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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Syncrude Canada Ltd. IN Trust for the Owners of the Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now and IN the Future, Fort McMurray, CA;
Inventor:
Jun Long, Edmonton, CA;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/04 (2006.01); B03B 9/02 (2006.01); B01D 11/02 (2006.01); B01F 3/02 (2006.01); B01D 11/04 (2006.01); C08L 95/00 (2006.01); C10G 1/00 (2006.01); B03D 1/02 (2006.01); B03D 1/10 (2006.01); B03D 1/08 (2006.01); B01F 3/04 (2006.01); C10C 3/04 (2006.01); B03D 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/047 (2013.01); B01D 11/0257 (2013.01); B01D 11/0261 (2013.01); B01D 11/0284 (2013.01); B01D 11/0288 (2013.01); B01D 11/04 (2013.01); B01F 3/026 (2013.01); B01F 3/04106 (2013.01); B03B 9/02 (2013.01); B03D 1/02 (2013.01); B03D 1/082 (2013.01); B03D 1/10 (2013.01); B03D 1/247 (2013.01); C08L 95/005 (2013.01); C10C 3/04 (2013.01); C10G 1/006 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0083 (2013.01); B03D 2203/006 (2013.01); C10G 2300/40 (2013.01); C10G 2300/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water-based extraction process for extracting bitumen from mined oil is provided comprising providing a water-based mixture containing bitumen; and introducing nanobubbles to the mixture to attach to bitumen and, thereby, extract the bitumen from the water-based mixture, wherein a nanobubble has a diameter of less than 5,000 nm.