542-0515/01 – Process Equipment III (PZIII)
| Gurantor department | Department of Mining Engineering and Safety | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Jiří Zegzulka, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Jiří Zegzulka, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students are able to perform deeper theoretical analysis of solid-liquid separation processes. They are familiar with the methods of mathematical modeling of these processes and are able to use the appropriate software equipment to design a technological scheme including its balance.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
The course deepens the theoretical knowledge in the field of mechanical processes of liquid-solid phase separation. It is devoted to the theoretical description of the movement of material particles in the material environment and the application of theoretical knowledge in the design and modeling of separation technologies (thickening, filtration, centrifugation).
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Submission of correctly solved computational programs. Written and oral exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
The student demonstrates knowledge of theoretical fundamentals of solid-liquid separation processes and is able to perform technological calculations including the design of technological equipment
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Methods of solid-liquid separation. Definition of basic terms.
2. Sedimentation. The movement of a single particle in an unlimited liquid
3. Sedimentation velocity of single particle in unlimited liquid
4. Suspension sedimentation. Undisturbed and disturbed sedimentation.
5. Devices for continuous sedimentation
6. Basic models for sedimentation process description
7. Simulation of continuous thickeners
8. Filtration. Fluid flow through a stable layer of granular material.
9. Mathematical description of the process by a layer of granular material
10. Filtration equation and its dependence on filtration conditions
11. Equipment for filtration
12. Centrifugal field drainage. Settling of a spherical particle in a centrifugal field.
13. Centrifugal field dewatering equipment
14. USIMPAC software for drainage modeling
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction