MNGN322 - Introduction to Mineral Processing

Designation:

Required

 

Catalog Description: 

Principles and practice of size reduction, size separation, mineral concentration, and hydrometallurgical operations. This course is designed for students from outside the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department.

 

Prerequisites: 

PHGN200/210, MACS213/233

 

Textbooks and/or  other required material:

B. A. Wills, "Mineral processing Technology", Butterworths/Heinemann (1997) 6th Edn.

 

Course Objectives:  

Students successfully completing this course will be able to understand and use the principles involved in the concentration of minerals from ores, using the appropriate physico-chemical properties of the minerals such as optical, magnetic gravitational, surface chemical etc. They will also be able to recover concentrates of sulfide and non-sulfide minerals and have a background in the fundamentals of plant design relating to the above.  Topics covered include:

 

Part - 1            : Ores, minerals, mineral separations and scope of mineral processing (1 week)

Part - 2            : Ore handling (0.5 wks)

Part - 3            : Flowsheets, and mass balances  (1.5 wk)

Part - 4            : Particle size analysis (1 wk)

Part - 5            : Crushing (1 wks)

Part - 6            : Grinding ( 1 wk)

Part - 7            : Classification: screens (1 wk)

Part - 8            : Classification : cyclones and other devices(1 wks)

Part - 9            Density-based separations (1 wk)

Part - 10: Magnetic and electrostatic separations (1 wk)

Part - 11: Froth flotation (2 wk)

Part - 12: Flocculation and thickening( 1 wk)

Part - 13: Filtration( 0.5 wk)

Part - 14: Drying( 0.5 wk)

Part - 15: Tailings disposal and environmental considerations( 1 wk)

 

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

This is a 3 credit hour course; 3 lecture hours per week. Together with lectures students are assigned 3-5 homework’s, two of which relate to the design of a thickener and a flotation concentrator/mill.

 

Contribution of Course to Meeting The Professional Component:  

ABET Category Content: Engineering Science:  3 credit hours

 

 

This course contributes, in a balanced manner, to the professional component of the program. Relevant segments are as follows:

  • Basic science and engineering science make up about 70 % of the course content.

  • The general education component of the course is about 20 % ; ecology, and environment as related to resource recovery processes are included in this consideration.

  • The course contains about 10 % design, practiced as homework assignments, and in-class problem solutions. Computer applications are held compulsory in all assigned work.

Relationship of Course to Program Objectives (3a, e, h, j, k )

This course is in good agreement with the goals of the Mining Engineering Department program and imparts to students:

  • Sound knowledge of mineral concentration related science and engineering fundamentals

  • Knowledge and application of engineering principles in mineral processing technology

  • Ability to solve mineral processing related engineering problems

  • Team work and individual accomplishment

  • Ability to communicate

  • Appreciation of global and ecological problems connected with mineral concentration and effluent plus tailings management

 

Person(s) who prepared This Description and Date of Preparation

Prepared by: Professor B. Yarar                                              

Date: May 05, 2000