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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
- 1Adesanwo, Toluwanise I J
- 1Agbor, Ezinwa U
- 1Akbarzadeh Kasani, Hossein
- 1Apan, Ioan-Tudor
- 1Deisman, Nathan L
- 1Figueroa, Diana C
- 4Gupta, Rajender (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2De Klerk, Arno (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2Mitra, Sushanta (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2Nobes, David (Mechanical Engineering)
- 1Chalaturnyk, Richard J. (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Chalaturnyk, Richard J. (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Fall 2015
In 1932, coal miners inside of Alberta's Crowsnest Pass struck for 195 days over working conditions. I use a multi-perspective approach and found my analysis on the basis of community to increase our understanding on industrial disputes. I explore the strike from the viewpoint of coal operators,...
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Spring 2010
Poor settling of solids increases land requirement for tailings containment and imposes severe constraints on the water balance. Consequent to these considerations, the alternating current electrocoagulation (AC/EC) technique emerged as a candidate for enhancing the settling behaviour of...
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Fall 2015
Biomass fuels have long been accepted as useful renewable energy sources, especially in mitigating greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. Fossil fuel-based power plants make up over 30% of the GHG emissions in Alberta, Canada. Displacement of fossil fuel-based power through biomass co-firing has been...
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Fall 2012
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) is a process in which coal is converted to syngas in-situ. UCG has gained popularity recently as it could be used to extract energy of deep-lying coal seams, and it reduces the footprints attributed to the gasification process. In this study, two models have...
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Coal Liquefaction Liquid Quality: Influence of Temperature and Heating Approach on Solvent Extraction of Coal
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This project evaluated the impact of reaction temperature and of additional heating steps on the quality of the liquids obtained from solvent extraction of a lignite coal with tetralin. The points of focus were the coal liquid yield, physical properties, aromatic content and iron pyrite...
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Comprehensive Study of the Bioconversion of Coal Using Laboratory Core Flooding Experiments
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Core flooding experiments were performed to understand in-situ coal bioconversion process. Subbituminous coal particles packed inside a biaxial core holder was inoculated with microbial culture and was continuously flooded with mineral salts medium and nitrogen rich nutrient solution....
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Fall 2013
Bitumen, as one of the most important unconventional sources of energy, has long been an attractive source for production of liquid fuels. It is important to improve the yield and quality of the useful products resulting from bitumen upgrading processes so that the best outcome can be achieved...
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Spring 2015
Previous studies on the extraction of liquid products from coals have focused mainly on increasing the yield, with very little emphasis on the quality of the liquid products. The main goal of this study is to achieve a balance between the yield and quality of the coal derived liquids. The first...
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Fall 2011
The fragmentation of large coal particles at high temperature is important to the efficient operation of Corex process of steelmaking, which uses raw coal instead of coke. The hypothesis is that the heterogeneity within coal particles affects the fragmentation. The interface of minerals and coal...
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Fall 2016
Deisman N, and Chalaturnyk RJ. 2008. A methodology for hydrogeomechanical characterization of coalseam reservoirs. The 61st Canadian Geotechnical Conference held in Edmonton, Canada. Sept 21-24, 2008. (GeoEdmonton ’08), Paper 82, Edmonton, Canada.