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- 3Department of Biomedical Engineering
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- 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 1Department of Human Ecology
- 2Bendrich, Michelle
- 2El-Thaher, Nayef
- 2Fadic Eulefi, Anton
- 2Hoseinzadeh Hejazi, Sayed Alireza
- 2Hosseininejad, Seyed Shaham Aldin
- 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)
- 27Zeng, Hongbo (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 20Gupta, Rajender (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
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Study of the High Rate Chemical Mechanical Polishing of Heavily Boron-doped Polysilicon for 3D Applications
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The chemical mechanical polishing of polysilicon is a complex process and is not well understood. Despite this, it is used in the semiconductor industry for applications such as via filling and 3D packaging. Although the doping of polysilicon enables applying a wide range of conductivities,...
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Study of the Intervening Thin Liquid Film between Deformable Oil Drop/Bubble and a Solid Surface in Oil Production
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Interactions involving deformable bubbles/oil droplets play a critical role in many industrial applications. Understanding the dynamic thin film drainage process and interaction forces involving deformable bubbles/oil droplets and solid surfaces in the oil sands extraction process is of great...
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Fall 2010
In the present work, we focused our attention on triacylglycerols. Their phase behavior strongly influences production processes of products based on fats and oils. However, the mechanisms controlling such behavior are not well understood. Hence, we decided to utilize computer simulation to gain...
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Fall 2012
Madjlessikupai, Morvarid (April)
During separation of emulsified water from oil, a viscous intermediate layer builds up between water and oil phases. This layer which is referred to as rag layer disrupts emulsion destabilization and water removal. The present research is intended to better understand the formation of a rag layer...
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Study of the Thermal Stability of Hydrotalcite and Carbon Dioxide Capture Capacity of Hydrotalcite-derived Mixed Oxides using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
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Hydrotalcites (HTlcs) or layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are used in a wide range of applications such as catalysis, electrochemical sensors, wastewater treatment and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. In this study, molecular dynamics simulation was employed to investigate carbon dioxide adsorption...
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Fall 2018
Many tailings treatment technologies rely on the use of water-soluble polyacrylamides (PAM) to flocculate fine solids. However, PAM-induced flocs are often loosely-structured and retain significant volume of water due to the hydrophilicity of PAM and fine clays in oil sands fine tailings....
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Study of Thin Liquid Film Drainage and Interaction Forces in Organic Solvent for Liquid/Solid and Liquid/Liquid Interactions Using Dynamic Force Apparatus (DFA)
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Properties of thin liquid films between two approaching droplets or between a droplet and a solid surface are critical for emulsion stability and for mineral flotation. If the thin liquid film is stable, no coalescence occurs, while an unstable film will lead to rupture and coalescence or the...
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Study of thin liquid film drainage in bubble-liquid-solid systems using integrated thin liquid film force apparatus (ITLFFA)
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Interactions involving deformable surfaces reveal a number of distinct physicochemical characteristics that do not exist in interactions between rigid solid surfaces. The main focus of this thesis is to develop a unique fully custom-designed instrument, referred to as an integrated thin liquid...
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Fall 2018
Underground coal gasification (UCG) is a process of ‘in-situ’ conversion of coal into gaseous products with usable heating value through combustion with oxygen/air and gasification with steam. From the economic and environmental point of view, UCG is a highly promising clean energy technology...
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Study on Adsorption of Inorganic-organic Hybrid Polymers and Flocculation of Oil Sands Tailings
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Two inorganic-organic hybrid polymers, Al(OH)3-polyacrylamide (Al-PAM) and Fe(OH)3-polyacrylamide (Fe-PAM) were synthesized and used in flocculating model tailings (5 wt% kaolin suspensions) and laboratory extraction tailings. For comparison, a commercial anionic flocculant, partially hydrolyzed...