General Info
Candidate: Dipl.-Ing. Gerald Hartig
Chair: Chair of Mineral Processing
Start: 05/2021
End: 04/2024
Candidate profile: Mineral processing researcher with focus on carbon beneficiation, surface control, and product valorisation.
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SCoRe A⁺ Research Detail
Processing of Carbon from Methane Pyrolysis
Processing routes and quality engineering of pyrolytic carbon for marketable applications.
Supervisors / Mentors
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Helmut Flachberger
Chair of Mineral Processing, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Thomas Prohaska
Chair of General and Analytical Chemistry, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
🎯Targets
- Characterise pyrolytic carbon with mineral-processing relevant parameters.
- Develop technology routes to marketable carbon products.
- Establish a database for carbon applications.
🏁Milestones
- Flow-sheet design and processing concept determined.
- Carbon application database available.
🧩Work Packages
- Technology and market screening.
- Carbon characterisation methodology.
- Laboratory beneficiation and quality tailoring.
- Application database development.
Context H₂-C
- Supports full carbon valorisation from methane pyrolysis toward zero-waste technology.