Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Çözelti Madenciliği
	English	Solution Mining
Course Code	CHZ 506E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Abdullah Ekrem Yüce
Course Objectives		1. The purpose of this course is to teach students the basic information on solution mining, 2. To bring out the problems that may occur during the application of solution mining and their solutions in detail, 3. To evaluate and study the project of solution mining.
Course Description		Definition and importance of solution mining, reserve and grade relation, preparation works, leaching processes and reagents, heap and dump leaching, in-situ leaching, percolation leaching, applications (gold, silver, copper, uranium, salt, potassium, trona, sulfur, and coal), the effect of micro-organisms on solution mining, beneficiation and destruction of solutions produced in solution mining.
Course Outcomes		Graduate students who successfully pass this course gain the following knowledge, skills, and proficiencies : 1. To be able to design and evaluate solution mining projects 2. To understand the interdisciplinary interaction related to the field and to achieve the original conclusions through new and complex results and knowledge 3. To be able to execute critical analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of new and complex ideas 4. To be able to contribute the solutions of problems related to the design of solution mining projects.
Pre-requisite(s)
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Robert W. Bartlett, Solution Mining: Leaching and Fluid Recovery of Materials, Edition: 2, Routledge, 1998, ISBN 9056996339, 9789056996338, 443 pages
Other References		1. Aguilar, M., Sanjuán, M. A., Cortina, J. L., 2008. Solvent Extraction and Liquid Membranes: Fundamentals and Applications in New Materials, CRC Press, 344 pages 2. Gupta, C., Singh, H., 2003. Uranium resource processing: secondary resources, Springer, 519 3. Doğan Z., 1986. Chemical Mining; İTÜ Vakfı Kitap Yayınları No: 6, İstanbul 4. Bhappu, R.B ., 1981. Past, Present, and Future of Solution Mining, Interfacing Technologies in Solution Mining, Ed. W., J. Schlitt, Colorado. 5. Process for solution mining of uranium ores, United States Patent 4302429

Courses

Help

About