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Acceleware Announces New Technology for Crude-by-Rail and Update on RF XL Commercialization Advancements
Acceleware Announces New Technology for Crude-by-Rail and Update on RF XL Commercializatio...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nAcceleware Announces New Technology for Crude-by-Rail and Update on RF XL Commercialization Advancements\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nCALGARY, March 13, 2019\n\n\n\nCALGARY, March 13, 2019 /CNW/ - Acceleware Ltd. (TSX-V: AXE) (\"Acceleware\" or the \"Company\"), a leading developer of radio frequency (RF) heating technology to facilitate cost-effective and environmentally-friendly extraction of heavy oil and bitumen, is pleased to announce the filing of a patent application on the use of RF XL in shipping bitumen by rail, and an update on the commercialization of its RF XL enhanced oil recovery method. The update includes new information on: (i) the design and production of a prototype silicon carbide (\"SiC\") RF generator with partner GE Global Research (\"GE\"); (ii) incremental intellectual property development for RF XL; and (iii) ongoing work on the commercial-scale field test of the RF XL technology with partner Prosper Petroleum Ltd. (\"Prosper\"), as announced on July 17, 2018. \n\n \n \n\n \nNew Application for RF Heating to Increase Safety and Profitability of Crude-by-Rail\nAcceleware has filed a provisional patent application for a new use case pertaining to its proprietary RF heating technology. The new submission contemplates using the same RF XL generator platform, designed and developed with GE, to heat cooled bitumen within rail cars at the destination terminal. This would enable undiluted (neat) bitumen to be shipped safely in rail cars and then heated with RF energy at the destination, providing producers with the opportunity to lower costs, enhance profitability and significantly improve the safety of transporting bitumen by rail. In addition, this application could potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions through higher efficiency heating, higher volume of bitumen in each train, and the potential use of renewable electricity.  \nPrototype Silicon Carbide RF Generator Module Completes Factory-Acceptance Testing \nGE and Acceleware have jointly completed the assembly and factory-acceptanc...