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Process Equipment III

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0515/01
Abbreviation PZIII
Course title Process Equipment III
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jiří Zegzulka, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Methods of solid-liquid separation. Definition of basic terms.
2. Sedimentation. The movement of a single particle in an unlimited liquid
3. Sedimentation velocity of single particle in unlimited liquid
4. Suspension sedimentation. Undisturbed and disturbed sedimentation.
5. Devices for continuous sedimentation
6. Basic models for sedimentation process description
7. Simulation of continuous thickeners
8. Filtration. Fluid flow through a stable layer of granular material.
9. Mathematical description of the process by a layer of granular material
10. Filtration equation and its dependence on filtration conditions
11. Equipment for filtration
12. Centrifugal field drainage. Settling of a spherical particle in a centrifugal field.
13. Centrifugal field dewatering equipment
14. USIMPAC software for drainage modeling

Literature

KING, R. P., C. L. SCHNEIDER and E. A. KING. Modeling and simulation of mineral processing systems. 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 2012. ISBN 978-0-87335-345-8 .
HICKS, Tyler Gregory a Nicholas P. CHOPEY, ed. Handbook of chemical engineering calculations. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2012. ISBN 978-0-07-176804-7 .

Advised literature

GUPTA, A and D.S. YAN. Mineral processing design and operation an introduction. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006. ISBN 9780444516367 .
RUSSELL, David L. Practical wastewater treatment. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Interscience, c2006. ISBN 978-0-471-78044-1 .


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