Lectures
1. Introduction to the subject. Steelmaking in Czech Republic and in the world.
2. Theory of slags. Basic steelmaking reactions. Mixers.
3. Refractory materials used at steelmaking, material properties. Possibilities of evaluation of properties and resistance of refractory materials to molten metals and slags.
4. Steelmaking in SM furnaces. Process variants.
5. Steelmaking in oxygen LD converters, design, course of oxidation of individual elements.
6. Steelmaking in bottom blown oxygen converters, course of individual reactions.
7. Converters with combined blowing.
8. Steelmaking in T-furnaces, furnace design, production technology.
9. Steelmaking in EAF and in induction furnaces, design, production technology.
10. Deoxidation of steel, deoxidation methods. Alloying of steel, role of ferro-alloys. Cleanness of steel.
11. Secondary processing of steel, vacuum refining, refining by inert gases.
12. Casting of steel, equipment of cast houses, classification of steels by degree of deoxidation, crystallisation of steel, regularities of solidification.
13. Defects of ingots.
14. Continuous casting of steel, division of production, benefits, disadvantages, design of equipment.
15. Segregation phenomena.
16. Tundish metallurgy. New directions of casting of thin continuously cast blanks.
1. Introduction to the subject. Steelmaking in Czech Republic and in the world.
2. Theory of slags. Basic steelmaking reactions. Mixers.
3. Refractory materials used at steelmaking, material properties. Possibilities of evaluation of properties and resistance of refractory materials to molten metals and slags.
4. Steelmaking in SM furnaces. Process variants.
5. Steelmaking in oxygen LD converters, design, course of oxidation of individual elements.
6. Steelmaking in bottom blown oxygen converters, course of individual reactions.
7. Converters with combined blowing.
8. Steelmaking in T-furnaces, furnace design, production technology.
9. Steelmaking in EAF and in induction furnaces, design, production technology.
10. Deoxidation of steel, deoxidation methods. Alloying of steel, role of ferro-alloys. Cleanness of steel.
11. Secondary processing of steel, vacuum refining, refining by inert gases.
12. Casting of steel, equipment of cast houses, classification of steels by degree of deoxidation, crystallisation of steel, regularities of solidification.
13. Defects of ingots.
14. Continuous casting of steel, division of production, benefits, disadvantages, design of equipment.
15. Segregation phenomena.
16. Tundish metallurgy. New directions of casting of thin continuously cast blanks.