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Coal and Carbonisation Course now available online

Coal and Carbonisation Course now available online


ONLINE COURSE - AN INTRODUCTION TO COAL AND CARBONISATION

The Materials Processing Institute has launched the latest course in its series of online steel industry training courses which can be accessed instantly and are available to complete at any time and on demand.

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course introduces the subject of coal and carbonisation, starting with how coal was formed and why coals possess different characteristics, moving on to how coals are characterised and selected for cokemaking and finally covering the carbonisation process to make metallurgical coke.


WHAT THE COURSE COVERS

The course covers the fundamentals of coal formation and how it is used to make metallurgical coke by:

* Discovering how coal was formed over the millennia

* Identifying the selection criteria for coals for coke making

* Being introduced to the process of carbonisation to make coke


LEARNING OUTCOMES

* An understand how coal is formed and why coals differ in properties

* Knowledge of the methods used to characterise coals and measure their physio-chemical properties

* An insight into how the carbonisation of coal forms coke for metallurgical processes


WHO SHOULD ACCESS THE COURSE

Practitioners in the Steel industry, such as scientists, researchers, technologists, technology managers and Operations and Operational management. Those who are, or who aspire to be senior leaders within the Steel industry or academia.


COURSE DURATION

3 x 40 minute modules

For more information and to access this course click here


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3 February 2021