Iron Making
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Iron Making Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Iron Making (subject code 2142107) as prescribed for Metallurgy · Semester 4 divides the course into 8 units, covering 38 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2142107)Unit 1 General
- History of iron making
- Iron and steel industries in India
- distribution and evaluation of raw materials (iron ore, coal and flux) for iron making
Unit 2 Burden
- Burden preparation
- Burden qualities and calculation
- Agglomeration- Nodulising and Briquetting
- variables and machines
Unit 3 Palletization
- Palletization process
- Theory of bonding
- Mechanism of ball formation
- Disc and drum palletizer
- Induration of pallets
- Cold bonding technique and testing of pallets
Unit 4 Blast Furnace (B. F.) - Profile
- Constructional features of blast furnace
- Charging mechanism
- Bell and bell-less charging systems
Unit 5 B.F. – Reactions
- Physico-chemical principles of blast furnace
- Blast furnace reactions
- Reaction in stack
- tuyere zone
- bosh and hearth
- Thermodynamics equilibria
- Direct and indirect reduction Kinetics of iron-oxide reduction
- Slag-metal reactions
Unit 6 B.F. – Operations
- Operational steps
- Blast furnace irregularities and remedial measures
- Blast furnace gas, properties
- cleaning and utilization
Unit 7 B.F
- Process Developments: RAFT (Raceway Adiabatic Flame Temperature)
- Fuel injection
- Oxygen injection
- High top pressure
- High temperature blast
- their effect on coke rate and metal-impurity
Unit 8 Alternative Methods of Iron Making
- Reduction smelting
- Direct reduction processes
- Fluidized bed process
- Electro thermal process and mini blast furnace
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