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Evaluating the Metal Tolerance Capacity of Oil Sands Tailings Microbes, and their Ability to Degrade Naphthenic Acids While Attached to Biochar
Alberta’s oil sands process water (OSPW) was used herein as a case to investigate co-contaminated wastewater treatment; naphthenic acids (NAs, implicated for OSPW toxicity) and metals have been reported in OSPW. This thesis sought to evaluate the metal tolerances of a native OSPW microbial …
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Evaluation of the immobilized soil bioreactor for treatment of naphthenic acids in oil sands process waters
Extraction of bitumen from Alberta oil sands produces 2 to 4 barrels of aqueous tailings per barrel of crude oil. Oil sands process water (OSPW) contains naphthenic acids (NAs), a complex mixture of carboxylic acids of the form CnH2n+ZOx that are persistent and toxic to aquatic organisms. Previous …
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Toxicity, morphological changes, and dissipation of oil sands naphthenic acids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
… components (NAFCs) are a toxic byproduct of oil sands extraction and refining in the Athabasca region of Alberta, Canada, accumulating with other contaminants in the large volumes of oil sands process water produced. NAFCs are incredibly complex mixtures identified as a contaminant of concern …