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.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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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)
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Hripko, Rhys
Vajihinejad, Vahid
LopesMotta, Fernanda
Soares, João B. P.
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10.1002/gch2.201700135
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022082507023442672203
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 7:33 AM CEST
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- Hripko, Rhys
- Vajihinejad, Vahid
- LopesMotta, Fernanda
- Soares, João B. P.