Ironmaking and Steelmaking: Theory and Practice

📦 Product Details

• Author: Ahindra Ghosh
  
• Publisher: PHI Learning
  
• Publication Date: 1 January 2008
  
• Language: English
  
• Binding: Paperback
  
• Print Length: 492 pages
  
• ISBN-10: 812033289X
  
• ISBN-13: 978-8120332898
  
• Item Weight: 750 g

📖 About the Book

Ironmaking and Steelmaking: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to the scientific principles, technologies, and industrial processes involved in producing iron and steel. Written by Ahindra Ghosh, the book explains the metallurgical foundations of ironmaking and steelmaking, connecting theoretical concepts with practical applications in the steel industry.

The book explores important topics such as iron ore reduction, blast furnace operations, alternative ironmaking processes, steelmaking reactions, refining techniques, and the role of process conditions in determining the quality of the final product. It helps readers understand the chemical and physical principles governing metal production and the technological challenges involved in modern steel manufacturing.

Combining metallurgical theory with industrial practice, this textbook is a useful resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, metallurgical engineers, researchers, and professionals working in iron and steel production. It also serves as a reference for readers interested in extractive metallurgy and materials engineering.

This authoritative account covers the entire spectrum from iron ore to finished steel. It begins by tracing the history of iron and steel production, right from the earlier days to today s world of oxygen steelmaking, electric steelmaking, secondary steelmaking and continuous casting.

The physicochemical fundamental concepts of chemical equilibrium, activity-composition relationships, and structure-properties of molten metals are introduced before going into details of transport phenomena, i.e. kinetics, mixing and mass transfer in ironmaking and steelmaking pro-cesses. Particular emphasis is laid on the understanding of the fundamental principles of the processes and their application to the optimisation of actual processes.

Modern developments in blast furnaces, including modelling and process control are discussed along with an introduction to the alternative methods of ironmaking. In the area of steelmaking, BOF plant practice including pre-treatment of hot metal, metallurgical features of oxygen steelmaking processes, and their control form part of the book. It also covers basic open hearth, electric arc furnace and stainless steelmaking, before discussing the area of casting of liquid steel ingot casting, continuous casting and near net shape casting. The book concludes with a chapter on the status of the ironmaking and steelmaking in India.

In line with the application of theoretical principles, several worked-out examples dealing with fundamental principles as applied to actual plant situations are presented.

The book is primarily intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of metallurgical engineering. It would also be immensely useful to researchers in the area of iron and steel.

✍️ About the Author

Ahindra Ghosh is a metallurgical engineering academic and author known for his work in ironmaking, steelmaking, and extractive metallurgy. His contributions to metallurgical education focus on explaining the scientific principles behind industrial metal production and helping students and professionals understand practical steelmaking processes.

AHINDRA GHOSH (Sc.D., MIT, USA), formerly Professor, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, is well known for his expertise in Metallurgical and Materials Thermodynamics.

Besides 35 years of teaching and research experience at IIT Kanpur, Professor Ghosh has rich industrial experience, having worked with major companies like Tata Steel and Tata Consultancy Services. A Life Fellow of Indian Institute of Metals and Institution of Engineers (India), Life Member ISTE, and Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering, he has contributed extensively to national and international journals including Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (USA), ISIJ International (Japan), Steel Research (Germany), Ironmaking and Steelmaking (UK), and Trans. Indian Institute of Metals. He has also authored three books.