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Author: Primkulov, Bauyrzhan K
Subject: Contact angle
Subject: Dewetting
Subject: Oil recovery
Subject: Oil sands extraction
Item type: Thesis
Languages: English
Collections: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
Collections: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
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Spring 2015
The minable oil sands extraction process can be understood on a scale of a single oil sand grain. When the oil sand ore is mixed with warm water, each sand granule is initially covered with bitumen film which ruptures under the composite effect of shear and interfacial forces, while water...
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