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| MDM2002 | Ore Enrichment | 2+0+2 | ECTS:5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. İbrahim ALP | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Tuncay USLU | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The objective of this course is to develop the fundamentals and applications of separation methods, to enable students to evaluate metallurgical balances and separation efficiency in mineral processing applications and to provide students with an understanding of how a minerals processing flowsheet is developed using examples from industry. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | describe the physical properties of mineral and be able explain its relation to the processing methods | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 2 : | apply various techniques in enrichment of ores | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 3 : | evaluate the results of a process data | 2,5 | 1,4, | | LO - 4 : | design basic mineral processing scheme | 2,5 | | | 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 to separation processes. Liberation of minerals. Characteristic properties of minerals leading to their separation. Methods of separation, principles and equipment used in the beneficiation processes such as ore sorting, gravity concentration, heavy medium separation, magnetic and electrostatic separation. New developments in separation processes: Centrifugal gravity separation, super conducting magnetic separation, eddy current separators and application in waste treatment. Gravity concentration; dense medium separation, jigs, spirals, cones, tables and centrifugal separators. Magnetic and high tension separation; design and application of low and high intensity magnetic separators. High tension separators -operation and application. Mineral processing laboratory demonstrations for separation processes and equipments. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction, scope of mineral processing. | | | Week 2 | Characteristic properties of minerals leading to their separation. | | | Week 3 | Determine of appropriate separation methods, development of process flowsheet. Application. | | | Week 4 | Metallurgical accounting. Application.
| | | Week 5 | Separation by size classification and applications.Experiment. | | | Week 6 | Ore sorting. | | | Week 7 | Principles of gravity concentration. | | | Week 8 | Heavy medium separation and applications. Experiment. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Jigging and applications. Experiment. | | | Week 11 | Separation with shaking table and applications.Experiment. | | | Week 12 | Separation with spiral and cone. | | | Week 13 | Enhanced (centrifugal) gravity separation and applications. | | | Week 14 | Magnetic separation and applications. Experiment. | | | Week 15 | Electrostatic separation and applications. | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Önal, G., 1985; Cevher Zenginleştirme Yöntemleri, İTÜ, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Önal, G., 1994; Cevher Hazırlama El Kitabı, YMG Vakfı, İstanbul. | | | |
| 1 | Burt, R.O.,1984; Gravity concentration technology, Elsevier. | | | 2 | Svoboda, J., 1985; Magnetic methods for the treatment of minerals, Elsevier. | | | 3 | Wills, B.A., 1992; Mineral Processing Technology, 5th edition, Pergamon Press. | | | 4 | Cevher zenginleştirme üzerine yapılmış araştırma sonuçları ile ilgili makale ve bildiriler. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | Laboratory exam | 4
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15 | | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 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 | 4 | 10 | 40 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 2 | 5 | 10 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 70 |
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