Objectives:
· To provide to the students fundamental understanding to metallurgical accounting, control and simulation as applied to metallurgical operations.
· To enable students determine the distribution of various products of the mill and control of the efficiency of the operation based on recovery and grade values obtained from the accounting procedure.
Learning outcome:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to;
· Have the general knowledge on metallurgical accounting principles, essential requirements of metallurgical accounting and control systems in mineral processing plant.
· Clear understanding on metallurgical accounting balancing and applications in mineral processing plant.
· Make use of the concepts learned as the guidelines for obtaining credible figures of quantities processed and produced.
· Prepare a metallurgical accounting report (statement).
Pre-requisite: MN 102, MP 131
Mode of Delivery: 2 hrs lecture + 1 hr tutorial per week (45 Hours)
Assessment Mode: Course work (Home works, quizzes, tests) 40%
University Examination 60%
Course Contents:
Introduction to metallurgical accounting, principles of metallurgical accounting, essential requirements of good accounting and control systems in metallurgical operations such as sampling of process streams ( ore sampling, moisture sampling, assay sampling), Online analysis, online instrumentation for mass flow analysis, automatic control in mineral processing, metallurgical accounting, size analysis in mass balancing, dilution ratio in mass balancing, sensitivity, metallurgical balancing applications, metallurgical accounting report, metallurgical accounting auditing guidelines.
Recommended Textbook:
Wills, B.A. and Napier-Munn, T.J., 2006. Wills' Mineral Processing Technology: An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery, Seventh Edition. Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Recommended References
1. Pelke, Unit Processes in Extractive Metallurgy, 2004.
2. Rosenkvist, Principles of extractive Metallurgy, 2006.