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

0217104 Abdelrahaman描述：该奖项是为了支持田纳西州库克维尔田纳西理工大学电气和计算机工程系的Mohamed Abdelrahaman博士和埃及赫勒万中央冶金研究与发展学院铸造系的Ibrahim Moustafa博士的联合研究项目。 他们计划开发将自动控制技术与炉料成分优化相结合的高纯生铁生产技术。虽然冲天炉熔炼原理简单，但该过程的实际物理和化学细节相当复杂，并且在熔化区发生的现象难以直接测量。 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，并提高铁的质量。因此，该项目将实现两个目标：第一是测试和演示美方开发的冲天炉通用自动控制技术，第二是研究通过将优化的炉料与冲天炉自动控制相结合来生产高纯生铁。在这个项目中，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，在美国进行开发的控制系统的实验测试的成本是一个障碍，限制了开发的技术的演示，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1吨，此外还有一个设备齐全的冶金实验室，其设施可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技术提供了一种相对廉价的方法。

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.