3 ECTS credits
85 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4016492ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Om te kunnen inschrijven voor Productie van metalen moet men ingeschreven of geslaagd zijn voor Microstructural Design of Metals en voor 45 SP uit de gemeenschappelijke stam.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Department
Materials and Chemistry
Educational team
Annick Hubin (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
24 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

The course combines all unit operations of extractive metallurgy and recycling. In order to gain comprehensive insight in extractive metallurgy and recycling, the basic principles of pyro-, hydro- and electrometallurgy are applied to the production/recycling of the main metals. In order to acquire the ability to select an adequate processing scheme, a number of metals is studied that can, depending on the conditions, be produced/recycled following different routes. The students will do this in small teams, in the format of guided self study. The students are also familiarized with the industrial aspects (compulsory company visits with guided tours along the industrial installations).

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Productie van metalen, handouts van slides, A. Hubin
Practical course material (Recommended) : Op te zoeken tijdschriftartikels
Additional info

Company visits are compulsory

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The aim of the course is that students gain insight into extractive metallurgy and recycling.  It is a continuation and extension of the bachelor course ‘Procestechnologie van materialen'.  The scope is broadened towards all extractive and recycling processes and their technological characteristics, with special attention for the comparison of different processes.  Based on the knowledge of (1) transport phenomena and (2) the relevant unit operations, the student is expected to understand (1) the set up of the global process  and (2) the selection of the reactors.  Also the process determining parameters need to be known.  Finally, the student should demonstrate the ability to select a processing route, based on incomplete data on the metal in question.  

The viewed competence is that the student can analyze, understand and modify any metallurgical process. This is part of the global objective to educate engineers with insight in process technology.  Moreover, it imparts the competence to apply general knowledge on process technology in a specific domain.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
LEC Presentation determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the LEC Presentation category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • team presentation with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Evaluation in first session

The evaluation is based on permanent evaluation during the sessions. No oral or written exam is organized. At the end of the course, the student teams present their work through a presentation, containing 2 parts: (1) report of one of the company visits, completed with additional information regarding the processes used, (2) discussion of 3 aspects of the processing of a metal (choice subject to approval): primary production from ores, recycling and new processes under development. The presentation is followed by a Q&A session and discussion. By preference, the final mark is a mark for the team. Only if during the semester team members complain about the contribution of individual members, individual marks may differ from the team mark. 20% of the mark is on permanent evaluation, 80% on the presentation and Q&A.

Evaluation in second session

The candidate will receive an individual assignment: discussion of 2 aspects of the processing of a metal (choice subject to approval, and one not treated by one of the teams in the first session) being  primary production from ores and recycling . 100% of the mark is based on the presentation and Q&A.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Chemical and Materials Engineering: PR Profile Materials (only offered in Dutch)