COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINERAL PROCESSING II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDN 3015 MINERAL PROCESSING II COMPULSORY 3 2 0 6

Offered By

Mining Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET TANRIVERDI

Offered to

Mining Engineering
Mining Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

The state-of-art methods and equipment used in mineral processing are introduced and recent developments are investigated. The objective is to ensure the students to learn theoretically and in practice the methods that are used in mineral processing, the evaluation of processing results, to be able to make metallurgical interpretations and develop the knowledge of the students over mineral processing techniques in order to make costs analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to define the processing concepts
2   To be able to list the the properties of benefited minerals in mineral processing
3   To be able to distinguish the selection criteria between handpicking method, enrichment by gravity difference and the equipment used (heavy medium separation, separation by jigs, MGS, Falcon concentrator, spirals and cones)
4   To be able to distinguish and classify the magnetic separation methods
5   To be able to distinguish the electrostatic separation methods
6   To be able to conduct enrichment tests in the laboratory
7   To interprete the mineral processing results

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

MDN 2012 - MINERAL PROCESSING I

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition of mineral processing and introduction of the related laboratories
2 Basic fundamentals of mineral processing and general classification of mineral processing methods
3 Processing based on structural mechanical properties and laboratory application
4 Mineral processing based on gravity differencei processing principles and laboratory application (float and sink test)
5 Description of heavy medium separators, working principles and laboratory application
6 Enrichment by jig and laboratory application
7 Mineral processing within a fluid medium flowing in the form of layers and spiral application
8 Mineral processing within a fluid medium flowing in the form of layers and spiral application
9 Centrifuge-based processing depending on the gravity and laboratory application
10 Mineral processing by magnetic separation and laboratory application
11 Mineral processing by magnetic separation and laboratory application
12 Mineral processing by electrostatic separation and laboratory application
13 Investigation and evaluation of flow charts of ore processing plants
14 Investigation and evaluation of flow charts of ore processing plants

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Wills, B.A., Mineral Processing Technology, England, 1983
Burt, Richard,O., Gravity Concentration Technology , Amsterdam, 1984.
Svoboda, J., Magnethic Methods for the Treatment of Minerals , Amsterdam, 1987.
Weiss, N.L., Mineral Processing Handbook New York, NY.: American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, 1985
And other mineral processing documents and books.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The lecture will be conducted in the form of:
Presentation + visual explanation + laboratory application + homework. Since quizzes will be made before the lab applications, the students will have to prepare for the next experiment.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 LAB LABORATORY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO1-5: Mid-Term Exam, Assigment and Tutorial
LO1-7: Final

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The attendance to both the classed and laboratories will be taken into consideration. Any student who does not hand over 5 homeworks will not be evaluated.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Mehmet TANRIVERDI: m.mehmet@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90 232 301 75 26
Prof.Dr. Vedat ARSLAN: vedat.arslan@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90 232 301 75 18

Office Hours

Created in the course schedule will be announced by the instructor.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1,5 28
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 10 2 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.155
LO.255
LO.35254
LO.45254
LO.55254
LO.65254
LO.75254

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