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| MDM2008 | Dewatering and Drying | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MINING ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | 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: | | To privide students with the knowledge of dewatering and drying unit processes used after the benefication and aqueous processing of ores. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | have knowledge about the types of thickening tank and design them. | 2,4,5 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | understand flocculation and apply to mine plants. | 2,4,5 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | calculate sinking speed of grain by using Stoke's and Newton's Laws. | 2,4,5 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | understand kinds of filter and select suitable filter at mines. | 2,4,5 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | understand kinds of drier and select suitable drier at mines. | 2,4,5 | 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 to dewatering and drying processes. Principles of settling. Stoke's and Newton's Laws. Dewatering aids. Dewatering methods and equipments. Screens, cyclones, spiral classificators, centrifuges, thickeners and filters. Counter-current decantation. Laboratory tests for dewatering equipments. Determination of separation efficiency. Methods for the selection and sizing of thickeners. Drying methods and equipments. |
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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. Dewatering (solid-liquid separation) | | | Week 2 | Settling of grains in fluid milieu.Newton and Stokes laws | | | Week 3 | Thickening and the types of thickening pools | | | Week 4 | Thickening and the types of thickening pools | | | Week 5 | Thickening and the types of thickening pools. Thickening pools and selecting mechanism | | | Week 6 | Flocculation and coagulation | | | Week 7 | Flocculation and coagulation | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Filtration, filter milieu, filter types | | | Week 10 | Filtration, filter milieu, filter types | | | Week 11 | Filtration, filter milieu, filter types | | | Week 12 | Drying, drying systems, drying types, moisture amount and important of concentration | | | Week 13 | Drying, drying systems, drying types, moisture amount and important of concentration | | | Week 14 | Drying, drying systems, drying types, moisture amount and important of concentration | | | Week 15 | Review | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Şahinoğlu, E. 2018; Ders Notları, Yayınlanmamış, Trabzon | | | 2 | Ateşok, G. ve Kangal, M.O. 2012; Susuzlandırma ve Kurutma, İ.T.Ü. Maden Fakültesi | | | |
| 1 | İpekoğlu, Ü. 1997; Susuzlandırma (Katı-Sıvı Ayrımı) ve Yöntemleri, D.E.Ü. Mühendislik Fakültesi | | | 2 | Editörler: Önal, G. ve Ateşok, G. 1994; Cevher Hazırlama El Kitabı, İstanbul | | | |
| 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 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 7 | 21 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 15 | 60 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 113 |
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