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Investigation of Gravity Drainage in Fractured Porous Media
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-01)
The oil production from well fractured carbonate reservoirs is a considerable part of the total oil production in the world. The petroleum resource base in naturally fractured reservoirs is estimated to be in the range of ...
Conductive Thermoplastic Composite Blends for Flow Field Plates for Use in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC)<br><br>
(University of Waterloo, 2006)
This project is aimed at developing and demonstrating highly conductive, lightweight, and low-cost thermoplastic blends to be used as flow field bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. <br><br> ...
Seeding Induced Assembly of Ionic-Complementary Peptide EAK16-II
(University of Waterloo, 2004)
Seeding is an important variable in controlling or directing the assembly of peptides. The presence of impurities, responsible for creating a 'dip' in the surface tension versus peptide concentration profile, is used to ...
Experimental and Modelling Investigation of a Novel Tetrafunctional Initiator in Free Radical Polymerization
(University of Waterloo, 2005)
An experimental and modelling investigation of a tetrafunctional initiator designed for free radical polymerizations is presented. Multifunctional initiators are believed to provide two advantages over traditional ...
Separation of Volatile Organic Compounds from Nitrogen by Hollow Fiber Composite Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2003)
Many industrial processes handling organic solvents produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These VOCs not only cause environmental pollution, but also represent an economic loss. VOC removal and recovery have ...
Optimal Online Tuning of an Adaptive Controller
(University of Waterloo, 2004)
A novel adaptive controller, suitable for linear and non-linear systems was developed. The controller is a discrete algorithm suitable for computer implementation and is based on gradient descent adaptation rules. ...
Development of a Packed-bed Reactor Containing Supported Sol-gel Immobilized Lipase for Transesterification
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-10)
The objective of this work was to develop a novel enzyme immobilization scheme for supported lipase sol-gels and to evaluate the potential of the immobilized biocatalyst for the production of biodiesel in a packed bed ...
Micronization of Polyethylene Wax in an Extrusion Process using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)
Supercritical fluid technology is a well documented and emergent technology used in many industries today for the formation of micro- and nano- particles. The use of supercritical fluids allows synthesis of various types ...
Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling of Porous Copolymer Particles
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-11)
Hydrogels are polymeric materials that have three-dimensional polymeric networks, which are able to absorb and retain a large amount of water within their structures without being dissolved. Among the synthetic hydrogel, ...
Development of Electrically Conductive Thermoplastic Composites for Bipolar Plate Application in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-01)
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have the potential to play a major role as energy generators for transportation and portable applications. One of the current barriers to their commercialization is the cost ...