Effect of weathering on oil sands processability

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 879-886

  Ren, Sili ^a   Zhao, Hongying ^a   Dang Vu, Trong ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a   Masliyah, Jacob H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitumen liberation; Hydrophobicity; Oil sand processability; Weathered ores

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN FLOTATION; BITUMEN LIBERATION; BITUMEN RECOVERY; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; PROCESSABILITY; SAND GRAINS; SILICON SURFACES; WARM WATER; WEATHERED ORES;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; COATINGS; EROSION; FROTH FLOTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINERALS; OIL SANDS; ORES; SAND; WEATHERING;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 72949123444     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20234     Document Type: Article

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