Enhanced Flocculation of Oil Sands Mature Fine Tailings Using Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide Copolymers

Abstract: Hydrophobically modified acrylamide copolymers dewater oil sands tailings more effectively than anionic polyacrylamide, but the root causes for this enhanced performance have not been investigated systematically. Polyacrylamide‐poly (ethylene oxide methyl ether methacrylate) copolymers with different comonomer compositions, hydrophobic chain lengths, and molecular weights to map out these effects systematically are synthetized. Through a statistical design of experiments, it is found out that all three variables above significantly affected flocculation performance and that certain combinations achieve optimal results. The effect of centrifugation on the flocculation and dewatering performance of these polymers is also investigated.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Enhanced Flocculation of Oil Sands Mature Fine Tailings Using Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide Copolymers ; volume:2 ; number:3 ; year:2018 ; extent:13
Global challenges ; 2, Heft 3 (2018) (gesamt 13)

Creator
Hripko, Rhys
Vajihinejad, Vahid
LopesMotta, Fernanda
Soares, João B. P.

DOI
10.1002/gch2.201700135
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022082507023442672203
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Hripko, Rhys
  • Vajihinejad, Vahid
  • LopesMotta, Fernanda
  • Soares, João B. P.

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