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Mineral Biotechnology I

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Course Unit Code546-0437/06
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PEC06doc. Ing. Iva Janáková, Ph.D.
Summary
The course of “Mineral Biotechnologies I” is focused on introductory information on utilization and application of mineral biotechnologies in research as well as operational practice. The course deals in detail with the ssue of mineral biotechnologies. The individual lectures concentrate on environmental biogenic processes, basic principles of mineral biotechnologies, general characteristics of microbial metabolisms of the individual microorganisms. Next, it deals with the study of potential application of biogenic processes into technological procedures of treatment and processing of selected sulfitic ores.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal is to broaden students' knowledge in the field of mineral biotechnology, focusing on biotechnological processes for the treatment of sulphide ores and coal. Particular attention is paid to the environmental processes in deposits with sulphide mineralization, biological leaching and micro-organisms used to biological leaching. Students will be able to work with this content and be able to compare them with practice. Newly acquired knowledge is the basis for optimization, measurement and control of biological process.
Course Contents
1.Biotechnology and Mineral Development, Environmental biogenic happening as the basic principle of mineral biotechnology; kinetics of the process.
2. Biogenic elements, chemical and biological nature of the cycle of elements in the biosphere.
3. Course of environmental processes in deposits with sulphide mineralization, bioleaching, microorganisms used in the bioleaching.
4. The genus Thiobacillus, Biological - Chemical oxidation of metals (in general).
5. Bio - chemical leaching of pyrite and arzenopyritu.
6. Bio - chemical leaching of copper sulfides.
7. Bio - chemical leaching of sphalerite, galena and stibnite.
8. Application of bio-chemical methods in mining and mineral processing.
9. Classification of coal - physical properties, makropetrographic classification.
10. Micropetrographic classification - brown coal, hard coal microlithotypes.
11. Forms of behavior of sulfur in coal, sulfur removal from coal using microorganisms.
12. Technological aspects of biological desulfurizace sulfur from coal.
13. Biodegradation of black and brown coal - split ties.Biological treatment of coal for power production purposes.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
FEČKO, Peter, Mária KUŠNIEROVÁ, Vladimír ČABLÍK and Iva PEČTOVÁ(Janáková). Environmental biotechnology. Ostrava: VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, 2006. ISBN 8024810905.
FLYNNE, W. G. Biotechnology and bioengineering. New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-1-60456-067-1.
ATLAS, R.M.: Microbiology, Fundamentals and Applications. 2nd Ed. Macmillan Publishing Comp., New York, 1988. Dictionary of microbiology and molecular biology [online]. 3rd ed.
KüCK, Ulrich FRANKENBERG-DINKEL, Nicole. Biotechnology. De Gruyter, 2015.
FEČKO, Peter, Mária KUŠNIEROVÁ, Alena SOCHORKOVÁ, Mária PRAŠČÁKOVÁ, Pavla OVČAŘÍ, Nikolas MUCHA a Iva JANÁKOVÁ. Biotechnológie v úprave uhlia. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita, 2008. ISBN 9788024817019.
FEČKO, Peter, Mária KUŠNIEROVÁ, Vladimír ČABLÍK a Iva PEČTOVÁ(Janáková). Environmentální biotechnologie. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, Hornicko-geologická fakulta, Institut environmentálního inženýrství, 2004. ISBN 8024807009.
KUŠNIEROVÁ, Mária a Peter FEČKO. Minerálne biotechnológie I v ťažbe a úprave sulfidických ložísk. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2001. ISBN 80-248-0023-3.
CHAMY, Rolando, Francisca ROSENKRANZ a Lorena SOLER, ed. Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Polluted Systems - New Advances and Technologies [online]. InTech, 2015. ISBN 978-953-51-2238-8.
Recommended Reading:
Barnum, S. R. Biotechnology : an introduction. Belmont : Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2005 - x, 323 s. : il. ISBN 0-534-49296-7.
SINGH, Shree N. a R. D. TRIPATHI. Environmental bioremediation technologies. New York: Springer, c2007. ISBN 9783540347903.
Yates, Marylynn V. Nakatsu, Cindy H. Miller, Robert V. Pillai, Suresh D. Manual of Environmental Microbiology (4th Edition). American Society for Microbiology (ASM). 2016.
ZAJKOV, Gennadij Jefremovič, ed. Research progress in biotechnology. New York: Nova Biomedical Books, c2008. ISBN 978-1-60456-000-8.
KADUKOVÁ, Jana a Edita VIRČÍKOVÁ. Minerálne biotechnológie III: biosorpcia kovov z roztokov. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2003. ISBN 80-248-0244-9.
AMBROŽOVÁ, Jana. Mikrobiologie v technologii vod. 2., přeprac. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7080-676-0
ČERNÍK, Miroslav. Chemicky podporované in situ sanační technologie. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7080-767-5
KüCK, Ulrich FRANKENBERG-DINKEL, Nicole. Biotechnology. De Gruyter, 2015.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined