The extraction of bitumen from western tar sands. Annual report, July 1990--July 1991

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10169128· OSTI ID:10169128

Oblad, A G; Bunger, J W; Deo, M D; Hanson, F V; Miller, J D; Seader, J D

Contents of this report include the following: executive summary; characterization of the native bitumen from the Whiterocks oil sand deposit; influence of carboxylic acid content on bitumen viscosity; water based oil sand separation technology; extraction of bitumen from western oil sands by an energy-efficient thermal method; large- diameter fluidized bed reactor studies; rotary kiln pyrolysis of oil sand; catalytic upgrading of bitumen and bitumen derived liquids; ebullieted bed hydrotreating and hydrocracking; super critical fluid extraction; bitumen upgrading; 232 references; Appendix A--Whiterocks tar sand deposit bibliography; Appendix B--Asphalt Ridge tar sand deposit bibliography; and Appendix C--University of Utah tar sands bibliography.

• Research Organization: Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC21-89MC26268
• OSTI ID: 10169128
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/26268-3748; ON: DE94004123; BR: AC1515000/AC1515100
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Apr 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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REFINING
HOT-WATER PROCESSES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
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