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- 8Oil sands process-affected water
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- 2Membrane fouling
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- 1(UV-)Fenton
- 1Chisholm, Roderick A.
- 1Cui, Xin
- 1Dong, Shimiao
- 1Hodder, Kevin J
- 1Huff,Taleana R
- 1Meshref, Mohamed N.A.
- 3Dr. Mohamed Gamal El-Din (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2Dr. Yang Liu (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Belosevic, Miodrag (Biological Sciences)
- 1Bhattacharjee, Subir (Mechanical Engineering)
- 1Chalaturnyk, Rick (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Gamal El-Din, Mohamed (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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Spring 2013
Coagulation/Flocculation/Sedimentation (CFS), petroleum coke (PC) adsorption, and zero valent iron (ZVI) oxidation-enhanced by PC were applied for the remediation of oil sands process-affected water (OPSW), generated from oil sands operations in northern Alberta, Canada. OSPW is a complex mixture...
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Probing Surface Heterogeneity, Electrochemical Properties and Bubble-Solid Interaction Mechanisms of Sulfide Minerals in Flotation
DownloadSpring 2017
The colloidal stability governed by various surface interactions including van der Waals (VDW) interaction, electrical double layer (EDL) interaction, hydrophobic interaction, and some other interactions, plays an important role in a wide range of natural phenomena and engineering applications....
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Surface Interaction Mechanisms between Deformable Bubbles and Hydrophobic Surfaces in Aqueous Solutions
DownloadSpring 2018
Deformable bubbles in complex fluidic systems are crucial components in a variety of traditional and emerging industrial processes, where their surface interactions with hydrophobic surfaces play an important role in realizing the targeted functionalities. In this project, a bubble probe atomic...
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The treatment of oil sands process-affected water by submerged ceramic membrane microfiltration system
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With the rapid expansion of the oil sands exploitation in Northern Alberta over the past decade, oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) management has become a significant issue. In this study, the use of a submerged microfiltration was proposed as a potential process for pretreating OSPW....
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Toxic effects induced in mammalian immune cells after in vitro exposure to oil sands process-affected water and its fractions
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Oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) is produced by the surface mining industry in Alberta as a byproduct of the Clark hot water process, the currently used extraction method of crude oil from bitumen/tar sands. Under a provincial zero release policy all produced OSPW must be stored on site....