Ferrous Metallurgy :
- Members
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Gamal Eldin Khalifa
Prof. Dr. Mohmed Aziz Eldin Meraikib
Dr. Abd Elfattah Mohamed Belal
Dr. Sanaa said Abd Elmomen
Dr. Abdelrhman Ibrahim Hassan
- OBJECTIVE
The objectives are to develop innovative theories, technologies and equipments for iron & steel and their industrialization; to be the R&D platform for steels and ferroalloys; to be the training base for technological personnel; and finally to promote the competence of steel industry in Egypt, and to meet the requirements of national economic development.
- Activities
The main activities are to accelerate industrialization process of iron and steel technologies and equipments, to maximize our competence in integrating research, development, engineering, industrialization and application. Meanwhile, more efforts will be devoted to the R&D of advanced steel technologies.
- Laboratories
| Steelmaking Laboratory | |
| Conducting heats and experiments of steel & ferroalloysand performing refining during melting processes. | Mission |
| Induction Furnace – Electro Slag Remelting | Instrument and Equipment |
| Gaseous reduction laboratory | |
| Gaseous reduction of materials using carbon monoxide and hydrogen with change of gas flow rate and temperature. | Mission |
| Tube Furnace – Dryers – Muffle Furnaces | Instrument and Equipment |
| Ore Preparation Laboratory | |
| Conducting separation and liberation processes of molecules of different ores | Mission |
| Jaw Crusher – Ball Mill – Sieve Analysis | Instrument and Equipment |
| Ore Concentration Laboratory | |
| Performing concentration processes and increasing the content of the desired elements using different equipment based on the difference in the physical and chemical properties of raw materials | Mission |
| Magnetic Separation – Shaking Table
Flotation unite – Pelletizing bed |
Instrument and Equipment |
- Research Works
- Effects of temperature and rate of air flow on the oxidation of DRI.
- Distribution of silicon between hot metal and slag in blast furnace.
- Study of alkalis removal in blast furnace
- Improvement of sinter quality producing from Egyptian iron & steel company.
- Effects of temperature and slag basicity on the manganese partition between slag and metal in LD converters.
- Dephosphorization process with charging of high phosphorous content of DRI in electric arc furnace.
- Effect of charging method of DRI and HBI on steelmaking process and consumptions inelectric arc furnace.