MLI Handbook Series

V. R. Tupkary, R. H. Tupkary

• Publisher: Mercury Learning & Information
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781683921370
• Edition: 0

This book comprehensively deals with all of the key topics of iron making including blast furnace plants, operations and processes, raw materials, preparation, chemical processes, and more. It includes the latest information on US and global iron making statistics, published by the USGS. The book is full of illustrative examples and diagrams, charts, and figures to make complex concepts easy to understand.FEATURES: * Includes latest USGS information, tables, and statistics for US and global production* Deals with all of the key topics of iron making including blast furnace plants, operations and processes, raw materials, preparation, chemical processes, and more

Table of contents

• Cover page
• Title page
• Copyright
• Contents
• 1. HISTORICAL
• 2. MODERN BLAST FURNACE PLANT AND PROCESS
• 3. RAW MATERIALS FOR IRONMAKING
• 4. MAIN BLAST FURNACE FUEL: COKE
• 5. DISTRIBUTION OF TRADITIONAL BURDEN
• 6. BURDEN PREPARATION: TREATMENT OF IRON ORES
• 7. BURDEN PREPARATION: AGGLOMERATION AND SINTERING
• 8. BURDEN PREPARATION: AGGLOMERATION AND PELLETIZATION
• 9. CHARACTERIZATION OF BF CHARGE MATERIALS
• 10. PHYSICAL-THERMAL-CHEMICAL PROCESSES IN A BLAST FURNACE
• 11. CONSTRUCTION OF A BLAST FURNACE AND ITS ACCESSORIES
• 12. BLAST FURNACE PRODUCTS: BLAST FURNACE GAS CLEANING AND UTILIZATION
• 13. BLAST FURNACE OPERATION
• 14. IRREGULARITIES IN BLAST FURNACE OPERATION AND THEIR REMEDIES
• 15. BLAST FURNACE PRODUCTS-II SLAG AND METAL
• 16. IMPACT OF BURDEN PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION ON BLAST FURNACE PERFORMANCE
• 17. MODERN BLAST FURNACE DESIGN AND PRACTICE
• 18. BLAST FURNACE OPERATIONAL CONTROL
• 19. ALTERNATIVES TO BF I – LOW-SHAFT AND CHARCOAL FURNACE
• 20. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES OF IRON PRODUCTION II – ELECTRO-THERMAL PROCESSES
• 21. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES OF IRON PRODUCTION III – SPONGE IRON PRODUCTION
• 22. ALTERNATIVE TO BLAST FURNACE IV – SMELTING REDUCTION (SR) PROCESSES
• APPENDIX A
• APPENDIX B
• APPENDIX C
• APPENDIX D
• INDEX