oil sands tailings
Electrokinetic Consolidation of Oil Sands Tailings: An Experimental and Numerical Study
... Oil sands deposits in Alberta are the third-largest crude oil reserve in the ...the oil sands industry development and expansion, large amounts of tailings, which mainly consist ...
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Electrokinetic Dewatering of Oil Sands Tailings
... The oil sands tailings used in this study are mature fine tailings (MFT) recovered from the disposal pond in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, courtesy of Syncrude Canada ...Imperial Oil ...
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Thickening of Mature Fine Oil Sands Tailings
... the oil sands industries use hot water for extraction bitumen from oil sands and the extracted tailings (by product) stored in the tailings ...in tailings ponds as of 2008 ...
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Yao et al Dewatering Behavior of Fine Oil Sands Tailings - A Summary of Laboratory Results.pdf
... Column settling tests and oedometer tests § Objectives Ø Investigate the sedimentation and consolidation behaviour of fluid fine oil sands tailings Ø Measure the hydraulic conductivity o[r] ...
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Physicochemical gradients, diffusive flux and biostabilization of oil sands tailings material
... Athabasca Oil Sands has given great insight into the capabilities of the GUST microcosm system, indicating the possibility for improved experimental ...these oil sands tailings ...
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Patnayak and Alam Overview of Holistic Approach to Oil Sands Tailings Management.pdf
... Conclusions q Tailings management is complex and hence requires a holistic approach q Must consider § Reclamation and closure objectives § Regulatory requirements § Long-term containment[r] ...
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Qi and Simms Consolidation-Desiccation in oil sands tailings and the UNSATCON model.pdf
... Outline v Why is such a model useful v Developing and testing UNSATCON with and without stress history -Column tests, field data, multilayer mesoscale deposition tests Drying boxes v Hyp[r] ...
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Mitchell et al Continuous Satellite Surveying for Oil Sands Tailings Management.pdf
... Application to Tailings Monitoring • Accuracy and resolution of PhotoSat Surveying has reached the point where it is applicable for continuous monitoring of mines and tailings areas, as [r] ...
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de Lucas et al Tubifex - A biological method for enhancing dewatering of oil sands tailings. An update on the on-going research program.pdf
... Phase 0 – 2014 quick tests on Canadian soil First test on small beakers total ~ 12 days showed: • Enhance consolidation • Enhanced strength Mudline vs time.. Bed Height cm..[r] ...
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Electrokinetics and Vacuum Combined Dewatering of Oil Sand Tailings
... One of the challenges faced by the oil sand industry is the dewatering of mature fine oil sands tailings (MFT) due to the low permeability. Vacuum pressure or electrokinetic (EK) dewatering is ...
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Olmedo et al - Amphibious Robot for Environmental Monitoring.pdf
... The Problem: Oil Sands Tailings Ponds 2 • Geotechnical and rheological measurements and sampling are required to identify hazards, understand sedimentation processes, minimize long term [r] ...
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Moran et al Oil Sands Technology to Meet the Challenges of New World Sustainable Tailings Management.pdf
... from Oil Sands Tailings Ponds: Overview and Modelling Based on Fermentable ...from Tailings Ponds Based on Fermentable Substrates”, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, ...
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Current state of fine mineral tailings treatment: A critical review on theory and practice
... mineral tailings constituents, their mutual interactions, and role of the conditioning agents have led to a gradual transition of fine tailings handling practices, from outright waste dumping and ...
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Developing molecular tools to assess the biogeochemical/microbial community structure of oil sand processed waste material
... The RNA is synthesized by microorganisms only while they are active and involved in biochemical processes. Therefore the RNA analysis is the key to study the both microbial and chemical activity in any environment. Even ...
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Microbial Development in Gamma Irradiated Fluid Fine Tailings Material from the Athabasca Oil Sands
... fine tailings from two different sources, Pond 1A (P1A) and South Tailings Pond (STP) from Suncor Energy ...of oil sands tailings is complex, and there is a need for a detailed, ...
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Impact of wildfires on Canada’s oil sands facilities
... protect oil sands facilities from wildfires (and also protect the forest from potential ignition sources at the facilities), there is a buffer zone (safety distance in the form of vegetation-free ground) ...
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Microwave processing of oil sands and contribution of clay minerals
... 53% oil the electricity cost per barrel would be around US$45–50/bbl of oil ...surface Oil Sand mining operation are around US$25–35/ bbl of sweet synthetic crude oil (SCO) [28], the cost ...
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A Study on Hydraulic Conductivity of Fine Oil Sand Tailings
... fine oil sand tailings resulting from different bitumen extraction processes (caustic versus non- ...of tailings samples ranged from 96% to ...fine oil sand tailings samples used in ...
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Treatment of Synthetic Oil Sands Tailing Water with Activated Carbon
... by oil sands operators are [10]: composite tailings (CT) and non-segregating tailings (NST) (Syncrude & Suncor); thickened tailings (Shell - Albian Sands); in-line thickening ...
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Behaviour of Crude Oil Contaminated Clayey Sands
... crude oil contamination on plasticity, unconfined compressive strength, some swelling and chemical properties of soil and to predict the change in the properties in the form of mathematical ...clayey sands ...
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