SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING BITUMEN EXTRACTION WITH BITUMEN UPGRADING

摘要

Methods of generating heat and electricity are used to produce steam and drive a SAGD system and a hydrocarbon upgrading nozzle reactor. In one method an upgraded hydrocarbon product is obtained from a nozzle reactor and separated into mid distillate and light distillate streams. The light distillate is separated into a water, light distillate, and gas streams. The gas stream fuels a cogeneration unit; producing electricity and heat to create steam. In another method pitch is separated from the upgraded hydrocarbon product stream and fuels a cogeneration unit; producing electricity and heat. Another method obtains a dilbit stream from a SAGD system; separates the stream into light hydrocarbon and heavy hydrocarbon streams; and uses the light hydrocarbon stream to evaporate a working fluid in an Organic Rankine Cycle. Transporting the evaporated working fluid to an Organic Vapor Expansion Turbine generates power.