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- 1Arno de Klerk (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1David Mitlin (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
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2014
Marleau, L. J., Sutherland B.R., Flynn, M.R.
Bottom propagating gravity currents resulting from full- and partial-depth lock-release experiments are investigated as they approach and then propagate up a rising slope. Consistent with the prediction of a WKB-like theory, the gravity current front decelerates in a nearly uniform manner along...
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Fall 2015
The rheological properties of heavy oil and bitumen depend on factors such as temperature, pressure, diluent type and diluent composition, as well as sample shear and thermal histories and shear conditions during measurements. Each of these factors can affect the value of apparent viscosity...
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Fall 2015
Canadian oil sands derived bitumen is a form of petroleum that has a high density and viscosity. One of the potential causes of the high viscosity of the oil sands bitumen is acid-base interactions. The main purpose of this project was to determine the influence of acid treatment and base...
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Investigating Light Solvent Aided Process in Cold Lake Oil-Sand Reservoir Using Experimental and Numerical Approaches
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Steam assisted- gravity drainage (SAGD) is the main in-situ bitumen recovery process in which saturated steam is injected into the bitumen zone. However, it has some drawbacks, which include high-energy consumption and significant environmental concerns. Solvent Aided Process (SAP) is a method...
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Spring 2013
The mining of oil sands ore and extraction of bitumen produces aqueous slurries containing bitumen, coarse sand and fine clays. The performance of key process units is highly dependent on the rheology of “carrier fluid”, which is comprised of the fine solids and water. Although viscosity is...
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Metal particle catalyst formation from thin films for the creation of vertically aligned carbon nanotube structures
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This work contains research associated with the metal catalysts used in the formation of vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) films through catalytic chemical vapour deposition (CCVD). The solid-state dewetting process of thin metal films is studied using Ni. In the dewetting process, grain...
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MODELLING THE RHEOLOGY OF COMPLEX FLUIDS : Cases of Bitumen and Heavy Oils at low temperatures.
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As complex fluids such as heavy oil or bitumen pass from the field to process units, structural and compositional changes occur that are intimately linked with pressure (P), temperature (T), and shear histories. In this exploratory work, a modified Structural Kinetics Model is used to calculate...
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On the role of orifice wetting for Al and Al22.5wt%Cu with Al2O3 in the Discharge Crucible method
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The demand to develop Materials Genomics and Integrated Materials Computation requires the availability of high temperature property data of liquid metals. As computing power and algorithms are constantly being improved, the accuracy of thermophysical property data has emerged as one of the...
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Petrophysical properties of bitumen from the Upper Devonian Grosmont reservoir, Alberta, Canada
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The Upper Devonian Grosmont reservoir in Alberta, Canada, is the single largest carbonate bitumen reservoir in the world, with an estimated 400 billion barrels of bitumen in place. The Grosmont bitumen formed from light crude oil via extensive biodegradation, which produced extremely high in-situ...