Editorial for special issue on hydrogen metallurgy

• Jianliang Zhang^1), , , 
• Johannes Schenk²⁾, 
• Zhengjian Liu¹⁾, 
• Kejiang Li¹⁾

• 1)

  School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

• 2)

  Department of Metallurgy, Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversität Leoben, Franz-Josef Straße 18, 8700 Leoben, Austria

Author Bio:

Jianliang Zhang: is a professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. He is a famous scientist in process engineering, especially in ironmaking and high-efficient utilization of energy and resources. He is currently the Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering in USTB, chairman of the Branch of Ironmaking of the Chinese Society for Metal, the secretary-general of World Steel Development Research Institute. He has presided over more than 150 scientific research projects including key project from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and several international projects from POSCO, Tata Steel, NLMK, etc. In recent years, he has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and more than 25 provincial awards. He has published 5 monographs and more than 600 papers, and achieved more than 40 authorized patents

Johannes Schenk: is a professor at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria. He is head of Chair of Ferrous Metallurgy and the Chief Scientist of K1-MET GmbH, Austria. He has published more than 110 papers and obtained more than 40 patents. He won Siemens “2006 Inventor Award” and “European Inventor 2013” for non-EU countries. He has made outstanding contributions to the basic scientific research, industrial production and personnel training of metallurgy, enjoying a high reputation in the field of iron and steel metallurgy in Europe, and has achieved a large number of scientific research achievements

Zhengjian Liu: is a professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. He specializes in the development of green low-carbon ironmaking technology. He serves as secretary general of the Branch of Ironmaking of the Chinese Society for Metal. He has presided over more than 10 funded projects including general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, published 3 monographs and more than 50 SCI/EI papers, won 11 provincial and ministerial awards, and achieved 33 authorized patents

Kejiang Li: is a professor at University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. He specializes in fundamental studies in both blast furnace ironmaking and alternative ironmaking processes including direct reduction and smelting reduction, focusing on the replacement of fossil fuel with renewables. He uses both experimental and computational tools to investigate high temperature processes in atomic and electronic scale. He has presided over and undertaken more than 10 scientific research projects including Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by the CAST. He has published 1 monograph and more than 60 SCI papers (with H-index of 18), and achieved 15 authorized patents

Corresponding author:

Jianliang Zhang E-mail: jl.zhang@ustb.edu.cn

• Available online: 27 July 2022