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Fall 2016

Saini, Aditi

Ionic self-assembling peptides have emerged as promising nano-biomaterials, with direct applications in the fields of bioengineering and applicative medicine. (RADA)4 is a self-assembling 16 residue containing peptide, with alternating hydrophobic and hydrophilic residues. This characteristic...

Spring 2016

Rushd, M M A Sayeed

Water lubricated pipe flow technology is an economic alternative for the long distance transportation of viscous oils like heavy oil and bitumen. The lubricated flow regime involves an oil-rich core surrounded by a turbulent water annulus. Energy consumption associated with this type of pipeline...

Fall 2016

Yin, Shengze

In this work, rapid solidification microstructures and mechanical properties of Al1.5Mg0.2Sc and Al3Mg0.2Sc are investigated. Samples in the form of powders and strips / deposits of different thermal histories are obtained by means of impulse atomization technique. Cooling rates of the powders,...

Spring 2016

Mao, Xiaohui

This work investigated different acid catalysts and olefinic alkylating agents for the alkylation of an industrial asphaltenes feed. The working hypothesis was that alkylation would change the solubility parameter and increase the H/C ratio of asphaltenes sufficiently to cause some asphaltenes...

Spring 2016

Jamieson, Marnie V.

The Capstone Design Course instructional team was selected to participate in the digital learning initiative at the University of Alberta. The goals of this initiative are to increase student engagement and promote flexible, independent learning. The objectives of the instructional team were to...

Fall 2016

Briones, Adriana M

Adsorption of asphaltenes at liquid-liquid and solid-liquid interfaces is an undesirable phenomenon and considered to be the major contributor to several complications found in petroleum industry. Although the adsorption of asphaltenes on mineral surfaces has been extensively studied, little work...

Fall 2016

Kurian, Vinoj

Athabasca oil sands contain 8 to 14% bitumen and are recovered using surface mining or steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD). During primary upgrading of bitumen, the vacuum residuum from the distillation column is sent to the solvent de-asphalting unit where a paraffinic solvent is used to...

Spring 2016

Siddiquee, Muhammad Nurunnabi

Canada has the world’s largest oilsands reserves. Part of the reserves is being considered as marginal and is not profitable to recover using current technology. Autoxidation (oxidation with air) is a potential upgrading strategy to produce more valuable products from the oilsands derived bitumen...

Fall 2016

Stewart, Robert A

Bitumen and heavy oil comprise a significant percentage of proven oil reserves globally. The environmental impacts of producing these resources with current technologies is a concern for environmentalists, oil producing companies, resource rich jurisdictions and society at large. Dilution of the...

Spring 2016

Yang,Fan

During the extraction of crude oil or bitumen, stable water-in-oil emulsions are inevitably formed. The emulsified water contains chloride ions and other organic acidic compounds that cause severe corrosion problems to the downstream plant equipment, creating operational and safety issues and...