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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
- 1Baboolal,Johan D
- 1Bangar, Sahil
- 1Hoseinzadeh Hejazi, Sayed Alireza
- 1Kasturi Nagesh Pai
- 1Nguyen, Tran Thanh Tai
- 1Pawar, Sunny Jitendra
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Batch Adsorber Analogue Model for Rapid Screening of Large Adsorbent Databases for Post - Combustion CO2 Capture
DownloadSpring 2019
Subramanian Balashankar, Vishal
A simplified proxy model based on a well-mixed batch adsorber for vacuum swing adsorption (VSA) based carbon dioxide capture from dry post-combustion flue gas is presented. A graphical representation of the model output allows for the rationalization of broad trends of process performance. The...
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Evaluation of Novel Metal-Organic Framework Materials for Adsorptive Post-Combustion CO2 Capture
DownloadFall 2015
The mitigation of CO2 emissions from large anthropogenic sources such as coal-fired power plants by CO2 capture is a challenging engineering problem. Due to the large scale of energy generation, post-combustion CO2 capture processes must be very low-cost for practical implementation. The current...
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Spring 2017
Hoseinzadeh Hejazi, Sayed Alireza
High-purity oxygen above 99.0% is required in many medical and industrial applications such as the pharmaceutical and aerospace applications. Due to the similar physical properties of oxygen and argon, this separation is very challenging. Adsorption separation techniques are more preferable to...
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Spring 2021
Carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) play a crucial contribution in reducing CO2 emissions and obtaining net-zero emission by 2050. Adsorbent-based technology offers an opportunity to separate CO2 under mild regeneration conditions. However, low CO2 concentration and water vapour in the...
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Spring 2024
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction through carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be pivotal in achieving the world’s net zero emissions target by 2050. However, we have a long way to go before CCS is implemented at scale worldwide. Emerging technologies such as adsorption-based CO2 capture...
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Fall 2023
Adsorption-based oxygen concentrators are modular devices that take in air and operate using electricity to produce 95% pure oxygen. These devices consume less unit energy and are more economical when producing oxygen on a small-to-medium scale (< 300 tons oxygen per day), compared to cryogenic...
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Fall 2015
Carbon dioxide capture using adsorption based separation processes has shown promise but has not been exploited to full potential to be implemented on a commercial scale. This thesis examines two key stages in the development of adsorption based carbon dioxide capture processes, namely adsorbent...
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Fall 2015
Capture of carbon dioxide from flue gas using amine functionalized silica based adsorbents has shown great potential recently. Despite their stable performance, the full potential of these adsorbents has not been researched in greater depth. In this thesis, experimental study and simulation of a...
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Fall 2021
Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) processes are an industrially mature low energy consumption pathway for gas separations. Due to their performance being linked to the separation media, they provide an additional degree of freedom for process design. They are difficult to accurately model due to...