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Terminated in academic year 2015/2016

Theoretical Fundamentals of Ironmaking

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 618-0422/01
Abbreviation TZVŽ
Course title Theoretical Fundamentals of Ironmaking
Credits 7
Coordinating department Department of Metallurgy and Foundry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Ján Kret, CSc.

Subject syllabus

LECTURES
1.Properties of iron ores, sinters, pellets, fluxes and metallurgical fuels and their testing.
2. Physico-chemical processes of sintering and pelletizing.
3. Thermodynamic, kinetic and thermal processes of blast furnace combustion zone.
4. Blast furnace aerodynamics.
5. Reactions in blast furnace :volatiliozation, decomposition of hydrates, water-gas shift reaction, carbon deposition, decomposition of carbonates ect.
6. Iron oxides reduction.
7. Direct and indirect reduction.
8. Effect of direct reduction on coke rate.
9. Optimum coke rate calculation.
10. Reduction of various elements.
11. Carbonizing of pig iron
12. Sorts of quality pig iron

PRAKTICE (only for full-time study form):
1. Introduction, definition of key variables and concept, planning of excursions.
2. Data for individual Semestral work, thermodynamic, kinetic and thermal processes of blast furnace combustion zone.
3. Individual calculations of input data
4.Seminary 1 :Presentation of results semestral work. Discussion.
5. Calculations from chemical equations
6. Special Excursion : ArcelorMittal Ostrava a.s.
7. Special Excursion : Třinecké železárny a.s.
8. Seminary 2 : Reports of excursion, presentation of results, discussion
9. Reactions in blast furnace
10. Optimum coke rate calculation.
11. Calculations use of heat energy of carbon and heat efficiency of reduction gases
CO, CO2
12. Evaluation exercise (Semestral work, reports of excursion)


To obtain credit in the combined study form is needed to develop a session project.

E-learning

For electronic communication with the teachers enjoy the university e-mail addresses those can be found here: http://staff.vsb.cz/
Integration of e-learning elements into the subject is in progress.

Literature

[1] BISWAS, A. K. [I]Principles of blast furnace ironmaking[/I]. Australia, Brisbane 1981.

Advised literature

[1] NEELY, J.E., BERTONE,T.J. Practical metallurgy and materials of industry, Prentice hall, 2002, ISBN: 0130945803