Proposed water treatment approach for commercial tar sand wastewaters

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6154344

Kocornik, D

Waters produced during the steamflood extraction of bitumen from tar sand require treatment before they can be recycled as feedwater for steam generation. The characterization of two waters from commercial-scale tar sand operations indicates that the levels of hardness, oil and grease, silica, suspended solids, and iron must be reduced before these waters can be reused in the bitumen extraction process. The Western Research Institute proposes two treatment methods (electrocoagulation and ultrafiltration) that may, when used in conjunction with standard practices, improve the efficiency of the overall treatment process. 21 refs., 3 tabs.

• Research Organization: Western Research Inst., Laramie, WY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-83FE60177
• OSTI ID: 6154344
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE/60177-2420; ON: DE87013719
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
OIL SANDS
STEAM INJECTION
WASTE WATER
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
RECYCLING
WATER TREATMENT
BITUMENS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXTRACTION
FLOCCULATION
THERMAL RECOVERY
ULTRAFILTRATION
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
DATA
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FILTRATION
FLUID INJECTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LIQUID WASTES
MATERIALS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRECIPITATION
RECOVERY
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TAR
WASTES
WATER
040900* - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- Waste management
040401 - Oil Shales & Tar Sands- In Situ Methods
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