@article {51395,
	title = {Agglomeration-flotation: Recovery of hydrophobic components from oil sands fine tailings},
	volume = {74},
	year = {1995},
	month = {08/1995},
	pages = {5 pages },
	publisher = {Fuel },
	abstract = {Laboratory agglomeration-flotation tests were used to evaluate the recovery of residual bitumen from a sample of Suncor oil sands fine tailings, using ground coal as a bitumen absorbent. To improve its effectivness, the coal was preconditioned with no. 2 fuel oil, subjected to 30 s high-shear mixing and collected by flotation over 3 min. This oil-conditioned coal was then contacted with mature fine tailings for 5 min with low-shear mixing. Flotation for 5 min resulted in the recovery of 93\% of the residual bitumen, compared with 85\% after 40 min mixing achieved in earlier tests. Equipment to accomplish this separation has already been designed, scaled and operated for fine coal recovery from washery wastes.},
	keywords = {federal government, hydrocarbons, laboratory trials, PAH, Suncor, tailings},
	author = {Coleman, Richard D. and Sparks, Brian D. and Majid, Abdul and Toll, Floyd N.}
}
