School of Materials Science & Engineering

The Cooperative Research Centre (CCSD) is one of the centres established under a Commonweath government initiative to bring together researchers from academia, industry, and government-funded organisations for the benefit of the Australian community and industry.

As part of the ARC, CRC and Industry supported research efforts in this field our principal research areas are:

Carbon/slag interactions in EAF steelmaking
CO2 reactivity of selected coals for COREX process
Commercial Iron Oxides for COREX operation
Carbon Transfer in Direct Iron Smelting: Kinetics and Wettability
Slag/Char interactions and char reaction kinetics during ironmaking
Carbonaceous materials in solid waste generated during ironmaking
Carbon/Gas reactions
Carbon/Metal reactions: experimental and simulations studies
Refractory reactions during iron/steelmaking: experimental and simulation studies
Ferro-silicon reactions in scrap melting process

Specialised facilities include vertical and horizontal furnaces (1700^oC), Induction Furnace, hot press for briqueting, on-line mass spectometer, high-frequency induction furnace, CCD cameras and image analysis software for sessile drop measurements, and carbon/nitrogen/oxygen/sulphur determination units.

Research Sponsors:

Australia -

ARC
CRC (CCSD)
BHP Steel
Onesteel
Tyco Water

International -

American Iron and Steel Institute, USA
POSCO, Korea
CO₂ reactivity of selected coals for COREX process
Commercial Iron Oxides for COREX Operation
Carbon Transfer in Direct Iron Smelting: Dissolution Kinetics and Wettability
Slag/char/gas interactions and char reaction kinetics