542-0431/04 – Chemical Processes (CHP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Mining Engineering and Safety | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Mgr. Kateřina Peterek Dědková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Mgr. Kateřina Peterek Dědková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The student demonstrates the knowledge of basic technological processes of hydrometallurgical processing of raw materials and is able to apply them to solving simple practical problems of chemical metallurgy.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Summary
The subject deals with theoretical and practical aspects of chemical processes used in the processing of mineral resources and waste. Basic hydrometallurgical processes such as thermal treatment processes, leaching of metals into solutions and methods of their recovery are discussed.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Submission of properly elaborated protocols from laboratory exercises.
Credit test. Oral examination.
E-learning
Study materials in electronic form available from http://jiri-botula.webnode.cz/
Other requirements
Submission of properly elaborated protocols from laboratory exercises.
Successful completion of the final test.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Hydrometallurgy, basic procedures and their applications
2. Thermal treatment, roasting, chemism and application
3. Technological equipment for roasting
4. Leaching of utility components, chemical and physico-chemical characteristics
5. Kinetics and thermodynamics of leaching processes
6. Technological equipment for leaching
7. Biological methods of leaching
8. Obtaining components from solution, overview of methods
9. Ion exchangers, theoretical aspects and applications
10.Extraction, theoretical aspects and applications
11.Electrolysis, theoretical aspects and applications
12.Other methods of metal recovery from solution (crystallization, cementation, hydrolysis, distillation)
13.Application of hydrometallurgy in processing of ore raw materials and waste. Basic calculations of technological schemes involving chemical reactions
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction