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Spring 2015
The minable oil sands extraction process can be understood on a scale of a single oil sand grain. When the oil sand ore is mixed with warm water, each sand granule is initially covered with bitumen film which ruptures under the composite effect of shear and interfacial forces, while water...
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Petroleum Diesel-Assisted Ambient Temperature Aqueous-Nonaqueous Hybrid Bitumen Extraction Process
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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....