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Modern technology of metals production

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 652-3050/02
Abbreviation MTVK
Course title Modern technology of metals production
Credits 7
Coordinating department Department of Metallurgical Technologies
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Production of Pig Iron: History and Present.
Development of iron production worldwide and in the Czech Republic. Energy and raw material limitations for future development. Deficiencies of current iron production technologies. Technological process of pig iron production using blast furnaces.
2. Raw Materials for Pig Iron Production: Iron Ores and Fluxing Additives.
Requirements, properties, and treatment options. Agglomeration and pelletizing of ores.
3. Fuels for Pig Iron Production: Coke – Production and Properties.
Quality requirements. Alternative fuels. Preparation of the blast furnace burden. Desired properties of the blast furnace burden.
4. Theoretical Fundamentals of Pig Iron Production.
Basic reactions in the blast furnace. Reduction of iron oxides. Direct and indirect reduction. Physicochemical processes in the oxidation zones of the blast furnace.
5. Steel Production – Trends, Raw Materials, Technologies.
6. Steel Production in Basic Oxygen Converters.
7. Steel Production in Electric Arc Furnaces.
8. Secondary Metallurgy Processes of Steel.
9. Steel Casting.
10. Characteristics of Heavy Non-Ferrous Metals – Overview of Production Technologies, Properties, and Applications.
11. Characteristics of Light Non-Ferrous Metals – Overview of Production Technologies, Properties, and Applications.
12. Characteristics of Noble Non-Ferrous Metals – Overview of Production Technologies, Properties, and Applications.
13. New Trends in Non-Ferrous Metal Production.
Process characteristics. Energy-saving and environmentally friendly production methods. CO₂ minimization and the use of hydrogen technologies.

Literature

1.BABICH, A. et al. IRONMAKING. Textbook, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 2016. ISBN 386-13-099-71.
2.ABRIKOSOV, A, A. Fundametal of the theory of metals. Dover Publications Inc., 2017. ISBN 978-048-681-901-3 .
3.PEYRET RICKY. Handbook of Metals and Alloys. Willford Pr 2019. ISBN 9781682855751 .

Advised literature

1.GUPTA, A. Mineral procesing design and operation. Elsevier, 2016. ISBN 978-0-444-63589-1 .
2.CARDARELLI, F.: Materials Handbook. A Concise Desktop Reference. 2nd Edition 2008 Springer-Verlag London Limited ISBN 978-1-84628-668-1 
3.ASM Handbook. Vol.2, Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Material. 10th edition, ASM International, 2000, 1328 p. ISBN 0-87170-378-5


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