COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MMM 4025 PRODUCTION OF IRON AND STEEL ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MURAT ALKAN

Offered to

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Course Objective

Basic principles of iron and steel production, production stages, problems to be faced in enterprises and in general, to gain knowledge about iron and steel products, their properties, current processes and potential research and development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define basic principles of pig iron production from iron and ores, pig types and usage areas
2   To be able to explain the basic principles of steel production from liquid pig and scrap
3   To associate nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen removal applications, residues and modification of residues in steels
4   To explain the ladle metallurgy, continuous casting and its products, units and operational problems and solution methods
5   To evaluate the quality of steels based on the composition determined by spectrometer
6   To be able to explain general information about sponge iron production
7   To evaluate the production, design and selection of iron and steel products in terms of their interaction with health, safety, environment, economy and social life, sustainability and waste management
8   To gain the ability to apply computer-aided applications on process variables by choosing suitable methods for the production of iron and steel products and / or semi-products

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course and transferring the scope of the project by determining the term projects and giving them to the groups
2 The history of iron and steel production, iron and steel production and world trade, the development of the iron and steel industry in Turkey, import and export data, its role in the industrialization of iron and steel production
3 World iron ore trade, enrichment of iron ores, pellet and sinter production, ore preparation in iron and steel plants, properties and production of metallurgical coke to be used in blast furnace
4 Blast furnaces and peak production, ladle processes
5 Steel production and oxygen removal in steels
6 Field study - visiting a steel plant
7 Definition of residues in steels, modification of residues
8 Midterm 1
9 Discussion of the first midterm exam results. Ladle metallurgy methods
10 Steel production from scrap
11 Introduction of continuous casting method, continuous casting errors and elimination
12 Midterm 2
13 Discussion of the second midterm exam results. Sponge iron production methods, advantages and limitations of sponge iron
14 Wastes in iron and steel plants, waste recycle and environmental problems

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fundamentals of steel making, E. T. Türkdoğan,
2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel, William T. Lankford, ASIE Foundation, 0930767004, Pennsylvania, 1985
3. H. Koçak, R. Kurt, Çelik Rehberi, Sağlam Metal, 2017

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentation, exams and assignment/presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 PRC PRACTICE
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.15 + MTE2 * 0.15 + PRC * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.15 + MTE2 * 0.15 + PRC * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm exams, quizzes and final exams will be performed as classical written exams with closed book-notebook.

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcome LO8, will be assessed by means of homework and by means of presenting orally and writing a report. Other learning outcomes will be assessed by means of exam questions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Lectures and examinations are carried out with respect to regulation of Engineering Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, named "Principles of Education and Examination Practice". If the homework and reports are cited without reference directly from another source or quoted directly from other students, the relevant study is excluded from the evaluation.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department,
Floor:2 Room:288
phone: +90 (232) 301 74 58
e- mail: umit.cocen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The student counseling hours are stated in the weekly course schedule at the door of the academic staff.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 8 16
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1,5 24
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Field study 1 3 3
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 2 1,5 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 110

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1334
LO.234
LO.334
LO.434
LO.543
LO.6334
LO.7432455
LO.84545544324