Monitoring surfactant content to control hot water process for tar sand
    1.
    发明授权
    Monitoring surfactant content to control hot water process for tar sand 失效
    监测表面活性剂含量以控制焦油砂的热水过程

    公开(公告)号:US5009773A

    公开(公告)日:1991-04-23

    申请号:US1258

    申请日:1987-01-07

    IPC分类号: C10G1/04

    CPC分类号: C10G1/047

    摘要: The present invention is based on the following:(1) that when tar sand is conditioned and diluted in the hot water extraction process, there are two classes of anionic surfactants (originating from carboxylate and sulfonate groups) present in the process water;(2) that each of these surfactants has the potential to dominantly influence the maximizing of primary froth production by the process;(3) that it is possible for a particular extraction circuit to determine the critical free surfactant concentration in the process water at which primary froth extraction is maximized for each of the two classes of surfactant;(4) and that it is possible to determine which of the two classes of surfactant will first (that is, at lowest NaOH addition) dominate the process when a particular tar sand feed is being processed.The present invention therefore involves:determining the critical free surfactant concentrations ("C.sub.cs.sup.O " and "C.sub.ss.sup.O ") for the circuit for each of the carboxylate and sulfonate classes of surfactants;monitoring the free surfactant concentrations ("C.sub.cs " and "C.sub.ss ") in the process water for an ore being processed;determining which of C.sub.cs.sup.O and C.sub.SS.sup.O occurs at a lower NaOH addition;and then adjusting NaOH addition to the extraction process to bring the first dominating surfactant concentration toward the critical concentration value.

    摘要翻译: 本发明基于以下几点:(1)当焦油砂在热水提取过程中进行调理和稀释时,存在于工艺水中的两类阴离子表面活性剂(来自羧酸盐和磺酸盐基团); (2)这些表面活性剂中的每一种都有可能主导地影响通过该方法使初级泡沫产生的最大化; (3)特定提取电路可以确定在两种类型的表面活性剂中的主要泡沫提取最大化的工艺水中的临界游离表面活性剂浓度; (4),并且可以确定当处理特定的焦油砂进料时,两种表面活性剂中的哪一种将首先(即在最低的NaOH添加)中占主导地位。 因此,本发明涉及:确定表面活性剂各羧酸盐和磺酸盐类的电路的临界游离表面活性剂浓度(“CcsO”和“CssO”); 监测处理矿石的工艺用水中的游离表面活性剂浓度(“Ccs”和“Css”); 确定CcsO和CSSO中的哪一个在较低的NaOH添加下发生; 然后调节NaOH添加到萃取过程中,使第一主要表面活性剂浓度达到临界浓度值。

    Blending tar sands to provide feedstocks for hot water process
    2.
    发明授权
    Blending tar sands to provide feedstocks for hot water process 失效
    混合焦油砂以提供热水加工原料

    公开(公告)号:US4474616A

    公开(公告)日:1984-10-02

    申请号:US561118

    申请日:1983-12-13

    IPC分类号: C10G1/00 C10G1/04

    CPC分类号: C10G1/008 C10G1/047

    摘要: Two or more tar sand feeds are blended in specified proportions in combination with a specified dosage of NaOH to provide a slurry, having a free surfactant content dissolved in the aqueous phase of the slurry, which yields the maximum possible primary froth production from the hot water extraction process.

    摘要翻译: 将两种或更多种焦油砂进料以特定比例与特定剂量的NaOH组合以提供浆料,其具有溶解在浆料的水相中的游离表面活性剂含量,其产生来自热水的最大可能的初级泡沫产生 提取过程。

    Captive droplet interfacial tensiometer and methods of use thereof
    5.
    发明授权
    Captive droplet interfacial tensiometer and methods of use thereof 失效
    捕捉液滴界面张力计及其使用方法

    公开(公告)号:US5394740A

    公开(公告)日:1995-03-07

    申请号:US939517

    申请日:1992-09-04

    IPC分类号: G01N13/02

    摘要: A method and an apparatus for determining the interfacial or surface tension, static or dynamic, between two liquids or between a gas and a liquid under conditions of varying temperature and pressure; and a method for adjusting the interfacial or surface tension in a petroleum reservoir for enhanced oil recovery. A tensiometer is provided which is capable of measuring interfacial or surface tension under pressure and temperature conditions which simulate those present in an actual petroleum reservoir. Measuring the interfacial and surface tension values under actual reservoir conditions then enables the selection of surfactants and other materials for adjusting the interfacial and surface tension to desired values for optimizing the enhanced oil recovery from that reservoir. A tensiometer is provided which includes a calibration body which is imaged along with the image of the test droplet in the tensiometer chamber. This imaging of both the calibration body and the test droplet provides the capability of correction of distortions in the image due to the nature of the chamber window for high pressure and/or high temperature measurements. The tensiometer is also provided with a surface against which the test droplet is imaged and measured, which is an annealed ionomer polymer coating on a polymer surface.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在不同温度和压力的条件下测定两种液体之间或气体与液体之间的界面或表面张力(静态或动态)的方法和装置; 以及用于调节石油储层中的界面或表面张力以提高采油量的方法。 提供了一种能够在压力和温度条件下测量界面或表面张力的张力计,其模拟存在于实际石油储层中的那些。 在实际储存条件下测量界面和表面张力值可以选择表面活性剂和其他材料,以将界面和表面张力调整到所需值,以优化从该储层获得的增强的油采收率。 提供了一种张力计,其包括与张力计室中的测试液滴的图像一起成像的校准体。 校准体和测试液滴的这种成像提供了校正图像中的失真的能力,这是由于用于高压和/或高温测量的腔室窗口的性质。 张力计还设置有表面,测试液滴被成像和测量,其是聚合物表面上退火的离聚物聚合物涂层。

    Control of process aid used in hot water process for extraction of
bitumen from tar sand
    7.
    发明授权
    Control of process aid used in hot water process for extraction of bitumen from tar sand 失效
    控制从焦油砂中提取沥青的热水工艺中使用的加工助剂

    公开(公告)号:US4462892A

    公开(公告)日:1984-07-31

    申请号:US476025

    申请日:1983-03-17

    IPC分类号: C10G1/04

    CPC分类号: C10G1/047

    摘要: The hot water process is sensitive to the nature of the tar sand feed, which varies. An alkaline process aid, usually NaOH, is normally added to the conditioning step of the process and is needed to obtain good bitumen recovery from most tar sand feeds. The invention is based on the discovery that, for a particular extraction circuit used, there is a single value of free surfactant content in the aqueous phase of the process slurry which will yield maximum primary froth recovery regardless of the type of tar sand feed used. The process in accordance with the invention therefore comprises: (a) determining, for a single tar sand type and the extraction circuit used, the free surfactant content in the aqueous phase of the slurry, which will yield the maximum primary bitumen forth recovery; (b) monitoring the free surfactant content in the aqueous phase of the slurry during subsequent processing of various types of tar sand feed in said circuit; and (c) varying the process aid addition to the slurry as the nature of the tar sand feed varies, to maintain said free surfactant content substantially at the level which leads to maximum primary bitumen froth recovery.

    摘要翻译: 热水过程对焦油砂料的性质敏感,这种变化不同。 通常将碱性加工助剂(通常为NaOH)加入到该方法的调理步骤中,并且需要从大多数焦油砂原料获得良好的沥青回收。 本发明基于以下发现:对于所使用的特定提取电路,在工艺浆料的水相中存在单一值的游离表面活性剂含量,其将产生最大的主要泡沫回收率,而不管所用的焦油砂料的类型如何。 因此,根据本发明的方法包括:(a)对于单一焦油砂型和所使用的萃取回路,确定浆料水相中的游离表面活性剂含量,其将产生最大的主要沥青回收率; (b)在随后处理所述回路中的各种类型的焦油砂进料期间监测浆料的水相中的游离表面活性剂含量; 和(c)根据焦油砂原料的性质改变添加到浆料中的加工助剂,以保持所述游离表面活性剂含量基本上达到最大的主要沥青泡沫回收水平。