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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2002
Franciscus Gondulfus Antonius Van Den Berg, Amsterdam, NL;
Arie Jansen, Amsterdam, NL;
Paulus Antoon Stamps, Amsterdam, NL;
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Process for separating an emulsion of a bituminous oil and water into a liquid water phase and a liquid bituminous oil phase, wherein the following steps are performed: (a) raising the temperature of the bituminous oil/water emulsion having a temperature of below 100 ° C. to a temperature of above 140 ° C., and (b) performing a phase separation wherein a water phase and oil phase is obtained, wherein the heating of the emulsion in step (a) is effected by first mixing part of oil phase obtained in step (b) having a temperature of above 140 ° C. with the bituminous oil/water emulsion and subsequently raising the temperature of the resulting mixture to a temperature of above 140 ° C. by making use of indirect heat exchange means.