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Professor Markus A Reuter

Pr.Eng. (ECSA)
BEng (Hons), Stellenbosch, 1981
PhD, Stellenbosch, 1991
Dr. (Habil), Aachen, 1994

Professor of Sustainable Technology

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Telephone: (61) 3 8344 6780
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Engineering Block D

Current Research Activities

 

The research interests of Markus Reuter include metallurgical process control and optimization in extractive metallurgy as well as associated environmental control and system and design engineering. He has also worked on many projects with industry: VW, Opel, Corus, Phillips, Unicore, Thermophos, Demag, Konzelmann, Norddeutsche Affinerie, Zinifex (Budel), AVR Rotterdam, Sudamin (Duisburg), Kayser Luenen, Remag, Auto Recycling Netherlands, Kerr McGee, Dutch Organization for Recycling of WEEE goods (NVMP), Glencore as well as various consortia under government grants.

Professional Affiliations

  • PE, ECSA
  • MSAIMM
  • MTMS
  • MGDMB
  • Member of Society of Industrial Ecology

Honours/Awards

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Prize, 1994
  • Research group “Resource Engineering” rated “Excellent" by an international visitation commission organised by the Dutch Government Committee for Universities, 2002.

Professional Experience

  • Serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of “Minerals Engineering” (since 1995), “Erzmetall” (since 1996), “IChemE Journal (Sustainability)” (since 2004).
  • Since 1997 lecturer for International Zinc Association during Zinc College for professionals
  • Emeritus Professor of Resource Engineering at Delft University of Technology
  • Extraordinary Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Senior Lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch
  • Supervise(d) 17 PhD and over 101 MSc students
  • Manager - Measurement and Furnace Control Group, Mintek, Randburg, South Africa
  • Anglo American Corporation in South Africa
  • Taught maths and science to underpriviledged teachers in South Africa (3 years)

Selected Publications

Book

  • "Metrics of Material an Metal Ecology", 720 p, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 2005, M.A. Reuter et al.

Chapters

  1. Invited book chapter. Section 40.4 Metallurgical Process Control, contribution to Smithells Metals Reference Book, 8th edition. Butterworth-Heinemann (17 pages), 2004. M.A. Reuter and Y. Yang.
  2. “Electrothermal Reactors”, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry , VCH Verlaggesellshaft , Germany, 1992, Vol. B4. J. Krüger, M.A. Reuter, C. Kögler and T. Probst.
  3. “Metallurgy”, Ullmann's Encyclopaedia of Industrial Chemistry, VCH Verlaggesellshaft , Germany , 1990, Vol. A16, pp. 375-387. J. Krüger, J. Reisener, M.A. Reuter and K. Richter.

Refereed journal publications (over 104)

  1. "The fundamental limits of the recycling of end-of-life vehicles", Minerals Engineering (in press). M.A.Reuter et al, 2005.
  2. "A simulation model of the comminution-liberation of recycling streams: Relationship between product design and the liberation of materials during recycling", International Journal of Minerals Processing, 2005, Vol. 75(3-4), pp. 255-281. B. Castro, H. Remmerswal, H. Brezet A. van Schaik and M.A. Reuter.
  3. "Modelling the combustion behaviour of the hazardous waste in a rotary-kiln incinerator", Journal of Environmental Science and Health, PART A: Toxic/Hazardous Substance & Environmental Engineering, 2005. Y.Yang, M.J.A. Pijnenborg, M.A. Reuter and J. Verwoerd.
  4. "Aluminium Recycling and Environmental Issues of Salt Slag Treatment", Journal of Environmental Science and Health, PART A: Toxic/Hazardous Substance & Environmental Engineering, 2005. Y.Xiao, M. A. Reuter and U. Boin.
  5. "Flow of molten slag and iron at 1500-1600oC through a packed coke bed", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2005. W. Husslage and M.A. Reuter - in press.
  6. "Optimization of a furnace for the recycling of aluminium", Minerals Engineering, 2005. B. Zhou and M.A. Reuter - in press.
  7. "Modelling of a thermal phosphorous plant", Minerals Engineering, 2005. E. Scheepers and M.A. Reuter - in press.
  8. "Thermodynamic modelling of softening in pellets", Minerals Engineering, 2005. G. Georgalli and M.A. Reuter - in press.
  9. "A dynamic model for the assessment of the replacement of lead in solders", Journal of Electronic Materials, 2004, Vol. 33(12), pp. 1567-1580. M.A. Reuter and E. Verhoef.
  10. "A thermodynamic approach to the compatibility of materials combinations for recycling". Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2004, Vol. 43(1), pp. 1-19. B. Castro, H. Remmerswal, U. Boin and M.A. Reuter.
  11. "Optimisation of the end-of-life vehicles in the European Union". Journal of Metals, 2004, August, pp. 39-43. A. van Schaik and M.A. Reuter.
  12. "Process knowledge, system dynamics and metal ecology", Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2004, Vol. 8(1-2), pp. 23-43. E. Verhoef, G. Dijkema and M.A. Reuter.
  13. "Conceptual process design as a prerequisite for solving environmental problems; a case study of molybdenum removal and recovery from wastewater", Minerals Engineering, 2004, 17, pp. 205-215. P.L.J. Swinkels, R.D. van der Weijden, A.N. Ajah, Y. Arifin, H.L. Loe, M.H. Manik, I. Siriski and M.A. Reuter.
  14. "The time-varying factors influencing the recycling rate of products", Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2004, Vol. 40(4), pp. 301-328. A. van Schaik and M.A. Reuter.
  15. "The influence of particle size reduction and liberation on the recycling rate of end-of-life vehicles", Minerals Engineering, 2004, Vol. 17 pp. 331-347. A. van Schaik, M.A. Reuter and K. Heiskanen.
  16. "Processing of waste incineration slag", Minerals Engineering, 2004, Vol. 40(4), pp. 401-404. P. Rem, L. van Kooy and M.A. Reuter.
  17. "A study of chlorine at the anode of a zinc chloride fused salt electrolysis", Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2004, Vol. 34, pp. 1021-1027. S. Lans and M.A. Reuter.
  18. "Sulfidation of Al2O3 with CS2 gas", Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 2004, Vol. 43(2), pp. 283-292. Y. Xiao, J. Soons, S.C. Lans, A. Van Sandwijk, M.A. Reuter and D.W. van der Plas.
  19. "The use of electrodialysis in zinc metallurgy". Hydrometallurgy, 2004. J.L. Booster, A. van Sandwijk, M.A. Reuter.
  20. "Simulation of slab movement and transient heating in a continuous steel reheat furnace". International Journal of Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2004, Vol. 4(1), pp. 46-58. Y. Yang, J. Kroeze and M.A. Reuter.
  21. “Optimisation of recycling: Integrating the Resource, Technological and Life Cycles”. Journal of Metals ,2004, August, pp. 33-37. M.A. Reuter et al.
  22. “Conceptual process design as a prerequisite for solving environmental problems; a case study of molybdenum removal and recovery from wastewater”, Minerals Engineering, 2004, 17, pp. 205-215. P.L.J. Swinkels, R.D. van der Weijden, A.N. Ajah, Y. Arifin, H.L. Loe, M.H. Manik, I. Siriski and M.A. Reuter.
  23. “The time-varying factors influencing the recycling rate of products”. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2004, Vol. 40(4), pp. 301-328. A. van Schaik, and M.A. Reuter.
  24. “The influence of particle size reduction and liberation on the recycling rate of end-of-life vehicles”, Minerals Engineering, 2004, Vol. 17 pp. 331-347. A. van Schaik, M.A. Reuter and K. Heiskanen.
  25. “Processing of waste incineration slag”, Minerals Engineering, 2004, Vol. 40(4), pp. 401-404. P. Rem, L. van Kooy and M.A. Reuter.
  26. “Simulation of slab movement and transient heating in a continuous steel reheat furnace”, International Journal of Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 2004, Vol. 4(1), pp. 46-58. Y. Yang, J. Kroeze and M.A. Reuter.

Plus over 140 Conference Proceedings publications.

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