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A Framework to Improve the Control System Design for Integrated Residential Heating Systems in Cold Regions
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Building space heating contributes to high consumption of energy using primarily non- renewable sources. This thesis presents a research study evaluating the design and performance of an integrated heating system utilizing the renewable energy sources of geothermal energy, solar energy, and drain...
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CO2 injection induced chemical composition and mechanical in property change of shaly caprock.
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A suite of tests designed to assess the hydro-geomechanical properties of Cardium Zone Member shale, Lea Park Formation shale, Middle and Lower Cardium Formation sandstone specimens recovered from Pembina Cardium CO2 Monitoring Pilot Project at the Pembina Field, Alberta was completed in 2011....
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2012-03-09
The Con Mine tower or Robertson Headframe was a landmark in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and was visible from planes landing at the airport, and from Great Slave Lake. It marks the site of the Con, or Cominco, gold mine, first staked in 1935 and productive until 2003. The tower was...
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Magnetotelluric Investigations of the Tintina Fault Zone for Geothermal Exploration at Watson Lake, Yukon
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Geothermal energy is being investigated as a renewable source of electricity and heat production for communities in northern Canada. The successful development of a geothermal energy project requires three key components: (1) there must be a source of sufficient heat at near-surface depths....
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Subsurface Geophysical Characterization of the Crystalline Canadian Shield in Northeastern Alberta: Implications for Geothermal Development
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In northern Alberta, existing heat flow and geothermal gradient studies suggest that using geothermal heat in oil sands processing would require deep drilling of the crystalline Canadian Shield. Using a 2.36 km deep borehole located near Fort McMurray, the goal of this study is to investigate the...
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Subsurface temperature signature of a large Pleistocene - Holocene surface warming in the North Alberta, Canada
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Majorowicz, J., Šafanda, J., Gosnold, W, Unsworth, M.
Recent results from a 2.3km deep temperature log in northern Alberta, Canada acquired as part of the University of Alberta Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI) geothermal energy project in 2010-2011shows that there is a significant increase in thermal gradient in the granites. Inversion of the...