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公开(公告)号:US20200157432A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-21
申请号:US16752639
申请日:2020-01-25
Applicant: Suncor Energy Inc.
Inventor: Adrian Peter Revington , Oladipo Omotoso , Patrick Sean Wells , Thomas Charles Hann , Marvin Harvey Weiss , Trevor Bugg , Jamie Eastwood , Stephen Joseph Young , Hugues Robert O'Neill , Ana Cristina Sanchez
Abstract: A process for dewatering oil sand fine tailings is provided and comprises a dispersion and floc build-up stage comprising in-line addition of a flocculent solution comprising an effective amount of flocculation reagent into a flow of the oil sand fine tailings; a gel stage wherein flocculated oil sand fine tailings is transported in-line and subjected to shear conditioning; a floc breakdown and water release stage wherein the flocculated oil sand fine tailings releases water and decreases in yield shear stress, while avoiding an oversheared zone; depositing the flocculated oil sand fine tailings onto a deposition area to form a deposit and to enable the release water to flow away from the deposit, preferably done in a pipeline reactor and managing shear according to yield stress and CST information and achieves enhanced dewatering.
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公开(公告)号:US20180079966A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-22
申请号:US15820707
申请日:2017-11-22
Applicant: Suncor Energy Inc.
Inventor: Adrian Peter Revington , Oladipo Omotoso , Patrick Sean Wells , Thomas Charles Hann , Marvin Harvey Weiss , Trevor Bugg , Jamie Eastwood , Stephen Joseph Young , Hugues Robert O'Neill , Ana Cristina Sanchez
Abstract: A process for dewatering oil sand fine tailings is provided and comprises a dispersion and floc build-up stage comprising in-line addition of a flocculent solution comprising an effective amount of flocculation reagent into a flow of the oil sand fine tailings; a gel stage wherein flocculated oil sand fine tailings is transported in-line and subjected to shear conditioning; a floc breakdown and water release stage wherein the flocculated oil sand fine tailings releases water and decreases in yield shear stress, while avoiding an oversheared zone; depositing the flocculated oil sand fine tailings onto a deposition area to form a deposit and to enable the release water to flow away from the deposit, preferably done in a pipeline reactor and managing shear according to yield stress and CST information and achieves enhanced dewatering.
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