Hybrid simulation for oil-solids-water separation in oil sands production

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1459-1468

  Changirwa, R ^a   Rockwell, M C ^b   Frimpong, S ^a   Szymanski, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrocyclones; Modelling; Oil sands; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010805532     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(99)00134-x     Document Type: Article

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