Nichteisenmetallurgie, Nichteisen, Nichteisenmetalurgie, Metalurgie, Montan, Montanuni, Montanuniversität, Leoben, Metallurgie, Helmut Antrekowitsch, Stefan Pogatscher, Jürgen Antrekowitsch, Stefan Luidold, Stefan Steinlechner, Recyclingtechnik Leoben
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont.

Stefan Wibner

Focus

• Aluminium recycling
• methan pyrolysis

Contact

Education

2004–2009Higher Technical Education Institute (HTL) Graz-Gösting / education focus on plant technology
2010–2015Bachelor’s degree program in Metallurgy, University of Leoben, Austria (BSc)
2015–2016Master’s degree program in Metallurgy, University of Leoben, Austria, with focus on Nonferrous Metallurgy, Iron and Steel Metallurgy and Heat Technology
2016Graduation (Dipl.-Ing.)
Topic: Kinetic studies on the reduction of electric furnace slag in the primary copper production
2021Conferral of doctorate (Dr.mont.)  
Topic: Behaviour of aluminium-containing residues and low-grade aluminium scrap during recycling including special metals

Professional experience

2016–presentPhD student and research associate at Institute of Nonferrous Metallurgy, University of Leoben, Austria

PhD Thesis

Title: Recycling of aluminum with special consideration of special metals

Concerning the aluminum recycling process there are hardly any studies on the behavior of special metals during the individual process stages. The main focus of this work consider the elements of the rare earths – especially scandium, since its effect in aluminum is positive, but the price is (still) very high. Furthermore, special metals such as gallium and indium, which are in the third main group of the periodic table, as well as lithium, which is undesirable in recycling due to contamination of the metal and uncontrollable dross formation, are of interest in this research project. In particular, the sources of these elements and the distribution between metal and dross or salt slag phase should be investigated.

Publications

Antrekowitsch J., St. Wibner and G. Hanke: Hydrogen, a Promising Carbon Substitute in Metallurgy?, Advances in Pyrometallurgy – Developing Low Carbon Pathways, TMS Annual Meeting 2023, 27-34

Scheiblehner D., Antrekowitsch H., Neuschitzer D., Wibner S. and Sprung A: Hydrogen Production by Methane Pyrolysis in Molten Cu-Ni-Sn Alloys. Metals, 13 (2023), 1310.

Tichy S., Pucher P., Prillhofer B., Wibner S. and H. Antrekowitsch: Hydrogen Absorption of Aluminum-Magnesium Melts from Humid Atmospheres. TMS Light Metals (2023), San Diego, USA, 920–927

Tichy S., Pucher P., Prillhofer B., Wibner S. and H. Antrekowitsch: Comparison of experimental methods to investigate the oxidation behaviour of aluminium melts. EMC proceedings (2023).

Scheiblehner D., D. Neuschitzer, S. Wibner, A. Sprung and H. Antrekowitsch: Hydrogen production by methane pyrolysis in molten binary copper alloys. International Journal of hydrogen energy (2022), online, Print 2023

Wibner S., D. Neuschitzer, D. Scheiblehner and H. Antrekowitsch: A Brief Insight – Methanpyrolyse im Flüssigmetallreaktor. Insight Energy (2022), 6, 68–70

Wibner, S.: Recycling of aluminium-containing residues. European Metallurgical Conference (2021), Salzburg, Österreich, 2021

Wibner S. uand H. Antrekowitsch: Recycling of aluminium-containing residues. Proceedings of European Metallurgical Conference (2021), Salzburg, Österreich. (online)

Wibner S., H. Antrekowitsch and T. C. Meisel: Studies on the Formation and Processing of Aluminium Dross with Particular Focus on Special Metals. Metals, 11 (2021), 1108.

Wibner S. and H. Antrekowitsch: Recycling von Al-Schrotten mit hohem Organikanteil, Recy & DepoTech (2020), Leoben, Austria, 113–118

Wibner S. and H. Antrekowitsch: Aufarbeitung von Reststoffen aus der Aluminium-Industrie. Mineralische Nebenprodukte und Abfälle 7 (2020), Berlin, Germany, 296–309.

Wibner S. and H. Antrekowitsch: Comparison of two dross press systems in the aluminum recycling industry. Proceedings of SIPS (2019), Vol. 4, Paphos, Cyprus, 109–117.

Wibner S., H. Antrekowtisch and B. Falkensammer: Representative Sampling, Fractionation and Melting of Al-Scrap. TMS Light Metals (2020), San Diego, USA, 1083–1090.

Wibner S. and H. Antrekowitsch: Recycling of aluminium with variation of the scrap processing techniques. Proceedings of European Metallurgical Conference (2019), Düsseldorf, Germany, 1151– 1161

Ebner T., C. Sagadin and S. Wibner: Hauptexkursion des Lehrstuhls für Nichteisenmetallurgie der Montanuniversität Leoben 2018. Erzmetall World of Metallurgy, Vol.71, (2018) No.6, 344–346

Steinacker S., Antrekowitsch J., Wibner S. and C. Wibner: Copper Recovery from Sulfidic Particles in Electric Furnace Slag. World of Metallurgy – Erzmetall 69 (5/2016),  261–268

Presentations

Wibner S.: Pilot Plant for Hydrogen and Carbon Production via Methane Pyrolysis. SIPS 2023, Veracruz, Panama, 2023

Wibner S.: Processing of aluminium dross from the Al-recycling industry. Materials Science and Engineering, Darmstadt, Deutschland, 2022

Wibner S.: Processing of dross from the aluminium industry. Light metals expert committee, Urspelt, Luxemburg, 2022

Wibner S.: Recycling von Al-Schrotten mit hohem Organikanteil, Recy & DepoTech, Leoben, Austria, 2020

Wibner S.: Representative Sampling, Fractionation and Melting of Al-Scrap. TMS 2020, 149th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, USA, 2020

Wibner S.: Aufarbeitung von Reststoffen aus der Aluminium-Industrie. Konferenz Mineralische Nebenprodukte und Abfälle, Berlin, Germany, 2020

Wibner S.: Comparison of two dross press systems in the aluminum recycling industry. Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit and Exhibition, Paphos, Cyprus, 2019

Gerold E., D. Hofer und S. Wibner: Optimization of a leaching process for pulverized metal-containing residues. SIPS 2019 – Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit and Exhibition, Paphos,
Cyprus, 2019

Wibner S.: Einfluss der Schrottvorbehandlung auf die Krätzebildung. Jahrestagung des Leichtmetall-Fachausschusses, Langenbruck, Germany, 2019

Wibner S.: Recycling of aluminium with variation of the scrap processing techniques. European Metallurgical Conference, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2019

Posters

Wibner S. and H. Antrekowitsch: Scrap processing in Al recycling. European Metallurgical Conference, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2019

Wibner S.: Determination of the amount of dross depending on the pre-treatment of the feedstock. Metal 2019, Brünn, Czech Republic, 2019

Wibner S.: Determination of free aluminum content in dross by using liquid salt slag in a TBRC. Metal 2018, Brünn, Czech Republic, 2018

Wibner S.: Prozessoptimierung beim Al-Recycling. WerWasWo.Forschung@MUL, Leoben, Austria, 2017