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- 2Bendrich, Michelle
- 2El-Thaher, Nayef
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- 44Xu, Zhenghe (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 40Huang, Biao (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
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Fall 2012
Nitrogen compounds present in bitumen and petroleum products cause significant inhibitory effects on processes such as catalytic cracking and hydrotreating due to poisoning of the catalyst. Consequently, selective removal of the nitrogen species may improve the efficiency of the above processes. ...
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Removing Fine Solids from Bitumen through Water-assisted Flocculation using Biomolecules Extracted from Guar Beans
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Non-aqueous extraction (NAE) of bitumen came to be due to the necessity for an alternative method to water-based extraction. However, NAE has its own challenges. One of the challenges is the elimination of suspended fine solids from solvent-diluted bitumen. This research focuses on the effect of...
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Reservoir Geological Uncertainty Reduction and Its Applications in Reservoir Development Optimization
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Three different studies related to geological uncertainty reduction in reservoir applications are performed in this thesis. The first study proposes an optimal realization reduction framework for quantifying geological uncertainty. The second study applies the optimal realization reduction...
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RESERVOIR HISTORY MATCHING USING CONSTRAINED ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER AND PARTICLE FILTER METHODS
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The high heterogeneity of petroleum reservoirs, represented by their spatially varying rock properties (porosity and permeability), greatly dictates the quantity of recoverable oil. In this work, the estimation of these rock properties, which is crucial for the future performance prediction of a...
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Spring 2022
Self-cycling fermentation (SCF) is an advanced, automated, semi-continuous fermentation strategy that is used to improve the volumetric productivity of bioproduction. Typically, a microbial culture is grown in a reactor and half the reactor contents are harvested once a limiting nutrient is...
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Spring 2015
One of the challenges that Vapor Extraction process might be conducted is the unpredictable precipitation of asphaltene from solvent-diluted bitumen that can cause process problems during bitumen extraction in porous media. The objective of this study was to investigate the rheological behaviour...
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Fall 2020
The rheology of asphalt binders is an important factor in the design and construction of roads. As polymer modification is now often required to meet performance demands, the rheological behaviour of the binders has become increasingly complex. Within the past decade, a new method to evaluate...
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Rheology of Bitumen at the Onset of Asphaltene Aggregation and its Effects on the Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsion
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Asphaltenes are the heaviest fraction of bitumen. Asphaltenes not only play an important role in the high viscosity of bitumen but also in the water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion stability. Nevertheless, their exact function in the stability mechanism of W/O emulsion still remains unresolved. It is...