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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Chemical Engineering

411-410 Mineral Process Engineering 2

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Professor David Boger and Ms Joan Gravina

Prerequisite/s:

411-303 Fluids/Solids Proce ssing, 411-304 Mineral Engineering 1, 411-305 Heat Transfer, 411-401 Separation Processes 2, 411-403 Chemical Engineering Reactors 2.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

39 hours

Objectives:

Students completing this unit will have developed an understanding of:

  • the application of thermodynamics and rate phenomena to the analysis, design and control of metallurgical operations.

  • the application of particle technology principles to mineral separation processes.

  • the application of physico-chemical principles to hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical extraction processes.

  • the application of reactor engineering principles to metal extraction and refining processes.

Content:

Gravity, dense medium, eddy current and electric separation. Sorting operations and flotation. Advanced aspects of physico-chemical principles of oxide and sulphide smelting. Environmental control. Tailings disposal and acid mine drainage. Properties of slags and important phase diagrams. Nernst equation and principles of electrolytic reduction. Physico-chemical principles of metal refining and applications. Classification of high temperature reactors. Leaching, adsorption and ion exchange, precipitation and cementation. Bath smelting and flash smelting. Process simulation.

Assessment:

One 2-hour examination at the end of the first semester.
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