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Fall 2016

Xue, Jinkai

The enormous volumes of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) produced during oil sands bitumen extraction have been a public concern due to the toxicity and persistence of the organic contaminants contained in the water. Among all the contaminants in OSPW, naphthenic acids (NAs) are regarded...

Fall 2017

Meshref, Mohamed N.A.

Appling ozone (O3) with high doses (>100 mg/L) to remove naphthenic acids (NAs) from oil sands process-affected water (OSPW); limits its application and feasibility in the OSPW remediation. To decrease the required doses and their associated costs, this study examined the application of ozone...

Fall 2014

Islam, Md. S

The oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) generated from bitumen extraction of oil sands by industries in Northern Alberta, Canada, is a great environmental concern because of the OSPW toxicity in the environment. This toxicity has been attributed to a group of alicyclic and aliphatic compounds...

2012

Martin, J. W., Afzal, A., Chen, Y., El-Din, M. G., Perez-Estrada, L. A., Drzewicz, P.

2015

Martin, J. W., Afzal, A., Chelme-Ayala, P., El-Din, M. G., Drzewicz, P.

2013

Pun, J., Martin, J. W., Chelme-Ayala, P., El-Din, M. G., Belosevic, M., Perez-Estrada, L., Garcia-Garcia, E., Wang, N.

Fall 2013

Ding, Ning

Misfolded prions (PrPSc) are well known for their resistance to conventional decontamination processes. The potential risk of contamination of the water environment, as a result of the disposal of specified risk materials (SRM), has raised public concerns. Ozone is commonly utilized in the water...

Spring 2017

Sohrabi, Amirreza

Indiscriminate and widespread disposal of pharmaceutical compounds, dye molecules, and pesticides in to water resources pose a serious threat to the quality of drinking water. A critical need exists for developing novel practical, efficient, and cost effective water treatments for remediation of...

2011

Oladiran, A., Stafford, J. L, Perez-Estrada, L. C, Montgomery, B., Ge, J. Q., Martin, J. W., El-Din, M. G., Belosevic, M., Garcia-Garcia, E.

2014-03-17

Liang, J., Gamal El-Din, M., Estrada, L.P., Tumpa, F., Liu, Y.

The accumulation of mature fine tailings (MFT) in tailings ponds with very slow natural consolidation rate has been a concern for decades. Previous studies and current practices for tailings consolidation focus on the addition of various inorganic and organic additives to reduce MFT production...