Course

Process Metallurgy Advanced - MATS4003

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: School of Materials Science and Engineering

Course Outline: http://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Reaction rate and expressions for different reaction systems; kinetics and thermodynamics of metallurgical reactions; heat balance and mass balance of chemical reactors; batch and semibatch reactors; plug flow reactors (gas reactants in most metallurgical processes); mixed tank reactors (smelting, steel refining); catalytic reactions Heterogeneous reactions; fixed bed reactors (stack leaching processes); fluidised bed reactors (fluid bed roasting, alternative ironmaking technologies); moving bed reactors (blast furnace, Corex process).


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