Large strain consolidation of oil sand tailings sludge

Pollock, G W

doi:10.7939/r3v11vq8z

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“…The geotechnical properties and constitutive equations of this FFT have been reported [12]. The constitutive relations are used to calculate the settlement (dewatering) using a finite-strain modelling software; FSConsol, (GWP Geo Software Inc., Edmonton, AB) [25] (Pollock 1988). The application provides the sought output of solids profile and settlement of a deep pit filled with thickened FFT.…”

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Compressive Stress Dewaterability Limit in Fluid Fine Tailings

Demoz

2023

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Reclamation of fluid fine tailing (FFT) storage facilities to their pre-disturbance equivalent landforms is hampered because micrometer size fines, whose surface-area-to-volume ratio is remarkably high, are occupied with siloxane and hydroxy groups, which bind water strongly. The purpose of this study is to differentiate the forms of water physically distributions in FFT and determine their propensities for dewaterability under compressive stresses. Two thermal and two mechanical methods were used to analyze water distributions in FFT. Dynamic and isothermal thermogravimetric analyses of FFT gave a transition from predominately bulk water to coevolution with water of higher enthalpy of vaporization at 81% (w/w) solids. Differential scanning calorimeter studies were used to determine the non-freezable water amount, with the premise that water that does not freeze by −30 °C is also unlikely to be removable by compressive stresses encountered in tailing treatment processes. The solid weight percent of FFTs with the non-freezable water was 79.6%. A 1D finite-strain model simulation using the constitutive relations of void ratio and effective stress, void ratio, and hydraulic conductivity show that deep-pits filled with such clayey-silt FFT will consolidate to a maximum solids content of 74% (w/w). For separation by centrifugation, the solids content plateaued to a mean of 74% (w/w) for total centrifugal force of ≥30 mega Newtons. These solid contents represent upper thresholds and demonstrate dewatering limit property of an FFT under compressive stresses.

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