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Physical Separation Processes I

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0468/03
Abbreviation FSP 1
Course title Physical Separation Processes I
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Iva Janáková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Separation of bulk materials, basic concepts and applications
2. Gravity separation, theory of gravity separation
3. Separation in heavy suspensions, theoretical foundations,
4. Separation in heavy suspensions, machinery, calculation of parameters
5. Separation in jigs, separation theory
6. Separation in jigs, machinery, calculation of parameters
7. Separation in thin layer of water, theoretical foundations
8. Separation in a thin layer of water, machinery, calculation of parameters
9. Separation in the ascending stream of water, theoretical foundations
10.Separation in the ascending stream of water, machinery, calculation of parameters
11.Separation in a centrifugal field, theoretical foundations
12.Separation in centrifugal field, machinery, calculation of parameters
13.Pneumatic separation, theoretical foundations, machinery, calculation of parameters

Literature

WiLLs, B.A.,Wills’ Mineral Processing Technology. An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery. 2006, ISBN 0-7506-4450-8
DRZYMALA, Jan. Mineral processing: foundations of theory and practice of minerallurgy. Wroclaw: University of Technology, 2007. ISBN 9788374933629 .
TICHÁNEK, František, Jiří BOTULA a Vlastimil ŘEPKA. Mineral processing. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005, 90 l. ISBN 8024808137
FUERSTENAU, Maurice C. a Kenneth N. HAN. Principles of mineral processing. Littleton, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c2003. ISBN 0-87335-167-3.

Advised literature

SUBA RAO, D.V. Textbook of Mineral Processing. Scientific Publishers, 2017. ISBN 9789387741027 .
A. GUPTA AND D.S. YAN. Mineral processing design and operation an introduction. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 9780444516367 .
YOUNG, Courtney a Gerald H LUTTRELL. Separation technologies for minerals, coal, and earth resources. Englewood, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 2012. ISBN 0873353390 .
UNGARISH, M. Hydrodynamics of suspensions: fundamentals of centrifugal and gravity separation. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993. ISBN 0387547622.