Area: | WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 13473 (v.2) WASM Metallurgical Processes 252 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Mass and Heat balances, fundamental aspects, kinetics, fluid flow in gas-solid processes, reactor design and heat transfer. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have an understanding of pyrometallurgical fundamentals with an emphasis on skill development and problem solving. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Pyrometallurgy Notes Grimsey, WASM. Rosenqvist, T., (1983), Principles of Extractive Metallurgy, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill. Hayes, P., (1993), Process Principles in Minerals and Materials Production, 2nd Ed., Brisbane, Hayes Publishing. |
Unit Texts: | Process Principles in Minerals and Materials Production, Hayes, P. Hayes Publishing. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 20%. Examination 80%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 30303 Mining Engineering | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 1 | | Y | | | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 2 | Y | Y | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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