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Smelting Reduction Processes

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Blast furnace is still very popular in producing hot metal because of their (i) high energy efficiency, (ii) high productivity, (iii) high degree of gas utilization and (iv) long service life.

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  1. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

    Sujay Kumar Dutta

  2. Metallurgical Engineering Department, Government Polytechnic Rajkot, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

    Yakshil B. Chokshi

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Probable Questions

Probable Questions

  1. 1.

    What do you mean by smelting reduction processes. State the basic principle of SR processes. Discuss the advantages of SR processes.

  2. 2.

    How SR processes are classified? Discuss.

  3. 3.

    What are the alternate methods of hot metal production?

  4. 4.

    Discuss the basic principle of Corex process.

  5. 5.

    What are the difference in COREX and mini blast furnace processes?

  6. 6.

    Discuss the basic principle of HIsmelt process.

  7. 7.

    Discuss the basic principle of FINEX process.

  8. 8.

    Discuss the basic principle of FASTMELT process.

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Dutta, S.K., Chokshi, Y.B. (2020). Smelting Reduction Processes. In: Basic Concepts of Iron and Steel Making. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2437-0_8

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