CHEM-E6180 - Fundamentals of Hydrometallurgy, Lecture, 13.9.2021-21.10.2021
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Översikt
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General
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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 classweek 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)
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