US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Production Technology of High Purity Pig Iron in Small and Medium Cupola Foundries

描述：该奖项是为了支持由田纳西州库克维尔田纳西理工大学电气与计算机工程系的Mohamed Abdelrahaman博士和位于埃及Helwan的中央冶金研究与发展研究所铸造部的Ibrahim Moustafa博士共同开展的一项研究项目。他们计划通过整合自动控制技术和优化炉料成分，开发生产高纯度生铁的技术。冲天炉熔炼在原理上是简单的，但熔炼过程的实际物理和化学细节是相当复杂的，熔炼区内发生的现象是难以直接测量的。冲天炉熔炼过程的自动控制有望提高能源效率，减少对环境的影响，提高生产铁的质量。因此，该项目将实现两个目标：第一是测试和演示由美国方面开发的冲天炉通用自动控制技术，第二是通过将优化的炉料与冲天炉自动控制相结合来研究高纯度生铁的生产。范围：在该项目中，美国PI一直在美国领导开发冲天炉自动控制系统的研究工作。然而，在美国对已开发的控制系统进行实验测试的成本是一个障碍，限制了已开发技术的演示，进而限制了该技术在行业中的部署。埃及方面（CMRDI）有一个实验冲天炉，每小时生产能力为一吨，此外还有一个设备齐全的冶金实验室，可以测量熔融金属的化学成分、微观结构和机械性能。这些设施为开发和测试所需的技术提供了一种相对廉价的方式。

0217104AbdelrahamanDescription: This award is for support of a joint research project by Dr. Mohamed Abdelrahaman, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee and Dr. Ibrahim Moustafa, Foundry Department at the Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute in Helwan, Egypt. They plan to develop technology for the production of high purity pig iron by integrating automatic control technology and optimization of the composition of the charge materials. While cupola melting is simple in principle the actual physical and chemical details of the process are quite complex, and the phenomena occurring in the melt zone are difficult to measure directly. Automatic control of the cupola melting process promises improved energy efficiency, a less environmental impact and improved quality of produced iron. Thus, the project would achieve two objectives: the first is to test and demonstrate the general automatic control technology for cupola furnaces developed by the American side and the second is to investigate the production of high purity pig iron by the integration of optimized charge materials with the automatic control of the cupola furnace Scope: In this project the U.S. PI has been leading research efforts in the US for developing automatic control systems for cupola furnaces. However, the cost of performing the experimental testing of the developed control systems in the US is a hurdle that limits the demonstration of the developed technology and in turn the deployment of the technology in the industry. The Egyptian side (CMRDI) has an experimental cupola-melting furnace with a one ton per hour capacity, in addition to a well-equipped metallurgical laboratory with facilities to measure the chemical composition of molten metal, microstructure and mechanical properties. These facilities offer a relatively inexpensive way for developing and testing the desired technology.