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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Applicants:
William Nicholas Garner, Fort McMurray, CA;
Donald Norman Madge, Calgary, CA;
William Lester Strand, Edmonton, CA;
Inventors:
William Nicholas Garner, Fort McMurray, CA;
Donald Norman Madge, Calgary, CA;
William Lester Strand, Edmonton, CA;
Assignee:
Suncor Energy, Inc., Fort McMurray, Alberta, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 1/00 (2006.01); B03B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for separating bitumen from a bitumen froth output of a oil sands hot water extraction process comprises an inclined plate separator (IPS) for providing a first bitumen separation stage and a cyclone for providing a second bitumen separation stage. The cyclone overflow is recycled to the IPS inlet.