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| MDM3015 | Process Control | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Ercan ŞAHİNOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The module is intended to provide a basic knowledge of process control, variables and their measurements and control in mineral processing plant practice. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | have knowledge about process control activities at mines | 5,8 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | learn importance of process control at bussines life | 5,8 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | know general princible of ore prosesing and enrichment and apply these informations at mine plants | 5,8 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | control mine plants and organize applications at mine plants | 5,8 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | have knowledge about recent developments in the control of mineral processing plants | 5,8 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction. Control and process concepts. Basics of process control. Error measurement. Elements and configuration of control systems. Control strategies. Feedback and feed forward control. Process dynamics and modelling. Transfer functions and gain. On-off, P, PI and PID controllers. Development and scope of control strategies for mineral processing applications. Variables and measurement methods in mineral processing operations. Data analysis. Process control practices in comminution and flotation circuits. Recent developments in the control of mineral processing plants. . |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Common informations about the lesson; Its purpuse, subject, contex, reference and its evaluation. Introduction | | | Week 2 | Control and process control concept and importance | | | Week 3 | Proposals of process control. Control terminology | | | Week 4 | Elements of process control and configuration. Error concept | | | Week 5 | Computer and mining | | | Week 6 | Computer and mining | | | Week 7 | Crushing cyclying and sieving control | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Process control in grinding cyclying | | | Week 10 | Process control in grinding cyclying | | | Week 11 | Process control in flotation cyclying | | | Week 12 | Process control in flotation cyclying | | | Week 13 | Ore dressing plants in control processing last developments and samplings | | | Week 14 | Facility examples | | | Week 15 | Facility examples | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Şahinoğlu, E. 2021; Ders Notları, Yayınlanmamış, Trabzon | | | |
| 1 | Wills, B.A. 1997; Mineral Processing Technology, 6th edition.Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Total work load | | | 30 |
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