Ankur Agnihotri at the Fifth International Conference on the Science & Technology of Ironmaking and Steelmaking

Ankur Agnihotri, who is preparing his doctoral thesis in the Doctoral Network on the adoption of Hydrogen Metallurgy In The Climate-Neutral Production Of Steel (HELIOS), has presented his latest results at the Fifth International Conference on the Science & Technology of Ironmaking and Steelmaking in India on the 10th December 2025.
Our researcher, Mr. Ankur Agnihotri, presented his latest findings on 10 December 2025 in Bengaluru, India. The topic of his presentation was "Radiative Heat Transfer and Pellet Melt/bathing in a Lab-Scale EAF Simulator with HDRI: Axisymmetric Enclosure Modeling and Arc Emission Analysis".

The work focuses on understanding radiative heat transfer in a lab-scale Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) for hydrogen-based DRI pellets. Using axisymmetric modeling and Monte Carlo sampling, the study quantifies how different furnace zones, especially the plasma arc, affect pellet heating. These insights will help optimize arc configurations and improve future EAF steelmaking with low-carbon feedstocks.