LIGHT HYDROCARBONS CONTENT MEASUREMENT IN BITUMEN-CONTAINING PROCESS STREAMS SUCH AS FROTH TREATMENT TAILINGS

Methods, processes and devices are described for measuring a volatile content of a process stream that comprises volatile species, such as light hydrocarbons and/or H2S. The method can include introducing a stripping gas into a sample of the process stream to strip the volatiles therefrom and produc...

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Main Authors HOLLANDER, ELCO, LABORDE-BOUTET, CEDRIC, BROWN, WAYNE, DERAKHSHANDEH, BABAK, MCCAFFREY, WILLIAM
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 22.06.2022
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
METALLURGY
PHYSICS
TESTING
TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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Summary:Methods, processes and devices are described for measuring a volatile content of a process stream that comprises volatile species, such as light hydrocarbons and/or H2S. The method can include introducing a stripping gas into a sample of the process stream to strip the volatiles therefrom and produce a gas phase comprising vaporized volatiles; detecting the vaporized volatiles in the gas phase to obtain a sample volatile content; and determining the volatile content of the process stream based on the sample volatile content. The method and device can be used to measure a light hydrocarbon content of froth treatment tailings in the context of removing such light hydrocarbons prior to flocculating and dewatering the tailings.
Bibliography:Application Number: CA20203103502