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Fall 2023
The petroleum industry is a major economic driver in Canada; however, toxic and persistent contaminants such as Naphthenic Acid Fraction Compounds (NAFCs) and benzene can be generated during upstream and downstream operations. NAFCs are acutely toxic organics which are solubilized and...
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Spring 2011
In order to determine the degradation of Naphthenic Acids (NAs) in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), a series of semi-batch ozonation experiments have been conducted resulting in a maximum reduction of NAs greater than 99%. Compared to the high NAs removal, the reduction of both COD and...
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Evaluating immunotoxicity of oil sands process-affected waters using the RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line
DownloadFall 2024
Alberta’s wide-ranging oil sands deposits are recovered via oil sands processes such as surface mining and in situ approaches. Oil sands processes use substantial volumes of water known as oil sands process-affected waters (OSPW) and as per a zero-discharge policy, this water needs to be stored...