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Course Name	Turkish	Susuzlandırma ve Kurutma
	English	Dewatering and Drying
Course Code	CHZ 354	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Murat Olgaç Kangal
Course Objectives		1. To provide the concepts of post-concentration processes in mineral processing, 2. To provide the importance of filtration and drying, 3. To provide the importance of industrial applications in filtration and drying.
Course Description		Coagulation, Flocculation, Gravity sedimentation (or thickening), Lamella Thickeners, Centrifugal sedimentation, Filtration (the filter medium, filtration tests, types of filters such as pressure filters, vacuum filters, batch vacuum filters, continuous vacuum filters, the rotary drum filters, disc filters, pan filters, the horizontal belt filter) and drying especially rotary thermal dryers are given with their problems and application in industry.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: I. Comprehend and utilize of the dewatering terms in mineral processing. II. Calculate of flocculation and coagulation equilibrium in mineral suspensions. III. Investigate of thickeners and dryers in mineral processing. IV. Calculate of dewatering processes and thickeners. V. Calculate of moisture ratios of products from mineral processing processes.
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