The present invention relates to an improved bitumen recovery process from oil sands. The oil sands may be surface mined and transported to a treatment area or may be treated directly by means of an in situ process of oil sand deposits that are located too deep for strip mining. Specifically, the present invention involves the step of treating oil sands with an ethylene oxide capped glycol ether described by the structure: RO—(CH2CH(CH3)O)m(C2H4O)nH wherein R is a linear, branched, cyclic alkyl, phenyl, or alkyl phenyl group of greater than 5 carbons and m and n are independently 1 to 3.
本发明涉及一种改进的油砂
沥青回收工艺。油砂可以在地表开采并运往处理区,也可以直接通过原地工艺处理太深而无法剥离开采的油砂矿床。具体来说,本发明涉及用
环氧乙烷封端
乙二醇醚处理油砂的步骤,该
乙二醇醚的结构如下:RO-(CH2CH(
CH3)O)m(
C2H4O)nH,其中 R 是大于 5 个碳原子的直链、支链、环状烷基、苯基或烷基苯基,m 和 n 独立地为 1 至 3。