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Process equipment, selected applications

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0907/01
Abbreviation PZVA
Course title Process equipment, selected applications
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jiří Zegzulka, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Development of mechanical processes in connection with important inventions and discoveries, impulses in times of crises and wars
Specification of areas possible to use knowledge of mechanical processes
Typical examples of mechanical processes in the historical context with the forecast of further development in the time of digitization and Industry 4.0.
Development of the field and standards of processes in chemistry
Selected applications of mechanical processes from food, cosmetics and agriculture
Mechanical processes utilization in the processing of minerals and metals
Implementation and specification of mechanical processes in ceramic applications
Mechanical processes in the production of plastics, composites and raw materials for 3D printers
The irreplaceable role of mechanical processes in the processing of pigments for paints and varnishes
Development and innovation impulses in connection with space research and modern trends at the time of process digitization as conditional trends for the implementation of Industry 4.0

Literature

MCGLINCHEY, D. Bulk solids handling. Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.ISBN 10: 1405158255.
REICKS, A., MICHAEL T., eds. Bulk Material Handling by Conveyor Belt 5. SME, 2004.
WOODCOCK, C. R., MASON J. S. Bulk solids handling an introduction to the practice and technology. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012,ISBN 978-94-009-2635-6 .
SCHULZE, D. Powders and Bulk Solids: Behaviour, Characterization and Flow, Springer, Berlin 2008.

Advised literature

SHAMLOU, P. A. Handling of bulk solids: theory and practice. Elsevier, 2013.
ZEGZULKA, J. Mechanics of bulk materials, Version 1. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical university, (2004), 186 p. ISBN 80-248-0699-1.
JENIKE, A. W. Storage and Flow of Solids, University of Utah, 1964.
NEDDERMAN, R. M. Statics and Kinematics of Granular Materials, Cambridge University Press (1992).