Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Çimento Teknolojisi
	English	Cement Technology
Course Code	MAD 415E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	7	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Hasan Ergin Hasan Ergin
Course Objectives		1.To teach the cement raw materials, production, preparation principles and used technologies 2.Lecturing the clinkering process (pre heating, burning and cooling process) 3.Lecturing the cement grinding systems 4. Lecturing the cement types and standards, tests, concrete and ready-mixed concrete, providing the new research and developments.
Course Description		History of cement industry and developments, Cement raw materials and raw material production, Raw material size reduction and preparation processes, Principles of pre-homogenization and homogenisation, Clinkering process (pre-heating, calcination, burning and cooling procesess), Energy sources used burning process, Cement grinding systems, Packaging and dispaching, Cement types and standards, Concrete& Ready-mix concrete, Cement production and environment, New research and developments.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: 1.Evaluate the cement raw materials and perform the production planning 2.Design and operate the cement raw material preparation system (crushing, grinding, drying, homogenization) 3.Design and operate the pre-heaters and cement rotary kilns 4.Desing and operate the cement finish grinding systems 5.Follow up the standards and the laboratory tests and follow the new developments
Pre-requisite(s)
Required Facilities		Visit to a cement factory and raw material pit.
Other		Three homework problems will be delivered and those are to be handed in a week after they are assigned.
Textbook		Gani, M.S.J., Cement and Concrete, Chapman & Hall, 1997, (main textbook)
Other References		Ghosh, S.N., Cement and Concrete Science &Technology, Bauverlag D-65173 Wiesbaden, Vol-1 Part=I, II, 1994 Zhaoqi Wu, Cement and Concrete, Chapman & Hall, 1998 Barnes, P., Structure and Performance of Cements, Chapman &Hall, 1983 Bye,G.C., Portland Cement: Composition, Production and Properties, Pergamon Press, 1983. Walter, H.D., Cement Data Book, , Bauverlag D-65173 Wiesbaden, Vol.2, 1984, Vol.3, 1988.

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