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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
Applicant:
E I Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Robert Harvey Moffett, Landenberg, PA (US);
Sigridur Soley Kristjansdottir, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 1/02 (2006.01); C09J 1/02 (2006.01); C04B 7/00 (2006.01); C04B 14/00 (2006.01); C04B 24/00 (2006.01); C04B 24/10 (2006.01); B09B 3/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/52 (2006.01); C10G 1/04 (2006.01); C02F 11/12 (2006.01); C02F 103/10 (2006.01); C02F 103/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B09B 3/0025 (2013.01); B09B 3/0041 (2013.01); C02F 1/5236 (2013.01); C02F 11/12 (2013.01); C02F 2001/5218 (2013.01); C02F 2103/10 (2013.01); C02F 2103/365 (2013.01); C10G 1/045 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1033 (2013.01); C10G 2300/208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for treating a tailings stream comprises (a) contacting a deionized silicate solution with a tailings stream whereby the solids are entrapped within a gel produced from the silicate solution; and (b) allowing the gel to strengthen and solidify. The process may further comprise spreading the gel produced in step (a) over a surface. The present invention is particularly useful to treat tailings streams produced in processes to extract bitumen from oil sands ores.