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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Baillie, West Chester, PA (US);
James Van Fear, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
Great Canadian Oil Sands Limited, Toronto, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210 46 ; 208 11 ; 210 83 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing the sludge layer in an aqueous effluent retention pond associated with hot water extraction of bitumen from tar sands comprising dispersing the aqueous effluent discharge from the extraction process containing bitumen, sand, water, silt and clay over the surface of the pond thereby effecting a reduction in the volume of the sludge layer in the pond.