Lectures:
1) Properties of ores, sinter, pellets, coke, alkaline admixtures and methods of their determination. Theoretical basis of physical-chemical processes at sintering and pelletisation.
2) Charging of blast furnace (BF), distribution of charge on blast furnace top. Normal, external and internal furnace operation.
3) Physical and chemical processes in BF. Thermo-dynamic, kinetic and thermal processes in oxidation zone of BF. Reduction of iron oxides in BF.
4) BF slag. BF blast. Enrichment of blast by oxygen and moistening of blast.
5) Technology of injection of added media.
6) Torpedo ladles.
7) Affinity of elements to oxygen. Distribution of oxygen between slag and metal. Steelmaking slags.
8) Theory of reactions running at steelmaking and steel refining: Oxidation of Si and Mn, transfer of oxygen from atmosphere into hot metal. Dephosphorisation of steel. Desulphurisation of steel. Carbon reaction.
9) Steelmaking in basic oxygen furnaces (BOF) - LD converter, OBM converter. Steelmaking in tandem, electric and SM furnaces.
10) Theoretical basis of steel deoxidation. Methods of deoxidation. Cleanness of steel.
11) Main procedures of steel treatment by secondary metallurgy and their effects.
12) Casting of steel into ingot moulds. Top pouring and bottom pouring. Crystallisation and solidification of steel, segregation.
13) Continuous casting of steel, classification, advantages, disadvantages, economics. Design of continuous casting machine (CCM).
14) Tundish metallurgy. New directions in casting of thin blanks.
1) Properties of ores, sinter, pellets, coke, alkaline admixtures and methods of their determination. Theoretical basis of physical-chemical processes at sintering and pelletisation.
2) Charging of blast furnace (BF), distribution of charge on blast furnace top. Normal, external and internal furnace operation.
3) Physical and chemical processes in BF. Thermo-dynamic, kinetic and thermal processes in oxidation zone of BF. Reduction of iron oxides in BF.
4) BF slag. BF blast. Enrichment of blast by oxygen and moistening of blast.
5) Technology of injection of added media.
6) Torpedo ladles.
7) Affinity of elements to oxygen. Distribution of oxygen between slag and metal. Steelmaking slags.
8) Theory of reactions running at steelmaking and steel refining: Oxidation of Si and Mn, transfer of oxygen from atmosphere into hot metal. Dephosphorisation of steel. Desulphurisation of steel. Carbon reaction.
9) Steelmaking in basic oxygen furnaces (BOF) - LD converter, OBM converter. Steelmaking in tandem, electric and SM furnaces.
10) Theoretical basis of steel deoxidation. Methods of deoxidation. Cleanness of steel.
11) Main procedures of steel treatment by secondary metallurgy and their effects.
12) Casting of steel into ingot moulds. Top pouring and bottom pouring. Crystallisation and solidification of steel, segregation.
13) Continuous casting of steel, classification, advantages, disadvantages, economics. Design of continuous casting machine (CCM).
14) Tundish metallurgy. New directions in casting of thin blanks.