Effects of Different Ultrasound Irradiation Frequencies and Water Temperatures on Extraction Rate of Bitumen from Oil Sand
2010; Institute of Physics; Volume: 49; Issue: 7S Linguagem: Inglês
10.1143/jjap.49.07he12
ISSN1347-4065
AutoresHirokazu Okawa, Tomonao Saito, Ryota Hosokawa, Takashi Nakamura, Youhei Kawamura, Katsuyasu Sugawara,
Tópico(s)Drilling and Well Engineering
ResumoLow (28 kHz) and high (200 kHz) frequency sonication combined with hot water treatments at 45 and 75 °C were investigated to assess the effects of different ultrasound frequencies and water temperatures on the extraction of bitumen from oil sand. A mechanical stirrer was also used to compare the efficiency of separation. Bitumen extraction tests were performed under argon, air, and nitrogen atmospheres. Sonication at 200 kHz was shown to extract bitumen effectively from oil sand at 75 °C. The bitumen extraction rate for sonication at 200 kHz was slightly higher than that at 28 kHz. For low temperature (45 °C) solutions, only sonication at 28 kHz could extract bitumen from oil sand, demonstrating that sonication at 28 kHz can effectively breakdown the oil sand aggregates into a suspension.
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