• Airborne Emissions from Mn Ferroalloy Production 

      Kero, Ida; Eidem, Per Anders; Ma, Yan; Indresand, Hege; Aarhaug, Thor Anders; Grådahl, Svend (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Airborne emissions from metal production represent a health, safety, and environmental challenge to which more and more attention is being directed. Industries worldwide, as well as authorities and others, are resolute in ...
    • Comparison of Three Real-Time Measurement Methods for Airborne Ultrafine Particles in the Silicon Alloy Industry 

      Kero, Ida; Jørgensen, Rikke Bramming (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      The aim of this study was to compare the applicability and the correlation between three commercially available instruments capable of detection, quantification, and characterization of ultrafine airborne particulate matter ...
    • Element distribution in the silicomanganese production process 

      Ma, Yan; Moosavi-Khoonsari, Elmira; Kero, Ida; Tranell, Gabriella (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      A pilot scale, silicomanganese alloy production campaign was performed in a 440 kVA, single phase electric furnace in order to establish an overview of the minor- and trace element contents in process input raw materials ...
    • Energy Distribution in HC FeMn and SiMn - Energy vs Exergy Analyses 

      Larssen, Trine Asklund; Kero, Ida; Tangstad, Merete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The metal producing industry is a high consumer of energy and large amounts of excess heat are produced. Increasing the energy efficiency would be beneficial, both in terms of the environment and also from an economical ...
    • Exposure to ultrafine particles in the ferroalloy industry using a logbook method 

      Jørgensen, Rikke Bramming; Kero, Ida; Blom, Aleksander; Grove, Esten Eide; Svendsen, Kristin V Hirsch (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: It is difficult to assess workers’ exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) due to the lack of personal sampling equipment available for this particle fraction. The logbook method has been proposed as a general ...
    • Fume Formation from Oxidation of Liquid SiMn Alloy 

      Ma, Yan; Kero, Ida; Tranell, Gabriella (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Thermally generated fumes from the production of manganese ferroalloys are mostly composed of metallic oxides generated due to reaction between high-temperature molten metal and ambient oxygen in the air. In the current ...
    • Gaseous reduction of Mn ores in CO-CO2 atmosphere 

      Larssen, Trine Asklund; Tangstad, Merete; Kero, Ida (Chapter, 2018)
      The efficiency in production of manganese ferroalloys is dependent on the gaseous reduction of the higher manganese oxides in the ores used as raw materials. The materials, descending in the furnace, will meet the furnace ...
    • Oxidation and fume formation during production of Si and Mn-based alloys 

      Ma, Yan (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:313, Doctoral thesis, 2018)
      Thermally generated fumes from the production process of manganese ferroalloys are generated due to the reaction between high temperature liquid- or metal vapor and ambient oxygen in the air, and are mostly composed of ...
    • Prereduction of Comilog- and Nchwaning ore 

      Larssen, Trine Asklund (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:415, Doctoral thesis, 2020)
      Manganese ferroalloys are mainly used as an alloying element in steel production and are normally produced in submerged arc furnaces. Raw materials such as manganese ore, metallurgical coke and fluxes (and quartz for SiMn) ...
    • Real-Time Measurements and Characterization of Airborne Particulate matter from a Primary Silicon Carbide Productin Plant 

      Jørgensen, Rikke Bramming; Kero, Ida (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Airborne particulate matter in the silicon carbide (SiC) industry is a known health hazard. The aims of this study were to elucidate whether the particulate matter generated inside the Acheson furnace during active operation ...