Inventors:
Keith C. Hovland - Wadsworth OH, US
Todd W. Groff - Beaver PA, US
Monica A. Yorke - Coraopolis PA, US
Charles R. Sundberg - Ishpeming MI, US
Michael P. Lesar - Aurora MN, US
Ruta O. Rakutis - Carlsbad CA, US
Assignee:
Neo Solutions, Inc. - Beaver PA
International Classification:
B01D 37/03
US Classification:
210727, 210728, 210734, 210735, 210778
Abstract:
The present invention provides a process for dewatering a mineral slurry concentrate and increasing the production of the resulting filter cake consisting essentially of mixing an aqueous mineral slurry concentrate with an effective amount of a nonionic surfactant and an effective amount of a cationic polymer to form a nonionic surfactant and cationic polymer treated aqueous mineral slurry concentrate, and subjecting the treated aqueous mineral slurry concentrate to a liquid water removal process for dewatering the treated aqueous mineral slurry and for increasing the production of a resulting filter cake of the dewatered mineral slurry. An improved mineral slurry concentrate composition and an improved mineral concentrate filter cake is also disclosed.