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Theory and technology of iron and steel production

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 652-0934/02
Abbreviation TaTVŽaO
Course title Theory and technology of iron and steel production
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Metallurgical Technologies
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Pavlína Pustějovská, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Countercurrent feedstock and gas in the blast furnace, gas flow patterns of a granular layer.
Reduction of iron oxide with carbon, direct and indirect reduction, reduction of iron oxide with hydrogen.
The blast furnace raw materials and their preparation: sintering, pelletizing, briquetting, cokemaking.
Molten steel slags - molecular theory of slags. Ionic theory of slags.Reactions involved in the production and refining of steel.
Solubility of gases in metals. Hydrogen,nitrogen, oxygen in iron and steel.
Vacuum carbon deoxidation of steel. Precipitation deoxidation of steel. Diffusion deoxidation and deoxidation of steel by synthetic slags. Inclusions in steel.
Basic production technologies in oxygen converters. Basic production technologies in electric arc furnaces. Steel casting.

Literature

GEERDES, M., et al. Modern Blast Furnace Ironmaking. IOS PRESS, 2015. ISBN 978-1-61499-498-5.
BABICH, A., et al. Ironmaking. Aachen: RWTH Aachen University Press, 2008. ISBN 3-86130-997-1.
ARABINDA, S. and S. BIDYAPATI. Alternative Routes to Iron Making. Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2016. ISBN 9788120351196 .
GHOS, A. and A. CHATTERJEE. Ironmaking and steelmaking: theory and practice. New Delhi: PHI Learning, 2011. ISBN 978-81-203-3289-8.
FRUEHAN, R. J. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel. Steelmaking and Refining Volume. Pittsburgh: AISE Steel Foundation, 1998, ISBN 978-0-930767-02-0 .
MOORE, J. J. Chemical metallurgy. London: Elsevier, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4831-0293-1 .
YIN, R. Metallurgical Process Engineering. Beijing: Springer Science & Business Media, 2011. ISBN 978-7-5024-4956-8 .

Advised literature

TUPKARY, R. H. and V. R. TUPKARY. Modern Iron Making Handbook. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2017. ISBN 9781683921370 .
CHATTERJEE, A. Hot Metal Production by Smelting Reduction of Iron Oxide. Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd. 2014. ISBN 978-8120349476 .
SAH, R. and S. K. DUTTA. Alternate Method of Ironmaking. S. Chand Publishing, 2012. ISBN 9788121940580 .


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