Syllabus

Introduction, Blast Furnace Route for Iron Making The Blast Furnace and its accessories, The burden and its preparation, Physical – Thermal and Chemical process in a Blast Furnace, Blast Furnace slag and its control, Control of hot metal composition, Blast Furnace plant and accessories, Modern trends in Blast Furnace practice, Control of irregularities in the blast furnace, Performance of Blast Furnace over the years.

Alternative Methods: Need for alternative Methods, Sponge Iron production by using solid and gaseous reductants, Smelting Reduction Processes.

Modern Steel Making: Different routes of steelmaking Oxygen Steelmaking Top and Bottom blown converter processes, Hybrid processes. Electric Steel making: Electric Arc furnaces, Induction furnaces. Secondary Steelmaking

Casting of liquid steel: Ingot Casting of Steel, Continuous Casting of Steel.Iron and Steel Scenario in India in the last decade.

Study the physical-thermal-chemical phenomenon taking place in blast furnace.

Understand the theory and practice of different oxygen steel making processes.

1. Raw Materials and their properties in Ironmaking.
2. Understanding of Agglomeration process in Ironmaking.
3. Comprehension of physicochemical principles involved in ironmaking.
4. Factors for improving blast furnace productivity.
5. Analyze the physicochemical principles involved in steelmaking.
6. Comprehension of different steelmaking processes and process and design related developments.
7. Process parameters controlling the refining of steel.
8. Understanding the recent developments in secondary refining of steels.

2. David H. Wakelin (ed., The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel (Iron making Volume), The AISE Steel Foundation, 2004

3. Richard J. Fruehan (ed.), The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel (Steel making Volume), The AISE Steel Foundation, 2004.

1. Anil K. Biswas, Principles of Blast Furnace Iron making, SBA Publication,1999

1. AhindraGhosh and AmitChatterjee, Ironmaking and Steelmaking Theory and Practice, Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, 2008.