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Spring 2014

Yao, Song

Physics-based large-scale reservoir models are routinely employed in the prediction of the SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) process under different operation situations. However, due to the uncertainty of the reservoir and the limitations of the commercial reservoir simulators, the...

Fall 2019

Sivaramakrishnan, Kaushik

The common theme of this work was to investigate the relationships between multi-dimensional experimental data and the physical and chemical properties of certain reacting systems that have industrial relevance. Three particular systems of increasing complexity in terms of composition of the...

Fall 2011

Kumar, Siddhartha

Parameter estimation for mathematical models is performed based on the data collected by experiments using system identification techniques. However, since performing experiments can be time consuming as well as expensive, experiments must be designed prior to performing, so that the data...

Fall 2016

Reule, Allen A.C.

Recently, considerable research has been conducted into solid-acid catalyzed carbonylation of dimethyl ether (DME) to methyl acetate (MeOAc), which can be further used for the iodine-free production of ethanol or acetic acid. The zeolite mordenite (H-MOR) is known as a potential catalyst but is...

Spring 2013

Yang, Xiongtan

Parameter estimation of a dynamic system is an important task in process systems engineering. The utilization of an augmented system offers the approach of estimating process states and parameters simultaneously. In practice, the parameters often satisfy certain constraints which should be...

Fall 2024

Srinivasan, Karthik

Chemically heterogeneous feedstocks are being increasingly used in process industries due to depletion of conventional feedstocks, to meet environmental demands and to recover value added products from wastes. Chemical modeling of reactive transformations of such complex feedstocks involves...

Fall 2013

Wang, Lin

In industrial visbreaking processes, the conversion typically takes place at ~450 °C and the extent of conversion is limited by the coking propensity of the feed. Some of the older literature on bitumen upgrading reported that it was possible to substantially upgrade the straight run product at...

Spring 2024

Mao, Yiren

Despite recent advancements in molecular dynamics (MD) methods, the computational costs of \emph{ab initio} molecular dynamics simulations for explicit solvation systems are still too significant. If accuracy is to be left uncompromised, new methods must be employed to reduce computational...

Spring 2015

Kasiri, Sepideh

Biological fixation of CO2 using microalgae is a potential CO2 reduction strategy which can be applied to the oil sands operations in Alberta. These operations also produce large amounts of oil sands process water (OSPW), which can act as a growth medium for the microalgae. In this thesis, three...

Spring 2019

Radfar, Marjan

Biofuels are being considered as an alternative source of energy produced from fossil fuels. Among various biological resources, microalgae have captured lots of attention in recent years due to their potential use as renewable energy source for biofuel production since they offer high growth...