MT41033: Mineral And Particle Technology
| MT41033 | |
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| Course name | Mineral And Particle Technology |
| Offered by | Metallurgical & Materials Engineering |
| Credits | 3 |
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 |
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| Semester | Spring |
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Prerequisite - NilCurrent Trends in Particle Technology; Minerals classifications, dissolution, adsorption, precipitation, rheology of suspensions and particulate matter; Particle Sampling; Particle Size Estimation and Distributions; Particle Size Reduction and Energy Requirement: design of size reduction processes, energy for size reduction - work index; Crushers design and operation; Grinders design and operation; Screening: design, operation, capacity and efficiency; Classification: design and operation of mechanical, centrifugal and hydro cyclones; Solid - Liquid Separation: design and operation of thickeners, flocculation, filters; Gravity Separation: particle settling rate, design and operations of jigging, shaking concentrators, flowing film concentrators, dense media separation; Flotation: principle of flotation, flotation reagents, equipments, circuits and kinetics; Magnetic, tribo-electric, electrostatic separation methods; use of microwave and, ultrasound technology in mineral and particulate system; Surface and colloidal phenomena in particle processing: electrical double layer; Low cost processing of ultra-fine particle by colloidal and thermo-chemical based methods; Mathematical modeling of mineral processing; Atomistic based simulation in mineral processing; Mineral Process Control; Environmental issues: waste recycling, hazards in particulate handling.Text books: 1.Ashok Gupta and Denis Yan: Mineral Processing Design and Operation: An Introduction, ISBN: 978-0-444-51636-7, Elsevier Science, 2006.2.J. Lyklema: Particulate Colloids : Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science (Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science), ISBN-10: 012460529X, Academic Press; 1st edition, 2005.