PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING COMPONENT PROPORTIONS FOR AN OIL SANDS TAILINGS SEPARATION APPARATUS

摘要

Processes and apparatus for the treatment of product streams from mineral processing operations, including the treatment of tailings which result from oil sand processing operations. The processes and apparatus relate to controlling relative proportions of multiple components withdrawn from an oil sands separation apparatus for fine tailings containing water, minerals and paraffin- precipitated asphaltenes, comprising controlling volumetric flowrate of the fine tailings, an underflow component and a first overflow components.