Invention Grant
US08225944B2 System, apparatus and process for extraction of bitumen from oil sands
有权
用于从油砂中提取沥青的系统,设备和方法
- Patent Title: System, apparatus and process for extraction of bitumen from oil sands
- Patent Title (中): 用于从油砂中提取沥青的系统,设备和方法
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Application No.: US11938226Application Date: 2007-11-09
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Publication No.: US08225944B2Publication Date: 2012-07-24
- Inventor: Bradford E. Bjornson , Craig Aaron Strand , William Nicholas Garner , John Khai-Quang Diep , Darwin Edward Kiel , Thomas Charles Hann
- Applicant: Bradford E. Bjornson , Craig Aaron Strand , William Nicholas Garner , John Khai-Quang Diep , Darwin Edward Kiel , Thomas Charles Hann
- Applicant Address: CA Calgary, Alberta
- Assignee: Suncor Energy Inc.
- Current Assignee: Suncor Energy Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary, Alberta
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: CA2526336 20051109
- Main IPC: B01D21/26
- IPC: B01D21/26

Abstract:
An extraction system and process for extracting bitumen from a slurry containing bitumen, solids and water. The system comprises a cyclone separation facility for separating the slurry into a solids component stream and a bitumen froth stream with the bitumen froth stream including water and fine solids. The bitumen froth stream is then delivered to a froth concentration facility for separating the bitumen froth stream into a final bitumen enriched froth stream, and a water and fine solids stream. The final bitumen enriched froth stream is suitable for further processing. The system of the present invention is preferably mobile so that the cyclone extraction facility and the froth concentration facility can move with the mine face at an oil sands mining site, however, it is also contemplated that the system can be retrofitted to existing fixed treatment facilities to improve the operational efficiency of such fixed facilities.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080149542A1 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR EXTRACTION OF BITUMEN FROM OIL SANDS Public/Granted day:2008-06-26
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