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Fall 2019
Current bitumen extraction technologies used in surface mined oil sands in Alberta, Canada require large volumes of fresh water, which in turn generate large volumes of fluid fine tailings (FFT). Managing these tailings is a major challenge for oil sands operators. Non-aqueous extraction (NAE) is...
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Spring 2021
For the past two decades, planar microwave resonators have been used for sensing and monitoring applications due to their unique characteristics such as non-contact and real-time sensing capability, simple and low-cost fabrication process, which make them a high performance alternative to...
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Fall 2020
In view of the increasing environmental concerns about the current water-based bitumen extraction process, there have been numerous efforts to develop a non-aqueous extraction (NAE) method for the recovery of bitumen from oil sands. The research reported in this thesis was carried out to study...
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Spring 2019
This thesis contains an overview and theory for a variety of antenna shielding structures, for the purpose of reducing interference and multipath issues due to the antenna's surrounding environment. Though such structures are relevant to a variety of applications, particular focus is given to...
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Fall 2022
The extraction of bitumen from oil sands using non-aqueous extraction (NAE) techniques has the potential to replace currently used water-based extraction techniques. High bitumen recovery rates, lower freshwater requirements, and elimination of afterward tailing ponds are all advantages of...