Course detail

Mining and Processing of Raw Materials (M)

FAST-BJB003Acad. year: 2024/2025

The course includes the field of general mining issues, quarries, and the preparation of mineral raw materials for a wide application in building industry.
Technological, physico-mechanical properties of rocks, distribution of rocks according to assessment criteria, geological exploration works, modern exploration methods of rocks, protection of the environment.
General rules of the law applicable to opening the quarry according to the rules of the Upper Law, elaboration of the Plan of preparation, opening and extraction of raw materials.
Problems of disintegration of raw materials, mining and breaking methods, control of granulometry of rocks during blasting.
Design of selected types of blast operations.
Proposal of transportation of raw materials.
Tools for blasting operation.
Sand and gravel mining, mining of clay and loamy raw materials for the brick and ceramic industries.
Grinding, crushing and sorting of raw materials, arrangement of crushers, mills and screeners.
Basic types of land reclamation disrupted by mining.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Vít Černý, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Technology of Building Materials and Components (THD)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of physics, chemistry, geology and building materials.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Problems of mineral raw materials mining, effectiveness of exploitation and processing of raw materials in building industry; Methods of stone, gravel, sand and ceramic raw materials mining; methods of raw materials dressing, evaluation of raw materials quality; compounding of raw material mixtures.General regularities of processing methods; Technological properties of processing lines; Technological properties of raw materials and their testing.

The student would manage the goal of the subject by acquiring knowledge on the problems of extracting raw materials in civil engineering, on methods of extracting the stones, gravel, sand, ceramic raw material, finishing methods for raw materials, quality evaluation of raw materials, composition of raw material mixtures.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ŠŤASTNÍK, S. Těžba a lomařství. 105 str., 2005; Šťastník Stanislav. Úpravnictví nerostných surovin. 133 str., 2005. (CS)

Recommended reading

HUDSON, T. L., PLUMLEE, F. Minimg and the Environment. American Geol. Institute Virginia, 2002. (EN)
HUDSON, T. L. PLUMLEE, F. Minimg and the Environment. American Geol. Institute Virginia, 2002. (EN)
SAPLES, P. Crushing and Grinding, Minimise energy use, Jupatthy, 2001. (EN)
SAPLES, P. Crushing and Grinding, Minimise energy use, Jupatthy, 2001. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization VS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vít Černý, Ph.D.
Ing. Lenka Mészárosová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Utilization of mineral raw materials in the building industry, protection of the environment. 2. Physical and mechanical properties of rocks, tests of aggregates, utility properties of rocks and effectiveness of exploitation. 3. Project of preparation, development and exploitation in the quarry, protected area. 4. Exploitation space, utilization of rocks, technology of raw materials mining. 5. Raw material resources, striping, mining methods for rocks. 6. Mass blasts, blast design, facilities for blasting work. 7. Muck transport, vehicle fleet, technology of treatment. 8. Technological treatment of raw material, disintegration, principles of machinery for treatment. 9. Grinding, grinding curve, effectiveness of the grinding process. 10. Technological parameters of grinding plants, circulation number, effectiveness of grinding. 11. Special preparation procedures, micro-grinding, separation. 12. Classification, raw material separation, grist parameters, recycling of building waste, grounding, treatment, sieving. Recultivaton after excavation. Environmental impact, primary material sources.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Vít Černý, Ph.D.
Ing. Lenka Mészárosová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction seminar. 2. The design and dimensions of waste materials, muck. 3. The design and sizing of internal transport. 4. Explosive processes of explosives. 5. The dimensions of the chamber blasting. 6.–7. The dimensions of the aperture blasting. 8. Video examples of rock blasting works for the extraction of raw materials construction and demolition. 9. Excursion to the quarry. 10. Examples of reclamation after open-pit mining. 11. Credit test. 12. Checking the protocols, granting the credit.