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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Bitumen extraction"”.
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The Effect of Switchable Additives on Colloidal Interactions Found in Oil Sands
… in recycled process water are detrimental to bitumen extraction. Cationic and anionic switchable surfactants were investigated, as were switchable ionic strength additives. Switchable ionic strength additives demonstrated the ability to suppress clay zeta potential to nearly zero upon exposure …
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Effects of Landscape Age and Salinity on Plant Community Composition and Productivity in Opportunistic and Constructed Wetlands in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta
… land disturbance activities such as bitumen extraction, reclamation of surface mineable areas will also increase. The resulting reclaimed areas will tend to be sodium-enriched compared to pre-disturbance landscapes. In this thesis, forty young (<40 years old) stratified-randomly …
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Development of an Immersed Boundary Method for the Simulation of Moving Bodies at Fluid-fluid Interfaces
… many scenarios of industrial interest, including bitumen extraction, mineral recovery via froth flotation, soil remediation, and many others. This thesis presents the development of Immersed Boundary Methods (IBMs) coupled to a two-phase incompressible flow solver. The phases are treated as …
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Solid-liquid-liquid Wettability and its role on Targeted Emulsified Solvent Injection (TESI)
… crude oil, mostly in the forms of heavy oil or bitumen in the oil sands. However, 80% are too deep to be mined, requiring in-situ extraction methods. This work involved the design of a chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) approach, referred to as Targeted Emulsified Solvent Injection (TESI), …