The invention relates to a method for preparing a dry cationic hydrogel polymer product. The method comprises polymerisation of a reaction mixture comprising ethylenically unsaturated monomers in presence of water and initiator(s) by radical polymerisation and obtaining a hydrogel polymer. The hydrogel polymer is comminuted by chopping or shredding, and dried, whereby a dry hydrogel polymer product in powder form is obtained. At least one cationic reverse phase emulsion polymer is added to the hydro polymer at the comminuting step. The invention relates also to a dry cationic hydrogel polymer composition prepared by the method and its use.

A process for the in-situ treatment of tailings in a containment area having a tailings layer comprising fine solids and water, is provided comprising: adding a flocculant, a coagulant, a hydrophobicity modifying agent, or any combination thereof, into a portion of the tailings layer; mixing the portion of the tailings layer and flocculant, coagulant, collector, or combinations thereof, to form in-situ treated tailings; and allowing the in-situ treated tailings to dewater and/or consolidate in-situ in the tailings containment area.

The improved process for conditioning sludges by flocculation, according to which: the sludge to be treated is transported in a pipeline, at least one flocculating agent is inserted in the pipeline that transports the sludge to be treated, the sludge is then mixed with the said flocculating agent. finally, the mixture is transported and then discharged in a natural or an artificial excavation at a distance from the bottom of the said excavation that is less than its depth.

The present invention provides a method of reducing and controlling a hazardous substance in a process of high-value biological conversion of an urban organic waste. The method includes: 1) mixing a sludge, a first urban organic waste and an organic acid with water for acclimation to obtain an acclimatized sludge; 2) stage 1 of biological conversion: mixing the acclimatized sludge with a second urban organic waste to perform anaerobic culture; 3) stage 2 of biological conversion: adding nitrate and bacteria to continue anaerobic culture so as to obtain an organic acid. In the present invention, sludge microbes are acclimatized and then added to high-value chemicals such as acetic acid, propanoic acid and lactic acid prepared in biological conversion of the urban organic waste and then added with bacteria. Thus, by controlling pH value, microbe addition amount and nitrate concentration, the unfavorable effect of the antibiotics and heavy metal ions.

The present invention relates to an in-line blending apparatus and use therein for flocculating and dewatering an aqueous mineral suspension. Said method comprises blending an aqueous mineral suspension and a poly(ethylene oxide) (co)polymer using a progressive cavity pump. Said method is particularly useful for the treatment of suspensions of particulate material, especially waste mineral slurries, especially for the treatment of tailings and other waste material resulting from mineral processing, in particular, the processing of oil sands tailings.

The present invention relates to an in-line blending apparatus and use therein for flocculating and dewatering an aqueous mineral suspension. Said method comprises blending an aqueous mineral suspension and a poly(ethylene oxide) (co)polymer using a progressive cavity pump. Said method is particularly useful for the treatment of suspensions of particulate material, especially waste mineral slurries, especially for the treatment of tailings and other waste material resulting from mineral processing, in particular, the processing of oil sands tailings.

The present invention relates to a hydrated crystalline form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid having a 2-theta powder X-ray diffraction diagram comprising peaks at 10.58°, 11.2°, 12.65°, 13.66°, 16.28°, 18.45°, 20°, 20.4°, 22.5°, 25.5°, 25.88°, 26.47°, 28.52°, 30.28°, 30.8°, 34.09°, 38.19°, 40.69°, 41.82°, 43.74°, 46.04° degrees (+/− 0.1°. The present invention also relates to a production method for this form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid and a preparation method for an aqueous solution A of a salt of this form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, and the (co)polymer of this form of -acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid.

The present invention relates to a hydrated crystalline form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid having a 2-theta powder X-ray diffraction diagram comprising peaks at 10.58°, 11.2°, 12.65°, 13.66°, 16.28°, 18.45°, 20°, 20.4°, 22.5°, 25.5°, 25.88°, 26.47°, 28.52°, 30.28°, 30.8°, 34.09°, 38.19°, 40.69°, 41.82°, 43.74°, 46.04° degrees (+/− 0.1°. The present invention also relates to a production method for this form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid and a preparation method for an aqueous solution A of a salt of this form of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, and the (co)polymer of this form of -acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid.

A positive polymer fecal sludge treatment apparatus comprising a trash separator, one end of which is connected with a sludge inlet, and the other end of which is connected with a twin-rotor vacuum water pump. A high-pressure transparent tube is disposed and connected, by a knife valve, between the trash separator and the twin-rotor vacuum water pump. One end of the knife valve is connected with a first material box and a second material box. A first chemical box and a second chemical box are disposed under the first material box and the second material box, and each of the first material box and the second material box is connected with the first chemical box and the second chemical box. The first and second material boxes have a larger volume than a conventional one and thus can store more material and also can perform chemical stirring reaction directly.

There is provided an ethyleneimine polymer (solution) capable of expressing excellent properties when used in such usages as, for example, coagulants for wastewater, papermaking chemicals such as freeness improvers and the like, enzyme immobilization agents, and adhesion improvers (for example, adhesion promoters for extrusion laminate (anchor coating agent)). To solve the above object, there is provided an ethyleneimine polymer solution including an ethyleneimine polymer and water, wherein a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the ethyleneimine polymer is 200,000 or more, the weight average molecular weight (Mw) being measured based on pullulan by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and a ratio of a component having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 30,000 or more is 60 mass % or more with respect to 100 mass % of a total amount of the ethyleneimine polymer.