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Extending Depletion Flocculation Phase Behavior Models to Partially Soluble and Aggregating Colloids—Asphaltenes
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Mixtures of colloids + non-adsorbing polymers + good solvents are well known to exhibit multiphase behaviors that are driven by the depletion flocculation mechanism where one phase, designated a colloid gas, is largely comprised of polymer and solvent, while the other phase, designated a colloid...
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Spring 2018
Understanding peoples' preferences for resources that are not bought or sold in a market is a challenging and yet often inescapable undertaking for informing decisions regarding many environmental problems. This thesis presents three studies on how people make decisions involving environmental...
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Flocculation and dewatering of kaolinite suspensions and oil sands mature fine tailings using dual polymers
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The development of a method to consolidate and dewater Athabasca oil sands mature fine tailings (MFT) is one of the major challenges facing Alberta’s oil sands industry. This thesis presents studies performed on the flocculation and dewatering of kaolinite suspensions (the major clay component...
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Spring 2020
The oil sands are a vital part of the provincial economy in Alberta and oil production in this sector produces large amounts of waste called tailings. The tailings consist of a slurry of clay suspended in process water with residual bitumen present. Reclamation of the land that the tailings ponds...
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Fall 2017
Rapid, efficient and economical water removal from fluid fine tailings represents a major challenge to many industries, including mineral processing, food processing, waste water treatment and oil sands extraction. In the absence of large-scale fine tailings processing facilities, there will be...
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Spring 2016
In this study, Random copolymers poly(2-aminoehtyl methacrylamide hydrochloride)-st-(5-methacrylamido-1,2-benzoboroxole)-st-(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PAMN) and glycopolymer poly (2-lactobionamidoethylmethacrylamide) (PLAEMA) with various molecular weights were synthesized via conventional free...
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Spring 2021
Reclamation of oil sands fluid fine tailings (FFT) is a challenge for mine operators in Alberta because of their high water content and slow self-weight dewatering. Chemical additives, including polymer flocculants, are used by operators as a treatment technology to reduce volumes and increase...
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Fall 2009
Following the economic theory of averting behaviour, this thesis examines preferences for drinking water in Canada. Probabilistic mortality risk perceptions and other perceived water quality measures are included in econometric models of choice, and assessed for their impact, and value. The...