Clay minerals in nonaqueous extraction of bitumen from Alberta oil sands: Part 2. Characterization of clay minerals

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 96, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-194

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; HRTEM; Nonaqueous extraction; Oil sands; SEM; XRD

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA OIL SANDS; BITUMEN EXTRACTION; BITUMEN RECOVERY; CLAY FRACTIONS; CLAY-SIZE FRACTION; EXTRACTION PROCESS; HRTEM; LOW GRADE; NON-AQUEOUS; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; STABLE SUSPENSIONS; SUPERNATANTS; SYNCRUDE; TAILINGS POND; WATER BASED; XRD; XRD ANALYSIS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CRUDE OIL; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KAOLINITE; MONOLAYERS; OIL SANDS; ORES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 84856042676     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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