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Secondary Raw Materials and Minerals Treatment and its Acquisitions Processes

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Course Unit Code542-0425/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KUC25doc. Dr. Ing. Radmila Kučerová
PET440Ing. František Peterka
SIR062Ing. Tomáš Široký, Ph.D.
Summary
The basic principles of mineral processing and their application (coal and ores processing, wastes recycling). Machinery of mineral processing.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Define and describe the basic principles of mineral processing. Gained knowledges synthesis and application in mineral processing and recycling technologies.
Course Contents
1.Mineral processing, basic concepts and purpose
2. Crushing and grinding of raw materials, theoretical foundations, machines and applications
3. Mechanical classification and classification, theoretical foundations and applications
4. Gravitational separation, theoretical foundations, machines and applications
5. Separation in electric and magnetic fields, theoretical foundations, machines and applications
6. Flotation, theoretical foundations and applications
7. Dewatering and drying, theoretical foundations and applications
8. Coal treatment technology
9. Basics of ore technology (selected chapters)
10. Aggregate technology
11. Basics of silicate raw materials technology (selected chapters)
12. Waste recycling, basic concepts of waste management
13. Wastes from extraction and processing of raw materials (selected chapters)
14. Municipal wastes and wastes based on plastics
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
SUBA RAO, D.V. Textbook of Mineral Processing. Scientific Publishers, 2017. ISBN 9789387741027.
FUERSTENAU, Maurice C. and Kenneth N. HAN. Principles of mineral processing. Littleton, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 2003. ISBN 0-87335-167-3.
TICHÁNEK, František, Jiří BOTULA and Vlastimil ŘEPKA. Mineral processing. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2005, 90 l. ISBN 8024808137.
STESSEL, Richard Ian. Recycling and resource recovery engineering: principles of waste processing. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1996. Environmental engineering. ISBN 3-540-61100-2.
BOTULA, Jiří. Recyklace odpadů kovových a kovonosných. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2003. ISBN 80-248-0495-6.
BOTULA, Jiří. Odpady z těžby a zpracování surovin. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2013, 130 s. ISBN 9788024833194.
NOVÁČEK, Jiří. Technologie úpravy uhlí I. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2000. ISBN 80-7078-764-3.
FUERSTENAU, Maurice C. and Kenneth N. HAN. Principles of mineral processing. Littleton, Colo.: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, 2003. ISBN 0-87335-167-3.
Recommended Reading:
Wills,B.A.:Wills’ Mineral Processing Technology. An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery.Butterworth-Heinemann,2006,ISBN: 0-7506-4450-8
LOTTERMOSER, Bernd G. Mine wastes: characterization, treatment and environmental impacts. 3rd ed. New York: Springer, 2010. ISBN 9783642124198.
WORRELL, Ernst a M. A. REUTER. Handbook of recycling: state-of-the-art for practitioners, analysts, and scientists. Boston: Elsevier, 2014. ISBN 978-0-12-396459-5.
DINTER, Oskar. Drcení a mletí nerostných surovin. Praha: SNTL-Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1984.
LOTTERMOSER, Bernd G. Mine wastes: characterization, treatment and environmental impacts. 3rd ed. New York: Springer, 2010. ISBN 9783642124198.
ŘEPKA, Vlastimil. Technologie zpracování surovin. Ostrava: VŠB-Technická univerzita, 1998. ISBN 80-7078-548-9.
BLÁHOVÁ, Oldřiška a Milan HOLBEIN. Fyzikální rozdružovací procesy I. Ostrava: VŠB, 1989.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18