US 11,725,147 B2
Volatile content measurement in process streams such as froth treatment tailings
Babak Derakhshandeh, Calgary (CA); Elco Hollander, Calgary (CA); Cedric Laborde-Boutet, Burnaby (CA); Wayne Brown, Burnaby (CA); and William McCaffrey, Burnaby (CA)
Assigned to Suncor Energy Inc.
Filed by SUNCOR ENERGY INC., Calgary (CA)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,940.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3103502 (CA), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0195304 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. C10G 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/64 (2006.01); G01N 33/18 (2006.01)
CPC C10G 1/008 (2013.01) [G01N 27/64 (2013.01); G01N 33/18 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for measuring a volatile content of a process stream comprising volatiles, the method comprising:
receiving a sample of the process stream into a sample chamber having a chamber volume;
introducing a stripping gas into the sample of the process stream to strip the volatiles therefrom and produce a gas phase comprising vaporized volatiles;
detecting the vaporized volatiles in the gas phase to obtain a sample volatile content; and
determining the volatile content of the process stream based on the sample volatile content.