Method of handling a solvent-containing solids stream in a non-aqueous oil sand extraction process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9611430
APP PUB NO 20140209511A1
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14166355

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The present invention provides a method of handling a solvent-containing solids stream in a non-aqueous oil sand extraction process, the method including the steps of: (a) providing a solvent-containing solids stream at a first pressure; (b) depositing the solvent-containing solids stream provided in step (a) as a bed in a vessel; (c) discharging the solvent-containing solids stream from the vessel at a second pressure via an outlet, thereby obtaining a depressurized solvent-containing solids stream; wherein the solvent-containing solids stream in the vessel in step (b) is at a temperature above the boiling point of the solvent in the depressurized solvent-containing solids stream at the second pressure in step (c).

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CANADIAN NATURAL UPGRADING LIMITED100 855 2 STREET SW CALGARY ALBERTA T2P 4J8 CANADA

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Colenbrander, Gerhardus Willem Amsterdam, NL 6 15
Giles, Steven Paul Damon, US 8 701
Ploemen, Ingmar Hubertus Josephina Amsterdam, NL 22 37

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