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http://dx.doi.org/10.14478/ace.2013.1113

Effect of FeOX Inorganic Additive in SAGD Process for Oil Sand Recovery  

Song, Byung Jin (Division of Green Chemistry & Engineering Research, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
You, Nansuk (Division of Green Chemistry & Engineering Research, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
Kim, Ji Man (Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University)
Lee, Chul Wee (Division of Green Chemistry & Engineering Research, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT))
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.25, no.1, 2014 , pp. 113-115 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lab scale simulated steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process devices were used to investigate the effect of inorganic additives for the bitumen recovery from oil sand. An extra heavy oil similar with bitumen and 1.5 mm diameter of the glass bead instead of clay was mixed to simulate the oil sand. In addition, $FeO_X$ synthesized from the inorganic process was introduced as an inorganic additive for improving the recovery. Finally, the steam heat transfer rate of approximately 40% following the introduction of inorganic additives which also increased the recovery rate by about 30%.
Keywords
oil sand; steam assisted gravity drainage; bitumen; unconventional oil;
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