Clay minerals in nonaqueous extraction of bitumen from Alberta oil sands: Part 1. Nonaqueous extraction procedure

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-85

  Hooshiar, Ali ^a   Uhlik, Peter ^a,b   Liu, Qi ^a   Etsell, Thomas H ^a   Ivey, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Heptane; Oil sands; Recovery; Solvent extraction; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA OIL SANDS; BITUMEN; BITUMEN EXTRACTION; BITUMEN RECOVERY; DIFFERENT PROCESS; EXTRACTION CONDITIONS; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; HIGH PURITY; KARL FISCHER TITRATION; NON-AQUEOUS; PRODUCT QUALITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SETTLING TIME; SOLVENT FREE; WATER ADDITION;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; HEPTANE; OIL SANDS; ORE TREATMENT; RECOVERY; SAND; TITRATION; TOLUENE; WATER CONTENT;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 82055185662     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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