Role of mineral flotation technology in improving bitumen extraction from mined Athabasca oil sands—II. Flotation hydrodynamics of water‐based oil sand extraction
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- Journal Name: Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering Journal Volume: 98 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0008-4034
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Zhou, Joe Z., Li, Haihong, Chow, Ross S., Liu, Qingxia, Xu, Zhenghe, and Masliyah, Jacob. Role of mineral flotation technology in improving bitumen extraction from mined Athabasca oil sands—II. Flotation hydrodynamics of water‐based oil sand extraction. Canada: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/cjce.23598.
Zhou, Joe Z., Li, Haihong, Chow, Ross S., Liu, Qingxia, Xu, Zhenghe, & Masliyah, Jacob. Role of mineral flotation technology in improving bitumen extraction from mined Athabasca oil sands—II. Flotation hydrodynamics of water‐based oil sand extraction. Canada. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.23598
Zhou, Joe Z., Li, Haihong, Chow, Ross S., Liu, Qingxia, Xu, Zhenghe, and Masliyah, Jacob. Thu .
"Role of mineral flotation technology in improving bitumen extraction from mined Athabasca oil sands—II. Flotation hydrodynamics of water‐based oil sand extraction". Canada. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.23598.
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