8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering


Topical Conference - OILsands 2009

Monday AM

OS1520e

In Situ Oil Sands Recovery

Organizer(s) - Prof. Z. Xu (Canada), Prof. I. Gates (Canada) and Dr. J. Czarnecki (Canada)

10:30 Keynote Lecture

10:30 00501 Opportunity and Challenge - Shell Canada and the Athabasca Oil Sands *Houle C.
11:10 00502 A Life Cycle Investigation of Emerging Oil Sands Technologies Kofoworola O., McKellar J.M., Bergerson J.A., *MacLean H.L.
11:30 00503 Optimization of Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage in a Bottom Water Athabasca Reservoir Wei W., *Gates I.D.
11:50 00504 Measurement and Modeling of Asphatene-Rich Phase Composition George S, Satyro M.A, *Yarranton H.W
12:10 00505 Influence of Solubility Parameters of Diluents Blended with Bitumen for Pipeline Transportation Rahimi P., Fan Z., Hu E., Robertson B., Teclamariam A., Wiehe I.
12:30 End of Session


Monday PM

OS1520e

In Situ Oil Sands Recovery

Organizer(s) - Prof. Z. Xu (Canada), Prof. I. Gates (Canada) and Dr. J. Czarnecki (Canada)

14:00 00821 Expanded Fluid Based Viscosity Correlation for Hydrocarbons *Yarranton H.W., Satryo M.A.
14:20 00822 Bitumen Rheological Properties - Reconciliation of "Viscosity" Measurements Bazyleva A., Ho R., Hasan M.A., Fulem M., *Shaw J.M.
14:40 00823 In-Situ Up-Grading of Heavy Oil/Natural Bitumen: Capri Process Optimisation Shah A., *Wood J., Fishwick R.P., Greaves M., Rigby S.P.
15:00 00824 Convection at the Edge of a SAGD Steam Chamber Sharma J., *Gates I.D.
15:20 00825 Reaction Mechanisms in Petroleum: From Experimentation to Upgrading and Geological Conditions. Lannuzel F., *Burklé-Vitzthum V., Bounaceur R., Marquaire P-M., Michels R.
15:40 00826 AMSO'S Novel Approach to In-Situ Oil Shale Recovery *Burnham A. K., Day R. L., Hardy M. P., Wallman P. H.
16:00 Break

16:10 Keynote Lecture

16:10 Isaacs, E.

16:50 00827 Measurement of Pore Architecture of Carbonate Reservoirs Using Computerized Tomography Shafiee M., *Kantzas A.
17:10 00828 Control of Hydrolysis of Emulsified Salts in Canadian Bitumens Kaur H.K., Eaton P.E, Gray M.R
17:30 End of Session


Tuesday AM

OS2520e

Oil Sands and Water Treatment

Organizer(s) - Prof. Z. Xu (Canada), Prof. I. Gates (Canada) and Dr. J. Czarnecki (Canada)

10:30 Keynote Lecture

10:30 01318 Current State of Technology for Bitumen Recovery from Athabasca Mineable Oil Sands Deposits *Masliyah J.
11:10 01319 Non-Aqueous Extraction of Bitumen from Alberta Oil Sands *Hooshiar A., Uhlik P., Adeyinka O. B., Liu Q., Etsell T. H., Ivey D. G.
11:30 01320 Clay Minerals Characterization from Alberta Oil Sands after Nonaqueous Extraction *Uhlik P., Hooshiar A., Ivey D.G., Etsell T.H., Liu Q.
11:50 01321 Towards the Development of a Virtual Bitumen Froth Settling Process *Kirpalani D.M.
12:10 01322 Mobility of Solid Particles in Stirred Bingham Liquids *Derksen J.J., Prashant
12:30 01323 Adsorption of Selected Solvents on Kaolinite by Inverse Gas Chromatography Daher N., *Choi P.
12:50 End of Session


Tuesday PM

OS2520e

Oil Sands and Water Treatment

Organizer(s) - Prof. Z. Xu (Canada), Prof. I. Gates (Canada) and Dr. J. Czarnecki (Canada)

14:00 01607 Surfactant Treatment to Promote Oil Spreading onto Air-Water Interfaces Moran K.
14:20 01608 Use of Amine in Processing of Weathered/Oxidized Oil Sands Ores Wang L., Dang-Vu T., *Xu Z., Masliyah J.H.
14:40 01609 Chemical Application in the Bitumen Extraction Process *Yang X.L., Doria D., Melley R.
15:00 01610 Improving Bitumen Recovery and Froth Quality using Bitumen Extraction Aids *Zhang L., Williams M., Breen P.
15:20 01611 Oil Sands Produced Water Treatment by MEUF Deriszadeh A., Harding T.G., *Husein M.M.
15:40 01612 Modelling Settling Behaviour in Bitumen Froth Treatment Friesen W.I., Dabros T., *Kan J.
16:00 Break

16:10 01613 Investigation of Rag Layer Growth in Continuous Settling Andrade J., *Yarranton H.W., Elakrami H.A.
16:30 01614 Understanding Hydrophobicity Origin of Solids from Oil Sands Maham Y., Dang-Vu T., *Xu Z., Masliyah J.H.
16:50 01615 Comparison of Bitumens from Oil Sands with Different Recovery Profiles Woods J.R., Kung J., Kingston D.M., McCracken T., Kotlyar L.S., Sparks B.D., *Mercier P.H.J., Ng S., Moran K.
17:10 01616 Application of Closely Spaced Inclined Channels in Gravity Separation *Galvin K.P., Walton K., Zhou J.
17:30 End of Session


Wednesday AM

OS3520e

Nanotechnology in Oil Sands Processing

Organizer(s) - Prof. Z. Xu (Canada), Prof. I. Gates (Canada) and Dr. J. Czarnecki (Canada)

10:30 01803 Application of Carbon Nanotube Catalyst Supports for Gas Oil Hydrotreatment Sigurdson S., *Dalai A.K., Adjaye J.
10:50 01804 Colloidal Clay Gelation Relevance to Current Oil Sands Operations *Mercier P.H.J., Ng S., Moran K., Sparks B.D., Kingston D.M., Kotlyar L.S., Kung J., Woods J.R., Patarachao B., McCracken T.
11:10 01805 Nano-Micro Structure of Bitumen and Heavy Oil Using Viscoelastic Properties *Hasan M. A., Fulem M., Shaw J. M.
11:30 01806 Bubble Size Distribution in Oil Sand Hydrotransport Pipelines Kelakudithi E., Sharmin F., Afacan A., *Sanders R.S., Spence J., Nandakumar K., Masliyah J.H.
11:50 01807 Flow Dynamics Around Oil-Coated Particles Defining Strategies for Oil-Water-Particle Separation Quraishi S., *Acosta E.
12:10 End of Session


Wednesday PM

OS3520e

Nanotechnology in Oil Sands Processing

Organizer(s) - Prof. Z. Xu (Canada), Prof. I. Gates (Canada) and Dr. J. Czarnecki (Canada)

14:00 02074 Scale Up Study of Diesel Oil Biodegradation in a Baffled Roller Bioreactor *Nikakhtari H., Kumar P., Nemati M., Hill G.A.
14:20 02075 Flocculation Kinetics and Aggregate Structure of Oil Sands Fine Tailings *Vaezi G F., Sanders R.S., Masliyah J.
14:40 02076 Study of Aromatic Liquid/Inorganic Interfaces by Molecular Simulation *Choi P.Y.K., Ni X.
15:00 02077 A Biodegradable Polymer for Demulsification of Water-in-Bitumen Emulsions Feng X., Mussone P., Gao S., Wang S., Masliyah J., *Xu Z
15:20 02078 Aggregation of Asphaltenes in Toluene-Water Mixtures Molecular Dynamics Simulations *Bhattacharjee S., Kuznicki T., Masliyah J.
15:40 02079 Interfacial Behavior of Bitumen, Asphaltene and Maltene Monolaygers at the Air-Water Interface: Variation of the Volume of Spreading Solution Alvarez L., *Diaz M. E., Montes F. J., Galan M. A.
16:00 Break

16:10 02080 EH2A Cogeneration with Nuclear Power Plant to Sustain Fuel Production from Oil Sands Bitumen *Wang H., Chuang K.T.
16:30 02081 Small Scale SO3-Sulfonation of Methyl Esters *Torres J. A., Sanchez F. J.
16:50 Keynote Lecture

16:50 Larter, S.

17:30 End of Session


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