Ceramics Research Centre

Thermodynamic modelling

Thermodynamic modelling is a powerful tool to predict chemical rections at high temperatures. At the Ceramics Research Centre we employ thermodynamic software packages within a variety of research areas, such as e.g. slag - refractory interactions or inclusion chemistry of steels. Although commercial thermodynamic packages provide databases to model high-temperature chemistry, sometimes fine-tuning of such models is required to account for all circumstances in our plant processes. At the CRC we routinely use results from high-temperature experiments to optimize thermodynamic databases. Such an approach ensures the best possible thermodynamic simulations and can therefore contribute significantly to industrial process optimization.