Kinetics of Metallurgical Processes

Course Introduction

Prerequisite

• Students: Pursuing B.E.,/B.Tech., or M.E.,/M.Tech., in Metallurgy/Materials Engineering/Materials Science/Chemical/Mechanical/Production or other allied disciplines.
• Researchers/faculties from R&D labs, national laboratories, engineering colleges, etc.
• Working professionals/Engineers/practitioners/Researchers in steel plants & iron/steel foundries, non-ferrous extraction plants (Al, Cu, Zn, Pb, etc.), metallurgical waste processing sectors, metal recycling sectors, etc.

Course Contents

• Reaction kinetics: Homogeneous reaction kinetics, molecularity, order of reactions and rate equations, theories of activation energy, rate-limiting step, and catalyst. Process kinetics: Heterogeneous kinetics, fluid (gas/liquid) -solid reactions (progressive conversion, shrinking core, shrinking particle model), liquid-liquid reactions (mass transfer models), gas-liquid systems, concepts of reactor design. Introduction to similarity criteria, dimensional analysis & modeling of the metallurgical systems.

What you'll learn

This course imparts basic and advanced knowledge of metallurgical processes related to metal extraction and recycling. At the end of the course, one can apply the fundamental knowledge for detailed and critical kinetic evaluation of the metallurgical processes & systems.

About the Instructor

Dr. Ashok has over a decade of experience in process modeling, simulation, metal extraction, and recycling. Recent highlights of his research work are demystifying the shape effect of BOF on the tapping process, developing a hot model to simulate continuous casting in-mold phenomena, indigenizing technologies for cannon liner steel, and hydrogen standard (CRM) in steel. He was conferred the Young Metallurgist (Metal Science) Award by the Ministry of Steel (GoI) in 2021. He was recently conferred the IEI Young Engineers Award from the Institution of Engineers (India). He is presently one of the editors of TRANS IIM and IIM Metals News.

Instructor Profile

Course Assessment

Assessment may consist of assignments &/or quizzes &/viva &/or exams.
(More details on assessment will be provided at the start of the course).