<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vandenberghe, Jessica Maria</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oil sand middling processing using a flotation column</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suncor</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://search.proquest.com/docview/305261116</style></url></web-urls></urls><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">University of Alberta</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemical and Materials Engineering</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">141</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">en</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Flotation columns may benefit the oil sand industry by improving grade and recovery when processing middlings. Preliminary testing was conducted with a laboratory flotation column for two-phase systems over a bubble size range of 250 to 1100 μm. A correlation between exponent &quot;m&quot; in the drift flux equation, jgf = Ut α g (1 - αg ) m , and bubble Reynolds number was established, where j gf , Ut , αg , and &quot;m&quot; are the drift flux, terminal velocity of a bubble, gas volume fraction, and an exponent depending on flow conditions, respectively. The correlation is valid for a Reynolds number range of 5 to 70. After preliminary testing, the column was tested to ensure little difficulty when processing oil sands. Next, in-plant tests at Suncor Energy Inc. using a feed stream of oil sand middlings were completed to investigate the effects of the feed, recirculation, air, and wash water flow rates on bitumen recovery.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">M. Sc.</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oil &amp; Other Non-renewable Fuels</style></custom1><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56806815</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Science</style></custom4></record></records></xml>