Processing of Iron and Steel Syllabus for B.Tech 3rd sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Processing of Iron and Steel B.Tech (R13) fourthsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
- The course covers the production of iron and steel from raw material, primary processing to refinement to special steels.
UNIT I : RAW MATERIALS AND BURDEN PREPARATION [9 Hours]
Iron ore classification, Indian iron ores, limestone and coking coal deposits, problems associated with Indian raw materials, Iron ore beneficiation and agglomeration, Briquetting, sintering, Nodulising and pelletizing, testing of burden materials, burden distribution on blast furnace performance.
UNIT II : PRINCIPLES AND PROCESSES OF IRON MAKING [9 Hours]
Blast furnace parts, construction and design aspects, ancillary equipment for charging, preheating the blast, hot blast stoves, gas cleaning, Blast furnace operation, irregularities and remedies, Blast furnace instrumentation and control of furnace Compositional control of metal and slag in blast furnace, modern trends in blast furnace practice. Reduction of iron ores and oxides of iron by solid and gaseous reductions-thermodynamics and kinetics study of direct and indirect reduction, Gruner’s theorem, blast furnace reactions. C-O and Fe-C-O equilibria, Rist diagrams, Ellingham diagram, material and heat balance- Sponge Iron making.
UNIT III : PRINCIPLES OF STEEL MAKING [9 Hours]
Development of steel making processes, physico-chemical principles and kinetic aspects of steel making, carbon boil, oxygen transport mechanism, desulphurisation, dephosphorisation, Slag Theories, slag-functions, composition, properties and theories, raw materials for steel making and plant layout.
[TOTAL: 45 PERIODS]
OUTCOMES
- Explain operation of burden
- Explain the operation of different furnaces and processing of iron
- Performs Physical chemical calculations for steel making
- Use of different protocols for steel making
- Use of Ladle metallurgy for alloy steel processing
TEXTBOOKS:
- Tupkary, R. H., “Modern Iron Making”, 4th edition, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi.
- Tupkary, R. H., “Modern Steel Making”, 4th Edition, Khanna Publications, New Delhi.
REFERENCES:
- Biswas, A. K., “Principles of blast furnace iron making: theory and practice”, SBA
Publications, Kolkata, 1994. - Bashforth, G. R., “Manufacture of Iron and Steel”, Vol. I, Chapman and Hall London, 1964.
- Bashforth, G. R., “Manufacture of Iron and Steel”, Vol.2, 3rd Edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 4. 1964.
- “Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel”, US Steel Corporation, 11th edition, 1994.
- Ahindra Ghosh and Amit chatterjee, “Iron Making and Steel Making – Theory and
Practice”, Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd., New Delhi 2008.
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