Distribution and slurrying apparatus

Patent · Tue Aug 25 04:00:00 EDT 1970

OSTI ID:5371593

Spragins, F K

An apparatus for the primary separation of a bituminous emulsion from an aqueous slurry of tar sand is described. The apparatus consists of a tank with a sand discharge port in its bottom, and a number of horizontally movable distributor arms connected to a rotatable vertical slurry feed tube. A rotating screw conveyer is axially mounted within each distributor arm, and acts both to move the slurry outward in the arm and to effectively disperse the slurry. Each distributor arm has a multiplicity of outlets along the sides, preferably equally spaced with the outlet closest to the feed tube being on the top of the distributor arm and the outlet furthest from the feed tube being located on the bottom of the distributor arm while the intervening outlets are equally spaced in descending locations. Such a primary separation apparatus is particularly useful in the production of synthetic crude oil from a mineral hydrocarbon material such as tar sand or oil shale. (7 claims)

• Assignee: Imperial Oil Ltd.
• Patent Number(s): US 3525439
• OSTI ID: 5371593
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
BITUMENS
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONVEYORS
DECOMPOSITION
DESIGN
DISPERSIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HAULAGE EQUIPMENT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MINERAL OILS
MIXTURES
MOTION
OIL SANDS
OIL SHALES
OILS
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
RETORTING
ROTATION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SHALE OIL
SLURRIES
SUSPENSIONS
TAR
WATER