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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 16Gamal El-Din, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2Bolton, James R. (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Belosevic, Miodrag (Biological Sciences)
- 1Hanington, Patrick (School of Public Health)
- 1Liu, Yang (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Martin, Jonathan (Medical Sciences-Laboratory Medicine and Pathology)
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Application of Advanced Oxidation Processes for Treatment of Naphthenic Acids in Oil Sands Process Water
DownloadFall 2013
The large volume of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) produced by the oil sands industries in Northern Alberta, Canada, is an environmental concern. The toxicity of OSPW has been attributed to a complex mixture of naturally occurring acids, including naphthenic acids (NAs). NAs are a broad...
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Application of coagulation-flocculation process for treating oil sands process-affected water
DownloadFall 2011
Oil Sands Process-Affected Water (OSPW) is generated from oil sands operation processes such as mining, extraction, and upgrading. Currently, accumulated OSPW is temporarily stored in tailings ponds which are toxic to the environment and must be treated for either reuse or safe discharge in the...
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Application of Principal Component Analysis for the Data Mining of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Datasets
DownloadFall 2014
The release of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) from tailings ponds is a major environmental issue that oil sands companies must consider over the next decade. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and biological treatment processes have been shown to be able to degrade contaminant compounds...
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Assessing the mobility of metals and dissolved organics in pit-lake models containing PASS-treated fluid tailings
DownloadSpring 2024
Oil sands surface mining produces considerable quantities of fine fluid tailings (FFT). Several reclamation strategies are being investigated to address the environmental concerns related to long-term FFT storage. One promising sustainable tailings management approach is End Pit Lake (EPL);...
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Combined Adsorption and Biodegradation Processes for Oil Sands Process-Affected Water Treatment
DownloadFall 2014
The oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) generated from bitumen extraction of oil sands by industries in Northern Alberta, Canada, is a great environmental concern because of the OSPW toxicity in the environment. This toxicity has been attributed to a group of alicyclic and aliphatic compounds...
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Enhanced Primary Treatment during Wet Weather Flow by Metal-based Coagulants and Ferrate: Coagulation Optimization, Disinfection Kinetics Study, and Micropollutants Oxidation
DownloadSpring 2021
Wastewater during wet weather flow (WWF) is highly loaded with various pollutants including suspended solids, microorganisms, inorganics, organics, and micropollutants. My research compared different coagulant salts used in the enhanced primary treatment (EPT) during WWF. Then, my project...
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Experimental Models of Demonstration Pit Lakes: Evaluating Long-Term Effects on Water Quality, Biogeochemical Processes, and Metagenomic Profiles in Oil Sands Tailings
DownloadFall 2024
Bitumen extraction from oil sands reserves in northern Alberta, Canada, has already disturbed large expanse of land and created huge volume of tailings as wastes. The pore water of a tailing contains high concentrations of dissolved organic and inorganic compounds that adversely affect living...
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Spring 2011
Microbial pollution of water is one of the principal causes of life-threatening diarrheal diseases in the developing world. Ultraviolet (UV) light is increasingly recognized as a viable alternative for the disinfection of drinking water and wastewater in developed countries, but its feasibility...
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Fall 2013
Misfolded prions (PrPSc) are well known for their resistance to conventional decontamination processes. The potential risk of contamination of the water environment, as a result of the disposal of specified risk materials (SRM), has raised public concerns. Ozone is commonly utilized in the water...
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Oil Sands Process-Affected Water Characterization and Application of Adsorption Process for the Removal of Naphthenic Acids
DownloadSpring 2018
Many techniques have been used to identify and quantify the naphthenic acids (NAs) in the oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) such as gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS), high performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS), ultra-performance liquid chromatography...