Bitumen froth upgrading

沥青泡沫升级

• 批准号: 416851-2011
• 负责人: Liu, Qi
• 金额: $ 10.65万
• 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: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=551206
• 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.

阿尔伯塔省的油砂储量为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。开采油砂的资本成本是巨大的，一家每天生产约10万桶石油的工厂需要150亿美元。费用的一部分是工艺步骤的数量。此外，现有的提质工艺操作成本很高，而且它们拒绝大量的材料，如图所示，要么是焦炭，要么是低价值的未转化大分子。因此，新的升级技术对该行业至关重要。