Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : MN3207 : Coal and Mineral Processing Technology { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Bhatu Kumar Pal
Syllabus
Module1: General Principle: Mineral Beneficiation and its role in mineral Exploitation Comminution and Liberation: Theory and practice of crushing and grinding, performance and choice of crushers and grinding mills. Laboratory techniques, interpretation and plotting of data, Industrial screens and screening efficiency
Module 2: concentration: Theory and practice of classification, Classifiers- their performance and choice, Picking and washing techniques. Theory and application of sink and float, jigging and flowing film concentration- methods and equipment used
Module 3: Froth Flotation: Physico-chemical principles, flotation reagents, flotation machines and circuits, application to common sulphides, oxides and oxidized minerals. Electrostatic and Electro-magnetic Separation - Principles, operations and fields of applications
Module 4: Flow Sheets: Simplified flow sheets for the beneficiation of beach sand, coal and typical ores of copper, lead, zinc and manganese with special reference to Indian deposits.
Course Objectives
- To know the grade and quality of minerals found in earth crust and how to improve them so that the metallurgists can use the same for extraction purpose.
- To know up to what extent the improvement should be done so that it will be economic.
Course Outcomes
CO1: To understand the Laboratory techniques of Mineral Beneficiation <br />CO2: To study various methods and equipment used for concentration <br />CO3: To give exposure to flow sheets for the beneficiation of various ore/minerals with special reference to Indian deposit.
Essential Reading
- A. M. Gaudin, Principles of Mineral Dressing, Tata McGraw & Hill,
- R. H. Richard and C. E. Locky, A text Book on Ore Dressing,, A A Balkema
Supplementary Reading
- F. Taggart, Mineral Dressing Handbook, P & H
- B. A. Wills, Mineral Processing Technology, Willy & Sons