Mineral Processing & Fuel Technology Mining 7th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Mineral Processing & Fuel Technology detail syllabus for Mining Engineering (Mining), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17MN73), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

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Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to:

1. To review all unit operations in mineral processing and fuel technology.
2. To understand the importance and principles of materials handling in the mineral processing plant.
3. To explain the methods of analysis of comminution theory, selection criteria for crushing, grinding and screening equipment, selection principles for mineral concentration techniques, criteria for mineral concentration equipment selection.
4. To analyze mineral beneficiation flow sheets for coal, copper, lead, iron, chromite and uranium.

Module 1:

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Module 2:

Introduction to Mineral Processing, and Comminution
Introduction: Scope, objectives and limitations of mineral processing; Liberation and beneficiation characteristics of minerals and coal. Laboratory sampling. Comminution: Definition, objectives and principles of comminution, theories of comminution, stages of comminution,

Module 3:

Crushing, Grinding and Size Separation
Crushing & Grinding: Different types of crushing and grinding equipment – their application and limitations; numerical Problems. Size separation: Laboratory size analysis and interpretation; Settling of solids in fluids; Industrial screens; Mechanical classifiers and hydro-cyclones: Numerical problems.

Module 4:

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Module 5:

Float & Sink Test, Dewatering and Flow Sheets
Float and sink test: procedure for float and sink test, construction of washability curves and their use/application
Dewatering: Principles and techniques: thickening, filtration, and drying techniques.
Simplified processing/ beneficiation flow sheets: coal, copper, lead, zinc, gold, iron, manganese ores and lime stone.

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course students will be able to:

1. Ability to understand the importance and principles of materials handling in the mineral processing plant.
2. Ability to explain the methods of analysis of comminution theories, selection criteria for crushing, grinding and screening equipment, selection principles for mineral concentration techniques, criteria for mineral concentration equipment selection.
3. Ability to analysis the mineral beneficiation flow sheets for coal, copper, lead, iron, chromite and uranium.

Text Books:

1. Fuels and Combustion, Dr. Samir Sarkar, Published by Orient Longman Ltd., 1990.
2. Mineral Processing Technology, B.A.Wills, 5th Edition, Pergamon Press.
3. Ore Processing, S.K.Jain, @nd Edition, Oxford IBH, 1990.
4. Coal Its Beneficiation, D.V. Subba Rao, M.K. Publications, 2003.

Reference Books:

1. Hand Book of Mineral Processing taggart, John willy & Sons, 1945.
2. Introduction to Mineral Processing Errol G.Kelly and David J. Spottiswood, John Wiley and Sons, 1982.
3. Principles of Mineral Dressing, A.K. Gaudin, TMH Edition, Tata Mc. Graw Hill, 1971.
4. Coal Conversion Technology, Edited by C.Y.Wen, Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1979.
5. Coal Carbonisation, T.K.Basu et al., Allied Publishers, 1996.
6. The Chemistry and Technology of coal, James G. Speight, Mercel Dekker, Inc. 1994.
7. Text Book of Metallurgical Analysis, B.G.Agarwal and S.P.Jain, Khanna Publications, New Delhi, 1984.
8. Coal Preparation Practice, G.G.Sarkar, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. 1986.
9. Coal Mining Practice – I.C.F. Statham Vol. IV, the Caxton Publishing company Ltd. Inc. 1958.

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