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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Raw Sources and Their Treatment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 637-0822/01
Abbreviation RSU
Course title Raw Sources and Their Treatment
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Non-ferrous Metals, Refining and Recycling
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Miroslav Kursa, CSc.

Subject syllabus

• Non-ferrous metal ores, metal content and enrichment opportunities. Technical metal sorting, purity metals. Raw material base CR.
• Modification of primary non-ferrous metals. Theory of crushing, grinding, classification. Basic units for crushing, grinding and classification.
• Separating processes, static and dynamic gravity, the basic units
• Separating processes of magnetic and electric, basic units
• Flotation, the theory of the flotation process, flotation concentrate, the flotation process technology.
• The other finishing processes, thickening
• Filtration and drying filters, drying ovens
• Types and properties of iron ores
• Theoretical foundations of iron ore sintering
• Thermal sintering of the process
• Gas dynamic page sintering processes
• Fundamentals of materials folding fine grained
• Pelletizing, iron ore briquetting
• Ecological aspects of the production of sinter

Literature

1. ASM Handbook. Vol.2, Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Material. 10th edition, ASM International, 2000, 1328 p. ISBN 0-87170-378-5
2. RAMACHANDRA RAO, S. R. Resource Recovery and Recycling from Metallurgical Wastes. Elsevier, London, 2006. ISBN 978-0-08-045131-2.

Advised literature

1. MOORE, J.: Chemical Metallurgy, Oxford 1994.