MINE-4504: Materials Handling and Power Systems
Description: Principles of materials handling, fluid power and electrical power systems for surface and underground mining operations. Engineering analysis and design of secondary haulage operations (belt conveyors, hoists, trucks, railways), fluid power systems (hydraulics, pumps, piping networks, compressors, pneumatic equipment). Electrical systems (electrical machinery, distribution networks, controls), and other ancillary systems required to support mining operations. Assessment of equipment reliability and development of preventive maintenance programs.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: ECE-3054
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 17
Average GPA: 3.01 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 11.48%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.10%
| Wencai Zhang | 2020 | 31.1% | 45.0% | 21.1% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.04 | 2 |
| Gerald H Luttrell | 2018 | 17.7% | 64.9% | 16.8% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 3.00 | 15 |