Print Email Facebook Twitter Dewatering behavior of fine oil sands tailings Title Dewatering behavior of fine oil sands tailings: A summary of laboratory results Author Yao, Y. (TU Delft Geo-engineering) van Tol, A.F. (TU Delft Geo-engineering) van Paassen, L.A. (TU Delft Geo-engineering) Vardon, P.J. (TU Delft Geo-engineering) Contributor Sego, D.C. (editor) Wilson, G.W. (editor) Beier, N.A. (editor) Date 2016 Abstract To evaluate the disposal technology for fine oil sands tailings, the appropriate engineering properties of the tailings should be ascertained. A laboratory study was conducted by Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) on the geotechnical properties and dewatering behavior of the fine oil sands tailings (MFT, TT), obtained from Shell Canada’s Muskeg River Mine. In this program, the tailings were characterized by performing various laboratory tests including index property tests, flocculation tests, column settling tests, oedometer tests, shrinkage and swelling tests, water retention tests, cracking tests and air drying tests. In this paper, a summary of the main tests results is presented. The data obtained for the MFT and flocculated MFT are compared to identify the effects of flocculation on the dewatering behavior. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ad37fa85-d2a5-4cda-b2e2-5d1cfd25d704 Publisher University of Alberta ISBN 978-1-55195-326-7 Source Proceedings of IOSTC2016: Lake Louise, USA Event 5th International Oil Sands Tailings Congerence 2016, 2016-12-04 → 2016-12-07, Lake louise, United States Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2016 Y. Yao, A.F. van Tol, L.A. van Paassen, P.J. Vardon Files PDF Yao_et_al_IOSTC2016_rev2.pdf 890.85 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ad37fa85-d2a5-4cda-b2e2-5d1cfd25d704/datastream/OBJ/view