1RVS, CET, Jamshedpur-831007, India
2The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara-390 001, India
3Metallurgical Engg. Deptt., BIT, Sindri, Dhanbad-828 123, India
O.P. Jindal Institute of Technology, Raigarh-496 109, India
*Corresponding Authors Email: cbsingh@opjit.edu.in
Online published on 1 April, 2017.
Indian iron was famous in ancient times and it was exported to many countries throughout the world Though isolated pockets of iron making existed practically all over the country, yet there was no attempt of systematization and wider propagation. Recently an attempt has been made to establish proto-type furnace and scale it up with modifications in its design. The effect of scale-up.design and process parameters on the productivity of ancient iron making process and recovery of iron in the product has been discussed.
Ancient iron, Proto-type, Scaled-up, Heat recovery, Productivity, Recovery of iron, Process parameters
