Froth treatment in athabasca oil sands bitumen recovery process: A review

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7199-7207

  Rao, Feng ^a   Liu, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA OIL SANDS BITUMEN; BITUMEN FROTH TREATMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; NATURAL SURFACTANTS; PARAFFINIC SOLVENTS; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS; WATER-BASED EXTRACTION PROCESS;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; MINERALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84890941263     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef4016697     Document Type: Article

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