Improving oil sands processability using a temperature-sensitive polymer

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 701-707

  Long, Jun ^a   Li, Hongjun ^a   Xu, Zhenghe ^a   Masliyah, Jacob H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED SOLID; ADHESION FORCES; AFM; BITUMEN EXTRACTION; BITUMEN FLOTATION; BITUMEN RECOVERY; EXTENDED STRUCTURES; FINE SOLIDS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS WATERS; LONG RANGE INTERACTIONS; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OIL SANDS SLURRIES; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PROCESS AID; PROCESSABILITY; SLIME COATING; TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE POLYMERS; TEST SETS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLOTATION; OIL SANDS; POLYMERS; RECOVERY; TESTING;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 79951913307     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef1012819     Document Type: Conference Paper

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