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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MDN 4005	COAL PREPARATION AND TECHNOLOGY	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	4

Offered By

Mining Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR VEDAT ARSLAN

Offered to

Mining Engineering
Mining Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

Instructing Coal Specifications, coal preparation and washing methods and application principals. And also instruction the utilization processes of coal which are Carbonization, Gasification and combustion applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Determine the coal type by using coal specifications and able to comment.
2	Designate the coal pre investigations of coal preparation and comparative comments for applications.
3	Able to analyses selection criteria of methods and suggestions. Able to performance analysis.
4	Describe of dewatering and drying methods and able to choose .
5	Able to analyse relations between coal specifications and utilization areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Aims of coal preparation, environmental limitations on coal utilizations, and marketing specifications for coal, reserves and formation of coals.
2	Coal types, coal properties, coal petrology, coal analysis and characterizations and classification, Sampling for, sample preparation and size distribution analyses.
3	Size reduction, crushers and grinders, stocking and homogenization
4	Washability analyses, basics of coal washing according to gravity, method selection according to size.
5	Hydraulic based methods
6	Mid. term exam 1
7	Coal washing in heavy media, Heavy media based processes
8	Fine coal upgrading methods based on surface properties (flotation, agglomeration), dewatering and drying systems
9	Coking properties of coal, defining coking properties, methods of determining coking properties, optical properties of coal
10	Coal carbonization methods, low temperature carbonization, metallurgical coke production.
11	Combustion of coal and combustion methods.
12	Mid. Term exam 2
13	Coal gasification
14	Presentation of homework reports, discussion and evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Kömür Teknolojisi, M. Kemal, V. Arslan, DEÜ Mühendislik Fakültesi Yayını, 2010, Izmir.

Supplementary Book(s):
Chemistry of coal utilisation, John Wiley & Sons, New York 1981
Coal Preparation Technology, OSBORNE, D.G., Graham&Trotman Ltd., 1988
Coal Preparation,LEONARD, J.W., Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc., 1991

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation with visual instructions and homework.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.35 + ASG * 0.15 + FIN * 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.35 + ASG * 0.15 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Vedat ARSLAN: vedat.arslan@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90 232 301 75 18

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparation before/after weekly lectures	14	1,5	28
Preparation for Mid-term Exam	1	18	18
Preparation for Final Exam	1	18	18
Preparing Homework	1	10	10
Final	1	1,5	2
Mid-term	1	1,5	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.2	PO.3	PO.5	PO.10	PO.12
LO.1				5
LO.2	3		3	5
LO.3		5		5	4
LO.4				5
LO.5	2			5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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