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Items in this Collection
- 18Hydraulic fracturing
- 4Flowback
- 2Numerical simulation
- 1Al Alloys (AAs)
- 1Alberta Canada
- 1Apparent permeability
- 1Ahmed, Ezz Q
- 1Barthwal, Himanshu
- 1Delompre, Perrine
- 1Folkerts, Erik John
- 1Funk, Sean P
- 1Guo, Fuchang.
- 7Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 3Department of Physics
- 2Department of Biological Sciences
- 2Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 2Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- 1Department of Civil Engineering
- 2Alessi, Daniel (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
- 1Alessi, Daniel (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Babadagli, Tayfun (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering)
- 1Chalaturnyk, Rick (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Davidson, Debra (Renewable Resources)
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A Combined Membrane Filtration - Aeration Approach for the Treatment of Hydraulic Fracturing - Flowback and Produced Water from the Duvernay Formation
DownloadSpring 2019
Membrane filtration technologies have been successfully applied for the treatment of many types of wastewater. In hydraulic fracturing operations, membrane processes can be applied as a cost-effective way of removing unwanted substances from flowback and produced water (FPW) and promoting its...
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Fall 2015
This work is devoted to the CFD analysis of multiphase flow using Euler-Euler model. In particular, Euler-Euler multiphase model is applied to study numerically the behaviour of gas-solid system and solid-liquid system. The main objective of this work is to validate Euler-Euler multiphase model...
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Fall 2022
The application of dissolvable materials is becoming widely used in hydraulic fracturing, especially in low permeability reservoirs. To date, most of the DAs are based on Al alloys (AAs) or Mg alloys, which offer desirable dissolvability, yet limited mechanical properties. This work aims to...
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Fall 2015
In the province of Alberta a huge amount of energy is needed for diverse applications. Specifically, the demand for heat is limited to a few locations such as the oil sands operation regions and metropolitan areas. Oil sands processing facilities near Fort McMurray and direct heat provision for...
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Spring 2024
Hydraulic fracturing plays an essential role in producing unconventional hydrocarbon resources. The success of hydraulic fracturing operations and the performance of developing unconventional hydrocarbon resources strongly depend on the distribution of proppants in the induced fractures....
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Spring 2018
Microseismic events are often recorded during hydraulic fracturing stimulations of unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs like tight sands and shales, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, mine development and carbon dioxide sequestration. Most applications involve locating and tracking these events over...
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Integrating Salinity of Flowback Fluid and Flow Data for Fracture Characterization and Production Forecast in Unconventional Reservoirs
DownloadSpring 2024
The complexity inherent in hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas reservoirs demands sophisticated analytical tools for optimal performance and sustainability. The research presented in this study adopts a multi-faceted approach that synergistically combines flow-geochemical models for fracture...
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Fall 2021
The spatiotemporal distribution of hydraulic fracturing-induced microseismicity is complicated and depends on various mechanical and diffusional parameters. Hydraulic fracture modeling can aid in understanding fluid-induced microseismicity. Nevertheless, the interaction of several physical...
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Numerical Investigation of Water Loss Mechanisms During Hydraulic Fracturing Flow-Back Operation in Tight Oil Reservoirs
DownloadSpring 2016
Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing is widely applied in tight reservoir exploitation. Production is enhanced significantly if hydraulic fractures can connect to regions with enhanced permeability due to the presence of micro (and induced) fractures. However, less than 50% of fracturing fluids are...