CHZ 311E - Physical Beneficiation Methods

Course Objectives

1. Concepts of physical separation, importance of enrichment, principles and importance of physical separation, physical properties of minerals and their effects for separation
2. Design of base enrichment flow sheet, evaluation of experiment’s results, methods and equipment in mineral processing
3. Design of process flow sheet.

Course Description

Definition and importance of physical separation in mineral processing, purpose of application and application area, physical properties of minerals for separation, enrichment methods and method selection, base enrichment flow sheet, evaluation of enrichment results, particle liberation, enrichment by size classification, enrichment by sorting, behavior of particle in fluid medium, importance of gravity separation, heavy dense separation methods, jigging separation, laminar flow separation and centrifuge separators, magnetic separation, electrostatic separation