Rate of bitumen film transfer from a quartz surface to an air bubble as observed by optical microscopy

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 794-800

  Lelinski, Dariusz ^a   Drelich, Jaroslaw ^b   Miller, Jan D ^c   Hupka, Jan ^d  

^a FFE Minerals USA Inc   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Liquid liquid spreading; Oil flotation; Oil sand

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ALKALINITY; BUBBLE FORMATION; COATED MATERIALS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SOLUTIONS;

AIR BUBBLES; AQUEOUS ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; BITUMEN FILM TRANSFER; THIN BITUMEN FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

ASPHALT; OIL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BITUMEN;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FILM; FLOTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRECURSOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 11844298379     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820418     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Anderson, W. C., "Soil Washing/Soil Flushing," American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Annapolis, MD (1993).
2. Bennett, G. F., "The Removal of Oil from Wastewater by Air Flotation: a Review," CRC Crit. Rev. Env. Control 18, 189-253 (1988).
3. Brochard-Wyat, F., G. Debregeas and P. G. de Gennes, "Spreading of Viscous Droplets on a Non Viscous Liquid," Colloid Polym. Sci. 274, 70-72 (1996).
4. Bukka, K., F. V. Hanson, J. D. Miller and A. G. Oblad, "Fractionation and Characterization of Whiterocks Tar Sands Bitumen," Energy Fuel 6, 160-165 (1992).
5. Cazabat, A.-M., "How does a Droplet Spread?" Contemp. Phys. 28, 347-364 (1987).
6. Chalenko, V. G., A. V. Arkharow and L. V. Glubokova, "Temperature Dependence of the Spreading Rate of a Monomolecular 1 - dodecanol Film and the Properties of the Moving Film," Kolloid. Zh. 52, 402-406 (1990).
7. DiPietro, N. D., C. Huh and R. G. Cox, "The Hydrodynamics of the Spreading of One Liquid on the Surface of Another," J. Fluid Mech. 84, 529-549 (1978).
8. Drelich, J. and J. D. Miller, "Surface and Interfacial Tension of the Whiterocks Bitumen and Its Relationship to Bitumen Release from Tar Sands During Hot Water Processing," Fuel 73, 1504-1510 (1994).
9. Drelich, J. and J. D. Miller, "Spreading Kinetics for Low Viscosity n-Alkanes on a Water Surface as Recorded by the High-Speed Video System," Ann. Univ. M. Curie-Sklodowska 54/55, 105-113 (1999/2000).
10. Drelich, J., J. Hupka, J. D. Miller and F. V. Hanson, "Water Recycle in Moderate-Temperature Bitumen Recovery from Whiterocks Oil Sands," AOSTRA J. 8, 139-147 (1992).
11. Drelich, J., D. Lelinski, J. Hupka and J. D. Miller, "The Role of Gas Bubbles in Bitumen Release during Oil Sand Digestion," Fuel 74, 1150-1155 (1995).
12. Drelich, J., D. Lelinski and J. D. Miller, "Bitumen Spreading and Formation of Thin Bitumen Films at a Water Surface," Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 116, 211-223 (1996).
13. Fraaije, J. G. E. M. and A. M. Cazabat, "Dynamics of Spreading on a Liquid Substrates," J. Colloid Interface Sci. 133, 452-460 (1989).
14. Friend, D. J., "Remediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soil," National Academy Press, Washington, DC (1996).
15. Grattoni, C., R. Moosai and R. A. Dawe, Photographic Observations Showing Spreading and Non-Spreading of Oil on Gas Bubbles of Relevance to Gas Flotation for Oily Wastewater Cleanup," Colloids Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 214, 151-155 (2003).
16. Gray, S. R., P. J. Harbour and D. R. Dixon, "Effect of Polyelectrolyte Charge Density and Molecular Weight on the Flotation of Oil in Water Emulsions," Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 126, 85-95 (1997).
17. Hupka, J. and J. D. Miller, "Moderate-Temperature Water-Based Bitumen Recovery from Tar Sand," Fuel 70, 1308-1312 (1991).
18. Hupka, J., J. D. Miller and A. Cortes, "Importance of Bitumen Viscosity in the Hot Water Processing of Domestic Tar Sands," Mining Eng. 35, 635-1641 (1983).
19. Hupka, J., A. G. Oblad and J. D. Miller, "Diluent-Assisted Hot-Water Processing of Tar Sands," AOSTRA J. 3, 95-102 (1987).
20. Hupka, J., M. Budzich and J. D. Miller, "Preliminary Examination of Oil Bonding at Sand Surfaces and Its Influence on Hot Water Separation," Proceed. 1991 Eastern Oil Shale Symp. Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, University of Kentucky, 202-207 (1991).
21. Hupka, J., R. R. White, Y. J. Yang, J. Drelich, J. D. Miller, F. V. Hanson and A. G. Oblad, "Residual Solvent Effect on the Viscosity of Bitumen from Whiterocks Oil Sand," unpublished (2003).
22. Joanny, J.-F., "Wetting of a Liquid Substrate," PCH PhysicoChem. Hydrodynamics 9, 183-196 (1987).
23. Joos, P. and J. Pintens, "Spreading Kinetics of Liquids on Liquids," J. Colloid Interface Sci. 60, 507-513 (1977).
24. Leger, L. and J. F. Joanny, "Liquid Spreading," Rep. Prog. Phys. 55, 431-486 (1992).
25. Leja, J. and C. W. Bowman, "Application of Thermodynamics to the Athabasca Tar Sands," Can. J. Chem. Eng. 46, 479-481 (1968).
26. Liu, J., Z. Xu and J. Masliyah, "Studies on Bitumen-Silica Interaction in Aqueous Solutions by Atomic Force Microscopy," Langmuir 19, 3911-3920 (2003).
27. Miller, J. D. and M. Misra, "Hot Water Process Development for Utah Tar Sands," Fuel Proces. Technol. 6, 27-59 (1982).
28. Oblad, A. G., W. B. Bunger, F. V. Hanson, J. D. Miller, H. R. Ritzma and J. D. Seader, "Tar Sand Research and Development at the University of Utah," Ann. Review Energy 12, 283-356 (1987).
29. Okada, K., Y. Akagi, M. Kogure and N. Yoshioka, "Effect on Surface Charges of Bubbles and Fine Particles on Air Flotation Process," Can. J. Chem. Eng. 68, 393-399 (1990).
30. Pal, R. and J. Masliyah, "Oil Recovery from Oil in Water Emulsions Using a Flotation Column," Can. J. Chem. Eng. 68, 959-967 (1990).
31. Peterson, J. W. and J. C. Berg, "Surface Fractionation of Multicomponent Oil Mixtures," Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam. 25, 668-677 (1986).
32. Shaw, R. C., J. Czarnecki, L. L. Schramm and D. Axelson, "Bituminous Froths in the Hot-Water Flotation Process," In Foams: Fundamentals and Applications in the Petroleum Industry. L.L. Schramm (Ed.). American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, (1994), pp. 423-459.
33. Suciu, D. G., O. Smigelschi and E. Ruckenstein, "The Spreading of Liquids on Liquids," J. Colloid Interface Sci. 33, 520-528 (1970).