Applied Modelling

Code:

EMG5204

Acronym:

MA

Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Mining and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEMG	12	Plano Oficial EMG a partir de 2003	5	4	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The subject core comprises two modules:
- Mineralurgical models
- Models of environmental dispersion
Both have as common objective the usage conceptual tools based on the principles of the conservation laws to model processes: artificial ones in the first case, and natural one, on the second case. All this systems have also as a common feature the fact that they to multiphasic systems with variables that are have either a scalar nature or a matricial one.

Program

MODULE I – Modeling applied to mineral processing
Crushing Models
Grinding Models
Systems with a continuous flux
Methods for estimating the steady-state in a closed circuit
Models for autogeneous grinding
Models for separations processes
Models of separation by flotation
Solid-Liquid Separation

MODULE II Models of Environmental Dispersion
Environmental compartments
Processes of transport and transformation: Diffusion, dispersion, advection, reaction, metabolism and elimination.
Partition of contaminants in the environment and multiphasic models
Contaminants in the superficial water
Transport and fate of contaminants in the subsoil
Models of atmospheric transport
Incorporation in the food chain.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes for the conceptual background
Application classes using generalist software in computer rooms
Eventual classes in the Geo-environmental laboratory.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	70,00
Written reports	Trabalho escrito	40,00		2007-06-08
Preparation for evaluation	Trabalho escrito	10,00		2007-07-06
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Periodical study	Estudo autónomo	40	2007-06-08
	Total:	40,00

Eligibility for exams

ATTENDANCE: The presence in practical classes is compulsory, excepting the situations expressly previewed in the general regulation It is reminded that the students with previous attendance are only excused from being present in practical classes if they have a schedule impossibility, which should be proved by the student.
The attendance requirement will not be attributed to the students which do not have a regular inscription and to those which did not attend more than 75% of the practical classes. Students without ATTENDANCE PRE-REQUIREMENT for any of the quoted reasons are excluded from final examinations.

Calculation formula of final grade

The student will be submitted to the following tests
 MODULE III – SIMULATION – Practical examination with only one tentative, before the ending of the semester, in the last or before last week. The examination will be carried in a computer room and the students shall solve questions using appropriate control software. Weight in the final classification: 20%.
 The remaining weight of 80% will be attributed according to the following possibilities:
 Elective Alternative (Continuous Evaluation): The students will be submitted to two tests: one concerning Module I (Weight 50%) and another 2nd Module (30%). If the weighted classification in the three modules is equal or superior to 10 the students are immediately approved and they do not need to make the final examination.
 For those students with attendance pre-requirement and which did not receive approval using the elective alternative, or did not elect it, and still for those who want to improve their classification, two examinations will be held on the subjects taught in modules I and II. No additional examination will be carried out concerning the 3rd Module.

Examinations or Special Assignments

The students must produce a work in each of the modules.
The students will also be subjected to a special test of knowledge evaluation.