Estimation of bitumen froth quality using Bayesian information synthesis: An application to froth transportation process

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1393-1399

  Shao, Xinguang ^a,b   Xu, Fangwei ^b   Huang, Biao ^a   Espejo, Aris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Froth transportation; Oil sands; Soft sensor

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN INFORMATION; EXTRACTION OPERATION; HARDWARE SENSORS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MONITORING AND CONTROL; PROCESS CONDITION; QUALITY INDICES; QUALITY INFORMATION; REAL TIME MONITORING; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SOFT SENSORS; SYNCRUDE; TRANSPORTATION PROCESS; WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CRUDE OIL; OIL SANDS; SENSORS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84868670175     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.21670     Document Type: Article

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