Topic outline

  • General

    General

    • Compulsory course in master level major Sustainable Metals Processing 

      Contents: 

      • general flowsheet of a hydrometallurgical process,
      • unit operations in hydrometallurgy,
      • factors affecting operation of unit processes,
      • calculation of mass and energy balances,
      • flow-sheet modeling with HSC Sim.

      Additional Course book A.R. Burkin, Chemical hydrometallurgy : theory and principles, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2001. Available at Aalto library e-books  in the ProQuest Ebook Central site. 


      Course schedule, Period I

      Lectures Exercises and Tutorials

      week 38

      13.9 monday

      (10.15-12.00) Lecture 1: What is hydrometallurgy? Hydrometallurgy as tool for circular economy, Hydrometallurgical flow sheet (lecture task 1 p)

      		 -no exercises this week

      week 39

      20.9 monday

      (10.15 - 12.00) Lecture 2: Leaching, Driving force and kinetics (lecture task 1.8 p)

      21.9 Tuesday

      (10.15 - 11.45) Homework 1:

      Graded assignment, leaching extraction calculations, mass balances (10 p) 


      23.9. Thursday
      (12.15-15.00) HSC exercise 1 - Leaching (6 p) 

      		 

      week 40

      		 27.9 Monday
      (10.15-12.00) Lecture 3: Solution purification and recovery I: Precipitation, neutralization, crystallization (lecture task 1.8 p)


      28.9 Tuesday

      (10.15-11.45) Homework 2:

      Graded assignment, Solution purification (10 p) - computer class

      		  30.9. Thursday
      (12.15-15.00) HSC exercise 2 - Solution purification by chemical precipitation (6 p) - computer class

      week 41

      		 4.10 Monday
      (10.15 - 12.00) Lecture 4: Solid-liquid separation (lecture task 1.8 p)

      5.10 Tuesday

      (10.15-11.45) Homework 3:

      Graded assignment, Solid-liquid separation(10 p)

      		7.10. Thursday
      (12.15-15.00) HSC exercise 3 - solid-liquid separation (6 p)

      Week 42

      11.10 Monday

      (10.15 - 12.00) Lecture 5: Solution purification and recovery II: SX, IX, adsorption (lecture task 1.8 p)

      12.10 Tuesday

      (10.15 - 11.45) Homework 4:

      Graded assignment, Solvent extraction (10 p)

      		  14.10. Thursday
      (12.15-15.00) HSC exercise 4 - SX (6 p)
      Week 43

      18.10 Monday

      (10.15 - 12.00) Lecture 6: Solution purification and recovery III: Cementation, Gaseous reduction, EW, ER (lecture task 1.8 p)

      19.10 Tuesday

      (10.15 - 11.45) Homework 5:

      Graded assignment, Electrolysis  (10 p)

      		  21.10. Thursday
      (12.15-15.00) HSC exercise 5 - EW (6 p)


      		25.10 Monday at 10.15 - virtual excursion to Pori Cu-electrorefinery (ca. 30 min)


      		 
       


      Laboratory work and report writing (50 p)


      Course completion (max 140 points):

      *10 points - lecture questions, 30 points - HSC exercises (5*6 p), 50 points (5*10 p) exercises, 50 points - laboratory report, (+2 extra points if over 50% of participants give course feedback)