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Mineral Raw-Materials Heat Treatment

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Course Unit Code542-0416/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
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
BOT40doc. Ing. Jiří Botula, Ph.D.
Summary
The course deepens knowledge in the field of mineral processing using heat in combination with other treatment processes. Heat treatment is one of the basic methods of refining raw materials used in methods of testing fine-grained materials, roasting ores, carbonization of fuels and other
technological processes. Attention is also paid to methods of waste heat treatment.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to deepen students' knowledge in the field of heat treatment of mineral resources and waste including relevant technological calculations.
Course Contents
1. Fundamentals of thermal engineering
2. Material and energy balance of thermal equipment
3. Drying of materials, theoretical foundations
4. Drying of materials, technological equipment of driers
5. Briquetting of materials
6. Pelletization of materials and thermal strengthening
7. Coal coking, theoretical foundations
8. Coal coking, technological equipment of coking plants
9. Agglomeration, theoretical foundations
10.Agglomeration, technological equipment and applications
11.Combustion, theoretical foundations.
12.Combustion, technological equipment and applications
13.Pyrolysis and gasification, theoretical foundations
14.Pyrolysis and gasification, technological equipment and applications
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
SUBBA RAO, D. V. a T. GOURICHARAN. Coal processing and utilization. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Balkema, 2016. ISBN 978-1-138-02959-0.
MUJUMDAR, Arun S. Handbook of industrial drying. Fourth edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. ISBN 9781466596658.
EL-MAHALLAWY, F. M. a Saad El-Din HABIK. Fundamentals and technology of combustion. Boston: Elsevier, 2002. ISBN 0080441068.
SCHEIRS, John a W. KAMINSKY. Feedstock recycling and pyrolysis of waste plastics: converting waste plastics into diesel and other fuels. Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley, 2006. ISBN 9780470021521.
TICHÁNEK, František. Tepelné zpracování nerostných surovin 1. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1991. ISBN 80-7078-073-8.
MUJUMDAR, Arun S. Handbook of industrial drying. Fourth edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. ISBN 9781466596658.
KOZINA, Antonín, Miroslav PÍŠA a Bohumil ŠPLÍCHAL. Koksárenství: učebnice pro vysoké školy. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1973.
OBROUČKA, Karel. Termické odstraňování a energetické využívání odpadů. Ostrava: VŠB-Technická univerzita, 2001. ISBN 80-248-0009-8.
Recommended Reading:
SPEIGHT, J. G. The chemistry and technology of coal. 3rd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2013. Chemical industries. ISBN 978-1-4398-3646-0.
BASU, Prabir. Biomass gasification and pyrolysis: practical design and theory. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010. ISBN 978-0-12-374988-8.
SRB, Jaroslav. Pelletization of fines. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1988. Developments in mineral processing.
BASU, Prabir. Biomass gasification, pyrolysis, and torrefaction: practical design and theory. Second edition. Boston: Academic Press is and imprint of Elsevier, 2013. ISBN 978-012-396488-5.


SRB, Jaroslav a Zdenka RŮŽIČKOVÁ. Peletizace jemnozrnných surovin. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1979.
SRB, Jaroslav. Pelletization of fines. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1988. Developments in mineral processing.
LEŠKO, Michal. Tepelné zušlachťovanie nerastných surovín. Košice: Vysoká škola technická v Košiciach, 1981.
BASU, Prabir. Biomass gasification and pyrolysis: practical design and theory. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010. ISBN 978-0-12-374988-8.

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 31