High temperature froth underwash in an oil sand bitumen extraction separation vessel

A process for enhancing the froth quality, improving vessel operability and increasing the froth temperature from an oil sand slurry in a primary separation vessel is provided, comprising introducing the oil sand slurry into a separation vessel; retaining the oil sand slurry within the separation ve...

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Hauptverfasser:	TANG SHAO-SHAN, NG YIN MING SAMSON, JANSEN WAYNE BENIDECT, LIU KEVIN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CHEMISTRY CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS FUELS GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HEATING LIGHTING LUBRICANTS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METALLURGY MINERAL WAXES PEAT PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS PIPE-LINES PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVEHYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, ORGASES REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS REFORMING OF NAPHTHA STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A process for enhancing the froth quality, improving vessel operability and increasing the froth temperature from an oil sand slurry in a primary separation vessel is provided, comprising introducing the oil sand slurry into a separation vessel; retaining the oil sand slurry within the separation vessel so that separate layers of bitumen froth, middlings and sand tailings are formed; introducing sufficient heated water having a temperature greater than about 80° C. as an evenly distributed underwash layer beneath the bitumen froth layer; and separately removing the bitumen froth, middlings and sand tailings from the separation vessel.