EXM224: Principles of Unit Operations

The general principles of unit operations which form the basis for mineral processing and extractive metallurgical plants. Focus: mass and energy balances, elementary fluid mechanics and aspects of mass, energy and momentum transfer relevant to the above industries. Topics: mass and energy balance, fluid flow phenomena, basic equations of flow, transportation and metering of fluids, agitation and mixing of liquids and pulps, principles of diffusion and mass transfer in liquids, pulps and between phases, heat transfer processes.

Points

Enrolment Options

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

Contact Time

Lectures/tutorials: 4.5 hours per week; laboratories: 2 hours per week.
External: Internet access and compulsory 5-day on-campus laboratory and workshop session.
Due to the nature of offering this unit students are recommended to seek confirmation of t

Prerequisites

M182/MAS182 Applied Mathematics or M161/MAS161 Calculus and Matrix Algebra and M152/PEC152 Principles of Physics or high school physics, or enrolment in G1034 Graduate Diploma in Extractive Metallurgy.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Exclusions

Students who have successfully completed G277/ENG277 Process Engineering may not complete this unit for credit.

School

School of Chemical and Mathematical Sciences

Unit Coordinator

Dr Gamini Senanayake

Position:	Senior Lecturer - Mineral Science
E-mail:	G.Senanayake@murdoch.edu.au
Location:	Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 2.037
Phone: Prefix: +618	9360 2833

Unit Contacts

Contact	Phone Prefix: +618	Location Explanation of Location Codes	Teaching Period(s)
Dr Gamini Senanayake Senior Lecturer - Mineral Science (G.Senanayake@murdoch.edu.au)	9360 2833	Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 2.037	MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010) MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:
APMISIN	Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)
CEJTOKYO	Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)
JKURASHIKI	NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)
KDUPG	KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)
KDUPJ	KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
SGP-REPOLY	Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)
SMANUFED	Singapore Manufacturing Federation
ZHENGZHOU	Zhengzhou University (China)