MNGN323 - Introductory Mineral Processing Laboratory

Designation: 

Required

Catalog Description:

Experiments and assignments to accompany MNGN322

Prerequisites:

MNGN322 or concurrent enrollment.

Textbook and/or other required materials: 

Class handouts prepared by Professor Yarar.

Also extensive reference to B. A. Wills, "Mineral processing Technology", Butterworths/Heinemann (1997) 6th Edn. is made during the instruction of this course.

Course Objectives:

This course aims at giving students hands-on experience for their engineering practice in, basic operations of mineral concentration technologies. Students apply scientific and engineering and materials property fundamentals, generate experimental data, interpret them, make engineering-design projects and become ready to operate in a mineral-concentrator-mill environment at all levels including design, construction and operation.  Topics covered:

The First 2 weeks of the course cover instructions on safety and laboratory maintenance and the last one week of the course is spent on a class discussion of plant design.

The following is a list of experiments conducted.

Experiment       Experiment                                           Number of sessions

Number           

1                      Crushing circuits                                               1

2                      Sieve and sub-sieve analysis                              2

3                      Comminution kinetics                                        2

4                      Gravity concentration (tabling)                             1

5                      Coal analysis                                                    1

6                      Magnetic separation                                          2

7                      Froth flotation                                                   1

8                      Ore microscopy                                                1

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

This is a 1 credit hour course practiced as 3 laboratory hours per week. Students run 8 experiments, to generate data, and present a complete report at the beginning of the following session. They work in groups of 2-3 depending on the number enrolled in a given semester.

Contribution of Course to Meeting Professional Component

This course contributes, to the professional component of the program as follows:

• Basic science and engineering science make up about 10 % of the course content [Engineering science: 1 x 0.6 = 0.6 credit hours ]

• The general education component of the course is about 20 % ; ecology, and environment as related to resource recovery processes are included in this consideration. Students receive extensive practice in professional report writing (communications). [ Other:  x 0.2 = 0.2 credit hours ]

• 70 % of the course is hands-on engineering practice with engineering calculations and design. Computer applications are used extensively. [Design: 1 x 0.2 = 0.2 credit hours ]

Relationship of Course to Program Objectives (3b1, b2, c, e, f, g, h, j, k )

This course fits well within the goals of the Mining Engineering Department program which includes the following items:

• Sound knowledge of mineral concentration related experimentation and design.

• Knowledge and application of engineering principles in mineral processing technology

• Ability to solve mineral processing related engineering design 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