Course detail
Binders
FAST-BJ51Acad. year: 2012/2013
Quick setting gypsum, raw materials, theoretical principles of production. The quick-setting gypsum production, anhydrite binders, slow-setting gypsum, Sorel’s magnesium cement, raw materials, preparation, properties. Quick lime, raw materials, theoretical principles of production. Kilns for burning of lime, technologic production systems. Properties of quick lime, utilization in building industry. Hydraulic lime, raw materials, technology of production, properties and utilization. Cements, raw materials, calculation of raw mix, fuels, process of clinker burning. Kilns for clinker burning. Heat balances of individual kiln systems. Crushing and grinding of clinker, utilization of waste dust, main properties of Portland cement.
Mineralogy of clinker, Portland cement hydration. Special cements.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
The student would manage the goal of the subject by acquiring knowledge on theoretical and technological backgrounds for the production of inorganic construction binding material, namely chemistry and technology of plastering, lime burning and cement industry.
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The final exam consists of a written and oral part.
Course curriculum
2.Manufacture of quick setting gypsum, properties and hydration of gypsum.
3.Gypsum binders, anhydrite binders, slow setting gypsum.
4.Quick lime, raw materials, theoretical principles of production.
5.Kilns for lime burning, technological production systems.
6.Properties of quick limes and their utilization in the building industry, in other branches of industry and ecology.
7.Hydraulic lime, raw materials, production, burning process and hydration, hydraulic lime utilization in the building industry.
8.Cements, raw materials, calculation of raw mix, methods of manufacture.
9.Raw mix preparation, fuels, and the process of Portland clinker burning. Utilization of secondary fuels.
10.Shaft kilns, rotary kilns, sintering grates for cement clinker burning.
11.Crushing and grinding of clinker, utilization of flue dust.
12.Clinker mineralogy and Portland cement hydration.
13.Special sorts of cements.Sorrel´s binder, raw materials, preparation, properties, utilization in building industry.
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
BOGUE, R.H.: The chemistry of portland cement. N. Y. USA, 1955. (EN)
Duda, W. H.: Cement Data-Book. Bauverlag GmbH, 1976. (EN)
H. Kühl: Zement – chemie. Verlag Technik, Berlin, 1952. (DE)
W.N. JUNG, J. M. BUTT: Technologia. V. V. Moscow, 1952.
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme B-P-E-SI Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme B-P-C-SI Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme B-P-C-ST Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
- Programme B-K-C-SI Bachelor's
branch VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2.Manufacture of quick setting gypsum, properties and hydration of gypsum.
3.Gypsum binders, anhydrite binders, slow setting gypsum.
4.Quick lime, raw materials, theoretical principles of production.
5.Kilns for lime burning, technological production systems.
6.Properties of quick limes and their utilization in the building industry, in other branches of industry and ecology.
7.Hydraulic lime, raw materials, production, burning process and hydration, hydraulic lime utilization in the building industry.
8.Cements, raw materials, calculation of raw mix, methods of manufacture.
9.Raw mix preparation, fuels, and the process of Portland clinker burning. Utilization of secondary fuels.
10.Shaft kilns, rotary kilns, sintering grates for cement clinker burning.
11.Crushing and grinding of clinker, utilization of flue dust.
12.Clinker mineralogy and Portland cement hydration.
13.Special sorts of cements.Sorrel´s binder, raw materials, preparation, properties, utilization in building industry.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Monitoring the hydration process of gypsum
3. Short durability test - material degradation due to temperature - Part I.
4. Short durability test - material degradation due to temperature - Part II.
5. Monitoring the hydration process of CSH systems during hydrothermal processing of materials
6. Calculation of the raw meal for firing cement, Part I.
7. Calculation of the raw meal for firing cement, Part II.
8. Tests on anhydrite binders
9. Tests on masonry cement
10. Processing lesson
11. Excursion
12. Credit