Hydrocarbon Cyclones Explained | Oil Sands Magazine
MINING. Cyclones are commonly used in naphthabased Froth Treatment facilities to remove fine solids and water from bitumen emulsions. Cyclone design and operation is very similar to the traditional hydrocyclones used to separate minerals in the mining industry. When naphtha is added to bitumen froth during Naphthenic Froth Treatment (NFT), emulsions of bitumen, water and fine solids tend to form within the inclined plate separators (IPS