Treatment of acid generating sulfide bearing material
OwnerCharles Theodore Priceinventor
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Abstract
The present invention combine an alkaline adjuvant surfactant, and water, thereby creating a treatment mixture, for eliminating acid generation in sulfide bearing material. After determining a level of acidity of a sulfide bearing material, a user derives an alkaline mixture to level the of acidity of the sulfide bearing material. The alkaline mixture of the present invention comprises highly reactive calcium oxide and lower reactive calcium carbonate. The user then combines the alkaline mixture with an adjuvant surfactant and water to generate a treatment mixture. The treatment mixture is applied to the sulfide bearing material, thereby eliminating acid generation.
Claims15
A treatment mixture for eliminating acid generation by killing bacteria found in solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material, comprising:
- (a) a highly reactive alkaline component that generates an initial pH to kill the bacteria and neutralize a level of acidity of the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material;
- (b) a lower reactive alkaline component that generates a lower maintenance pH to provide a long term alkaline environment in the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material after the bacteria is eliminated;
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- (c) an adjuvant surfactant that acts as a dispersing agent for dispersing said highly reactive alkaline component and said lower reactive alkaline component to the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material, wherein said adjuvant surfactant is less than about 0.1% of the total weight of the treatment mixture.
A treatment mixture for eliminating acid generation by killing bacteria found in solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material, comprising:
- an alkaline mixture comprising a highly reactive alkaline component that generates an initial pH to kill the bacteria and neutralize a level of acidity of the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material and a lower reactive alkaline component that generates a lower maintenance pH to provide a long term alkaline environment in the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material after the bacteria is eliminated, wherein said highly reactive alkaline component is calcium oxide and said lower reactive alkaline component is calcium carbonate;
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- an adjuvant surfactant that acts as a dispersing agent for dispersing said alkaline mixture to the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material;
- wherein said alkaline mixture is about 99% of the total weight of the treatment mixture.
A treatment mixture for eliminating acid generation by killing bacteria found in solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material, comprising:
- (a) about 7 tons of calcium oxide that provides an initial pH of at least 12 to kill the bacteria and neutralize a level of acidity of the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material and that generates a lower maintenance pH to provide a long term alkaline environment in the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material after the bacteria is eliminated;
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- (b) about 1 gallon of a liquid adjuvant surfactant that acts as a dispersing agent for dispersing said calcium oxide to the solid, inorganic sulfide bearing material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.