618-0901/02 – Blast Furnace Charge (D-VV)
| Gurantor department | Department of Metallurgy and Foundry | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Pavlína Pustějovská, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Pavlína Pustějovská, Ph.D. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student will be able to formulate :
- basic principles of pig iron production and blast furnace pig iron production
- perspectives of metallurgy
- charging of blast furnace and charge distribution on blast furnace throat
Teaching methods
Individual consultations
Summary
Blast furnace charge and its components. Metalliferrous part of the charge, fuels and slag-making materials. Classification of iron ores. Chemical, physical and technological characteristics of metalliferrous raw materials. Kinds and characters of metallurgical coke. Its role in the blast furnace. Sintering of iron ores. Preparation and constitution of sintering charge. Sintering processes in the temperature and gas dynamical point of view. Physical – chemical processes in the sintered layer. Sinter characters. Principles of sinter production technology. Pelletizing of fine grained materials. Production of pellets and their compacting. Pre-reduced materials. Environmental protection during the processing of materials for pig iron production.
only for Ph.D. study
Compulsory literature:
[1] FRUEHAN, R. J.: The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel. Steelmaking and refining Volume. Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Iron and Steelmaking. AISE Steel Foundation, 1998, 767 p.
[2] BISWAS, A. K.: Principles of blast furnace ironmaking, Brisbane, Austrália, 1981, 527 s.
Recommended literature:
[1] BABICH, A. aj.: Ironmaking, RWTH Aachen University, 2008, 402 s.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Požadavky na studenta: Vypracování semestrálního projektu na zadané téma.
Zkouška : kombinovaná (písemná a ústní) zkouška.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are not next requests to student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The basic elements of blast furnaces charge and demands on its quality.Characteristics smallgrain materials. Iron ores and their treatment. Chemical, mineralogical, physical and metallurgical properties of raw ore materials. Homogenization of iron ores.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction