ʻO nā mea kanu emulsion bitumen e pili ana i ka bitumen hoʻoheheʻe thermally a hoʻopuehu i ka bitumen i loko o nā ʻāpana maikaʻi i loko o ka wai e hana i kahi emulsion.

E like me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ke kaʻina hana, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā mea kanu emulsion bitumen i ʻekolu mau ʻano: ka hana intermittent, ka hana semi-continuous a me ka hana mau. Aia i loko o ke kaʻina hana nā mea hana bitumen emulsion i hoʻololi ʻia. I ka wā o ka hana ʻana, hoʻohui ʻia ka emulsifier, acid, wai, a me nā mea hoʻololi latex i loko o kahi pahu hui kopa, a laila kaomi ʻia i loko o ka bitumen i loko o kahi wili colloid. Ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o hoʻokahi kini kopa, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia ke kopa ma mua o ka hana ʻia ʻana o ke kini hou. Ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana ʻana i ka bitumen emulsified i hoʻololi ʻia, ma muli o ke kaʻina hana hoʻololi, hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ka pipeline latex ma mua a ma hope paha o ka wili colloid, a i ʻole ʻaʻohe paipu latex i hoʻolaʻa ʻia, akā ua hoʻohui lima ʻia ka nui o ka latex. E hoʻohui i ka pahu kopa.

Semi-continuous emulsion bitumen mea kanu lako mea maoli emulsified emulsified bitumen lako me ke kopa hui pahu, i hiki ke kopa hui 'ē aʻe e hōʻoia i ka kopa hoomau ana i loko o ka colloid mill. I kēia manawa, nui ka nui o nā lako hana bitumen emulsified i kēia ʻano.

ʻO ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka emulsion bitumen mea kanu mea paʻi emulsifier, wai, ʻakika, latex modifier, bitumen, etc. pololei i loko o ka wili colloid me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pamu ana. Hoʻopau ʻia ka hui ʻana o ka wai kopa ma ka pipeline conveying.