Workshop

CRCT, Polytechnique Montréal, May 24-26 2023


-->Rooms M-2201, M-2203 (Lassonde Building, 2nd floor)<--
NOTE: Les ateliers et les notes de cours sont en anglais, toutefois, vous êtes toujours les bienvenus à  poser des questions en français.


Workshop Program (revised May 23, 2023)



DAY 1 - Regular Workshop
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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9:00 Welcome (Patrice Chartrand)
9:15 What's new in FactSage 8.3 :
- Sotware Update, FTLite database (Patrice Chartrand)
- FSstel (In-Ho Jung)
- FToxid (Sergei Decterov)
- FTsalt (Christian Robelin)
10:15 Introduction to thermochemistry Part 1 (Jean-Philippe Harvey)
11:30 (LUNCH, Room M-3500)
12:30 Introduction to thermochemistry Part 2 (Jean-Philippe Harvey)
13:15 FactSage basics (Patrice Chartrand)
- FactSage Browser
- View Data
- Reaction module
14:45       (Coffee)
15:15 FactSage basics (cont.) (Patrice Chartrand)
- Equilib module
16:30 END OF DAY 1

Day 1 - Advanced Workshop
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
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9:00 Welcome - See regular workshop
11:30       (LUNCH, Room M-3500)
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13:15 (Jean-Philippe Harvey)
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Introduction to process simulation
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Local constraint definition
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Equilib module : chemical potential, mass balance, adiabatic calculations, phase and database selection
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Phase Diagram
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Compound and solution modules: Henrian solutions, Merging option
14:45 (Coffee)
15:00 Calphad Optimizer (Moritz to Baben)
15:45 Equilib module (Jean-Philippe Harvey)
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Equilib module : Streams (initial conditions, energy balance, stream saving, fuel)
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Kinetic-related themes (dormant phases, virtual species, para-equilibrium)
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Result analysis (typical figures)
16:30 END OF DAY 1

Day 2 - Regular Workshop
Thursday, May 25, 2023
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8:30

Equilib (Part 2) (Patrice Chartrand)
More features of Equilib including target and  "open" calculations. 
Phase diagram (Classical binary phase diagrams)

10:15      
(Coffee)
10:45 Phase diagram (Patrice Chartrand)
- Multicomponents
- Projections
12:15
(LUNCH, Room M-3500)
13:00 What's new in FactSage 8.3: Add-ons and beyond (Christopher Bale)
13:30 - Introduction to process simulation using FactSage (Jean-Philippe Harvey)
- Carbo-chlorination (Equilib module) (Ricardo Castillo)
- Alumino-thermic process (Laurence St-Germain)
15:00      
(Coffee)
15:15 - Glass recycling / Life cycle analysis (Ricardo Castillo)
- ChemApp for Python - Application to the Midrex process (Ugo Mahue)
- Introduction to FactFlow (Maxime Aubé)
- Concluding remarks on process simulation (Jean-Philippe Harvey)

17:00 Honouring Dr. Philip Spencer (Arthur Pelton)
18:00 Cocktail and Banquet (Room B-600.16 - Principal Building, Galerie Rolland)



Day 2 - Advanced Workshop
Thursday, May 25, 2023
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8:30 Equilib advanced (Jean-Philippe Harvey)
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Results analysis (typical figures) (cont.)
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Material compatibilty
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Advanced options (targets, open simulations)
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Volatilization mass balance shift
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Cathodic/anodic reaction
9:45 Microstructure Add-on (Aimen Gheribi)
10:15      
(Coffee)
10:30 Isoplethal sections (Phase Diagram module)  (Paul Lafaye)
11:00 Chemical mapping (Predominance diagram)  (Ricardo Castillo )
11:30 Iso-activity / isobar (Phase Diagram)  (Jean-Philippe Harvey)
11:45 Reciprocal diagrams (Christian Robelin )
12:00
(LUNCH, Room M-3500)
13:00 FactSage hands-on session 
15:00
(Coffee)
15:15 FactSage hands-on session 
17:15 END OF DAY 2  
18:00 Cocktail and Banquet (Room B-600.16 - Principal Building, Galerie Rolland)

Day 3 - Dr. Phillip Spencer Honorary Symposium on Thermochemistry
Friday, May 26, 2023
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Chairman: Aimen E. Gheribi
8:40 Application of FactSage to modeling transformation of non-metallic inclusions in steel Bryan Webler
9:00 CALPHAD-based modeling of non-Newtonian slag rheology  Peter Hsieh 
9:25 Materials informatics based on FactSage databases Moritz to Baben
9:50 Steel consortium In-HoJung
10:15 (Coffee)
Chairman: Paul Lafaye
10:35 FactOptimal: a tool to design new materials   Aimen Gheribi
11:00 Sustainable High-Purity Nitrogen Production Using Perovskites
Stephan Petersen
11:25 High Temperature Calorimetry alloys liquid below room temperature Michael Bustamante
11:50       Crystal module and the exploration of solid solutions Kyota Poëti & Paul Lafaye  
12:15 A thermodynamic model for baked carbons (<1600ºC) with hydrogen and sulfur impurities in FactSage   Patrice Chartrand
12:40 Closing speech   Jean-Philippe Harvey
12:45 (LUNCH)