COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MINERAL PROCESSING PLANT DESIGN

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDN 4400 MINERAL PROCESSING PLANT DESIGN ELECTIVE 2 4 0 12

Offered By

Mining Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET TANRIVERDI

Offered to

Mining Engineering

Course Objective

Students will gain the essential knowledge of the mineral processing plant design, equipment selection and project development

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student will gain the ability to use the experimental data obtained from laboratory studies for designing the mineral processing plants
2   Student will be capable of developing a mineral processing plant flowsheets
3   Student will have the capacity for obtaining the necessary information for the selection of the equipments
4   Student will be capable of designing the plant layouts
5   Student will be able to perform economic analysis of the capital and operation costs of the plants.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

MDN 3023 - MINERAL PROCESSING II

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to mineral processing plant design Evaluation of the data about the mineral samples and discussion about the possible road maps Construction of the problem to find out the best flowsheet options according to the properties of the ore sample
2 Discussion on the problem and possible solutions including different mineral processing flowsheet options. Making a decision on the best method/method-combination and optimum circuit design. Constructing the basic flowsheet of mineral processing plant.
3 Design of the comminution circuit which is suitable to the planned mineral processing method.
4 Selection and sizing of the comminution and classification equipments
5 Selection and sizing of the supplementary equipments (pumps, stackers, reclaimer, stockpile etc
6 Development of the comminution plant layout and estimation of the capital cost.
7 Presentation of the Mineral Processing section of the project as a project
8 Determination of the conditions for the applicability of pre-defined mineral processing method/method combinations. Adaptation of the laboratory data to the chosen method/method combinations.
9 Determination of the material balance throughout the selected flowsheet
10 Sizing of the selected equipments
11 Preparation of the plant layout project
12 Estimation of the capital and operation costs of the plant
13 Final assessment of the project
14 Presentation of the project

Recomended or Required Reading

Hoşten. Ç., Cevher Hazırlama ve Zenginleştirme Temel Işlemlerinin Tasarımı, ODTÜ, Ankara, 2010
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
Other book and publications about mineral processing

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Oral presentations+defining the problems+discussions+group studies+assignments+group presentations
Students will return the reports of their recent studies in one week, they will prepare presentations and discuss the results.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

A-M 1-4: 1 Mid-term exam, assignments, Presentation and project
A-M 1-5: Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to prepare weekly project reports. The reports and activity in the group discussions will be taken into consideration in the assessment

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Vedat ARSLAN: vedat.arslan@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90 232 301 75 18
Prof. Dr. Mehmet TANRIVERDI: m.mehmet@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90 232 301 75 26
Assoc.Prof. Dr. Sezai ŞEN: sezai.sen@deu.edu.tr Tel: +90 232 301 75 43

Office Hours

It will be announced by the faculty member when the course schedule for the semester is created.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 9 9
Design Project 13 5 65
Design Project 13 5 65
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 301

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.24141554551
LO.31414155554551
LO.44141554551
LO.531415551

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