Ionic Liquids Extraction of Oil Sands Mining without Water usage. A new ecofriendly method.

Aug. 10, 2011 - PRLog -- There is now a new technology for oil sand extraction without or little water and recycling. Many Countries around the world have very large deposits of oil sands including, USA, Canada, China, SA, Australia, ME, EE and more but many countries do not explorer because of environmental concerns or lack of water.  However oil sand industry will have a strong grow in the next 20 years specially when environmental problems can be reduced or solved. Key problems are water and toxic waste and waste water.

Oil sands mining operations impact water resources directly and indirectly, as a result of muskeg and overburden drainage, aquifer dewatering.  Similarly, in situ operations can impact the quantity and quality of both groundwater and surface water bodies (including wetlands). From lowering the levels of groundwater aquifers to the production of large volumes of waste associated with water treatment, in situ operations pose a number of risks to water resources.

Ionic Liquids (IL) to use in Mining Processes is a key research in China, Canada, USA , Australia and other Countries. Ionic Liquids processes promise to  uses very little energy and water, and all solvents are recycled and reused. No waste process water is generated since the separation takes place at room temperature. ILs have been widely studied in the last few years and there is now a vast know-how  concerning the structure and properties of these materials in many industries and branches. The economization has started and the results are attractive.

The economic conditions are of interest due to the integration into existing systems, plants and operations. Now is the time to gather information about the technology, state of developments opportunities and risks to participate in the developments for a sustainable and ecofriendly mining. Only this will be accepted in the future.

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