Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings

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Autor(a) principal: Soares,João B. P.
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Motta,Fernanda L.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532019000300426
Resumo: The Canadian oil sands reserves are an important national resource with a large impact on the Canadian economy. Unfortunately, oil sands extraction processes generate toxic by-products called mature fine tailings that need to be stored in disposal ponds for a very long time before the land can be reclaimed. This serious environmental liability needs to be addressed to reduce the environmental footprint of oil sands operations in Canada. In our research group, we have been applying polymer reaction engineering principles to develop new polymer flocculants specifically designed to treat oil sands tailing ponds. This article gives an overview of the research activities in our laboratory in the area of water-soluble polymer flocculants for the efficient dewatering, consolidation and densification of mature fine tailings.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings
title Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings
spellingShingle Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings
Soares,João B. P.
oil sands tailings
polymer flocculants
dewatering
densification
title_short Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings
title_full Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings
title_fullStr Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings
title_full_unstemmed Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings
title_sort Using Polymer Reaction Engineering Principles to Help the Environment: The Case of the Canadian Oil Sands Tailings
author Soares,João B. P.
author_facet Soares,João B. P.
Motta,Fernanda L.
author_role author
author2 Motta,Fernanda L.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Soares,João B. P.
Motta,Fernanda L.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv oil sands tailings
polymer flocculants
dewatering
densification
topic oil sands tailings
polymer flocculants
dewatering
densification
description The Canadian oil sands reserves are an important national resource with a large impact on the Canadian economy. Unfortunately, oil sands extraction processes generate toxic by-products called mature fine tailings that need to be stored in disposal ponds for a very long time before the land can be reclaimed. This serious environmental liability needs to be addressed to reduce the environmental footprint of oil sands operations in Canada. In our research group, we have been applying polymer reaction engineering principles to develop new polymer flocculants specifically designed to treat oil sands tailing ponds. This article gives an overview of the research activities in our laboratory in the area of water-soluble polymer flocculants for the efficient dewatering, consolidation and densification of mature fine tailings.
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