Petroleum coke adsorption as a water management option for oil sands process-affected water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 427-428, Issue , 2012, Pages 364-372

  Zubot, Warren ^a   MacKinnon, Michael D ^b   Chelme Ayala, Pamela ^c   Smith, Daniel W ^c   Gamal El Din, Mohamed ^c  

^a SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^b OSPM Solutions Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Naphthenic acids; Oil sands process affected water; Petroleum coke; Total acid extractable organics; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION PROCESS; BITUMEN UPGRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; FLUID COKERS; LANGMUIR-FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM MODEL; LANGMUIRS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS INDUSTRY; ORGANICS; PH LEVELS; RAINBOW TROUT; RAW WATER; SULPHATES; TEST ORGANISMS; TOXICITY REDUCTION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BARIUM; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; OIL SANDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PETROLEUM COKE; STRONTIUM; TOXICITY; VANADIUM; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION;

ASPHALT; BARIUM; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; NAPHTHA; NAPHTHENIC ACID; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM COKE; STRONTIUM; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM; WATER;

ADSORPTION; BIOASSAY; BITUMEN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ISOTHERM; MOLYBDENUM; OIL SAND; PETROLEUM; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFATE; TOXICITY; VANADIUM; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SAND; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLADOCERA; COKE; DAPHNIA; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PETROLEUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84861198694     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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