| 摘要 |
A separator apparatus and a method for separating a flotation froth into an air component, a water component and a bitumen component. The separator includes a plurality of inclined plates separated by a plate separation distance, thereby providing inclined channels between the plates, a flotation froth inlet communicating with a first end o f the plates, an air component outlet communicating with the first end of the plates, a water component outlet communicating with a second end of the plates, and a bitumen component outle t communicating with the second end of the plates. The method includes introducing the flotation froth into the separator adjacent to the first end of the plates, discharging the air component from the separator adjacent to the first end of the plates, and separately discharging the wate r component and the bitumen component from the separator adjacent to the second end of the plate s. |
