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Secondary Raw Materials and Minerals Treatment and its Acquisitions Processes

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Course Unit Code542-0425/07
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter 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
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,principles and importance
2. Grinding, milling and screening
3. Gravity separation, magnetic and elektrostatic separation
4. Flotation
5. Dewatering, dust reduction
6. Technology of coal processing
7. Technology of ores processing
8. Wastes recycling, principles and wastes characterization
9. Recycling of metal wastes
10.Recyling of metallurgical wastes
11.Recycling of municipal wastes
12.Recycling of construction wastes
13.Recycling of waste plastics and rubbers
14.Processing of radioactive wastes
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