Theory and Practice of CO2 Utilization in Steelmaking

Dr. Rong Zhu is currently a professor in University of Science and Technology Beijing. He is the winner of the first national innovation prize, the national advanced worker in science and technology, the winner of Beijing Teachers' morality model (Pioneer), the winner of Baosteel excellent teacher award, and the expert enjoying the special allowance of the State Council. He was selected as one of the first batches of “National University Huang Danian style teacher team”, the director of Beijing Key Laboratory of high end metal smelting and preparation, and the director of Beijing Key Laboratory of high end metal smelting and preparation. He is the director of the Reserach Center of  Carbon Dioxide Science in Beijing University of Science and Technology, the member of expert committee of China Society of metals, the director of electrometallurgy branch, the deputy director of special steel branch, the member of steelmaking branch, the member of China Electrotechnical Society, and the member of National Professional Standardization Technical Committee. He has been engaged in the research of steelmaking technology and engineering application for a long time and is one of the main academic leaders in this field. He has presided over/participated in a number of national “973” major basic projects, national science and technology support plan, national natural science key and general funds, provincial and municipal key projects, won 3 second prizes of national science and technology progress (2 first prizes), 6 first prizes of provincial and ministerial level, published 5 monographs, authorized more than 100 invention patents, and published more than 200 papers. The related technology has been extended to more than 200 iron and steel enterprises at home and abroad.

Preface.- Introduction.- The thermodynamics of CO2 in the steelmaking process.- The kinetics of using CO2 in steelmaking.- Materials and heat balance of the CO2 used in steelmaking.- Basic Theory of CO2 use in Refining.- The Theory of Limestone Decomposing CO2 Steelmaking.- Decarburization and chromium (Cr) yield of a chromium-containing melt by CO2.- Application of CO2 injection in the steelmaking process.- References.