A two level fractional factorial design to test the effect of oil sands composition and process water chemistry on bitumen recovery from model systems

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 782-793

  Fong, Nelson ^a   Ng, Samson ^a   Chung, Keng H ^a   Tu, Yun ^b   Li, Zaifeng ^b   Sparks, Bryan D ^b   Kotlyar, Luba S ^b  

^a SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen recovery; Clay; Model oil sands; Oil sands separation; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; KAOLIN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SILICA; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

BITUMEN; MODEL OIL SANDS (MOS) SYSTEMS; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM KAOLINITE;

OIL SANDS;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; ASPHALT; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MONTMORILLONITE; OIL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; WATER;

BITUMEN; EXTRACTION PROCESS; OIL SAND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTRACTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; SAND; SCREENING TEST; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 11844304108     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820417     Document Type: Article

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