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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Coal Treatment

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 617-0419/01
Abbreviation ÚU
Course title Coal Treatment
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Pánek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1.Origin of coal and its major world resources. current status and the future in the global economy.
2. Utilization of coal in metalurgy.
3. Physical, chemical and physico-chemical properties of coal. Requirements for the specific characteristics of coal used in the metallurgical coke production.
4. Theoretical introduction in physical methods of the coal treatment.
5. Separation of coal by use of gravity, flotation and drainage. Technology, equipment and water management.
6. Milling and grinding technology and equipment. Special preparation of coal for the coking process.
7. Preparation of coal blends. Mixing and dispensing, technology and equipment.
8. Contemporary theories of coke making process in terms of achieving the optimal coke properties.
9. Models for determining of the coal blends composition (statistical methods and neural network methods).
10. Coal drying and overheating.
11. Utilization of brown coal in metallurgy. Experience and perspectives of the new technologies in pig iron production.
12.Utilization of pulverized coal in metallurgy as a reducing agent and carburiser.
13.Ekological aspects of the coal utilization in metallurgy. Clean Coal Technology.
14.Ekonomic aspects and perspectives of the coal utilization in world and in the Czech Republic.

Literature

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Advised literature

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