Understanding water-based bitumen extraction from athabasca oil sands

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 628-654

  Masliyah, Jacob ^a   Zhou, Zhiang ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a   Czarnecki, Jan ^b   Hamza, Hassan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen aeration; Bitumen extraction; Bitumen flotation; Bitumen liberation; Oil sands

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; EXTRACTION; FROTH FLOTATION; ORES; SLURRIES; WATER AERATION;

BITUMEN EXTRACTION; BITUMEN LIBERATION; PROCESSING ORES; WATER-BASED EXTRACTION METHODS;

OIL SANDS;

ASPHALT; CALCIUM ION; DISPERSANT; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION; OIL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PETROLEUM; POTASSIUM ION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM ION; WATER;

AERATION; BITUMEN; EXTRACTION PROCESS; FLOTATION; OIL SAND;

CANADA; ENERGY RESOURCE; EXTRACTION; MINING; REVIEW; SAND; VISCOSITY;

EID: 11844258233     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820403     Document Type: Review

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