Effect of process water chemistry and particulate mineralogy on model oilsands separation using a warm slurry extraction process simulation

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1394-1412

  Wik, S ^a   Sparks, B D ^b   Ng, S ^a   Tu, Y ^b   Li, Z ^b   Chung, K H ^a   Kotlyar, L S ^b  

^a SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen recovery; Interactions; Mineralogy; Model oilsands; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; FLOTATION;

BITUMEN RECOVERY; MODEL OILSANDS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 40249096722     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.05.034     Document Type: Article

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