公开(公告)号：US20130001136A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-03

申请号：US13514024

申请日：2010-12-29

申请人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Brian C. Speirs ,  Payman Esmaeili ,  Fritz Pierre, JR. ,  Alan Rhodes ,  Werner Glanz ,  Ronald D. Myers

发明人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Brian C. Speirs ,  Payman Esmaeili ,  Fritz Pierre, JR. ,  Alan Rhodes ,  Werner Glanz ,  Ronald D. Myers

IPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10C3/08

CPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10G2300/206 ,  C10G2300/301 ,  C10G2300/4006 ,  C10G2300/44 ,  C10G2300/80 ,  C10G2300/807

摘要： Processes and systems are described for solvent extraction of bitumen from oil sands. Fines agglomeration is employed to simplify subsequent separation. A high quality bitumen product can be formed, which meets or exceeds downstream processing and pipeline requirements. An embodiment comprises combining a first solvent and a bituminous feed to form an initial slurry, which is optionally separated into fine solids and coarse solids. Slurry solids are agglomerated. A low solids bitumen extract from the agglomerated slurry is mixed with a second solvent having a similar or lower boiling point than the first. The mixture is separated, solvent recovered, and a high grade bitumen product is formed. Exemplary systems comprise a mixbox, agglomerator, separator unit with optional countercurrent washer and deep cone settler, and TSRU. Processes are provided for fractionating a hydrocarbon fluid into heavier and lighter fractions. The lighter fraction may be used in solvent extraction of bitumen.

摘要翻译： 描述了从油砂中沥青溶剂萃取的方法和系统。 微粒聚集用于简化随后的分离。 可以形成高品质的沥青产品，满足或超过下游加工和管道要求。 一个实施方案包括组合第一溶剂和沥青进料以形成初始浆料，其任选地分离成细固体和粗固体。 泥浆固体聚集。 来自凝聚的浆料的低固体沥青提取物与具有与第一溶剂相似或更低沸点的第二溶剂混合。 分离混合物，回收溶剂，形成高级沥青产物。 示例性系统包括混合箱，附聚器，具有可选的逆流洗涤器和深锥形沉降器的分离器单元和TSRU。 提供了将烃流体分馏成较重和较轻馏分的方法。 较轻馏分可用于沥青的溶剂萃取。

公开(公告)号：US20140102945A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-17

申请号：US14115054

申请日：2012-05-11

申请人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Brian C Speirs ,  Payman Esmaeili ,  Fritz Pierre, JR.

发明人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Brian C Speirs ,  Payman Esmaeili ,  Fritz Pierre, JR.

IPC分类号： C10G1/04

CPC分类号： C10G1/045 ,  C10G2300/206 ,  C10G2300/4037 ,  C10G2300/4068 ,  C10G2300/44

摘要： Relocatable systems and processes for processing oil sands are described. Relocatable components are employed to permit oil sand processing to be conducted near a mine face, and relocated as the mine face recedes. Flow of the slurry in combination with appropriate water injection through the relocatable pipeline causes agglomeration of fines within the slurry. Bitumen/solvent mixtures can be filtered from the agglomerates within downstream solvent extraction system components. A high quality bitumen product is formed, having water and solids content that exceeds downstream processing and pipeline requirements. Dry tailings may be back-filled in-pit.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于处理油砂的可重新定位的系统和过程。 采用可重新定位的部件，允许在矿井附近进行油砂加工，并随着矿井的后退而重新定位。 浆料的流动与通过可重定位管线的合适的水注入相结合，导致浆料内的细粒团聚。 沥青/溶剂混合物可以从下游溶剂萃取系统组分中的附聚物过滤。 形成了高质量的沥青产品，具有超过下游处理和管道要求的水和固体含量。 干尾矿可能在坑内填充。

公开(公告)号：US20140054201A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-27

申请号：US14112552

申请日：2012-03-09

申请人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Brian C. Speirs ,  Fritz Pierre, JR. ,  Payman Esmaeili ,  Emilio Alvarez ,  Anjaneya S. Kovvali ,  Thomas R. Palmer

发明人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Brian C. Speirs ,  Fritz Pierre, JR. ,  Payman Esmaeili ,  Emilio Alvarez ,  Anjaneya S. Kovvali ,  Thomas R. Palmer

IPC分类号： C10G1/04

CPC分类号： C10G1/045 ,  B01D21/01 ,  B01D21/32 ,  C10G1/04 ,  C10G21/003 ,  C10G2300/44 ,  C10G2300/805

摘要： The present disclosure relates to a method of processing a bituminous feed. The bituminous feed is contacted with an extraction liquor to form a slurry. The slurry is then flowed through a pipeline. A bridging liquid is added to the slurry to assist agglomeration. Agitation is also used to assist agglomeration. The result is an agglomerated slurry comprising agglomerates and a low solids bitumen extract. The agglomerates are then separated from the low solids bitumen extract. Performing the agglomeration in a pipeline as opposed to in a conventional agitating vessel may provide certain advantages, such as improved sealing in order to contain the potentially flammable mixture of oil sands slurry from the atmosphere, production of smaller and more uniform agglomerates due to improved mixing of the bridging liquid into the oil sands slurry, and the flexibility to have a long residence time for the extraction and agglomeration processes.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及一种处理沥青进料的方法。 沥青进料与萃取液接触以形成浆料。 然后将浆料流过管道。 将桥连液体加入到浆料中以辅助凝聚。 搅拌也用于辅助凝聚。 其结果是包含附聚物和低固体沥青提取物的聚集浆料。 然后将聚集体与低固体沥青提取物分离。 与常规搅拌容器相比，在管道中进行凝聚可以提供某些优点，例如改进的密封以便容纳来自大气的油砂浆料的潜在可燃混合物，由于改进的混合产生更小和更均匀的附聚物 的桥接液体进入油砂浆料，并且具有用于萃取和附聚过程的长停留时间的柔性。

公开(公告)号：US20120305451A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-06

申请号：US13514023

申请日：2010-11-15

申请人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Brian C. Speirs ,  Payman Esmaeili

发明人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Brian C. Speirs ,  Payman Esmaeili

IPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10C3/08

CPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10G2300/206 ,  C10G2300/301 ,  C10G2300/4006 ,  C10G2300/44 ,  C10G2300/80 ,  C10G2300/807

摘要： A process is described for bitumen extraction from oil sands. Solvent extraction is used, incorporating fines agglomeration to simplify subsequent separation. A high quality bitumen product is formed, having water and solids content that exceeds downstream processing and pipeline requirements. An embodiment of the process comprises combining a first solvent and a bituminous feed to form an initial slurry, which is optionally separated into fine solids and coarse solids. Solids are agglomerated to form an agglomerated slurry. A low solids bitumen extract from the agglomerated slurry is mixed with a second solvent to form a solvent-bitumen low solids mixture, the second solvent having a similar or lower boiling point than the first solvent. The mixture is separated to produce high grade and low grade bitumen extracts. The first and second solvents are recovered from the high grade bitumen extract, leaving a high grade bitumen product.

摘要翻译： 描述了从油砂中提取沥青的方法。 使用溶剂萃取，结合细粉团聚以简化后续分离。 形成了高质量的沥青产品，具有超过下游处理和管道要求的水和固体含量。 该方法的一个实施方案包括组合第一溶剂和沥青进料以形成初始浆料，其任选分离成细固体和粗固体。 固体团聚以形成附聚浆料。 将来自附聚浆料的低固体沥青提取物与第二溶剂混合以形成溶剂 - 沥青低固体混合物，第二溶剂具有与第一溶剂相似或更低的沸点。 将混合物分离以产生高级和低级沥青提取物。 从高级沥青提取物中回收第一和第二种溶剂，留下高级沥青产品。

公开(公告)号：US20140076784A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-20

申请号：US14113207

申请日：2012-03-09

申请人： Brian C. Speirs ,  Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Thomas R. Palmer ,  Emilio Alvarez ,  Anjaneya S. Kovvali ,  David C. Rennard ,  Fritz Pierre, JR.

发明人： Brian C. Speirs ,  Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Thomas R. Palmer ,  Emilio Alvarez ,  Anjaneya S. Kovvali ,  David C. Rennard ,  Fritz Pierre, JR.

IPC分类号： C10G1/04

CPC分类号： C10G1/045 ,  C10G1/04 ,  C10G1/047 ,  C10G33/08 ,  C10G2300/1033 ,  C10G2300/4081 ,  C10G2300/44 ,  C10G2300/805

摘要： Described herein is a method of processing a bituminous feed. The bituminous feed is contacted with an extraction liquor to form a slurry. A bridging liquid is added to the slurry, and, solids are agitated within the slurry to form an agglomerated slurry comprising agglomerates and a low solids bitumen extract. In order to control agglomeration, the slurry is analyzed and the processing method is adjusted accordingly.

摘要翻译： 本文描述了一种处理沥青进料的方法。 沥青进料与萃取液接触以形成浆料。 将桥接液体加入到浆料中，并且在浆料内搅拌固体以形成包含附聚物和低固体沥青提取物的附聚浆料。 为了控制凝聚，对浆料进行分析，相应调整处理方法。

公开(公告)号：US20140262964A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-18

申请号：US14112203

申请日：2012-03-09

申请人： Lu Han ,  Brian C. Speirs ,  Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Thomas R. Palmer ,  Emilio Alvarez ,  Anjaneya S. Kovvali ,  David C. Rennard ,  Fritz Pierre, JR.

发明人： Lu Han ,  Brian C. Speirs ,  Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Thomas R. Palmer ,  Emilio Alvarez ,  Anjaneya S. Kovvali ,  David C. Rennard ,  Fritz Pierre, JR.

IPC分类号： C10G1/04

CPC分类号： C10G1/045 ,  C10G1/04 ,  C10G2300/44 ,  C10G2300/805

摘要： The present disclosure relates to a method of processing a bituminous feed. The bituminous feed is contacted with an extraction liquor to form a slurry. A bridging liquid is added to the slurry in at least two stages and solids within the slurry are agitated to form an agglomerated slurry comprising agglomerated solids and a low solids bitumen extract. The agglomerates are then separated from the low solids bitumen extract. Potential benefits may include the production of smaller and more uniform agglomerates. The former may lead to higher bitumen recoveries and the latter may improve the solid-liquid separation rate. The bridging liquid may be added in an area of relatively high shear rates. Between stages of bridging liquid addition, agglomerates may be removed.

摘要翻译： 本公开涉及一种处理沥青进料的方法。 沥青进料与萃取液接触以形成浆料。 将桥连液体至少两个阶段加入到浆料中，搅拌浆料内的固体以形成包含附聚固体和低固体沥青提取物的附聚浆料。 然后将聚集体与低固体沥青提取物分离。 潜在的益处可能包括生产更小和更均匀的团块。 前者可能导致更高的沥青回收率，后者可能提高固液分离速率。 桥接液体可以在相对高的剪切速率的区域中加入。 在桥接液体添加的阶段之间，可以除去附聚物。

公开(公告)号：US20150034555A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-05

申请号：US14272869

申请日：2014-05-08

申请人： Brian C. Speirs ,  Bruce K. Bartlett ,  Amitava Sarkar ,  Olusola B. Adeyinka

发明人： Brian C. Speirs ,  Bruce K. Bartlett ,  Amitava Sarkar ,  Olusola B. Adeyinka

IPC分类号： C02F9/00 ,  B01D71/34 ,  B01D71/36 ,  C02F1/42 ,  C02F1/44

CPC分类号： C02F9/00 ,  B01D61/025 ,  B01D61/14 ,  B01D61/58 ,  B01D65/08 ,  B01D2311/04 ,  B01D2311/2642 ,  C02F1/40 ,  C02F1/42 ,  C02F1/441 ,  C02F1/442 ,  C02F1/444 ,  C02F2001/422 ,  C02F2001/425 ,  C02F2101/301 ,  C02F2101/32 ,  C02F2101/34 ,  C02F2103/365 ,  C02F2303/16 ,  C02F2305/04 ,  B01D2311/2623

摘要： Generally, the present disclosure provides a process for treating de-oiled oilfield produced water or de-oiled process affected water from hydrocarbon production. In particular, such water is treated with a regenerable polymeric ion exchange resin to remove water soluble ionic surfactants. The treating can involve ion-exchanging ionic polymeric membrane foulants with non-fouling soluble ionic species that can be removed by polymeric membrane.

摘要翻译： 通常，本公开提供了一种处理脱油油田产生的水或脱油过程的方法，所述方法从烃生产中受影响的水。 特别地，这种水用可再生聚合物离子交换树脂处理以除去水溶性离子表面活性剂。 该处理可涉及离子交换离子聚合物膜污染物，其具有非污染的可溶性离子物质，其可通过聚合物膜除去。

公开(公告)号：US20110284428A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-24

申请号：US13081125

申请日：2011-04-06

申请人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Ronald D. Myers ,  Mainak Ghosh

发明人： Olusola B. Adeyinka ,  Ronald D. Myers ,  Mainak Ghosh

IPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10C3/08

CPC分类号： C10G1/002 ,  B01D21/262 ,  C10G21/14 ,  C10G33/00 ,  C10G33/06 ,  C10G53/04 ,  C10G2300/206 ,  C10G2300/44

摘要： A process is described for pre-treating an aqueous bituminous feed for downstream bitumen extraction. The process involves removing water from an aqueous bituminous feed having a water content of 60% or more by weight. After water is removed, an effluent comprising 40% water or less is formed, and is ready for downstream extraction. In the downstream extraction process, a dual solvent extraction process may be employed, incorporating agglomeration of fines to simplify subsequent solid-liquid separation. The process permits recovery of hydrocarbon that has conventionally remained in waste streams from oil sands processing, and thus has conventionally been lost. In one embodiment, removing water comprises subjecting the aqueous bituminous feed to a primary water separation system to reduce the water content of the feed, followed by subsequent water removal, thereby producing an effluent having a water content of 40% or less, which can then go on to further processing.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于预处理含水沥青进料用于下游沥青提取的方法。 该方法包括从含水量为60重量％以上的含水沥青进料除去水。 除去水后，形成含有40％以下水的流出物，并准备进行下游萃取。 在下游提取过程中，可以采用双溶剂萃取方法，其中包括细粒团聚以简化随后的固液分离。 该方法允许从油砂处理中常规保留在废物流中的烃的回收，因此传统上已经丢失。 在一个实施方案中，除去水包括将含水沥青进料经受初级水分离系统以减少进料的水含量，随后随后除去水，从而产生水含量为40％或更低的流出物， 继续进行加工。