Basic Concepts of Iron and Steel Making

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-981-15-2439-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 645 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1235 g

This book presents the fundamentals of iron and steel making, including the physical chemistry, thermodynamics and key concepts, while also discussing associated problems and solutions. It guides the reader through the production process from start to finish, covers the raw materials, and addresses the types of processes and reactions involved in both conventional and alternative methods. Though primarily intended as a textbook for students of metallurgical engineering, the book will also prove a useful reference for professionals and researchers working in this area.

Zielgruppe

Upper undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chokshi, Yakshil B.

Dutta, Sujay Kumar

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Metallische Werkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Raw Materials.- Blast Furnace Process.- Blast Furnace Reactions.- Furnace Auxiliaries.- Operation of Blast Furnace.- Raw Materials for DR Processes.- Sponge Iron.- Smelting Reduction Processes.- Alternate Ironmaking.- Thermodynamics of Reduction.- Kinetics.- Historical Steelmaking.- Raw Materials for Steelmaking.- Steelmaking Processes.- Oxygen Steelmaking Processes.- Electric Furnace Processes.- Secondary Steelmaking.- Casting Pit Practice.- Continuous Casting.- Thermodynamics.- Carbon foot prints for Iron and Steel Production.

Über Autor(innen)

Sujay Kumar Dutta is a former Professor and Head of the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. He received his Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgy) from Calcutta University in 1975 and his Master of Engineering (Industrial Metallurgy) from MS University of Baroda in 1980. He completed his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 1992. He joined MS University of Baroda as a Lecturer in 1981 and was promoted to Professor in 2001. Prof. Dutta has received several awards, including an Essar Gold Medal (2006), a Fellowship (2014) and a Distinguished Educator Award (2015), all from the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Kolkata, in recognition of his distinguished service to the field of Metallurgical Education and to the IIM. He has authored of five books, two chapters of “Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel, and Their Alloys”, and published more than 120 research papers in national/international journals and conference proceedings. Very recently Prof. Dutta was awarded “SAIL Award 2019” by The Institution of Engineers (India).
Yakshil B. Chokshi is a Lecturer at the Department of Metallurgy, Government Polytechnic Rajkot, India. He received his BE in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering from Gujarat University in 2010 and his ME in Industrial Metallurgy from MS University of Baroda in 2012.