Muhammad Nabeel

Biography

MSc in Materials Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

BSc in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan.

Projects

• Reduction of dust in a blast furnace charged with 100% iron ore pellets. 

  In the blast furnace (BF) process dust is generated, which exits with the off-gases, resulting in a loss of valuable raw materials and increased energy need per produced tonne of hot metal. The amount of dust is strongly related to the choice of ore feed. BFs with only pellet, i.e. all Nordic BFs, generate more dust than BFs with sinter as main ore feed. The project aims at reducing the amount of exiting dust from BFs. 

• Investigations of Rare Earth Metal - oxide inclusions and clusters. 

  In recent years, additions of rare earth metals (REM) to steel has gained considerable attention due to their beneficial effects. However, steels deoxidized with REM alloys are difficult to produce due to the tendency of REM-oxides to form cluster and clog the nozzle during casting. The aim of project is to understand formation and growth of REM oxide clusters.

Research Interests

• Iron making - focus on sustainability. 
• Clean steel production
• Dust formation during iron making processes.
• Particle analyses - particles produced during iron and steel making process.
• Investigations of Non-metallic inclusions; Three dimensional (3D) and two dimensional (2D)
• Material Characterization (SEM, EDX, Metallography, Miro-hardness, Tribology)

Scientific Publications

• M.Nabeel, A. Karasev, Björn Glasser and P. Jönsson, Characterization of dust generation during mechanical wear of partially reduced iron ore pellets, submitted to Steel Research International.
• M.Nabeel, A. Karasev and P. Jönsson, Friction forces and mechanical dust generation in an iron ore pellet bed subjected to varied applied loads, accepted for publication in ISIJ International.
• M. Nabeel, A. Karasev and P. G. Jönsson, Evaluation of Dust Generation during Mechanical Wear of Iron Ore Pellets, ISIJ International, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 960-966, 2016.
• M. Nabeel, A. Karasev and P. G. Jönsson, Formation and Growth Mechanism of Clusters in Liquid REM-alloyed Stainless Steels, ISIJ International, vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 2358-2364, 2015.
• M.Nabeel, A. Karasev and P. Jönsson, Characteristics of Iron Ore Pellets and their Influence on Dust Generation due to Wear, The 6th International Congress on Science and Technology of Steelmaking, 2015, Beijing, China. 
• M.Nabeel, A. Karasev and P. Jönsson, Investigation of formation and behavior of clusters in liquid REM alloyed stainless steel, 7th EOSC Conference 2014, Topic 6, pp 21, Trinec, Czech Republic. 
• M.Nabeel, P. Hedstrom and R. Frykholm, Influence of alloying elements on distribution of Ni in PM steels, Powder Metallurgy, Volume 57 Issue 2 (April 2014), pp. 111-118.
• H.Sone, M.Nabeel, A. Karasev and P. Jönsson, Evaluation of REM inclusions and clusters in steel samples taken from liquid steel, 1st ESTAD & 31st JSI 2014, Paris, pp. 78-79.