Methods for obtaining bitumen from bituminous materials
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C01G-001/04
출원번호
US-0575241
(2009-10-07)
등록번호
US-8101067
(2012-01-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Duyvesteyn, Willem P. C.
Kift, Julian
출원인 / 주소
Marathon Oil Canada Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Holland & Hart LLP
인용정보
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초록▼
Methods for obtaining bitumen from bituminous material. The methods may include a dissolution step where a first solvent is added to material comprising bitumen to dissolve the bitumen contained therein. The majority of the dissolved bitumen is then removed from the mixture of first solvent and mate
Methods for obtaining bitumen from bituminous material. The methods may include a dissolution step where a first solvent is added to material comprising bitumen to dissolve the bitumen contained therein. The majority of the dissolved bitumen is then removed from the mixture of first solvent and material comprising bitumen by filtering or settling the mixture of first solvent and material comprising bitumen. Any residual dissolved bitumen is then removed from the mixture of first solvent and material comprising bitumen by adding additional first solvent to the mixture to displace the residual dissolved bitumen from the mixture.
대표청구항▼
1. A method comprising: mixing a material comprising bitumen with a first solvent and forming a first mixture, wherein the first mixture comprises a bitumen-enriched solvent phase;filtering or settling the first mixture and separating a first portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the fi
1. A method comprising: mixing a material comprising bitumen with a first solvent and forming a first mixture, wherein the first mixture comprises a bitumen-enriched solvent phase;filtering or settling the first mixture and separating a first portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the first mixture; andadding a second solvent to the first mixture and separating a second portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the first mixture;wherein the first solvent is a different type of solvent from the second solvent. 2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the material comprising bitumen comprises less than 10 wt % bitumen. 3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase and the second portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase account for 90% or more of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase included in the first mixture. 4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein adding the second solvent to the first mixture comprises washing the first mixture with the second solvent in a countercurrent fashion. 5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising loading the first mixture in a vertical column having a top end and a bottom end prior to separating the second portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the first mixture by adding a second solvent to the first mixture. 6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein adding the second solvent to the first mixture comprises adding the second solvent to the first mixture at the top end of the vertical column. 7. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the second quantity of bitumen-enriched solvent phase is collected at the bottom end of the vertical column. 8. The method as recited in claim 5, further comprising adding gas over the first mixture loaded in the vertical column. 9. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising loading the first mixture into a plate and frame-type filter press prior to adding the second solvent to the first mixture. 10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein adding the second solvent to the first mixture comprises introducing the second solvent into the first mixture loaded in the plate and frame-type filter press. 11. The method as recited in claim 9, further comprising adding gas over the first mixture loaded in the plate and frame-type filter press. 12. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the first solvent comprises a light aromatic solvent. 13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the second solvent comprises a volatile hydrocarbon solvent. 14. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the second solvent comprises a polar solvent. 15. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the polar solvent comprises an oxygenated hydrocarbon compound. 16. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the light aromatic solvent comprises kerosene, diesel, gas oil, naphtha, benzene, toluene, an aromatic alcohol, derivatives thereof, or a combination thereof. 17. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the material comprising bitumen comprises tar sands. 18. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein mixing the material comprising bitumen with the first solvent comprises mixing the material comprising bitumen and the first solvent for a period of from 5 seconds to 60 minutes. 19. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein mixing the material comprising bitumen with the first solvent comprises low intensity blending. 20. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the amount of first solvent mixed with the material comprising bitumen is from 0.5 to 6.0 times the amount of bitumen by volume in the material comprising bitumen. 21. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the amount of second solvent added to the first mixture is from 10% to 400% of the amount of first solvent mixed with the material comprising bitumen. 22. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising: upgrading a bitumen component of the first portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase or the second portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase. 23. A method comprising: mixing a material comprising bitumen with a first solvent;filtering or settling a first portion of bitumen-enriched solvent phase from a first result of mixing the material comprising bitumen with the first solvent; andadding a second solvent to a second result of filtering or settling the first portion of bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the first result;wherein the first solvent is a different type of solvent from the second solvent. 24. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the material comprising bitumen comprises less than 10 wt % bitumen. 25. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the first solvent comprises a light aromatic solvent. 26. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein the second solvent comprises a volatile hydrocarbon solvent. 27. The method as recited in claim 25, wherein the second solvent comprises a polar solvent. 28. The method as recited in claim 23, wherein the material comprising bitumen comprises tar sands. 29. The method as recited in claim 23, further comprising: upgrading a bitumen component of the first portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase or a bitumen component of a third result of adding a second quantity of first solvent to the second result. 30. A method comprising: mixing a material comprising bitumen with a first solvent and forming a first mixture, wherein the first mixture comprises a bitumen-enriched solvent phase;separating a first portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the first mixture and forming a bitumen-depleted tailings phase; andadding a second solvent to the bitumen-depleted tailings phase and separating a second portion of the bitumen-enriched solvent phase from the bitumen-depleted tailings phase;wherein the boiling point temperature of the first solvent is from about 75° C. to about 350° C. and the boiling point temperature of the second solvent is from about −20° C. to 150° C.
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