Rapid dewatering of oil sand mature fine tailings using super absorbent polymer (SAP)

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 50-51, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-47

  Farkish, Aida ^a   Fall, Mamadou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Freeze thaw Dewatering; Mature fine tailings; Oil sand Tailings; Super absorbent polymer (SAP)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; FREEZE-THAW DEWATERING; HYDROCARBON DEPOSITS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MATURE FINE TAILINGS; SHEAR STRENGTH TESTING; SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER; UNDRAINED SHEAR STRENGTH;

ABSORPTION; FREEZING; HYDROCARBON REFINING; OIL SANDS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; POLYMERS; TAILINGS;

DEWATERING;

EID: 84879937985     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. ARK. The ARK Entreprises, Inc. P.O. Box 725, Peculiar, Missouri 6407 (2003). http://www.arkent.com/products/aqua-sorb.html.
2. BGC Engineering Inc.; Oil Sands Tailings Technology Review. Oil sands research and information network, University of Alberta, 2010. School of Energy and the Environment, Edmonton, Alberta. OSRIN, Report No. TR-1.
3. An energy market assessment canada's oil sands: A supply and market outlook to 2015, 2000, National Energy Board, Alberta.
4. R.J. Chalaturnyk, J.D. Scott, and B. Ozum Management of oil sand tailings Petroleum Science and Technology. 20 9 2002 10251046
5. Clark, K.A.; 1939. The hot water method for recovering bitumen from bituminous sand. IN: Report on Sullivan Concentrator. Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, Alberta.
6. K.A. Clark, and D.S. Pasternack Hot water separation of bitumen from Alberta bitumenous sand Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 24 12 1932 7
7. A. Demoz, and R.J. Mikula Role of mixing energy in the flocculation of mature fine tailings Journal of Environmental Engineering. 138 1 2012 129 136
8. G.P.T. Dzinomwa, C.J. Wood, and D.J.T. Hill Fine coal dewatering using pH- and temperature-sensitive superabsorbent polymers Polymers for Advanced Technologies 8 12 1997 767772
9. Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), Directive 074. In Tailings Performance Criteria and Requirements for Oil Sands Mining Schemes.; 2009,Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
10. M. Fall, J.C. Célestin, and F.S. Han Suitability of bentonite-paste tailings mixtures as engineering barrier material for mine waste containment facilities Mineral Engineering 22 9-10 2009 840848
11. M. Fall, J.C. Célestin, and F.S. Han Potential use of densified polymer-pastefill mixture as waste containment barrier materials Waste Management 30 12 2009 2570 2578
12. R.S. Farinato, and P.L. Dubin Colloid-polymer interactions, from fundamentals to practice 1999 Wiley Chichester, UK
13. K. Flaate Factor influencing the results of vane tests Canadian Geotechnical Journal 31 1966 18 31
14. J. Gregory Fundamentals of flocculation Critical Reviews in Environmental Control 19 3 1989 185 230 (Pubitemid 19203522)
15. M.B. Hocking, and G.W. Lee Effect of chemical agents on settling rates of sludge from effluent of hot-water extraction of athabasca oil sands Fuel 56 3 1977 325333
16. R. Hogg Flocculation and dewatering International Journal of Mineral Processing 58 1-4 2000 223 226
17. Houlihan R.H.; Mian M.H. and Lord E.R.; 2010. Oil sands tailings -technology developments and regulations. ISBN 978-0-9806-0-1.
18. R.L. Johnson, P. Bork, E.A.D. Alen, W.H. James, and L. Koverny Oil sands sludge dewatering by freeze-thaw and evapotranspiration 1993 Alberta conservation and reclamation council Alberta, Canada
19. T.J. Laros, and F.A. Baczek Method for treating tailings. EP 2531625 2002 A1
20. Mamer, M.; 2010. Oil sands tailings technology: understanding the impact to reclamation. Suncor Energy Report, p. 5.
21. J.H. Masliyah Oil Sands Extraction and Upgrading 2007 Department of Chemicals and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada
22. J.G. Matthews, W.H. Shaw, M.D. MacKinnon, and R.G. Cuddy Development of composite tailings technology at syncrude International Journal of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Environment 16 1 2002 24 39 (Pubitemid 34463920)
23. B.M. Moudgil, and P. Somasundaran Dispersion and aggregation: Fundamentals and applications 1994 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) New York
24. Othman, M.; Benson, C.; Chamberlain, E.; and Zimmie, T. (1994). Laboratory testing to evaluate changes in hydraulic conductivity of compacted clays caused by freeze-thaw: State of the art. ASTM STP 1142, Hydraulic conductivity and waste contaminant transport in soils, D.E. Daniel, S.J. Trautwein, eds.; ASTM, Philadelphia, pp. 227-254.
25. Powter, C.B.; Biggar, K.W.; Silva, M.J.; McKenna, G.T.; Scordo, E.B.; 2011. Review of oil sands tailings technology options. In Tailings and Mine Waste '10, Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-61455-9.
26. B.C. Punmia, A.K. Jain, and A.Kr. Jain Soil Mechanics and Foundations:soil structure and clay mineralogy 16th ed 2005 Laxmi publication New Delh.i
27. M. Sadeghi, and H. Hosseinzadeh Synthesis and swelling behavior of starch-poly(sodium acrylate-co-acrylamide) superabsorbent hydrogel Turkish Journal of Chemistry 32 3 2008 375 388
28. T.L. Staples, and P.K. Chatterjee Synthetic superabsorbents In Absorbent Technol. 2002 383318
29. Suncor Energy Inc.; 2009. Application for tailings reduction operations (available on Energy Resources Conservation Board website).
30. WWF (2010). Tailings, a lasting oil sands legacy; p. 43.
31. M. Zbik, and R.G. Horn Hydrophobic attraction may contribute to aqueous flocculation of clays Colloids and Surfaces A 222 1-3 2003 32 328
32. M.J. Zohuriaan-Mehr, and K. Kabiri Superabsorbent polymer materials: a review Iranian Polymer Journal 17 6 2008 451477