618-0910/02 – Theory of Ironmaking Processes (D-TVSŽ)
| 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
- thermodynamics and kinetics of processes in blast furnace
- thermal aspects of blast furnace process
Teaching methods
Seminars
Individual consultations
Project work
Summary
The subject is focused on expand the knowledge about the blast furmace raw materials and their preparation: sintering, pelletizing, briquetting, about the trends in coke function and coke quality indexes, burden profile and materials distribution control system, the thermodynamic, kinetic and thermal processes of blast furnace cohesive and raceway zone, about blast furnace slags, removal of sulphur, carburization of pig iron.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Ústní zkouška s písemnou přípravou, součástí hodnocení je předchozí odevzdání projektu na zvolené téma.
E-learning
For electronic communication with teachers enjoy university e-mail address:
http://staff.vsb.cz/
There is a continuous expansion of e-learning elements into teaching.
Other requirements
elaboration of project
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
-Quality requirements for blast-furnace charge
- Thermodynamic, kinetic and thermal processes of blast furnace combustion zone.
- Blast furnace aerodynamics.
- Physico-chemical reactions on blast furnace : volatliozation, decomposition of hydrates,water-gas shift reaction, carbon deposition, decomposition of carbonates ect.
- Thermodynamics, kinetics and mechanismus of iron oxides reduction.
- Direct and ondirect reduction.
- Effect of direct reduction on coke rate.
- Optimum coke rate calculation.
- Reduction of various elements. Blast furnace slags.
- Chemistry of sulphur reaction.
- Removal of sulphur.
- Carburization of iron.
- Pig iron grades.
Conditions for subject completion
Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction