Raw Materials and Waste Processing I

Code:

EMG0024

Acronym:

TMPR I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Technology and Applied Sciences

Instance: 2016/2017 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in 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
LCEEMG	20	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2008/09	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

-Knowledge:Knowledge of basic sciences (chemistry, physics) applied to the characterization of particulate systems; - Comprehension: Recognize, describe and identify the unit operations involved in a reduction and classification of particle size. - Application: To discriminate the field of application of different technologies: to select the most appropriate technology for a particular case. - Analysis: To calculate the materials balance in steady-state using analytical, numerical and graphical methods for each unit operation. - Synthesis: Create and organize coherent process flowsheets for each unit operation and for the process as a whole. Evaluation: Compare different process alternatives

Learning outcomes and competences

Knowledge of the different unit operations in processing raw materials. Fragmentation and Classification.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Concepts of ore, concentrate and tailing. Mass balancing methods.

Quantitative characterization of metallurgical accounting

Characterization of the properties of particulate systems.

Comminution and liberation.

Fundamental operations of ores: the concepts of unit operation and flowsheet.

Fragmentation: Crushers and grinding mills. Kinetics of comminution processes. Simulation and circuit designs.

Particle size analysis: screening technologies, and classification. Perfomance of industrial screens. Partition curve.

Mandatory literature

Mário Rui Machado Leite; Fragmentação e classificação de rochas e minerais, 1986
Barry A. Wills; Wills´s Mineral Processing Technology, Tim Napier-Munn, 2006. ISBN: 0-7506-4450-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical Lessons: Main concepts and its technological application; Application Classes - Resolution of selected problems

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	95,00
Participação presencial	0,00
Trabalho laboratorial	5,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	6,00
Estudo autónomo	100,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

To be admitted to exams, students have to attend 75% of the theoretical-practical and practical classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Gradel= 0,95*grade of Examination + 0,05* Report grade