Characterization of syncrude sludge pond tailings

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry; (USA)

OSTI ID:6795630

Majid, A; Boyko, V J; Sparks, B D; Ripmeester, J A ^[1]; Kodama, H ^[2]

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1. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
2. Chemistry and Biology Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)

The hot water process used by Suncor and Syncrude to extract bitumen from the Athabasca Oil Sands produces large volumes of tailings slurry. The fine grained sludge component of this waste is the most troublesome because of its stability and poor compaction potential. The sludge apparently owes its stability substantially to a complex interaction between organic coated amorphous particles, clays and bitumens. In this study the authors have investigated the nature of both the minerals and the associated organic matter present in a thickened, aqueous tailings sludge sample, from the syncrude Canada Limited plant. The findings of this study could be helpful in providing some insight into the nature of tailings pond sludge, a problem which poses the most imminent environmental constraint to future use of the hot water process.

• OSTI ID: 6795630
• Report Number(s): CONF-900402--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Preprints of Papers, American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry; (USA) Journal Volume: 35:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
041000* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Environmental Aspects
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INFORMATION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING METHODS
MINERALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OIL SAND TAILINGS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PROCEEDINGS
SLUDGES
SOLID WASTES
TAILINGS
WASTES