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B M E - E, 2009: (Old Syllabus)

This document provides information and questions for an exam on steel making. It includes: 1) A calculation question involving production rates, furnace sizes, and tap times for Company A's steel melt shop. 2) Short answer differentiation questions between various steel making processes and phenomena. 3) Short note questions requiring explanations of raw materials, specific processes, and steel making terms. 4) Long answer theory and explanation questions involving slag structure, refining techniques, deoxidation, desulfurization, and decarburization/dephosphorization behavior in various steel making processes.

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B M E - E, 2009: (Old Syllabus)

This document provides information and questions for an exam on steel making. It includes: 1) A calculation question involving production rates, furnace sizes, and tap times for Company A's steel melt shop. 2) Short answer differentiation questions between various steel making processes and phenomena. 3) Short note questions requiring explanations of raw materials, specific processes, and steel making terms. 4) Long answer theory and explanation questions involving slag structure, refining techniques, deoxidation, desulfurization, and decarburization/dephosphorization behavior in various steel making processes.

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Ex/MT/32A/128/2009 (Old)

BACHELOR OF METALLURGY ENGG. EXAMINATION, 2009

(Old Syllabus)

(3rd Year–2nd Semester)

STEEL MAKING

Time : Three hours Full Marks : 100

(50 marks for each part)

Use a separate answer-script for each part.

PART-I
Answer to the following questions.

1. ‘A’ is a steelmaking company, with the following data. Production


of billets for company ‘A’ is 1.7 mtpy. Company ‘A’ has four
equisized electric arc furnace (EAF), one ladle furnace (LF)
and one billet caster.
Calculate :
–Size of each EAF
Data Given :
The yield of billet caster is 97% and that of LF is 100% for
both cases
No. of days of operation for steel melt shop (SMS) is 320
Tap to tap time for EAF is 85 min. 5
[ Turn over
( 2 ) ( 3 )
2. Differentiate between the followings (any five) : 5×4 PART-II
Answer any four questions.
(a) Open Hearth Process and Twin Bath Process.
4. (a) Explain the structure of steel making slag of basic
(b) Diffusion Deoxidation and Precipitation Deoxidation. process. 6

(c) Acid Bessenmer Process and Basic Bessenmer Process. (b) What is Flood’s theory of slag? Discuss with reference to
‘S’ refining. 6½
(d) Pipes and Blowholes.
5. (a) How is the ‘C’ refining takes place in hearth process?
(e) LD Process and LDAC Process. Explain. 6

(f) Electric Arc Furnace and Induction Furnace. (b) What is the effect of O 2 pressure and vacuum to
decarbarization rate? 6½
(g) Static Casting and Continuous Casting.
6. (a) Explain the role of iron oxide and calcium oxide on
dephosphorization reaction. 6½
3. Write short notes about the followings (any five) : 5×5
(b) What is external desulphurization technique? Explain its
(a) Raw materials for steelmaking role during steel making. 6

(b) OBM Process 7. (a) What are the conditions for ‘Mn’ removal and reversion
in basic oxygen furnace process. 6½
(c) Arcing
(b) Explain the role of deoxidizer in steel making process.
(d) Thomas Iron 6

8. (a) Show the decarburization and dephosphorization behaviour


(e) Oxygen lancing in LD process
dc and dp
in LD process. Justify the behaviour. 6½
(f) Killed Steel dt dt

(g) Tundish. (b) Explain the importance of ‘Ar’ purging from bottom in
LD process. 6

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