Effect of natural surfactants released from Athabasca oil sands on air holdup in a water column

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 617-624

  Zhou, Z ^a   Xu, Z ^a   Masliyah, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air holdup; Bitumen; Oil sands; Surfactants; Water column

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUBBLE COLUMNS; CLAY; EXTRACTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IONIZATION; ORES; ROCKS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

AIR HOLDUP; DEIONIZED WATER; ESTUARINE ORES; MARINE ORES; NATURAL SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER BASED BITUMEN EXTRACTION; WATER COLUMN;

OIL SANDS;

ASPHALT; CAUSTIC AGENT; OIL; SURFACTANT; WATER;

BITUMEN; EXTRACTION PROCESS; HOLD-UP; OIL SAND; SURFACTANT; WATER COLUMN;

CANADA; CLAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACTION; SAND; SUPERNATANT; SURFACE TENSION; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0034253029     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450780403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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