Abstract
Abstract A theoretical study is made of the steady-state spherical agglomeration process in a rotating conical drum used to separate bitumen from solid particles in oil sands. Some consequences of the continuity equation for the flow of granules suspended in a bitumen-solvent liquid are investigated. From this equation, and experimental results, some general conclusions are reached concerning the distribution of granule sizes, their segregation, and their rates of production and destruction in the agglomeration process in the conical drum. It is argued that layering is a special form of coalescence
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