Credits: 5
Schedule: 25.02.2019 - 02.05.2019
Teacher in charge (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Prof. Mari Lundström
Teaching Period (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
IV-V
Learning Outcomes (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
After passing the course student can:
select unit operations for leaching, solution purification and product recovery so that wanted material stream separations and conversions can be achieved,
make laboratory experiments to measure reaction rates and conversions for equipment sizing,
calculate mass, energy, momentum and water balances for the equipment,
prepare a flow-sheet from raw material to product
Content (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Determining properties of a raw material
Deciding what to produce from a raw material
Thermodynamics of hydrometallurgical unit processes
Design and conducting laboratory test series to define equipment size based on reaction kinetics
Design of leaching, solution purification and product recovery stages
Preparation of a flow-sheet from raw material to product
Assessment Methods and Criteria (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Lectures
Tutorials and exercises in a computer class
Laboratory exercises
HSC Sim flow-sheet design
Workload (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
A problem based course with
Lectures 24 h
characterization & thermodynamics exercises 24 h
laboratory work 30 h
equipment design 24 h
independent work 33 h
Course Homepage (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=CHEM-E6195
Prerequisites (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
CHEM-E6185 Applied Electrochemistry and Corrosion
Grading Scale (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
Fail, 1 - 5
Registration for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020):
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