Bitumen froth upgrading

沥青泡沫升级

• 批准号: 416851-2011
• 负责人: Gray, Murray
• 金额: $ 12.32万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=530908
• 关键词: Bitumen; froth; upgrading

With established reserves of 185 billion barrels of bitumen, the oilsands of Alberta are one of the largest petroleum resources on Earth, and an important strategic asset for Canada. The capital cost of oilsands mining is immense, at $15 billion for a plant producing circa 100,000 barrels/day of oil. Part of the expense is the number of process steps. In addition, the available upgrading processes are expensive to operate, and they reject a significant amount of material, either as coke as illustrated in the figure, or as unconverted large molecules with low value. Consequently, new upgrading technology is important for the industry.

阿尔伯塔的油砂已探明储量为1850亿桶沥青，是地球上最大的石油资源之一，也是加拿大的重要战略资产。油砂开采的资本成本是巨大的，一个每天生产大约10万桶石油的工厂的资本成本是150亿美元。部分费用是工艺步骤的数量。此外，可用的提质方法操作昂贵，并且它们拒绝大量的材料，如图中所示的焦炭，或具有低价值的未转化的大分子。因此，新的升级技术对该行业至关重要。