CA2616036A1 - Manifold assembly and method of use - Google Patents

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CA2616036A1
CA2616036A1 CA002616036A CA2616036A CA2616036A1 CA 2616036 A1 CA2616036 A1 CA 2616036A1 CA 002616036 A CA002616036 A CA 002616036A CA 2616036 A CA2616036 A CA 2616036A CA 2616036 A1 CA2616036 A1 CA 2616036A1
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Gert W. Colenrander
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Chevron Canada Ltd
Marathon Oil Sands LP
Canadian Natural Upgrading Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01D1/16—Evaporating by spraying
    • B01D1/20—Sprayers
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C10—PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; FUELS; LUBRICANTS; PEAT
    • C10G—CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES
    • C10G1/00—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil-shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal
    • C10G1/04—Production of liquid hydrocarbon mixtures from oil-shale, oil-sand, or non-melting solid carbonaceous or similar materials, e.g. wood, coal by extraction
    • C10G1/045—Separation of insoluble materials

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a manifold assembly comprising an inlet and one or more outlets, wherein the inlet and the one or more outlets are in fluid communication via a chamber having a cross-sectional area that is larger than the combined surface area of the one or more outlets. The manifold assembly may be used in a tailings solvent recovery unit.

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1. A tailings solvent recovery unit comprising:

(a) inlet means for receiving a tailings stream containing a solvent;

(b) a vessel for inducing separation of the solvent from the tailings stream; and (c) outlet means for recovering the solvent, wherein:

the inlet means comprises a manifold assembly comprising an inlet and one or more outlets, wherein the inlet and the one or more outlets are in fluid communication via a chamber having a cross-sectional area that is larger than the combined surface area of the one or more outlets.
2. The tailings solvent recovery unit according to claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional area of the chamber is larger than the combined surface area of the outlets by about an order of magnitude or more.
3. The tailings solvent recovery unit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the one or more outlets of the manifold assembly comprises a nozzle having a nozzle inlet, a nozzle outlet and a swirl chamber disposed between the nozzle inlet and the nozzle outlet.
4. The tailings solvent recovery unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tailings stream is an oil sands tailings stream.
5. The tailings solvent recovery unit according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the solvent is a paraffinic solvent.
6. A method for recovering solvent from a tailings stream comprising separating the solvent from the tailings stream using a tailings solvent recovery unit comprising:

(a) inlet means for receiving the tailings stream containing the solvent;

(b) a vessel for inducing separation of the solvent from the tailings stream; and (c) outlet means for recovering the solvent, wherein:

the inlet means comprises a manifold assembly comprising an inlet and one or more outlets, wherein the inlet and the one or more outlets are in fluid communication via a chamber having a cross-sectional area that is larger than the combined surface area of the one or more outlets.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the cross-sectional area of the chamber is larger than the combined surface area of the one or more outlets by about an order of magnitude or more.
8. The method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the tailings stream is an oil sands tailings stream.
9. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the solvent is a paraffinic solvent.
10. A manifold assembly comprising an inlet and one or more outlets, wherein the inlet and the one or more outlets are in fluid communication via a chamber having a cross-sectional area that is larger than the combined surface area of the one or more outlets.
11. The manifold assembly according to claim 10, wherein the cross-sectional area of the chamber is larger than the combined surface area of the one or more outlets by about an order of magnitude or more.
12. The manifold assembly according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the chamber comprises a full bore pipe.
13. The manifold assembly according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein each of the one or more outlets of the manifold assembly comprises a nozzle having a nozzle inlet, a nozzle outlet and a swirl chamber disposed between the nozzle inlet and the nozzle outlet.
14. The manifold assembly according to any one of claims 10 to 13 for use in a tailings solvent recovery unit.
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US9587176B2 (en) 2011-02-25 2017-03-07 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process for treating high paraffin diluted bitumen
US9676684B2 (en) 2011-03-01 2017-06-13 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process and unit for solvent recovery from solvent diluted tailings derived from bitumen froth treatment
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US9791170B2 (en) 2011-03-22 2017-10-17 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Process for direct steam injection heating of oil sands slurry streams such as bitumen froth
US9207019B2 (en) 2011-04-15 2015-12-08 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Heat recovery for bitumen froth treatment plant integration with sealed closed-loop cooling circuit
US10226717B2 (en) 2011-04-28 2019-03-12 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Method of recovering solvent from tailings by flashing under choked flow conditions
US9587177B2 (en) 2011-05-04 2017-03-07 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Enhanced turndown process for a bitumen froth treatment operation
US11261383B2 (en) 2011-05-18 2022-03-01 Fort Hills Energy L.P. Enhanced temperature control of bitumen froth treatment process
CN110538473A (en) * 2019-08-30 2019-12-06 厦门金达威维生素有限公司 Atomizing disc, spray drying atomizer and method for atomizing high-viscosity material by using atomizing disc
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