nent Examination:7” Semester B.Tech, (MLE) Semester: Monsoon ‘Session. : 2006-2007 Time: 3 hours Sub ject: POLLUTION CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT tie Instruction: Answer any questions fiom Section A and answer all the questions fiom Section B oy Max. Marks: 100 ‘Questions Q.No. Secticn A Marke What are major parumeters to be considered for the assesment euvironmental impacts due mineral exploitation? Discuss briefly about the environmental impacts of mineral industries on the different attnbutes of environment S415=20 Define air quality criteria and air quality standards, Discuss about the methodology to be adopted Lr selecting aimmonitoring dations and airmonitorng programme for monitoring of air pollution in mining awas Write about the strategy to be adopted for the control of air pollution in 448+8 mining areas =20 Explain the causes of water pollution due to coal washeries. Write about destabilization of colloidal suspension. ‘What is the utility of provision of codimentation tank for the removal of suspended solids fiom coal washery effiuent and how the optimum size of 34346 claneation tank canbe determined? 48 2204, Se nT Ey 6) How tailings are generated fosm the iron ore mines? ©) Digouss about the utility of tailing poud for the disponl of tailings. (0) How the optimum size of tailing pond can be evaluated? (W) Discuss about the environmentally sai design and construction of tailing 5-+545 dan. +5=20 Write briefly about the effects of noise pollution on human health and their contro] in mining areas 34510 What is geosphere? Write how soil is being affected due to air and water pollution and due to the disposal Euzandous solid i i waste? different horizons of soil and nature of soil ee Detine the terms (a) Tropospiers (b) Stratosphere (c) Mesosphere, (6) Thermogphere. (©) Explain why the affinity 'of earhan monewid. wm ton te © Mailerdaemon | For latest info about the college visit vww.mailerdzemon.inEMESTER: MONSOON, SESSION: 2006 — 2007 xamination : B. TECH - MINERAL ENGINEERING ester: VET ‘Time: 3 Hours \bject: PROCESS EQUIPMENT SELECTION Max Marks: 100 SECTION: A ge Bi « ANSWER Avy THO - + Mbp Se ie erates 2. Make suitable assumptions if necessary . Relevant Selaction Charts & Tables are attached herewith the question paper ~“. Use Graph paper ‘or plotting Describe the following terms in brief: a. Normal Capacity ao b. Design Capacity @x 10) * ¢. Maximum Capacity | d. Scope of Work | e. Battery Limits & Terminal Points = | f, Percentage availability | g. Percentage utilization h. Stripping ratio | i. Process Flow Diagram j. Block Diagram | 2. |). Classify different Crushers used in Mineral Industry including the following specifications: . (10) | a. Stage of operation 2 | b, Capacity range | c. Expected product size range 4. Preferred reduction ratio © Mailerdaemon | For latest info about the college visit vww.mailerdzemon.in‘Explain in brief about the properties of heavy media and advantages of using Heavy Media Separation Classify difficulties of Coal washing on the basis of Neat Gravity Material & Yield Reduotion factor. Predict the Size and number of classifying cyclone required to handle the Copper slurry (sp. grav 2.94) with media as water (sp. grav 1.0). The expected Overflow & Underflow size distribution is a given below. 7 wees, UF 106 | 07 ws | cts [3184 @s | 7s | 244 @a7_| ass | 572 | Qasr [114s [902 | 20 | et | 04a (¢)20 7a | 078 14 |- 007 [909 on 152_| 98.7 | Size (microns) Following information is to be considered for the selection process. Soilds (TPH) in fead slurry 30 Sp. Grav of solids 2.94 Feed pulp density (Kg/m3) 1210 ‘Under flow pulp density (Kg/m3) 1570 Over flow pulp density ( Kgims bed IFeed inlet pressure Assume dsoie)= dso + 2 © Mailerdaemon | For latest info about the oollege visit www.mailerdaemon.inwp ee Oe For the Regrind Ball Mill and Flotation Cir predict the i a. Size and power drawn by Regrind mill considering BWiof | (20) the ore to be 19.64 Kwh/M Tonne | b. Cell volume and numbers of commercially available flotation | (toy | cell considering residence time of 20 minutes | Soild. Water content and expected particle size in different streamlines is | as given below PER masa es “at | fSeeen Pel ceamDesoaption [Songs | Water | Panicte, | | |Lowe «ren size (080) | 7 Fistation Cal Feed 145 | 2 Potion Tas 1022 Sat \ 3 | Fiptation Cone 40.3} | | | Bury eoyed © 35.1 sump oN eer ee Classifying Gycione 188.1 ‘eS microns: | {feed = 3 [Ciassiving Cyeone Was BI | ST eros .| Overflow _ : | Regard Gal Wil T1a7 aa | Barons | Feed pe ' a | 8 | Regrind Ball Mil 127 | 48.3 ‘$0 microns | | Discharge [ | \ Flotation Cel l¢g—— 3 \ , —— « a . Ciassifving Fvelone 4 5 ‘ Sump with pomp | Z| a. Explain the term Concentration erterion and define @ | | | mathematically. 7 j |B Define the four mechanism essentially used to explain the | (4) | | operation of gravity concentration devices | | c. Drawa neat sketch and ‘explain in brief about the design (4) | and operating parameters af any ane from the following latest development in Gravity Concentration Techniques. 2 | Fioatex Density Separator, Falcon Concentrator, Knelson | { is Consentrater or Packed Calumi Jig, | © Mailerdaemon | For latest info about the college visit www.mailerdaemon.in(b) | Give the notion of Remote Procedure Call 9@) (b) (RPC). What is its desirable feature? Differentiate beiwcen synchronous and as asynchronous RPCs. Write the steps of the RPC that occur in a client sorver environment, Design the a" x 6" delta network and finally present the diagram of the 42 x 3? delta network, Let {a,0<7 ©) For system with equation fag ths +1 = 0, Find kmar and @. 10 7.4), Por the system shown in the figure tain the closed loop T.F., damping 10 ratio, natural frequency and expression for the output response if subjected (o unit step input ces (2 lock diagram given below, find C(s)/R(s) Ga, b). Forabi 10 RS) =§ ee) i.SECTION-B (Underground Metal Mining) ‘Attempt AM questions OR Write, explanatory notes on the following: 2) Problems of deep mining and their remedial measures, (®) Underwater mining for manganese nodules 7. Write short notes on the following: (@) Combined open room mining system, (©) Bio-chemical method of mining (©) Nuclear device mining system Section C What is High Angle Conveyor? Deseribe its Principle of operation, merits and demerits. Discuss is application in deep opencest mire ®- What ate the special features of dimensional stone mining? Describe any method off mining granite or marble blocks. Assume your enn conditions 10. What are the factors affecting the performance of continuous Surface Miners!) How do you calculate the effective production capacity of these miners under different operating procedures (10) it i jon.in © Mailerdaemon | For latest info about the college visit vww.mailerdaemExamination: VII B Tech (MLE) Session: 2006-07 Semester: Monsoon Subject: Computational Techniques in MLE Time: 3 Hours. Max Marks: 100 (Make assumptions where you feel they are necessary and state them clearly) SECTION — A (Answer all questions) 1a) What do you understand by critical speed of a Grinding Mill? 39 ») The critical speed (N) of a ball mill inversely Proportional to cestain power of the mil) Giameter (D), i.e. N a 1D"), witere Nis in rpm and D is in meters, From the given data develop the working relationship between them. Demm) | 2.5 27 29 3.1 33 3.5 3.7 N(cpm) | 26.8 23.7 24.9 24.0 23.2 22.7 21.9 2 Consider the following size distribution data and what kind of size distribution would you recommend for the above data 10 Size (mm) [0.045 | 0.075 [0.150 0500 0.850 |_1.000 Wt % Passing [ 35.0] 44.8 313 | 69.9 87.8 96.40 | 3° The tin assays in feed, concentrate and tails are measured to be 21.9%, 43.0% and 6.77% respectively during tin ore flotation, The feed contains 0.36% arsenic. If the arsenic content of the tails stream is to be maintained at 0.1%, how much atsenic must be recovered in the concentrate stream? 08 = Write notes on the following 2). Data Reconciliation. b). Specific rate of breakage ©). Penalty Function, d) Least Square Error Sx4 * Write a programme in either c or C-+ for the computation of Circulating Load ratio in the question 10 SECTION — B (Answer any Two) a). What is correlation coefficient? How is the goodness of fit related to this parameter? Explain its significance 06 ). Derive a general expression for the correlation coefficient for n set of data 14 Bring out the importance of using Lagrangian Multiplier (2) in mass balancing and derive an expression for correcting the errors involved in assay components, 20 The following particle size distributions in the three streams of a hydrocyclone are obtained by Seve analysis. The size range is in microns and the amount in %oweight in, Use the dats et Size range | 1000-800 | 800-500 | 500-150 | 150-45 | 45 Feed 3.20 9.90 | 26.6 13 [49.0 OF 0.01 0.89 [2.10 [7.80 [89.20 UF 4.70 14.10 [38.20 [16.40_[26.60 a). Comment on the size distribution »). Find out the best estimate of the percentage of the feed mass Teporting to U/R, ©). Adjust the size distribution data such that mass balance equations are satisfied DD © Mailerdaemon | For latest info about the college visit www.mailerdaemon in[2 ~ A gas sweetening unit is to be designed for the following Gas = 100 MM sefd SG 0.67 lop = 1000 psig T = 100° F +) COs inlet 2 4.03% Outlet "= 2% HGS inlet = (19 ppm) Outle: 4 ppm Cp (Contactor) 0.689 | | 1 | (Show that DEA unit is an acceptable process (ii) Determine DEA circulation rate using 35 wi% DEA and an acid gas loading of 0.50 mole acid gas/mole of DEA. Gi) Diameter & Height for contactor | (iv) Approx. reboiler duty with 25 | | | | \" F reboiler temperature Write noies on any three (i) Crude oil stabilization system (ii) LPG starage & Handling system Gil) Processing € utilization of NGL. (iv) Sulphur Reegvery: from sour natural gas, Lf © Mailerdaemon | For latest info about the college visit vww.mailerdzemon.in