Assessment of bitumen recovery from the athabasca oil sands using a laboratory denver flotation cell

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 696-703

  Zhou, Z ^a,b   Kasongo, T ^a,c   Xu, Z ^a   Masliyah, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c Albiansands Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athabasca oil sands; Bitumen flotation; Flotation recovery; Poor processing ores; Water entrainment

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; EXTRACTION; FROTH FLOTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BITUMEN RECOVERY; BITUMEN-BUBBLE ATTACHMENT; OPERATING PARAMETERS;

OIL SANDS;

ASPHALT; OIL;

BITUMEN; EXTRACTION PROCESS; FLOTATION; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; OIL SAND;

ARTICLE; CANADA; FLOTATION; SAND; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 11844259432     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820408     Document Type: Article

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