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Last week, we were visited by new students from Luleå University of Technology (LTU). It was their first week in the program, and we, along with Talga Group, talked about our respective companies, what it's like to work as a civil engineer in our fields, and gave tours of the pilot halls. Guided by Swerim AB were Ida Heinz, Johan Stenman, Pontus Darth, and from Talga, Jakob Kero Andertun participated. #research #students

It was a truly enriching experience to participate in the 24th European Conference on Fracture 2024 – #ECF24 – in Zagreb last week, where, along with our industrial partners, we presented six papers within the Thematic Symposia on Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metallic Materials: pipeline, transport, hydrogen storage, and other applications. Industrial PhD students at Swerim, Eduard Navalles and Robert Sundström from Luleå tekniska universitet and Högskolan Väst, showed their work on embrittlement of pipeline steels and testing methods in gaseous hydrogen. Adam Ståhlkrantz presented a bilateral project on the effects of hydrogen on plasticity in high strength steels. From the #HyMech II project, Frans Palmert from Siemens Energy and Johan Pilhagen from Outokumpu presented the effects of hydrogen on nickel-base alloys and stainless steels. Finally, the ESIS Technical Committee TC21 Hydrogen Embrittlement and Transport symposium co-chair and senior embrittlement researcher Birhan Sefer held a talk on how hydrogen gas can affect exhaust and engine metallic materials at elevated temperatures. The success of the TC21 symposium: Hydrogen embrittlement and transport was recognized with more than 100 contributions with the excellent cutting-edge research presentations/posters from worldwide researchers. ECF 24 acknowledged the success of the TC21 symposium with the Gold Symposium Award. We thank our industrial partners (Siemens Energy, Outokumpu Stainless, SSAB, Scania Group, Volvo Group) for their work in the projects and the organizers of TC21 (chairs Milos Djukic, Frank Chang, Tom Depover, co-chairs Motomichi Koyama, Livia Cupertino Malheiros, Masoud Moshtaghi and Birhan Sefer) for a great conference. See you next time!”   #hydrogen #hydrogenembrittlement #metallicmaterials #research

Allow us to introduce Felix Öhman, our newest industrial PhD candidate, starting this autumn.   Felix comes from a background in Material Design at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, where he also completed his thesis at Swerim this spring. His work investigated the potential for internal recycling of electric arc furnace slag from steel production. Felix is now excited to further his research on sustainable slag practices, contributing to the transformative changes in the steel industry!   #industrialphd #research #sustainableslag #steel #phdstudent

We are delighted to announce that Moa Bertling has joined the Swerim team! At Swerim, Moa will primarily focus on heat treatment processes. She studied Engineering in Materials Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, specializing in Industrial Materials. Moa recently completed her master thesis at Swerim, where she conducted research on moisture mitigation and storage condtions within the powder metallurgy industry. We are thrilled that she has decided to stay with us. Welcome aboard, Moa! #heattreatment #newjobb #research #welcome

Recycling Day is a vital annual event aimed at propelling the mining and metals industry toward a sustainable future through recycling, reuse, and the valorization of residual materials. Hosted by Jernkontoret and Swerim AB, this year’s Recycling Day webinar follows a highly successful previous edition and is scheduled for September 27. Now is the time to register and be part of the green transition in this crucial sector.   Date: September 27, 2024 Time: 13.00-15.30 (CET) Place: Teams Registration: Please make your registration below no later than September 25. The webinar is free of charge. Program 12.50-13.00  Webinar opened to check connection 13.00-13.10  Welcome and introduction. Christer Ryman, Research manager Steel Production Residues, Jernkontoret, Sweden and Chuan Wang, Group Manager Recycling and Environment, Swerim, Sweden 13.10-13.30  A novel approach for the utilization of mining and smelting by-products as ceramics materials. Youngjae Kim, 인하대학교, South Korea 13.30-13.50  Challenges of impurity removal and slag metallurgy in green steel production. Julian Cejka, Department Metallurgy, Montanuniversität Leoben, Lehrstuhl für Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft, Austria 13.50-14.10  KIRAMET – AI based recycling of metal composite wastes. @Klemens Winkler, K1-Met, Austria 14.10-14.20  Short break 14.20-14.40  Innovative pathways to zero-emissions cement: advancing industrial decarbonization. Hichem Hakka, Materials Processing Institute, UK 14.40-15.00  The lime's happy journey through life – utilization of EAF-slag in concrete. @Caisa Samuelsson and Johan Eriksson, Future Eco North Sweden 15.00-15.20  Hydrogen reduction of by-products and waste from the steel industry. Tanja Ilic, Greeniron H2 AB, Sweden 15.20-15.30  Questions, discussion and conclusion 15.30            End of webinar

Insightful Visit from the Center of Excellence – Trees For Me   We had the pleasure of hosting over 20 researchers from Luleå tekniska universitet (LTU), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå universitet, Skogforsk and Stora Enso at Swerim. Their interest was keen on understanding the role of biomass in transitioning the steel and metals industries. Ida Heintz and Chuan Wang did an exceptional job presenting our research on CO2 reduction, with a special focus on biomass. The visit concluded with a tour of our pilot halls, showcasing the practical applications of our studies.   A day full of engaging discussions and shared learning – looking forward to further collaborations! #co2reduction #research #biomass

After five years as the manager of the “Corrosion and Hydrogen Embrittlement” group, it's time for Nuria Fuertes to embrace a new challenge.   At Swerim, we are delighted to announce that Nuria is starting a new position as Hydrogen Gas & Metals – Research & Business Coordinator. In her new role, she will be responsible for developments in science, competence, and equipment within the area. In addition to her new role, Nuria will continue to support her old group in various projects related to corrosion.   “'It feels tremendously exciting to step into this new role, but at the same time, it's bittersweet to leave such a fantastic group that I had the privilege to build,” says Nuria Fuertes. “What a journey we have had together!"

CII Green Steel Summit 2024, a success! Mikael Larsson, Paul Cobden and Elsayed Mousa (Swerim AB) and Ludvig Lindström and Jazaer Dawody (Swedish Energy Agency) were specially invited and presided over a session titled "Decarbonization of Integrated Steel Plants – Sweden Perspective,".   Together we explored Sweden's advanced strategies and technologies for decarbonizing its integrated steel plants. The discussion highlighted collaborative efforts between Sweden and India and covered key areas such as carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), the innovative use of biogenic residues, and the role of hydrogen in iron-making processes.   The last day we had the privilege of visiting steel companies to understand their operations and the initiatives they have undertaken for green steel production.   #research #greensteel #ccus #hydrogen

We are pleased to welcome Tomas Sandberg to Swerim as a technician. Tomas most recently comes from Höganäs AB in Luleå, where he has worked as a technician and process engineer for the past ten years. Warm welcome to Swerim AB.

Welcome to Copper Alloys 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden!   The scientific conference will give a comprehensive look at challenges and developments of copper user industries and will allow active sharing of knowledge and opinions.    Keynote speakers are Ingegerd Annergren, Manager for materials technology at Scania Group, Dr.-Ing. Jens Jürgensen, Ruhr University Bochum and Anna Medvedeva ♦️, Director Sustainability Technology and Strategy at Boliden Smelters.   Ingegerd will talk about “Material challenges due to electrification of heavy duty vehicles and the role of copper”, Jens about “Investigation of Copper Alloys after Pressure Hydrogen Charging and Anna about “Trends and developments in the copper mining and smelting industry”. You can't miss this opportunity!   Copper Alloys is the biggest and broadest scientific forum focusing on copper materials sciences. The conference in 2024 aims to further strengthen the copper and copper alloys community by providing up to date research and reflecting necessary R&D approaches against the background of actual megatrends.   We look forward to some intense and rewarding days in Stockholm (October 8–9, 2024). You're coming right?    Register today! Organizer is RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Kupferverband e.V. and Swerim AB. Welcome!   #copperalloys #conference #research