DS oR ees vai cals te at ese RR yee eg Me Sec aro een PSS a Maen cae ELC Umm cae ne Tire eee eee nen aig Ngee Bae at Moen nok ieee es (elena acs Set eae Se ane igi’ See Meee esate RUC Cee oe Cee a CEM eI i i petitive ability as well as direct and smelting reduction processes for metal production are presented and discussed. Wl ) é ¥ < = Zz ) EY A. Babich, D. Senk, H. W. Gudenau, LG RY ENC nL) TRONMAIING Textbook Eee eee TT RWTHAACHEN RWTH Aachen University Pyle oe ecole M1 ceA. Babich, D. Senk, H. W. Gudenau, K. Th. Mavrommatis TRONMAKING TEXTBOOK RWTH Aachen University Department of Ferrous Metallurgy Aachen 2008This textbook was originally written as an ingredient of the on-line course “Virtual Lab Ironmaking” developed at the Department of Ferrous Metallurgy (IEHK) at the RWTH Aachen University. The authors will be grateful to students, teachers and experts for comments and suggestions. © 2008 Institut flir Bisenhiittenkunde der RWTH Aachen Intzestr. 1. 52072 Aachen, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)241-80 95789 Fax: +49 (0)241-8092368 htp:i/www.iehk.rwth-aachen.de This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this material may be distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database ot retrieval system, without written permission of the authors Cover photo: Blast Fumace A, Linz Source: www.voestalpine.com [BLIOGRAFISCHE INFORMATION DER DEUTSCHEN Die Deutsche Bibliothek verzichnet dase Pubiation in der Deuschon alionalbbliografc: detailer bibhografsche Daten sind im interne ber hdd. abut BLIOTHEK BN 3.86120-997-1 Wissenschaft lag Mainzin Aachen Sistrfldse, $3, 52072 Aachen 1/239 48 oder 02 41 87.3434 sx: 0241 875577 wr-Verlag-Mainzde rorstljng: Drockerei MainzGrib ‘Sisterfeldee. $3, $2072 Aachen Telefon 02 41/87 44; Fax: 02 41/8787 Foreword Knowledge of the properties of raw materials and their preparation for smelting, of blast furnace technology and other methods for primary metal production - from the technical, economic and environmental points of view - is necessary for iron manufacture, According to this the book is divided into the following main parts — Raw Materials and Their Preparation — Blast Furnace Process — Direct and Smelting Reduction Processes Requirements or raw materials and techniques for meeting them, technology of blast furnace ironmaking and ways for keeping its competitive ability as well as alternative methods for hot metal production are presented and discussed. The authors have undertaken the attempt to present the past, present and future of the iron-processing technique from the viewpoint of shift of interest of the steel market and the research from “better” (better coke, better sinter, better steel and better aggregates) through “better and cheaper” (coke saving ete.) to “better and cheaper and environmentally friendly” - in order to ensure a sustainable development. ‘The book is aimed at University students of metallurgy and materials ‘engineering. Some sections, operational and statistical data and numerous references could also be useful for lecturers and experts in research institutes and stee! industry. A Web-adapted version of the book is available at http://meveus.ichk.rwth- aachen.de as a component of the online course “Virtual Lab Ironmaking”.