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- 2Bendrich, Michelle
- 2El-Thaher, Nayef
- 2Fadic Eulefi, Anton
- 2Hoseinzadeh Hejazi, Sayed Alireza
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- 2Karkooti, Amin
- 44Xu, Zhenghe (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 40Huang, Biao (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 34Liu, Qingxia (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 27Henein, Hani (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
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Probabilistic Graphical Models for Data Reconciliation and Causal Inference in Process Data Analytics
DownloadSpring 2021
Data reconciliation methods play an important role in minimizing the measurement error and gross error that are present in the process data with respect to the process model. On the other hand, causal analysis helps in determining the relationship among the process variables from the data. It is...
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Probabilistic Models for Process Monitoring and Causality Analysis with Industrial Applications
DownloadFall 2019
Process monitoring involves ensuring that the process systems are run safely and operated in the most profitable manner. On the other hand, causal modelling involves studying the causal interactions among the variables in a process system. The knowledge of these interactions is useful in process...
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Probing Adsorption of Divalent Cations on Kaolinite Clay Surfaces by Atomic Force Microscopy
DownloadFall 2019
Kaolinite is one of the most commonly-used clay minerals in the production of paper, plastics, and ceramics, etc. However, kaolinite is also a hard-to-remove mineral in the processing of valuable minerals or energy resources, such as bauxite, metal sulphide ores, and oil sands. The main problem...
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Probing Challenges of Asphaltenes in Petroleum Production through Extended−SARA (E−SARA) Analysis
DownloadSpring 2019
Asphaltenes are polyaromatic compounds present in crude oils, which are defined as being soluble in aromatic solvents and insoluble in n−alkanes. The partition of self−associated asphaltene aggregates at oil−solid and oil−water interfaces is the root cause of a number of major problems...
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Probing Deformable Oil-Water Interfaces by Atomic Force Microscopy and Cascade Partial Coalescence Measurements
DownloadFall 2016
Phase separation of stable oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions poses major challenges for a variety of industries, including the petroleum industry. The stability and destabilizing of petroleum emulsions highly depend on interfacial properties such as surface/interfacial charges, interfacial...
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Spring 2017
In this research, flocculation of fractionated asphaltenes was studied using dynamic light scattering (DLS). Three asphaltene fractions were obtained based on its adsorption characteristics onto calcium carbonate. The DLS results showed that the irreversibly-adsorbed asphaltenes (Irr-Ads),...
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Fall 2012
Over the past decade, comb-type copolymers have attracted much attention in polymer chemistry and physics, nanotechnology, bioengineering and industrial applications. Using a surface forces apparatus (SFA), the molecular and surface interactions of two different kinds of comb-type polymers,...
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Probing Single-Molecule Polymer-Solid Interactions in Water by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy and Its Preliminary Applications
DownloadSpring 2018
The interactions between polymers and solid-water interfaces involve various interesting physical processes, which are fundamental questions for both scientific research and a variety of practical applications, such as underwater adhesives, anti-fouling and stabilization of interested...
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Probing Surface Heterogeneity, Electrochemical Properties and Bubble-Solid Interaction Mechanisms of Sulfide Minerals in Flotation
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The colloidal stability governed by various surface interactions including van der Waals (VDW) interaction, electrical double layer (EDL) interaction, hydrophobic interaction, and some other interactions, plays an important role in a wide range of natural phenomena and engineering applications....
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Probing the Interaction Mechanisms among Asphaltenes, Fine Solids, Water-Oil Emulsions and Pipeline Surfaces in Oil Sands Production
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Fouling problem has been one of the most challenging problems in oil industries. Asphaltenes, fine solids, and water-oil emulsions have been regarded as the major components in the fouling phenomena during oil production. Investigating the interactions between foulants (e.g., asphaltenes, fine...