1. Batch materials for iron production, their properties and modification. Iron ores, coke, slag-making additions, agglomeration and ore pelletization.
2. Composition of blast furnace plant, main parts of blast furnace, their function and construction.
3. Physical – chemical processes in the oxidation area of blast furnace. Usage of spare fuel during iron production.
4. Upstream of the batch and gas in the blast furnace. Production of the blast furnace and its control.
5. Reduction processes in the blast furnace. Reduction of iron oxides with the use of carbon and hydrogen, direct and indirect reduction, reduction of other chemical elements.
6. Types of iron, blast furnace slag, desulphurization in the blast furnace.
7. Alternative manners of iron production, direct reduction of iron (DRI), smelt reduction (SRI).
8. Steel production, explanation of terms, dividing of steel.
9. Steelmaking slags, characterization, their task and basic dividing.
10. Refractory materials at steel production, dividing, properties, characterization of basic refractory materials and their usage.
11. Basic steelmaking reactions, carbon reaction, oxidation of Si, Mn, dephosphorization, desulphurization of steel, conditions of reactions course.
12. Steel production in oxygen converters with oxygen top and uphill blowing, combined manners of blowing, unit construction, and technology of steel production.
13. Steel production in tandem furnaces, electric arc furnaces, unit construction, technology of steel production.
14. Steel dezoxidation, task and manners of dezoxidation, steel alloying, task of ferroalloys.
2. Composition of blast furnace plant, main parts of blast furnace, their function and construction.
3. Physical – chemical processes in the oxidation area of blast furnace. Usage of spare fuel during iron production.
4. Upstream of the batch and gas in the blast furnace. Production of the blast furnace and its control.
5. Reduction processes in the blast furnace. Reduction of iron oxides with the use of carbon and hydrogen, direct and indirect reduction, reduction of other chemical elements.
6. Types of iron, blast furnace slag, desulphurization in the blast furnace.
7. Alternative manners of iron production, direct reduction of iron (DRI), smelt reduction (SRI).
8. Steel production, explanation of terms, dividing of steel.
9. Steelmaking slags, characterization, their task and basic dividing.
10. Refractory materials at steel production, dividing, properties, characterization of basic refractory materials and their usage.
11. Basic steelmaking reactions, carbon reaction, oxidation of Si, Mn, dephosphorization, desulphurization of steel, conditions of reactions course.
12. Steel production in oxygen converters with oxygen top and uphill blowing, combined manners of blowing, unit construction, and technology of steel production.
13. Steel production in tandem furnaces, electric arc furnaces, unit construction, technology of steel production.
14. Steel dezoxidation, task and manners of dezoxidation, steel alloying, task of ferroalloys.