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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Swayam is an initiative taken by the government to help learners gain knowledge about various topics. It also provides certification implying with terms and conditions which is optional. This course is designed to be very quantitative, fundamental and informative. With online classes and doubt clearing sessions, participants can easily learn a lot from this course with no problems at the end. This course also makes the candidate's industry ready and helps by providing various industry insights.

Participants can use reference books such as A First Course in Iron and Steelmaking, Dipak Majumdar, UP-IIM, Hyderabad, 2015 and The iron blast Furnace: Theory & Practice, Peacy and Davenport, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1979.

This course also provides learners with certificates having logos of IIT Kharagpur and NPTEL. The certification will help candidates to prove their skills and knowledge on the topic. This course will also lead learners with various job opportunities. The certificate provided will be available in the soft copy so they can access them easily.

The Highlights

Weekly assignments
The course duration of 12 weeks
100% Online learning programme
A certificate will be provided by Swayam
Government certified programme

Programme Offerings

100% online learning
Quiz
tests
assignments
practice test
videos

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Kharagpur

The Ironmaking and Steelmaking course is absolutely free of cost.
Learners who wish to acquire certification need to enrol for the exam. The exam fee is Rs. 1000
The certificate exam is completely optional.

Ironmaking and Steelmaking course Fees Details

Head	Amount
Course fee	Free of cost

Eligibility Criteria

Certifying Qualifying Details

Candidates will only receive a certificate of completion if they score more than 40 out of 100 including assignment and final exam. The total marks will be calculated inclusive of assignment marks and final exam.

What you will learn

Knowledge of Chemistry

As the programme comes to an end, candidates will be able to learn and master some of the concepts that are mentioned below:

Candidates will get to learn all about burden preparation.
Learners will have a proper understanding of hybrid steel making.
They will also have a good knowledge of heat transfer.
They will get the entire learning and knowhow of the concept of aerodynamics.
Learners will master the core concepts of a blast furnace.

Who it is for

Mining and Geological EngineerMaterials EngineerMetallurgical Engineer

Admission Details

To join this Ironmaking and Steelmaking course, candidates will need to follow the steps below: -

Step 1: Visit https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_mm23/preview. This is the programme URL which will guide the candidate ahead.

Step 2: Thereafter, click on the Sign In/Register tab.

Step 3: Learners will be redirected to a new page where they are required to register themselves using credentials.

Step 4: Registration link will be available soon and will be notified through email address.

Step 5: After the link becomes available, candidates need to click on it and register themselves for the course.

Step 6: Once it is done, learners will be notified through email and will be eligible to access the course.

The Syllabus

Introduction: Various routes of modern steel making (BF-BOF, DRI-EAF, SR)
Blast furnace Ironmaking: Shape of the furnace
Various reactions and zones in the Blast Furnace
Thermodynamics of Iron making
Direct & indirect reduction
Blast Furnace as an efficient counter current gas solid reactor and maximum carbon efficiency

Overall heat and Material Balance in Blast Furnace
Rist Diagram based on oxygen balance
Rist Diagram based on heat & Material balance

Blast Furnace as a two stage reactor
A predictive model for coke rate in blast furnace

Aerodynamics in Blast Furnace (pressure drop, fluidization, channeling, Flooding)

Burden preparation (sintering, pelletization, coke making)
Testing of raw materials

Burden distribution in Blast Furnace
Auxiliary injection
Fuel efficiency and productivity in a Blast furnace

Thermodynamics of steelmaking
Introduction to LD steel making (process, emulsion, decarburization, catch carbon technique, impurity & slag evolution)

Hybrid steel making
Modern EAF/IF steel making
Secondary Steel making: Thermodynamics & kinetics of deoxidation

Secondary steel making: Vacuum treatment of steel and processes
Gas stirring

Secondary Steel making: Ladle desulphurization
Inclusion modification by calcium treatment
Inclusion control by optimizing upstream operating parameters

Heat transfer and segregation during casting
Ingot casting
Continuous casting
Defects in steel

Alternative routes of iron & steel making (Rotary kiln, Corex, Midrex)

Instructors

IIT Kharagpur Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Where do I need to appear for the certificate exam?

For the certificate exam, candidates need to register and go to their designated exam centres.

2: What will I receive after joining the course?

The Ironmaking and Steelmaking course provides its candidates with online classes, weekly assignments, study material, university mentors and ease to clear their doubts and an optional certificate.

3: What are the certification criteria?

Participates are required to score 40 out of 100 marks in total including assessment marks and final exam marks.

4: Who is the instructor of this Ironmaking and Steelmaking course?

The instructor of this course is Prof. Gour Gopal Roy from IIT Kharagpur who will teach the learners throughout the course.

5: What are the various industries which will support our learning throughout the course?

The various industries which will support the Ironmaking and Steelmaking course are Tata Steel, Jamshedpur; HEC, Ranchi; SAIL Steel plants; RINL steel Plant, JSW.