The content of the lecture includes:

• Basics and Microprocesses:
  • Description of particle systems with population balances and the discrete element method
  • Relative motion of particles in a fluid and particle flows
  • Turbulent transport processes
  • Identification of the quality of a separation process and separation function
  • Separation process models
• Basics of plant dimensioning and design
• Physical basics for the following separation processes:
  • Classification
  • Sort
  • Magnetic and eddy current separation
  • Flotation
  • Filtration with a focus on “separation of the finest particles”
  • Optical sorting
• Analysis and synthesis of plant concepts

Lecture documents

The documents for the lecture are provided in moodle.