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Fall 2020
In the traditional water-based extraction process, sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is a commonly used chemical aid to improve bitumen recovery from oil sands. Recently, sodium citrate (Na3Cit) was applied as a secondary process aid together with NaOH by Syncrude Canada Ltd. in the water-based extraction...
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Petroleum Diesel-Assisted Ambient Temperature Aqueous-Nonaqueous Hybrid Bitumen Extraction Process
DownloadFall 2017
Solvents are used in the oil sands industry to reduce the viscosity of bitumen and hence to assist recovery of bitumen prior to its upgrading. Solvents can also be added to the ores to reduce energy consumption during the aqueous-nonaqueous hybrid bitumen extraction process at ambient conditions....