Extraction of bitumen from oil sands with hot water and pressure cycles

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 460-467

  Hong, P K Andy ^a   Cha, Zhixiong ^a   Zhao, Xinyue ^a   Cheng, Chia Jung ^a   Duyvesteyn, Willem ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Technology and Resource Development Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Clean; Extraction; Oil; Process; Sands

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; CHEMICAL ADDITIVE; CLEAN; END-PRODUCTS; EXTRACTION PROCESS; EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; GAS TYPE; HIGH YIELD; HOT WATER; HOT WATER EXTRACTION; MICROBUBBLES; NUMBER OF CYCLES; OIL; PRESSURE CYCLES; PROCESS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL; VOLUME RATIO;

BYPRODUCTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EXTRACTION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OIL SANDS; RECOVERY; SAND; WATER;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84870531014     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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