Off-Meeting Module PlasmArc4Green, 9 – 10 October 2024, Leoben (Austria)
PlasmArc4Green Consortium
 

Measurement campaign, 7 – 8 October 2024, MUL-CFM Leoben (Austria) 
“Real-Time Spectroscopy on HPSR experiments”
 

Kick-Off-Meeting Module PlasmArc4Green, 2 July 2024, online
PlasmArc4Green Consortium