652-2301/01 – Fundamentals of iron and steel metallurgy (ZMZaO)
| Gurantor department | Department of Metallurgical Technologies | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Silvie Brožová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2023/2024 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
- the student will be able to describe the basic technological production flow of pig iron and steel
- the student will know the basic theoretical concepts of ironmaking and steelmaking
- the student will be able to apply his/her knowledge of ironmaking and steelmaking at a basic level under industrial conditions
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The course provides an overview of the technologies and basic reactions involved in the production of pig iron and steel. Attention is paid to pig iron production in blast furnaces and steel production in oxygen furnaces and electric arc furnaces. Information on secondary metallurgy and steel casting processes is also included.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Ironmaking & steelmaking. London: Maney, 1974-. ISSN 0301-9233.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Requirements for presessional study: active 80% participation in exercises, participation in excursions, preparation of reports from excursions, preparation of a seminar paper and its presentation in PowerPoint, preparation of 2 semester programs, 2 midterm tests within the semester.
Requirements for combined study: participation in excursions, preparation of reports from excursions, preparation of a seminar paper and its presentation in PowerPoint, preparation of 2 semester programs, 2 midterm tests within the semester.
Examination for presessional study: combined (written and oral) examination.
Examination for combined study: combined (written and oral) examination.
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E-learning
Other requirements
Completion of the semester project and passing the test.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Basis of the course:
1.Pig iron production: history and present. Characteristics of the development of iron production in the world and in the Czech Republic. Energy and raw material limits of further development. Deficiencies of current iron production technology. Technological process of pig iron production using blast furnace.
2.Raw materials for pig iron production: iron ores, slag forming additives. Requirements, properties and treatment options. Sintering and pelletization of ores.
3.Fuels for pig iron production: coke-its production, properties. Quality requirements. Alternative fuels. Preparation of blast furnace charge. Desirable properties of blast furnace charge.
4. Theoretical basis of pig iron production. Basic reactions in the blast furnace. Reduction of iron oxides. Direct and indirect reduction. Physico-chemical processes in the oxidation spaces of the blast furnace.
5. Basics of blast furnace process control technology. Basic parts of the blast furnace. Techno-economic indicators of blast furnace production. Products of iron production, blast furnace slag, blast furnace gas.
6. Alternative methods of iron production. Basic characteristics of the most used technological methods. Comparison with conventional blast furnace production.
7. BAT. Ecological requirements and current innovative trends in metal production.
8. Steel production statistics, basic classification of steel production technology.
9. Steel production in oxygen converter process.
10. Steel production in open hearth furnace.
11. Production of steel in electric arc furnaces.
12. Secondary steel metallurgy processes: deoxidation, desulphurisation.
13. Secondary steel metallurgy processes: vacuum process, alloying, heating process.
14. Steel casting.
Basis of the exercise
1. Introduction to the subject, programme of practice, conditions for credit. Chemical terminology, stoichiometrical calculations.
2. Calculations of iron recovery from ore deposits. Pelletization. Sintering.
3. Calculation of the amount of alkaline additives in the deposit.
4. Material analysis of blast furnace process, determination of direct and indirect reduction.
5. Calculation of the quantity and composition of the gas from the oxidation zone.
6. Excursion - visit to the geological hall.
7. First control test - part of iron metallurgy.
8. Technological flow of steel production, steel standards.
9. Determination of liquidus and solidus temperature of steel. Calculation of solubility and pressure of gases in steel.
10. Material analysis of melting in the LD converter.
11. Calculation of deoxidizing additives and alloying, calculation of ferroalloy quantity in steel.
12. Excursion - visit to an integrated metallurgical plant - sinter plant, blast furnace.
13. Excursion - visit to an integrated metallurgical plant - steel mill.
14. Second control test - part of steel metallurgy. Evaluation of tests, giving credit.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction