Topics for Theses

The depart­ment offers topics for Bache­lor’s and Mas­ter’s the­ses as well as stu­dent rese­arch pro­jects. If noted in the respec­ti­ve exami­na­ti­on regu­la­ti­ons, the the­sis can be writ­ten in eit­her Ger­man or Eng­lish in agree­ment with the examiner.

Mechanical Characterisation of Iron-Rich Metallurgical Residue Agglomerates via Biochar and Organic Binders

Bache­lor thesis/ Stu­dent rease­arch pro­ject | Cont­act per­son: Yong­su Lee | Start: as of now

The steel indus­try is con­stant­ly evol­ving towards a cir­cu­lar eco­no­my and car­bon neu­tra­li­ty. The aim of this work is to valo­ri­se iron-rich resi­dues (slag, dust, sludge) by pro­du­cing self-redu­cing agglo­me­ra­tes using sus­tainable biochar. Direct char­ging of fine-grai­ned resi­dues in smel­ting fur­naces is only fea­si­ble to a limi­t­ed ext­ent for tech­ni­cal reasons. Sta­ble agglo­me­ra­tes are requi­red that can with­stand the mecha­ni­cal stres­ses of trans­port and fur­nace charging.