centre for oil sands innovation (cosi) erlc video conference february 18, 2009 frank jenkins &...
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Centre for Oil Sands Innovation (COSI)
ERLC Video ConferenceFebruary 18, 2009Frank Jenkins & Art Bauer
COSI Lesson Development
Initiated by Alberta Ingenuity (Sandra Robertson)
Sponsored by Alberta Ingenuity and Imperial Oil Operated by CMASTE (Centre for Mathematics
Science and Technology Education) at the U of A Situated in the Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the U of A
Alberta Ingenuity & CMASTE
www.CMASTE.ca Select Outreach then Alberta Ingenuity Resources then Centre for Carbohydrate Science, Centre for Machine Learning or Centre for Oil Sands Innovation free downloadable resources/lessons also see www.CRYSTALAlberta.ca
COSI Oil Sands Lessons
1. Career Connections 08 (Word) 2. Career Connections 08 TR (Word) 3. Career Research Team 08 (Word) 4. Career Research Team 08 TR (Word) 5. STSE Issue: Kitchen Table Narrative (Word)6. STSE Issue: Perspectives Research (Word)7. STSE Issue: Perspectives Research TR (Word)8. Investigations
1. Investigations--teacher resource (Word) 2. Investigations--preparation (PowerPoint) 3. Investigations--preLab (PowerPoint) 4. Investigations--student resource (Word) 5. Investigations--lab exercises (Word) 6. Investigations--postLab (PowerPoint)
http://alis.alberta.ca Sample career in oil sands operations. See careers lesson.
Alberta Ingenuity, Imperial Oil & CMASTE
The Oil Sands Process1. the overburden is stripped from the mineable oil sand (<75 m) 2. the oil sand is mined with large shovels and trucks 3. the oil sand is crushed and mixed with hot water and a base (to
increase pH) before being hydrotransported in a pipe to the extraction plant (This starts the extraction of bitumen.)
4. the oil sand and water mixture is transferred to a large separatory funnel/tank—bitumen froth, water, and sand are separated
5. air is added to help float the bitumen froth to the top of the mixture and to be skimmed off by a large rotating paddle
6. the bitumen is upgraded to synthetic crude oil by cracking--large aromatic molecules into smaller aromatic and aliphatic ones
7. the sulfur, nitrogen and oxygen atoms and double bonds are eliminated from the sour synthetic crude by hydrotreating separate fractions of the cracked bitumen with hydrogen
8. the synthetic crude is shipped to a refinery to be refined into gasoline and other petroleum fractions
Inside Education
A1: oil sands mine (< 75 m)
•overburden stripper•oil sands shovel•oil sands truck
B1: bitumen extraction unit
•hydrotransport•separation tanks
•naphtha dilution system•centrifuge
B2: insitu extraction of bitumen unit
(e.g., SAGD)
C1: vacuum distillation unit
D1: cracking unit (coker)
E1: distillation unit (e.g., gas, naphtha,
kerosene & gas oil)
F1: hydrotreaters G1: synthetic crude blender
F1.2.1: Claus converter
Bitumen to Synthetic Crude Oil (4)
Upgrading of bitumen to
synthetic crude oil
Extraction of bitumen from oil
sands
H2S(g)
H1: refinery further cracking and
distillation
pipe(line)
F: H2(g) generatorbitumen
dilbit
dilbit
C1.3: naphtha recycle system
naphtha
S8(l)
C(s)
H2(g)
NH3(g)
B1.1: tailings pond
coke sulfur
ammonia
oil
F1.2: amine scrubberH2S(g)
sourgas
water
sand
gasoline, diesel, etc.
steam
CH4(g)
NH3(g)
Mining—truck and shovel
Crushing, mixing & hydrotransport
Frothing—floating the bitumen
Investigating Bitumen Extraction –a research team approach
1. Career & STSE lessons2. Investigations
1. Investigations--teacher resource (Word) 2. Investigations--preparation (PowerPoint) 3. Investigations--preLab (PowerPoint) 4. Investigations--student resource (Word) 5. Investigations--lab exercises (Word) 6. Investigations--postLab (PowerPoint)
Research Program/Team
This series of investigations is aimed at testing hypotheses by manipulating one
variable at a time improving the extraction of bitumen from oil
sands—especially to reduce energy, water usage and environmental impact.
illustrating a research team approach that is common within scientific research programs.
Partner in Oil Sands Education
Inside Education oil sands for high school kit
including DVD and lessons oil sands assessment bank & PDF file petroleum virtual field trip DVD elementary/JH petroleum education kit
Visit Inside Education at www.InsideEducation.ca .
Acknowledgements
Alberta Ingenuity (Sandra Robertson)
Andree Koenig (demo) Cam McGregor Pam Seager Dr. Zhenghe Xu Dr. Steve Kuznicki Dr. Murray Gray COSI staff: Centre for Oil
Sands Innovation Dr. Bob Ritter (CMASTE)
Oil Sands Education Research
If you are interested in participating in a PhD research project on oil sands education, contact:Art Bauer: [email protected]
