Natural zeolite catalyzed cracking-assisted light hydrocarbon extraction of bitumen from Athabasca oilsands

Applied Catalysis A: General

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 44-49

  Junaid, A S M ^a   Yin, H ^a   Koenig, A ^a   Swenson, P ^a   Chowdhury, J ^a   Burland, G ^a   McCaffrey, W C ^a   Kuznicki, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chabazite; Clinoptilolite; Oilsands upgrading; Waterless extraction; Zeolite

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; BOILING POINT; CATALYTIC CRACKING; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); CRUDE PETROLEUM; HEAVY METALS; HEXANE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPURITIES; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; VISCOSITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; ZEOLITES;

ASPHALTENE FRACTIONS; BREAK DOWNS; CHABAZITE; CLINOPTILOLITE; CRUDE OILS; CURRENT EXTRACTIONS; EXTRACTION PROCESSES; HETERO ATOMS; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; HOT WATERS; IN-SITU; LIGHT HYDROCARBONS; NATURAL MINERALS; NATURAL ZEOLITES; OILSANDS UPGRADING; PETROLEUM RESOURCES; RESIDUAL FRACTIONS; WATERLESS EXTRACTION;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 58249138377     PISSN: 0926860X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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