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Process metallurgy and control 412


 
Module code NPB 412
Qualification Undergraduate
Faculty Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Module content

Elements of metallurgical process control (principles, selection of proportional-integral controller, identification of controlled and manipulated variables and disturbances).  Transient and steady-state heat transfer in metallurgy (formation of freeze layers, heating and cooling of components). Principles of reaction kinetics in pyrometallurgy (types and identification of rate-determining steps, quantification of overall reaction rate).

Module credits 8.00
Prerequisites (NPM 321)
Contact time 1 tutorial per week, 2 lectures per week
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Academic organisation Materials Science and Metallur
Period of presentation Semester 1

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