CA2232929C - Methode de traitement d'une mousse de sable bitumineux diluee - Google Patents

Methode de traitement d'une mousse de sable bitumineux diluee Download PDF

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Publication number: CA2232929C
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: separation vessel; agglomerates; stream; secondary separation; asphaltenes
Prior art date: 1997-03-25
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

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CA002232929A

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Robert Karl Otto Birkholz

William James Power

Norman Robert Tipman

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Shell Canada Ltd

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Shell Canada Ltd

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1997-03-25

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1998-03-24

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2004-05-25

1997-03-25 Priority claimed from CA002200899A external-priority patent/CA2200899A1/fr

1998-03-24 Application filed by Shell Canada Ltd filed Critical Shell Canada Ltd

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1998-09-25 Publication of CA2232929A1 publication Critical patent/CA2232929A1/fr

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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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- C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
- C10G1/00—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil-shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
- C10G1/04—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil-shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
- C10G1/045—Separation of insoluble materials
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
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- B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
- B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
- B01D17/04—Breaking emulsions
- B01D17/041—Breaking emulsions with moving devices
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- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D17/00—Separation of liquids, not provided for elsewhere, e.g. by thermal diffusion
- B01D17/02—Separation of non-miscible liquids
- B01D17/04—Breaking emulsions
- B01D17/047—Breaking emulsions with separation aids
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
- B03B—SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS
- B03B5/00—Washing granular, powdered or lumpy materials; Wet separating
- B03B5/02—Washing granular, powdered or lumpy materials; Wet separating using shaken, pulsated or stirred beds as the principal means of separation
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- B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
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- B03B9/00—General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets
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CA002232929A 1997-03-25 1998-03-24 Methode de traitement d'une mousse de sable bitumineux diluee Expired - Fee Related CA2232929C (fr)

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CA002232929A CA2232929C (fr)	1997-03-25	1998-03-24	Methode de traitement d'une mousse de sable bitumineux diluee

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CA002200899A CA2200899A1 (fr)	1997-03-25	1997-03-25	Methode pour traiter une ecume de sables bitumineux diluee
CA2200899		1997-03-25
CA002232929A CA2232929C (fr)	1997-03-25	1998-03-24	Methode de traitement d'une mousse de sable bitumineux diluee

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