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Fall 2014

Tumpa,Fahmida H

The oil sands tailings generated after bitumen extraction are permanently contained in lake-size ponds. Primarily the tailings ponds are used to settle the solid particles so the cap water could be recycle back to the extraction operations, while the tailings with higher concentration of...

Spring 2014

Ornes, Alma I

The Grosmont Formation in Alberta is a heterogeneous carbonate reservoir of current interest for bitumen extraction, specifically within the vuggy porosity unit. The current research addresses the effects of vugs on the strength and stiffness of carbonate samples under uniaxial compression....

Spring 2014

Martin, Nancy

This thesis documents the research undertaken to develop and assess modeling and monitoring tools to improve the water quality management in the Athabasca River, Alberta. The Upper Athabasca River (UAR) has experienced dissolved oxygen (DO) sags, which may affect the aquatic ecosystem. A water...

Fall 2014

Hnidan, Travis

Samson Cree Nation partnered with researchers at the University of Alberta to conduct a water resources analysis of their water systems. This thesis describes a community-based research approach used to explore domestic water use in Samson Cree Nation, the variables that effect domestic water use...

Spring 2014

Kamravaei, Samineh

Adsorption on activated carbon is a widely used technique for controlling emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from automotive painting booths; however, irreversible adsorption is a common challenge in this process. This research investigates the effect of adsorbent bed configuration on...

Spring 2014

Doda, Ankit

Polymer solutions are characterized based on their viscoelasticity to improve the displacement efficiency for enhanced oil recovery. Contribution of viscoelastic polymers solution’s elasticity on oil recovery needs to be analyzed thoroughly for better screening of polymers for field operations....

Fall 2014

Barua, Sudip

Despite previous research advocating the inclusion of spatially correlated random effects in order to significantly improve the estimation of the expected collision frequency, limited research efforts have been devoted to incorporating spatial correlation in both multivariate and random...

Spring 2014

Melnik, Alexander

The main focus of this research is to develop and evaluate a high performance seismic energy dissipater for a concentrically braced frame that can be easily fabricated using common steel grades by a typical steel fabricator. Developmental stage of the research has concluded that brace member with...

Spring 2014

Hamedi Shokrlu, Yousef

Cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) and steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) are the most commonly applied techniques used for heavy oil (HO) and bitumen (B) recovery. However, these methods, especially CSS, suffer from low recovery factor and production of highly viscous oil that requires...

Fall 2014

Lu, Yun

Underground openings create various excavation-induced responses. The most noticeable response is the readily observed excavation damaged zone (EDZ) where the mechanical properties of the rock mass have been irreversibly altered, i.e., damaged. Within this damaged zone the stresses and...