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Fall 2016
There are numerous examples of dispersed turbulent two-phase flows in engineering and environmental processes. In particular, dispersed solid-liquid flows, also known as slurry flows, have many industrial applications such as transportation of coal, ore, and oil sands. Slurry transportation...
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Fall 2012
Design and maintenance of coarse-particle Newtonian slurries pipeline requires the knowledge of carrier fluid viscosity. Since measurements of carrier fluid viscosity are difficult, numerous empirical correlations are typically used to predict this value. The main deficiency of available...
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Fall 2013
In this study, Specific Energy Consumption (SEC) was used as a basis to optimize the operating conditions (pipe diameter, particle size and solids concentration) for a hypothetical liquid CO2 slurry pipeline, carrying petroleum coke (“pet coke”) or sulfur particles. The optimum particle size and...
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Spring 2021
Particle settling in emulsions is encountered in a number of industrial processes. For instance, multiphase separators are used to separate oil from mixtures that also contain water, gas, and particles. In such separators, an “emulsion layer” forms through which the solid particles must settle....
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Spring 2015
Heterogeneous slurry pipelines are found in mining, chemical, and solid transportation (such as coal pipelines) industries worldwide. One of the most important factors in the operation and design of these pipelines is bulk velocity. Solids settle when the bulk velocity is below the deposition...
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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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Fall 2016
Slurry pipelines are widely utilized in most mining operations to transport the raw materials and the tailings. These pipelines typically suffer from high wear rates. For example, in Canada’s oil sands industry, pipeline wear rates of 1 cm/yr are considered representative. To generate and measure...
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Effects of Diluent Addition and Mixing Conditions on Solvent Deasphalting of Bitumen Emulsions
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Unconventional oil reserves, such as Canada’s oil sands, must replace dwindling conventional oil supplies to meet the globally increasing energy demands. Canada is home to the third largest oil reserves, primarily in the form of bitumen deposits. Unlike conventional oil, bitumen has some unique...
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Spring 2013
In oil sands mining operations, water-based mixtures containing coarse sand grains and fine mineral solids (including clays) are ubiquitous. The clay fraction can have a detrimental effect on the separation of bitumen from the oil sand matrix, on the hydrotransport pipelines, and on water...