Post by María Agustina Ravotti, PhD

✨ Last year, as part of my PhD journey at the University of Padova, I had the opportunity to carry out a research stay at TU Graz. While my PhD focuses on the decarbonization of the ceramic industry, one of the hard-to-abate sectors, during this stay I was also able to contribute to research aimed at another key sector: the steel industry. In particular, I supported the experimental work on the reheating stage and investigated the effect of hydrogen on oxidation (scaling) processes. I am very happy to share that this collaboration resulted in two scientific publications, in which I am co-author — and I invite you to check them out: 📄 Claudia Radünz, Stefan Schwarz, María Agustina Ravotti, Christian Kislinger, Benjamin Plank, Martin Demuth, Christoph Hochenauer, Experimental investigation of the oxidation behaviour of stainless steel exposed to different air- and oxy-fuel natural gas or hydrogen combustion atmospheres and temperatures during reheating on a semi-industrial scale, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 122, 2025 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eeUrZr8v 📄 Claudia Radünz, María Agustina Ravotti, Stefan Schwarz, Siegfried Schider, Daniel Marian Ogris, Julia Katharina Engel, Phillip Haslberger, Christoph Hochenauer, Experimental investigation of high temperature oxidation behaviour of steels exposed to air-fuel natural gas or hydrogen combustion atmospheres during reheating on a semi-industrial scale, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, Volume 37, 2025 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eChckaeH 🌍 The energy transition requires applied and collaborative research, and I am proud to have contributed to advancing decarbonization in energy-intensive industries from different perspectives.