Academic Catalog

METE418 UNIT OPERATIONS AND PRETREATMENT PROCESSES

Course Code:	5700418
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
ECTS Credit:	5.0
Department:	Metallurgical And Materials Engineering
Language of Instruction:	English
Level of Study:	Undergraduate
Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. YAVUZ ALÝ TOPKAYA
Offered Semester:	Fall Semesters.

Course Content

Drying; principles of drying equipment. Calcination; principles of calcination, calcination furnaces. Roasting; thermochemistry, types of roasting, roasting furnaces and product control. Agglomeration processes; sintering, pelletizing, nodulizing, and briquetting. Theory of sintering and pelletizing. Description of industrial agglomeration processes. Solid state reduction processes; direct and indirect reduction.