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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Technology of Ironmaking

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 618-3002/02
Abbreviation TVSŽ
Course title Technology of Ironmaking
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Metallurgy and Foundry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Pavlína Pustějovská, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The historical development of the production of iron. Current status and perspectives of the production of pig iron.
2. Technology of production of sinter. Homogenization of raw materials.
3. Quality control of sinter and sinter production capacity. Requirements for the various components of sinter charge.
4. Profile of blast furnaces. Basis and steel construction of blast furnaces. Each part of the blast furnace lining. Each part of the blast furnace cooling. Design of the cooling elements. Circulatory and evaporative blast furnace cooling.
5. The blast fonace stove, their types, equipment and operation. Preheating of the combustion gas and air. Blowing fittings. Tapping of pig iron. Drills and tap hole of pig iron
6. Requirements for individual components of the blast furnace charge. Funktions of blast furnace Coke. The degradation of coke in the blast furnace.
7. Loading blast furnaces, Bell and bell-less topcharger. An countercurrent of charge and gas in the blast furnace. External, internal and regular blast furnace working. Control of the blast furnace production capacity. The technology of high pressure in blast furnace
8. Injection of gaseous, liquid and solid alternative fuels into hearth of blast furnace. Blast-furnace wind, moistening, wind enrichment with oxygen.
9. Control of the temperature - heat, status of hearth. Temperature and gas composition in the oxidizing furnace area. Control of the quality of the produced pig iron
10. Blast furnace irregularities. Hot working and cold working of blast furnace. Scaffods in the blast furnace. The effect of zinc and alkaline compounds on working of blast furnace.
11. Control of blast furnaces. Blowing-in, blowing-out of blast furnaces.
12. Products of blast furnace production. Tapping of liquid products of the hearth. Casting of pig iron. Granulation of slag.
13. Basics of alternative ironmaking technology
14. Technical-economic indicators work of blast furnaces.
15. Environmental aspects of the production of pig iron. Cleaning of blast furnace gas. Waste recycling options in the blast furnace.

Literature

[1] BABICH, A., et al. Ironmaking. Aachen: RWTH Aachen University Press, 2008. ISBN 3-86130-997-1.
[2] GEERDES, M., et al. Modern Blast Furnace Ironmaking. IOS PRESS, 2015. ISBN 978-1-61499-498-5.
[3] CAVALIERE, P., et al. Ironmaking and Steelmaking Processes. Greenhouse Emissions, Control, and Reduction.1st ed. Springer, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-39527-2.
[4] SAH, R. and S. K. DUTTA. Alternate Method of Ironmaking. S. Chand Publishing, 2012. ISBN 9788121940580 .

Doporučená literatura

[1] ARABINDA, S. and S. BIDYAPATI. Alternative Routes to Iron Making. Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2016. ISBN 9788120351196 .
[2] TUPKARY, R. H. and V. R. TUPKARY. Modern Iron Making Handbook. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2017. ISBN 9781683921370 .
[3] GHOS, A. and A. CHATTERJEE. Ironmaking and steelmaking: theory and practice. New Delhi: PHI Learning, 2011. ISBN 978-81-203-3289-8.