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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Iron and Steelmaking

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 618-3013/02
Abbreviation VŽaO
Course title Iron and Steelmaking
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Metallurgy and Foundry
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jiří Bažan, CSc.

Subject syllabus

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. Steel-making slags, characterization, their task and basic dividing. Basic steel-making reactions, carbon reaction, oxidation of Si, Mn, dephosphorization, desulphurization of steel, conditions of reactions course.
10. Refractory materials at steel production, dividing, properties, characterization of basic refractory materials and their usage.
11. Steel production in oxygen converters with oxygen top and uphill blowing, combined manners of blowing, unit construction, and technology of steel production.
12. Steel production in tandem furnaces, electric arc furnaces, unit construction, technology of steel production.
13. Steel dezoxidation, task and manners of dezoxidation, steel alloying, task of ferroalloys.
14. Treatment of liquid steel during secondary metallurgy and steel casting.

Literature

[1] CHATTERJEE, A., Ghost, A. Ironmaking and Steelmaking: Theory and Practice. PHI Learning Private limited, 2008, 472 p. ISBN 978-81-203-3289-8.

Advised literature

[1] BABICH, A. et. al. Ironmaking: Textbook. RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, 2008, 402 p. ISBN 386-13-0997-1.
[2] WAKELIN, D.H. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel: Ironmaking Volume. 11th ed., AISE Steel Foundation, 1999, 803 p. ISBN 0930767039 .
[3] FRUEHAN, R.J. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel: Steelmaking and Refining Volume. 11td ed. AISE Steel Foundation, 1998, 767 p. ISBN 0-930767-02-0.
[4] OETERS, F. Metallurgy of Steelmaking, Verlag Stahleisen, 1994, 512 p., ISBN 351400465X .