Technology of production, treatment and casting of steel

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	652-3315/01
Abbreviation	TVZaOO
Course title	Technology of production, treatment and casting of steel
Credits	7
Coordinating department	Department of Metallurgical Technologies
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Steel definition, influence of alloying elements in the steel, molten steel properties
BOF melting process,Fundamentals of steelmaking reactions
Main parts of BOF, operational steps of BOF process
Electric arc furnaces steelmaking
Fundamentals of stainless steel production
Argon-Oxygen Decarburization (AOD) Converter Process
Secondary metallurgy
Ladle Arc Furnace (LF)
Vacuum treatment of molten steel
VOD Vacuum Oxygen
Ingot Casting
Continuous Casting of Steel

Literature

FRUEHAN, R. J., ed. The making, shaping and treating of steel. 11th ed. Pittsburgh: AISE Steel Foundation, 1998. ISBN 0-930767-02-0.
GHOS, A. and A. CHATTERJEE. Ironmaking and Steelmaking: Theory and Practice.New Delhi: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd, 2008. ISBN 978-81-203-3289-8.
ADOLF, Z., SOCHA, L.: Secondary Metallurgy. Ostrava: VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 2016, 61 p.

Advised literature

TOULOUEVSKI, Y.N. and I.Y. ZINUROV. Innovation in Electric Arc Furnaces. New York: Springer, 2010, 258 s. .
PLOCKINGER, E. Electric Furnace Steel Production, London: John Wiley and Sons Ltd.,1985, 650s.
STOLTE, G. Secondary Metallurgy - Fundamentals Processes Applications. Düsseldorf: Elsevier Science & Technology, 2002, 216 p. ISBN 978-35-140-0648-5.
YOGESHWAR, S. and E. TOSHIHIKO. Tundish Technology for Clean Steel Production. London: World Scientific, 2007, 313 p. ISBN 978-981-270-621-8.

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