Dravo Corporation

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George B Karnofsky

Roger J Hansotte

John Slovski

Robert E Brink

A continuous process for extraction of bitumen from oil sand by a hydrocarbon solvent wherein the sand is classified so as to produce a major coarse fraction and a minor fines fraction, with both fractions contacted with solvent to wash miscella therefrom, and wherein the major coarse fraction is contacted with solvent by gravity percolation and the classification of the sand is effected to remove sufficient fine material to achieve a flooding rate in the gravity percolation of between 1 and 4 gallons per minute per square foot.

Process for solvent extraction of bitumen from oil sand

In a continuous process for the extraction of crude refinery stock from oil-bearing sand, miscella produced earlier in the process is returned and mixed with oil-bearing sand to provide a feed slurry which, after heating, is separated into two streams, one of which is comprised predominantly of the coarser sand particles in the feed sand and miscella and the other of which contains most of the fine sand particles in the feed slurry. Miscella extracted by hot solvent from one of these streams is recycled to produce at least part of the miscella returned to produce the feed mix, and the other stream is processed to remove at least most of the sand and yield a miscella which is then distilled to separate the solvent for recycle to the extraction stages. Generally stated, a decantation step involving countercurrent extraction of the feed slurry will be used with sands which are comprised largely of fine particles. Percolation and separation of miscella along with solvent extract of bitumen from the sand is used where the sand in the feed mix is predominantly coarse. The spent sand from both streams is combined, and being still wet with solvent, is subjected to steam stripping, yielding solvent vapor. The hot vapors which result are first used to preheat the feed slurry followed by condensation and separation of solvent, which is recycled into the system, and water. Heat is also recuperated from the spent sand to preheat the feed slurry.

Apparatus for the continuous solvent extraction of bitumen from

There is disclosed a process for extracting oleaginous seed material consisting in part of solubles comprising carbohydrates, fatty-acids, non-oil lipids and oils with a less concentrated aqueous solution of a monohydric alcohol selective for the extraction of the solubles other than the carbohydrates and oil followed by a contact of the resulting particulate solids with a concentrated aqueous solution of a monohydric alcohol for the extraction of oil.

Process for extracting oleaginous seed materials particularly cottonseed

There is disclosed, for recovering an aqueous organic solvent in fractions of different concentrations from a miscella, a rectification and stripping process utilizing an evaporation system comprising evaporators, rectifiers and a stripping column wherein the liquid effluent from the evaporation system is stripped free of the organic component of the solvent.

Process for rectification of miscella from extraction of oleaginous seeds

A continuous process for heating a fluid by recovering heat from a heated, pumpable aqueous slurry of granular material wherein the slurry is passed through an indirect heat exchanger to heat the fluid and then passed to a second indirect heat exchanger to preheat water for forming of further heated, pumpable slurry, with the slurry next passed to a third indirect heat exchanger to heat makeup water to the system and then to a thickener wherein the granular material is separated and the water recovered from the thickener is returned to the system.

Method of recovering heat from hot granular solids

A process for solvent extraction of oil from oil bearing diatomite ore and an apparatus for use therewith, wherein the ore is extracted by countercurrent decantation with a hydrocarbon solvent, solvent is recovered from the extract by multiple effect evaporation followed by stripping, and the spent diatomite is contacted with water to displace a major portion of the solvent therefrom, and solvent is recovered from the aqueous slurry of the spent diatomite by stripping with steam at superatmospheric pressure.

Process and apparatus for solvent extraction of oil from oil-containing

There is disclosed a process for the sequential extraction of carbohydrates and oil from particulate oleaginous seed materials utilizing aqueous alcohols as the solvent to produce a novel protein concentrate.

Process for preparing a protein concentrate and the product obtained

There is disclosed a process for the extraction of oil from particulate oleaginous seed materials, such as soy beans, utilizing aqueous alcohols as the solvent to produce a novel flour, particularly a soy flour.

Process for preparing a flour and the product obtained thereby

There is disclosed a multiple-effect evaporation system wherein the last effect of the system in the direction of miscella flow is provided with a stripping tower in which vapor effluent from that effect countercurrently contacts feed to that effect. In application to the recovery of solvent from miscella obtained by the extraction of defatted seed material with an aqueous organic carbohydrate-selective solvent, pressure in the evaporation zone of one of the effects is maintained at atmospheric. Additionally, at least one of the effects other than said last effect may be provided with a rectification column.

Multiple effect evaporation process

A method and apparatus for melting ice incidental to a freezing process for water desalination. Mechanical energy otherwise required to pump super heat in the compressed refrigerant vapor is conserved and rate of ice melting in the melter-washer reduced by providing an auxiliary blower for recycling uncondensed refrigerant vapor around the melter and providing for removal of net uncondensable refrigerant vapor to the secondary compressor from a point between the freezer and melter.

Method and apparatus for melting ice in saline water conversion systems

A vapor desolventizing process for the removal of aqueous alcohol solvent residue in extracted soybean flakes by recycling vapor to the desolventizer having an alcohol content higher than that of the solvent retained by the extracted flakes to thereby preserve protein dispersibility of the extracted flakes.

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

George B Karnofsky