CA2493677A1 - Circuit and process for cleaning deaerated bitumen froth - Google Patents

Circuit and process for cleaning deaerated bitumen froth Download PDF

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CA2493677A1
CA2493677A1 CA002493677A CA2493677A CA2493677A1 CA 2493677 A1 CA2493677 A1 CA 2493677A1 CA 002493677 A CA002493677 A CA 002493677A CA 2493677 A CA2493677 A CA 2493677A CA 2493677 A1 CA2493677 A1 CA 2493677A1
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Joy Patricia Romero
Diego Leon Romero
Kenneth Wayne Taylor
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    • B01D21/00—Separation of suspended solid particles from liquids by sedimentation
    • B01D21/0039—Settling tanks provided with contact surfaces, e.g. baffles, particles
    • B01D21/0045—Plurality of essentially parallel plates
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    • B01D21/0093—Mechanisms for taking out of action one or more units of a multi-unit settling mechanism
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    • B01D21/24—Feed or discharge mechanisms for settling tanks
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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
    • B03B—SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS
    • B03B9/00—General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets
    • B03B9/02—General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets specially adapted for oil-sand, oil-chalk, oil-shales, ozokerite, bitumen, or the like
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    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • 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
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    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • 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
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Abstract

Deaerated bitumen froth is cleaned by separating contained bitumen from water and solids contaminants. The froth is countercurrently treated in a three stage circuit comprising primary and secondary inclined plate settlers ("IPS") and a cyclone. Naphtha diluent is added to each of the IPS stages and optionally to the cyclone stage. The combination of increasing diluent/bitumen ratio and separation force is applied to break down emulsion and separate the desired bitumen product from the contaminants.
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CA 2455623 CA2455623A1 (en) 2004-01-21 2004-01-21 Four stage counter current inclined plate separator and cyclone circuit
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