Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Domonique Downing

Bharat Indu Chaudhary

Kaustubh Gupte

Nolan T McDougal

Sreejit Nair

Michael K Poindexter

Paul Aaron Gillis

Harpreet Singh

Cole A Witham

Carol E Mohler

Jason S Moore

Stephanie L Hughes

Thomas L Sanders, Jr

Nair Sreejit

Mcdougal Nolan T T

Thomas L Sanders

Bharat I Chaudhary

Mcdougal Nolan T

A fluid composition comprises a triglyceride, having at least one alpha-branched fatty acid residue, wherein each alpha-branched fatty acid residue comprises at least one saturated or mono-unsaturated alkyl chain having a total number of carbon atoms ranging from 12 to 20, and wherein the triglyceride has at least one of (a) a flash point of at least 185&#xb0; C., (b) a fire point of at least 230&#xb0; C., (c) a pour point of &#x2212;25&#xb0; C. or lower, or (d) a combination thereof. The fluid composition may be useful, for example, as a dielectric fluid and/or as a heat transfer fluid in transformers and other electrical device applications.

Branched triglyceride-based fluids useful for dielectric and/or heat transfer applications

The present invention relates to a method of dewatering an aqueous mineral suspension comprising introducing into the suspension a flocculating system comprising a mixture of polyethylene glycol and polyethylene oxide polymers, in particular a mixture of one or more low molecular mass polyethylene glycol with one or more high molecular mass polyethylene oxide. Said mixture of polyethylene glycol and polyethylene oxide polymers is useful for the treatment of suspensions of particulate material, especially waste mineral slurries. The invention is particularly suitable for the treatment of tailings and other waste material resulting from mineral processing, in particular, the processing of oil sands tailings.

Flocculation of high-solids mineral slurries

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Midland, MI, United States of America

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