Nalco Company

Nalco Chemical Company

Ondeo Nalco Company

Ecolab USA Inc.

Everett C Phillips

Manian Ramesh

John David Kildea

Robert P Mahoney

John T Malito

Larry E Brammer, Jr

Murat Quadir

Kailas B Sawant

Radhakrishnan Selvarajan

Timothy La

Ronald J Allain

Michael G Strominger

Michael L Braden

Ji Cui

Kevin O'Brien

Peter A Dimas

Roger W Fowee

James A Counter

David H Slinkman

Frederick J Swiecinski

Veronica K Braden

J David Martin

Kevin L O'Brien

The invention provides a method of inhibiting the accumulation of DSP scale in the liquor circuit of Bayer process equipment. The method includes adding one or more particular silane based small molecules to the liquor fluid circuit. These scale inhibitors reduce DSP scale formation and thereby increase fluid throughput, increase the amount of time Bayer process equipment can be operational and reduce the need for expensive and dangerous acid washes of Bayer process equipment. As a result, the invention provides a significant reduction in the total cost of operating a Bayer process.

Reducing aluminosilicate scale in the Bayer process

Reducing aluminosilicate scale in the bayer process

The present disclosure is directed to a method of improving the transfer of slurry in a Bayer process through the addition of one or more chemical species to a Bayer process, wherein said chemical species is selected from the group consisting of: non-ionic surfactants, polyglycols, polyglycol ethers, anionic surfactants, anionic polymers, and a combination thereof. The present invention is also directed to a method of deaerating a slurry in a Bayer process through the addition of an effective amount of one or more chemical species to a Bayer process, wherein said chemical species is selected from the group consisting of: non-ionic surfactants, polyglycols, polyglycol ethers, anionic surfactants, anionic polymers, and a combination thereof.

Transfer of slurry in a bayer process

A high molecular weight, water-soluble polymer comprising pendant salicylic acid groups and having a weight average molecular weight of at least about 2,000,000 daltons and use of the polymer for clarifying red mud-containing liquors generated in the Bayer process for the recovery of alumina from bauxite.

High molecular weight polymers containing pendant salicylic acid groups for clarifying bayer process liquors

The present disclosure pertains to a method of improving the grinding of a bauxite containing slurry during the grinding stage of an alumina extraction process. Specifically, an effective amount of one or more non-ionic surfactants, polyglycols, polyglycol ethers, anionic surfactants, anionic polymers, or a combination thereof are added to said bauxite containing slurry during the grinding stage of an alumina extraction process to achieve an improved effect.

Improving grinding in a alumina extraction process

High molecular weight polymers containing pendant salicylic acid groups for clarifying Bayer process liquors

The present invention is a method of producing substantially dry water insoluble polymers from poly alkyl esters of vinylic monomers for use in a method for the clarification of red mud-containing liquors generated in the Bayer process for the recovery of alumina from bauxite ore. The polymers can be either homopolymers, copolymers or terpolymers. Preferably, the dried emulsion polymers are high molecular weight polymers of poly(methyl acrylate), poly(methyl acrylate/acrylic acid), poly(vinyl acetate/acrylic acid/methyl acrylate), poly(t-butyl methacrylate/acrylic acid/methyl acrylate) and poly(t-butyl acrylate/acrylic acid/methyl acrylate).

Method for producing substantially dry water-insoluble polymers for improved flocculation in the Bayer process

A method of flocculating suspended solids in a Bayer process liquor comprising adding to the liquor an effective amount of a polymer comprising salicylic acid groups.

Method of clarifying bayer process liquors using salicylic acid containing polymers

Method for producing substantially dry water-insoluble polymers for improved flocculation in the bayer process

The present invention is directed to improvements in the Bayer mining process, used for the recovery of alumina from bauxite ore. Water-continuous emulsion polymers are advantageously used to improve the clarification, filtration and scale control of red-mud containing liquors generated during the Bayer process. Preferred polymers are high molecular weight poly(methyl acrylate/acrylic acid), poly(methyl acrylate), poly(vinyl acetate/acrylic acid/methyl acrylate) and a combination of a high molecular weight poly(methyl acrylate/acrylic acid) with a lower molecular weight poly(methyl acrylate/acrylic acid).

Water continuous emulsion polymers for improving scale control in the

The present invention is directed to the clarification of red mud-containing liquors generated in the Bayer process for the recovery of alumina from bauxite ore with a combination of high molecular weight emulsion polymer and lower molecular weight emulsion polymers. The invention is also a method for the same purpose utilizing a methyl acrylate emulsion homopolymer.

Water continuous methyl acrylate emulsion polymer combinations and

A method for improving the flocculation of suspended solids in a Bayer process liquor in a primary settler stage. The method includes the step of adding to a primary settler feed a composition including water-continuous polymer, said polymer being hydrolyzable in a Bayer process liquor to an acid form, said acid form being an active red mud flocculent. A novel emulsion, and a polymerization technique for obtaining high molecular weight emulsions are also disclosed.

Water continuous methyl acrylate emulsion polymers for improved

A method of determining the dosage of dust control agents applied to coal is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (1) treating the coal, with a small amount of a dust control agent containing a compatible fluorescent dye; (2) extracting the treated coal with a polar solvent for the freeze-release agent and determining the fluorescence of such extract; (3) extracting a similar treated coal sample to which a known amount of the dust control agent has been further added and determining the fluorescence of this extract; (4) setting up a proportionality between the fluorescence values of extracts (2) and (3) with the corresponding dosages of dust control agents and solving for the unknown dosage originally applied to the coal.

Tracer technology for dust control

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