WO2007146992A3 - Handling and extracting hydrocarbons from tar sands - Google Patents
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- WO2007146992A3 WO2007146992A3 PCT/US2007/071100 US2007071100W WO2007146992A3 WO 2007146992 A3 WO2007146992 A3 WO 2007146992A3 US 2007071100 W US2007071100 W US 2007071100W WO 2007146992 A3 WO2007146992 A3 WO 2007146992A3
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- tar sands
- solvent
- rinse chamber
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- oil
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- 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
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D11/00—Solvent extraction
- B01D11/02—Solvent extraction of solids
- B01D11/0215—Solid material in other stationary receptacles
- B01D11/0223—Moving bed of solid material
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D11/00—Solvent extraction
- B01D11/02—Solvent extraction of solids
- B01D11/0288—Applications, solvents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D11/00—Solvent extraction
- B01D11/02—Solvent extraction of solids
- B01D11/0292—Treatment of the solvent
- B01D11/0296—Condensation of solvent vapours
Abstract
A method and system for handling tar sands and extracting bitumen or oil from the tar sands. The method includes the steps of depositing tar sands (13) in a hopper assembly (12) having a conical bottom. An organic solvent mixture is sprayed on the tar sands through a series of jets (6) near the walls of the hopper (12). The oil or bitumen in the tar sands is dissolved by the organic solvent mixture. Sand from the tar sands is allowed to separate and fall toward the bottom of the hopper assembly (18). The sands and liquid in a slurry of fluid are transported from the hopper assembly to a rinse chamber (40). The slurry of fluid is delivered into the top of the rinse chamber tangentially to cause cyclonic action (42) of the slurry in the rinsing chamber. Solvent introduced at the bottom of the rinse chamber and the solvent mixture is drawn from the top of the rinse chamber. Thereafter, the solvent and hydrocarbon, liquid mixture is pumped to a separator (60,62) in order to separate the oil and bitumen from the solvent. Finally, the clean solvent is returned (78) to be reused by introduction into the rinse chamber in order to form a closed loop process.
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US80478106P | 2006-06-14 | 2006-06-14 | |
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US11/761,773 US20080060978A1 (en) | 2006-06-14 | 2007-06-12 | Handling and extracting hydrocarbons from tar sands |
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WO2007146992A2 WO2007146992A2 (en) | 2007-12-21 |
WO2007146992A3 true WO2007146992A3 (en) | 2008-02-14 |
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