OBJECTIVES 
In South Africa and around the world, there is a chronic shortage of Metallurgical Engineers with a strong background in the field of pyrometallurgy and/or high temperature processing. In order to be able to alleviate this problem the six postgraduate courses described briefly here has been designed to allow those who work or wish to work in the pyrometallurgy field, to upgrade and broaden their knowledge. The courses are knowledge based and do not necessarily involve technology transfer and thus the aim is to produce qualified people who can feel more at home in the pyrometallurgy field. 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND 
Process engineers from the contracting and consulting companies and research organizations involved in pyrometallurgical processes. · Plant metallurgists and managers responsible for high temperature processes. · Consulting metallurgists involved in new projects and flowsheet development in pyrometallurgy field. · Graduates engineers and diplomates and science graduates whose backgrounds did not adequately cover both fundamental and more applied topics in pyrometallugy and who are interested in improving their knowledge. · Engineers, diplomates and scientists in refractory manufacture. The lecturers will presume the delegates have some tertiary education. 

LECTURERS
Prof R H Eric, Pr.Eng. BSc(Eng), MSc(Eng), PhD, FSAIMM, MTMS, MCIM
Course coordinator and principal lecturer is Professor R Hurman Eric, who is the Chamber of Mines Professor of Extractive Metallurgical Engineering at the School of Process and Materials Engineering of the University of the Witwatersrand. He specialises in lecturing, conducting and supervising research in process dynamics, phase equilibria, thermodynamics and kinetics of high temperature processes and materials, a field which he has extensively studied for about 25 years and published well over 100 articles in international journals and proceedings. He is also the co-author of the text look “Mineral and Metal Extraction – An Overview” published by SAIMM.  Hurman is a member of the referee team of the prestigious Metallurgical and Materials Transactions and has received several gold and silver medals for his contribution to various international conferences, courses, and some companies (as a consultant and advisor). Prof Eric is also a Visiting Professor in the Delft University of Technology of the Netherlands responsible for their pyrometallurgy course and is the current Head of the School of Process and Materials Engineering at Wits.

Prof AW Bryson, Pr.Eng. BSc (Eng), PhD, MSAIMM, MSAIChE
Tony Bryson is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Wits. He has published over 50 research papers on various topics associated with the analysis and design of chemical and metallurgical processes and has extensive experience in lecturing.

Dr Guven Akdogan, Pr.Eng, BSc(Eng), MSc (Eng), PhD, MSAIMM, MTMS
His specialisation include kinetics and mechanisms of pyrometallurgical operations, process dynamics and physical modelling of gas stirred metallurgical vessels, dispersion phenomena and wave formation in metallurgical vessels, dissolution and mass transfer, slag-metal reactions in ferroalloy production, ferroalloy refining and steelmaking operations. He is currently lecturing in ore beneficiation, extractive metallurgy, and pyrometallurgy.

Prof MA Reuter, Pr.Eng, BSc (Eng), MSc (Eng), PhD, Dr. (Habil), MSAIMM, MTMS, MGDMB
Markus Reuter is Professor of Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He has published over 85 articles in scientific journals and conference proceedings and also 7 chapters in books. He also serves onthe editorial advisory boards of the International journals “Minerals Engineering” and “Erzmetall”. His specialization includes metallurgical process control and optimisation as well as environmental control and fundamental work to support process control and optimisation.

Dr Y Yang, BSc (Eng), MSc (Eng), Dr (Tech, Finland), MTMS.
Yongxiang Yang is Assistant Professor (Univ. docent) of Extractive Metallurgy at the Delft Univesity of Technology in the Netherlands. He specializes in transport phenomena, computational fluid dynamics and process simulation especially in high temperature metallurgical processes. He has published extensively in these fields withing the last few years, and is currently lecturing onthe same topics.

COURSE OUTLINE 
Each of the following are block release - 5 day courses and involve both fundamental and more applied aspects of pyrometallurgy. All of them start with a revision section to refresh prior knowledge. 

1: Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria in Pyrometallurgy (30 October - 3 November 2000) 
Review of basic thermodynamics. Solution thermo-dynamics; fundamentals of the thermodynamics of high temperature solutions, dilute solutions, alternative reference and standard states, interaction parameters. Solution modelling. Relationship between solution thermo-dynamics and phase diagrams. Ternary/multicomponent phase diagrams; phase rule and phase reactions, alkamede theorem, equilibrium path of solidification. Combination of thermodynamics and phase equilibria pertinent to pyrometallurgy. Case studies. 

2: Kinetics and Transport Phenomena in Pyrometallurgy (27 November -1 December 2000) 
Chemical kinetics; activation energy, empirical and semi-empirical kinetics, chemically controlled reactions, nucleation and growth, non-ideal conditions and complex reactions. Transport phenomena: engineering units, fluid flow; momentum transport and laminar flow, turbulent flow. Heat transport; conduction, convection, diffusion in the solid state, mass transport in fluids. Rate processes in pyrometallurgy; gas-solid, gas-liquid, liquid-liquid reactions, kinetic modelling. Case Studies. 

3: Solid, liquid and Gaseous State Pyrometallurgical Processes  (22 - 26 November 1999) (10 - 14 July 2000)
Principles of pyrometallurgy; high temperature technology. Solid state pyrometallurgy; drying and calcination, roasting and sinter-roasting, pre-reduction and direct reduction. Liquid state pyrometallurgy; principles and equipment, extraction and refining processes, molten salt electrolysis, casting. Gaseous state pyrometallurgy; principles, vapour metallurgy, halide metallurgy. Metal extraction routes. 

4: Principles of Modelling and Control of Pyrometallurgical Processes  (10-14 April 2000)
Introduction and overview of mathematical and physical modelling. Types of mathematical models and their role in process analysis and development. The study of physical phenomena; development of physical models-similarity concept. Measurement techniques. Modelling procedures; fluid-solid reactors, ladle metallurgy operations, continuous casting. Principles of simulation and control. Case studies. 

5: Physicochemical principles of Refractory Use  (17-21 Janury 2000) 
Refractory: its important characteristics and the environment. Principles of the use of multicomponent phase diagrams; liquidus/solidus projections, isothermal/vertical sections. Paths of melting/crystallization, recurrent crystallization. Refractory attack; reaction between phases: metal-refractory, gas-refractory, slag-refractory.Silica as a refractory. Alumina-silica system, chrome refractories, basic refractories, carbon and special refractories. Refractory selection. 

6: Selected/Special Topics in Pyrometallurgy  (26-30 June 2000) 
Slags, their properties and role in high temperature processing. Principles of sulphide smelting; non-ferrous melt chemistry, suspension and bath smelting update. Principles of ferrous metallurgy; manufacture of iron and steel, direct smelting and direct reduction, principles of high alloy steelmaking (Stainless Steels), manufacture of ferroalloys, aluminum and magnesium. Principles of Electric Furnaces, operation and metallurgical implications: electric arc furnaces, DC furnaces and electric (slag) furnaces. 

FEES
Fees are R3500 for each of the five-day courses, this fee includes tuition, notes, teas and lunches. An early bird discount of R200 will apply for bookings received 2 weeks prior to the start of each course. 

ENQUIRIES AND REGISTRATION
Lesley Stephenson 
Division of Continuing Engineering Education 
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 
P O Box 327 WITS 2050 
Tel: +27 11 716-5091 
Fax: +27 11 339-7835
E-mail: stephenson@egoli.min.wits.ac.za

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