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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Syncrude Canada Ltd. IN Trust for the Owners of the Syncrude Project As Such Owners Exist Now and IN the Future, Fort McMurray, CA;
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, CA;
Richard Paproski, Edmonton, CA;
Aïssa Harhira, Montreal, CA;
David Duford, Edmonton, CA;
Josette El Haddad, Boucherville, CA;
Darcy Daugela, Edmonton, CA;
Alain Blouin, Montreal, CA;
Mohamad Sabsabi, Longueuil, CA;
SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD, Fort McMurray, CA;
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
A method of quantifying at least one property of interest of an oil sands ore sample is provided using a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) method. The LIBS method may be applied to oil sands ore being conveyed prior to a slurry process to measure oil sand composition and provide information which may predict extraction characteristics. The LIBS method may be applied to oil sands core samples in a laboratory setting to reduce the cost and analysis time associated with conventional laboratory measurement techniques.