Patents by Inventor Giovanna Stea

Giovanna Stea has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and Integrated Method For Treatment of Tailings From Bitumen Extraction Process
    Publication number: 20140311951
    Abstract: A system and method for treating tailings from a bitumen froth treatment process such as TSRU tailings. The tailings are dewatered to at least 50 wt percent solids content, and then combusted to convert kaolin in the tailings into metakaolin. Calcined fines and heavy minerals may be recovered from the combustion products, namely from the flue gas or bottom ash or both. A trafficable deposit may be formed from the ash when mixed with tailings, such as mature fine tailings (MFT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Payman Esmaeili, Brian C. Speirs, Mainak Ghosh, Christopher Lin, Giovanna Stea