Gamma Radiation Apparatus for Remediation of Organic Compounds in Waste Slurries
OwnerChristopher Grant WEISENER, Jan Julian Hugh CIBOROWSKIinventors
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Abstract
A process for the remediation and treatment of tar sands tailings, all process waters and waste slurries comprises irradiating the waste slurry with gamma radiation to degrade naphthenic acids in the waste slurry and reduce the potential of environmental harm caused by waste slurry discharge and accelerate to natural or assisted rehabilitation of this material into the natural environment.
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A system for reducing the concentration of organic acids in a waste slurry, the system including:
- a housing for receiving a volume of slurry to be treated therein;
- a radiation source having at least one radiation emitter operable to irradiate said volume of slurry in the housing with electromagnetic radiation;
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- a conduit system including a conduit for delivering untreated slurry into said housing for irradiation therein, and for conveying irradiated slurry therefrom.
A system for reducing the concentration of naphthenic acids in a waste slurry, the system including,
- a housing having an interior for receiving a volume of slurry to be treated therein,
- a radiation source having at least one radiation emitter operable to irradiate said volume of slurry in the housing interior with gamma radiation,
- at least one of a conveyor and a conduit for delivering said volume of slurry to said housing for irradiation.
A process for reducing the concentration of naphthenic acid in a petrochemical manufacturing process waste slurry, the process including:
- receiving a volume of untreated waste slurry in a reaction vessel;
- irradiate said volume of slurry in the reaction vessel with gamma radiation at an emitted intensity level selected to achieve between about 12 Gray per kilogram (Gy/kg) and 25 Gray per kilogram (Gy/kg), exposure
- conveying irradiated slurry from the reaction vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.