WO2013132137A1 - Procédé et appareil pour extraire de l'huile, soit d'un sol comprenant de l'huile, soit de substances solides comprenant de l'huile - Google Patents

Procédé et appareil pour extraire de l'huile, soit d'un sol comprenant de l'huile, soit de substances solides comprenant de l'huile Download PDF

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WO2013132137A1
WO2013132137A1 PCT/FI2013/000009 FI2013000009W WO2013132137A1 WO 2013132137 A1 WO2013132137 A1 WO 2013132137A1 FI 2013000009 W FI2013000009 W FI 2013000009W WO 2013132137 A1 WO2013132137 A1 WO 2013132137A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • 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
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • 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
    • C10G1/042—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil-shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction by the use of hydrogen-donor solvents
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • 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
    • C10G1/045—Separation of insoluble materials
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection

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  • the invention relates to a method and apparatus for extracting oil from the soil comprising oil or from the solid soil materials comprising oil or from ice. Especially the invention relates to a method for recovering bitumen or oil from oil sands.
  • Oil sands, or bituminous sands are sandstone containing naturally occurring mixtures of sand, clay, and water, saturated with a dense and viscous form of petroleum (bitumen).
  • Numerous techniques are exploited to extract bitumen or oil from the sands, such as open- pit mining and in-situ processes, with steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) being a commonly used in-situ method.
  • SAGD steam-assisted gravity drainage
  • Open-pit mining can be used to extract approximately 20% of the recoverable crude from oil sands, while in-situ methods, such as SAGD can be used to produce the remaining 80%.
  • SAGD steam-assisted gravity drainage
  • water treatment is very challenging task when it is used e.g. for providing steam into the subsoil and/or in the extraction or delivering process of oil.
  • steam generation uses huge amount of water of which about 90-95% needs to be cleaned and recycled to make the whole process sustainable.
  • the reusing water is challenging because of the high concentrations of suspended solids, as well as dissolved organic and inorganic materials.
  • about 60-70% of total operating cost can be associated with steam-generation-boiler consumption of natural gas.
  • SAGD emulsions difficult to break and often require unusually large chemical-dose rates to produce dry oil.
  • the total cost e.g. of chemical treatments can increase to unsustainable levels, if necessary mechanical and chemical improvements are not implemented.
  • An object of the invention is to alleviate and eliminate the problems relating to the known prior art. Especially the object of the invention is to provide an easy and fast method for extracting oil or bitumen or other fluid from a solid material, such as oil sands so that the energy consumption as well as environmental pollution and using of water can be minimized.
  • the object of the invention can be achieved by the features of independent claims.
  • the invention relates to a method presented in claim 1 and to an apparatus presented in claim 10.
  • oil or bitumen is extracted from the soil comprising oil or from the solid soil materials comprising oil, such as oil sand, or from ice by using hot liquid.
  • the soil or soil particles are brought in touch with any kind of hot liquid.
  • the hot liquid may be pumped into the soil or ground so that the heat of the hot liquid extracts oil or bitumen from the soil.
  • Both the hot liquid pumped into the soil and the oil or bitumen extracted from the soil are collected and pumped up together.
  • solid soil soil particles such as oil sand or ice can be dropped into a hot liquid so that the heat of the hot liquid extracts oil or bitumen from the soil particles.
  • the oil or bitumen extracted from the soil material into the hot liquid is collected separately from the surface of the hot liquid or as a mixture together with the hot liquid.
  • the oil or bitumen may be extracted from the soil or from the solid soil material in two or more processes.
  • the liquid used in any of the processes may be any kind of hot oil only or hot water only.
  • in the total process there may also be several successive steps or processes where in one or several processes the soil or the solid materials are brought into contact with any kind of hot oil and/or in one or several processes the soil or the solid materials are brought into contact with hot water, in the sequent processes hot oil and/or hot water are used in any order, but advantageously the process using hot oil is before the process using hot water. Then one ore several hot water processes follow.
  • the processes using any kind of hot oil and the processes using hot water may also be mixed randomly and used in any number and in any sequent order.
  • the apparatus for extracting oil or bitumen from the soil comprising oil or bitumen or from the solid soil materials comprising oil or bitumen, such as oil sand, or ice provides at least one container for hot liquid, at least one device for conducting hot liquid from the container into the soil in order to extract oil or bitumen from the soil, or at least one device for transferring the solid soil material into the container containing hot liquid in order to extract oil or bitumen from the solid soil material.
  • a pump will pump hot oil or hot water from the container into the soil, or a conveyer will transfer the solid soil material into the container containing hot oil or hot water.
  • oil or bitumen is extracted from the soil comprising oil or bitumen by using hot oil.
  • the hot oil can be conducted into the soil comprising oil so that the oil heats the soil and also the oil in the soil up to the temperature where the oil in the soil becomes into liquid form and extracts from the soil. Then the oil extracted from the soil is collected.
  • the oil conducted into the soil and the oil extracted from the soil form an oil mixture, an in the process at least the first part of the said oil mixture will be heated and conducted back into the soil. The second part of the oil mixture will be the collected.
  • a continuous cycle is achieved, where a part of the oil in the process will be conducted back into the soil or ground. Because the oil causes the extraction of new oil from the soil, all of the oil collected is not necessary to conduct back into the soil. The other part of the oil can be conducted away from the extraction process to a storage container.
  • any kind of hot oil can be conducted into the soil so that the hot oil forms an oil mixture with the oil extracted from the soil. A a part of the oil mixture is heated and conducted back into the soil so that the process continues without need of addition of supplement oil into the process.
  • the apparatus for oil extracting oil from the soil there is a heater for heating the oil, a feeder for conducting the heated oil into the soil, a device for collecting the oil mixture comprising the oil conducted into the soil and the oil extracted from the soil and a device for dividing the oil mixture flow into two parts.
  • a pipeline is conducting the first part of the oil mixture via the heater back into the soil, and the second pipeline is conducting the second part of the oil mixture into a storage container or to a continuation process.
  • oil or bitumen is extracted from any kind of soil, such as oil sand, or any solid soil.
  • the soil will be excavated and crushed to form the soil proper for extracting process.
  • the excavated soil will be brought to the processing apparatus and transferred into a container or the first container or the first separator.
  • the container is filled with hot oil, which can be any oil but advantageously similar to the oil to be extracted from the soil.
  • the oil is heated by a heater so that the oil is in a proper temperature for extracting oil or bitumen from the soil.
  • the temperature is advantageously as close as possible to the flash temperature of the oil to be extracted.
  • a perforated plate spreads the soil when it goes down towards the bottom of the container. Then at least a part of the oil provided by the soil will be extracted and will mix with the oil, which is already in the container. Because the oil amount in the container will increase, the additional oil will be conducted into a storage container or for further processing.
  • the soil particles When the soil particles have sunk at the bottom of the container a remarkable part of the oil or bitumen content of the soil was extracted and released into the oil in the container or the first separator. However, these soil particles still contain some oil or bitumen. Therefore the soil particles will be transferred into another container or the second container or the second separator via a conveyer, which is filled with hot water. The water is heated by a heater so that the temperature of the water is advantageously as close to the boiling point of the water as possible. In the second container again a part of the oil or bitumen extract from the soil. Because the extracted oil or bitumen is lighter than water, it rises up to the water surface.
  • the oil can be conducted out from the second container into the storage container or somewhere else for waiting continuation process and/or transporting.
  • the oil or bitumen content of the soil particles is very small.
  • the soil particles, which have sunk to the bottom of the second container, will be transferred into a combustion chamber. In the combustion chamber there is a flame, which has been achieved by burning gas or some other combustible material.
  • first fluid such as oil or bitumen
  • a solid material such as oil sand, ice or the like.
  • the extraction process of oil or bitumen from said solid material is implemented by a second fluid in a separator.
  • the second fluid may be e.g. water or already extracted oil or bitumen.
  • said second fluid is advantageously heated to a temperature being higher than the temperature of the solid material with said first fluid.
  • a temperature being higher than the temperature of the solid material with said first fluid.
  • water is used as said second fluid, it is typically heated to 80-100°C.
  • the extraction process is much faster and effective than if the second fluid was cooler. According to warming embodiment the extraction process starts immediately when the oil sand, for examples, hits the hot water in the separator.
  • the second fluid is chosen so that its specific weight differs essentially from the specific weight of the first fluid to be extracted, whereupon the extraction may performed via gravity so that the fluid having smallest specific weight is separated into the upper part of the separator having at least two different fluids, so in the case of water and oil sand, oil is separated above to the water portion and sand is sunk at the bottom of the separator (water being between the sand and oil layers)
  • the solid material having said first fluid (like oil sand, where oil or bitumen is adhered e.g. to sand grains) is introduced into the separator filled with said second fluid.
  • the solid material is introduced into the upper portion of the separator either directly with the water or with the already extracted oil/bitumen floating in the upper portion of the separator,
  • the residual solid material like sand
  • the first fluid e.g. oil or bitumen
  • the separator such as into the oil tank, refinery or storage for later processing.
  • said heating of the second fluid is implemented by a heating apparatus or means so that the second fluid flow between said separator and the heating apparatus is transferred in a closed circulation cycle.
  • the extraction process is a continuous process so that new solid material (including oil or bitumen or the like) may be continuously fed into the separator, whereupon the extraction process happens continuously, as well also the removing of the residual solid material, as sand.
  • the continuous transfer of the oil sand into the separator, as well as also the removing of the residual sand (from which the oil is already essentially extracted) can be performed by a conveyor belt or the like.
  • the gathering of the extracted oil/bitumen can be performed by pipes, possibly assisted by pumps.
  • the present invention offers advantages over the known prior art, such as minimizing the environmental loading caused by the water used in the extracting process, because the water is used in a closed circulation.
  • mined solid material such as sand or other soil material can be restored back to the original environment where it was mined, because the residual oil after the extraction process (if any) is burned by the combustion chamber so that the residual solid material after the combustion process does not essentially include any oil.
  • Figure 1 presents schematically an apparatus for extracting oil from the soil comprising oil according to prior art.
  • Figures 2-4 present schematically an apparatus for extracting oil from the soil comprising oil according to the invention.
  • Figures 5-6 illustrate a principle of an exemplary apparatus for extracting first fluid, such as oil or bitumen, from a solid material, such as oil sand or ice according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention
  • Figures 7-8 illustrates exemplary upper portions for the apparatus according to an
  • Figure 1 presents an apparatus 10 according to prior art, where hot steam provided in a steam generator 31 is conducted into a borehole 21 in the ground.
  • the stiff oil or bitumen contained in the soil will get hot and softer and turns into liquid.
  • the liquid oil or bitumen will be mixed into an emulsion with water, which is formed when the steam cools down.
  • the emulsion flows down through the soil, effected by gravity, into the second borehole 22 underneath, from where the emulsion will be pumped up to the separator 32.
  • oil and water will be separated, and the oil will be conducted into the storage container 50 for waiting continuation process and/or transporting.
  • the water extracted from the emulsion is conducted from the separator 32 via water purifier 33 into water container 34. Then the water in the water container 34 can be reused and to heat as steam in the steam generator 31 , from where the steam can be conducted back into the borehole 21 in the ground 1 1 .
  • the apparatus according to Figure 1 at least a part of the water can be recycled and reused, but the use of the apparatus is
  • FIG 2 presents an apparatus 10 according to the invention, where hot oil is conducted into a borehole 21 in the ground 1 1 .
  • the used oil is taken for example from an oil container 41 , where the oil can be almost any type of oil, because the needed amount of oil is very small and it is needed only at the beginning of the process.
  • the used oil is pure crude oil or vegetable oil.
  • the oil is heated in the heater 42 and conducted into the first borehole 21 .
  • the hot oil is heating the soil 1 1 around the borehole 21 so that the oil or bitumen contained in the soil gets hot and will be softer and turns into liquid. Then the oil conducted into the soil 1 1 and the oil extracted from the soil 1 1 will mix together as a liquid oil mixture, which will flow down into the second borehole 22 and pumped up.
  • the upward flow of oil mixture can be divided into two parts by using a distributing valve 43.
  • the first part of the flow will be conducted from the distributing valve 43 via pipeline 44 into the heater 42 and then back into the borehole 21 in the ground 1 1 .
  • the second part of the oil mixture will be conducted from the distributing valve 43 via pipeline 45 into the storage container 50 for waiting continuation process and/or transporting.
  • the benefit of the apparatus 10 according to the invention and presented in Figure 2 is that in the process there are no challenging mixtures or compounds, such as the emulsion of mixed water and oil.
  • the same oil will be recycled, which is intended to be extracted from the soil.
  • FIG. 3 presents an example of an apparatus for extracting oil or bitumen from the soil.
  • the soil to be processed can be any kind of soil, such as oil sand, or any solid soil, which will be excavated and advantageously crushed to form the soil proper for extracting process.
  • the excavated soil 60 will be brought to the processing apparatus for example by a vehicle 83.
  • the conveyer 67 transfers the soil 60 into a hot oil bath in a container 61 , which is the first separator.
  • the container 61 is advantageously funnel-like so that at least one wall is inclined or there is at least one perforated plate 63, which spreads the soil when it goes down towards the bottom 64 of the container 61 by the effect of gravity.
  • the perforated plate 63 forms an angle ⁇ with the horizontal plane, the angle fi being advantageously about 60 - 80 degrees.
  • the container 61 or the first separator presented in Figure 3 is filled with hot oil 65, which advantageously is similar to the oil to be extracted from the soil 60.
  • the oil 65 in the container 61 is heated by a heater 66 so that the oil is in a proper temperature for extracting oil or bitumen from the soil 60.
  • the temperature is advantageously as close as possible to the flash temperature of the oil to be extracted.
  • the heater 66 in the container 61 can be for example a heating coil, which is connected by heating ducts 86 to a combustion chamber 80 or other heating device.
  • the soil 60 providing oil or bitumen will be crushed in a continuous process in order to be fine-grained before conducting it into the container 61 via a conveyer 67, such as a belt conveyer.
  • the container 61 is provided with a pipeline 68 for conducting the oil extracted from the soil 60 out from the container 61 into a storage container 69 or for further processing.
  • the pipeline 68 is provided with a valve and a pump.
  • the pipeline 68 can also be used for transferring oil from the storage container 69 into the container 61 or the first separator.
  • the container 61 may also be provided by a blender.
  • the purpose of the movements of the soil 60 particles in hot oil bath is to extract more effectively oil or bitumen out from soil 60 particles.
  • the soil 60 particles at the bottom 64 of the container 61 have already been in the extraction process so that a remarkable part of the oil or bitumen content of the soil 60 was extracted and released into the oil 65 in the container 61 or the first separator.
  • the soil 60 particles, which have sunk at the bottom 64 of the container 61 will be transferred into another container 72 or the second separator via a conveyer 71 .
  • a gate 70 For regulating the amount of the soil 60 material to be transferred, at the bottom 64 of the container 61 there may be a gate 70, which allows a proper amount of the soil 60 to be delivered into the second container 72.
  • the gate 70 can be controlled manually or it may function automatically. In the automatic operation the gate 70 may be provided by a sensor, which will recognize the weight of the soil 60 above the gate 70. The sensor opens the gate 70 when it is proper for the process.
  • the second container 72 or the second separator which is filled with hot water 73.
  • the water 73 is heated by a heater 76, such as a heating coil, which is connected by heating ducts 87 to a combustion chamber 80 or other heating device.
  • the temperature of the water 73 is advantageously as close to the boiling point of the water as possible.
  • the second container 72 in the Figure 3 is also advantageously funnel-like so that at least one wall is inclined or there is at least one perforated plate, which spreads the soil when it goes down towards the bottom 77 of the container 72 by the effect of gravity.
  • the perforated plate forms an angle ⁇ with the horizontal plane, the angle ⁇ being advantageously about 60 - 80 degrees.
  • the container 72 may also be provided by a blender.
  • the soil 60 particles conducted into the second container 72 have already been in the extraction process in the first container 61 and a remarkable part of the oil or bitumen content of the soil 60 was extracted. However, these soil 60 particles still contain some oil or bitumen. Therefore the soil 60 particles are transferred into the hot water in the second container 72, where again a part of the oil or bitumen extract from the soil 60. Because the extracted oil or bitumen is lighter than water 73, it rises up to the water surface. When a sufficient layer 74 of oil or bitumen is formed on the surface of water 73, the oil can be conducted out from the container 72 via a pipeline 75 into the storage container 69 for waiting continuation process and/or transporting.
  • the pipeline 75 is provided with a valve and a pump.
  • the oil or bitumen content of the soil 60 particles is very small.
  • the soil 60 particles, which have sunk to the bottom 77 of the second container 72, will be transferred via a conveyer 78 into a combustion chamber 80.
  • a gate 79 At the bottom 77 of the container 72 there may be a gate 79, which allows a proper amount of the soil 60 to be delivered into the combustion chamber 80.
  • This the second gate 70 can be controlled manually or it may function automatically the same way as described earlier with the first gate 70.
  • the combustion chamber 80 there is a flame, which has been achieved by burning gas or some other combustible material.
  • the soil 60 which is conducted into the flame, contents only small amount of oil or bitumen. In the combustion process the rest of the oil or bitumen in the soil 60 will burn. So the soil 60 particles, which fall down to the bottom 81 of the combustion chamber 80 can be transferred for example via a conveyer 82 and by a vehicle 83 for any kind of utilization. Then there is no oil or bitumen in the soil 60 or the oil content of the soil 60 is very small.
  • the combustion chamber 80 in Figure 3 is also useful in heating the oil in the container 61 and in heating the water in the container 72, which are used in the process. So the first heater 85, such as heating coil in the combustion chamber 80 is connected via heating ducts 87 to the heater 66 in the first container 61. And the second heater 84, such as heating coil in the combustion chamber 80 is connected via heating ducts 86 to the second heater 76 in the second container 72.
  • the containers 61 and 72 can also be heated by some other heating devices.
  • the water provided in the soil 60 particles can be utilized and recycled.
  • the water of the soil 60 particles which will be evaporated in the combustion chamber 80, will be condensed and conducted back to water container 72.
  • Figures 4-6 illustrate a principle of an exemplary apparatus 100 for extracting first fluid, such as oil or bitumen, from a solid material, such as oil sand or ice according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, and Figures 7-8 exemplary upper portions for the apparatus 100 according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention.
  • first fluid such as oil or bitumen
  • the apparatus 100 comprises an introduction portion 105, such as an opening in the upper portion of the separator, for introducing said solid material still including said first fluid.
  • the apparatus comprises also a driving means 106, like a belt, for feeding said solid material 103 for the process.
  • the solid material 103 can also be fed by other ways, such as by a tractor loader or the like.
  • the separator 104 advantageously comprises the second fluid 102, which is heated to a temperature being higher than the temperature of the solid material 103 including the first fluid.
  • the second fluid is advantageously water heated to 80 - 100°C, as an example.
  • the second fluid may also be oil or bitumen 101 already extracted from the solid material 103.
  • the specific weight of the second fluid e.g. water
  • the specific weight of the second fluid differs (essentially) from the specific weight of the first fluid to be extracted (oil or bitumen), so that when said solid material still including oil/bitumen is introduced into said extraction process, oil or bitumen 101 will be separated into the upper portion of the separator 104, so i.e. over the water layer 102, where it is easy to gather.
  • the residual sand is then sunk at the bottom 107 of the separator, from where the sand removed for example by a conveyor belt 108 or the like driving means.
  • the separator 104 is configured to allow said extraction to happen via gravity so that the medium having greater specific weight, such as water or sand, is configured to flow into the lower part of said separator 104.
  • the apparatus advantageously comprises a first driving means, such as e.g. a conveyor belt 108 or the like advantageously within a tube 109, for driving said residual solid material out from the bottom 107 part of the separator 104.
  • a first driving means such as e.g. a conveyor belt 108 or the like advantageously within a tube 109, for driving said residual solid material out from the bottom 107 part of the separator 104.
  • the apparatus also comprises a second driving means 1 10 for driving said first fluid, like oil or bitumen, extracted from said solid material outside from the separator.
  • the second driving means may be for example a tube or pipe, possibly assisted with a pump, via which the extracted oil/bitumen is transferred into a tank 1 1 1 or other processing unit.
  • the apparatus 100 is according to an embodiment configured to heat said second fluid 102 in order to fasten and intensifying the extraction process.
  • the apparatus may comprise a heating apparatus 1 13 for this purpose.
  • the apparatus comprises a closed circulation cycle 1 12 transferring said second fluid 102 in a closed manner between the separator 104 and said heating apparatus 1 13.
  • the first driving means 108 may be e.g. an inclined conveyor belt 108 configured to drive the residual solid material from the bottom portion 107 of the separator 104 either into another subsequent separator 104, a combustion chamber 1 13, or otherwise outside from the separator 104.
  • said the first driving means 108 may be e.g. a funnel like structure 1 14 in connection with an opening at the bottom portion of said separator 104.
  • the funnel like structure 1 14 may comprise at least one gate member 1 15 configured sequentially to close and open the flow of said extracted solid material outside from said separator 104 through said bottom opening.
  • the first and all subsequent separators are connected to each other via the conveyor belt like driving means 108, but the last one (which is typically the combustion chamber) comprises the bottom opening provided with the gate member 1 15 and the funnel like structure.
  • the combustion chamber 1 13 is one of said subsequent separators 104 configured to burn the residual oil possibly still comprised said extracted solid material after at least one previous separator 104.
  • the combustion chamber is advantageously configured also to heat said second fluid via said closed circulation cycle 1 12 using the heat generated by the burning process in the combustion chamber 1 13.
  • the angle of inclination 1 16 (a) of the separator 104 is adjustable, whereupon the subsiding time, and thereby also the extraction time of the first fluid from the solid material is adjustable via said changeable angle of inclination.
  • the apparatus 100 may further comprise at least one conduit 1 17 configured to introduce a third fluid 1 18 into the second fluid comprised by the separator so that said third fluid 1 18 induces internal upward flows (like bubbles) in said second fluid thereby increasing resistance between the second fluid and sinking solid material, as well as thereby also increasing the subsiding time of the solid material through said second fluid.
  • the third fluid may advantageously be hot steam or gas, like air, the specific weight of which is advantageously smaller than the one.of said second fluid.
  • said third fluid may be combustion gas produced in the burning process by the combustion chamber 1 13. The heating of the third fluid is also implemented by the heat produced by the combustion chamber 1 13.
  • the separator 104 may also comprise a funnel like 1 19 means in connection with the introduction portion 105 in its upper portion.
  • the funnel like means is advantageously configured to introduce the solid material 103 including the first fluid essentially through the upper fluid layer 101 formed by previously extracted first fluid in said separator, whereupon the extraction process is still made more effective.
  • the apparatus 100 may be configured to warm also already extracted oil or bitumen 101 and arrange it into the upper portion of the separator 104 (e.g. via help of gravity and specific weight differences between the first and second fluid). Then the solid material 103 may be introduced first with the already extracted and warmed oil or bitumen in the upper portion 101 , whereupon the extraction process of incoming solid material (with oil/bitumen) will start much faster.
  • the apparatus may comprise a moistening device 120, such as hot watering device, for moistening the solid material 103 before introducing it into the separator 104 in order to start the process already before the separator and thereby extending the extraction time of the first fluid from the solid material.
  • a moistening device 120 such as hot watering device
  • the apparatus 100 may in addition comprise a recovery means, such as grid, inclined tube 109 or the like for recovering the second fluid 102 of the residual solid material, when said residual solid material is driven away from the separator 104 by the conveyor belt 108 or the like.
  • a recovery means such as grid, inclined tube 109 or the like for recovering the second fluid 102 of the residual solid material, when said residual solid material is driven away from the separator 104 by the conveyor belt 108 or the like.
  • the inclined tube makes it possible to recycle the water (or other second fluid) used in the extracting process, because the water will flow downward back to the separator inside the inclined tube 109.
  • the apparatus may also comprise a crushing device 121 for crushing the solid material 103 before introducing it into the separator into the smaller particles.
  • the smaller particles have size of 0.1 - 5 mm, more advantageously of 0.2 - 3 mm, and most advantageously of 0.5 - 2.5 mm.
  • the apparatus 100 may naturally comprise plurality of subsequent separators 104 and combustion chambers 1 13.
  • the apparatus can also be a mobile apparatus, for extracting e.g. oil or bitumen from oil sand, is introduced, where the mobile apparatus comprises a separator 104 as is described elsewhere in this document.
  • the separator advantageously comprise, during the extraction process, a second fluid 102, e.g. water, used for extracting oil or bitumen 101 from the solid material 103.
  • the separator of the mobile apparatus is advantageously configured to allow the extraction to happen via gravity so that the medium having greater specific weight, such as water 102 or sand 107, is configured to flow into the lower part of the separator 104, and the oil or bitumen having smaller specific weight is configured to flow into the upper part 101 of the separator 104
  • the mobile apparatus advantageously comprises also an introduction portion 105 for introducing the solid material 103 into the separator
  • the apparatus is advantageously coupled with a first driving means 108 for driving the residual solid material 103 outside from the separator
  • the apparatus may be coupled (or it may comprise) a second driving means 1 10 for gathering and driving the first fluid (e.g. oil, bitumen) 101 extracted from the solid material 103 outside from the separator 10
  • the apparatus may comprise an output for feeding the second fluid into a heating means for heating said second fluid, as well as an inlet for inputting said heated second fluid from the heating means back to the extraction process
  • the second fluid flow between the separator 104 and said heating means 1 13 is implemented by a closed circulation cycle
  • the mobile apparatus is configured to be coupled with at least one another mobile apparatus via said second driving means 108, said introduction portion and/or the openings 105, 1 14, 1 15.
  • separators 104 When number of separators 104 (or mobile apparatuses) are coupled to each other, that may have a common driving means, such as a tube, pipe or the like (possibly assisted with a pump) for driving the first fluid 101 (e.g. oil, bitumen) extracted from said solid material 103 from each of the separators 104 to a subsequent refinery end 1 1 1
  • a common driving means such as a tube, pipe or the like (possibly assisted with a pump) for driving the first fluid 101 (e.g. oil, bitumen) extracted from said solid material 103 from each of the separators 104 to a subsequent refinery end 1 1 1
  • the apparatus structure makes it possible to easily build up the apparatus independently of the size of the reservation Even the material already extracted by another method can further be processed by the method of the current invention
  • the second fluid typically water
  • the invention offers remarkable advantages over the known prior art solutions, because there is no need for external water source (like a lake or river) but the water needed in the process can even be provided by a tank truck In addition the risk for polluting an environment is effectively minimized

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un appareil servant à extraire de l'huile, soit d'un sol comprenant de l'huile ou du bitume, soit de substances solides comprenant de l'huile ou du bitume, notamment de sables bitumineux, soit enfin de glace. L'huile ou le bitume sont extraits selon l'invention au moyen d'un liquide chaud de façon que le sol ou la substance du sol soit mise au contact du liquide chaud. La chaleur du liquide chaud extrait l'huile ou le bitume du sol ou des substances solides du sol. Le procédé consiste, soit à envoyer dans le sol, par pompage, de l'huile chaude ou de l'eau chaude, soit à prendre les particules solides du sol et à les verser dans l'huile chaude ou l'eau chaude.
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