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Adsorption of EOR Polymers and Surfactants on Carbonate Minerals
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-24)Polymer and Surfactants are widely used to improve the oil recovery from a reservoir. One of the main issues with injection of these chemicals is their adsorption over reservoir rock surfaces. The first part of this study ... -
Adsorptive Removal of Refractory Sulphur and Nitrogen Compounds from Transportation Fuels
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-02)The reduction of sulphur in transportation fuel has gained significant importance as the regulatory agencies worldwide react to air quality concerns and the impact of sulphur oxides on the environment. The overall objective ... -
Advanced Carbon Nanomaterials as Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Fuel Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are electrochemical devices that efficiently convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity and water. Their clean point of operation emissions and continuous operation have ... -
Advanced Genomic Engineering Strategy based on Recombineering Protocols to “Tailor” Escherichia coli Strains
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-24)A systematic approach based on bacteriophage Lambda (Lambda Red) and flippase-flippase recognition targets (FLP-FRT) recombinations was proposed for genomic engineering of Escherichia coli. For demonstration purposes, DNA ... -
Advanced Heteroatom Doped Nanocarbon Materials as Platinum Catalyst Supports for Fuel Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-17)The pressing demand for high performance, operationally stable and inexpensive electrocatalyst materials for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) has spurred significant research and development interest in this ... -
Advanced membrane for water desalination and ion separation applications
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-25)Population growth, contamination of fresh water, and climate change are increasing pressure on water supplies, accelerating the need for technological solutions that will improve access to clean water for drinking and ... -
Advanced Nanostructure Materials for Hybrid Supercapacitors
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-05)Hybrid supercapacitors (HSCs) are electrochemical devices that combine the characteristics of batteries and supercapacitors in one asymmetric cell. Lithium ion batteries (LIBs) and supercapacitors (SCs) represent two ends ... -
Advanced Nanostructured Electrode and Materials Design for Zinc Air Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-25)Zinc air batteries have great promise as a new age energy storage device due to their environmental benignity, high energy density in terms of both mass and volume, and low cost Zinc air batteries get their high energy ... -
Advanced non-precious metal catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-20)To address the global energy and environmental challenges, the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is proposed and developed as one of the most promising power source candidates for various applications including ... -
Advanced Silicon Anode Architectures for High Energy Density Lithium-ion Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-07)The pressing environmental issues and the continuous increase in energy demand have drawn tremendous attention to the development of advanced electrochemical energy storage systems (EESS). Lithium-ion batteries are currently ... -
Advanced Silicon-based Electrodes for Rechargeable Lithium-ion Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-24)The pressing environmental and ecological issues with fossil fuels, together with their long-term unsustainability have driven a mighty quest for alternative energy sources. High-performance and reliable energy conversion ... -
Air Quality Impacts of Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Industries
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-09-19)Though refineries and petrochemical industries meet society’s energy demands and produce a range of useful chemicals, they can also affect air quality. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified polluted air as the ... -
Alkaline Treatment of Chitosan Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2022-03-22)Derived from deacetylation of chitin, which is one of the most abundant natural polymers, chitosan has been drawing extensive attention due to its outstanding properties, and potential in many applications in the forms of ... -
Allocation of Hydrogen Produced via Power-to-Gas Technology to Various Power-to-Gas Pathways
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)Demand for renewable energy systems is accelerating and will account for a significant share of future power systems aimed to enhance and decarbonize the world’s energy system. Unlike conventional power plants, electricity ... -
Amide-based Donor-acceptor Polymers for Sensor Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)Organic semiconductors, especially polymerized organic semiconductors, are suitable for manufacturing low-cost electronic products on flexible lightweight substrates through a high throughput roll-to-roll printing process. ... -
Analysis of a Clean Energy Hub Interfaced with a Fleet of Plug-in Fuel Cell Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)The ‘hydrogen economy’ represents an energy system in which hydrogen and electricity are the dominant energy carriers for use in transportation applications. The ‘hydrogen economy’ minimizes the use of fossil fuels in order ... -
Analysis of the Large Scale Centralized Hydrogen Production and the Hydrogen Demand from Fuel Cell Vehicles in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-31)The ‘Hydrogen Economy’ is a proposed system where hydrogen is produced from carbon dioxide free energy sources and is used as an alternative transportation fuel. The application of hydrogen on board fuel cell vehicles can ... -
An Analytical Solution to Transient Composite Domain Diffusion and its Potential Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-27)The work developed here was initially made to provide a comprehensive model for the modified Loschmidt cell, but the project evolved to derive a more robust transient composite domain diffusion (TCDD) model. The original ... -
Anomaly Detection and Classification with Deep Learning Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2022-03-30)The capability of deep learning (DL) techniques for dealing with non-linear, dynamic and correlated data has paved the way for developing DL-based solutions for real-world problems. Among them, anomaly detection has been ... -
Antibacterial and Mercury Detection Abilities of Triangular Silver Nanoparticles
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been studied for a long time, because of their significant application in photonics, drug delivery, biological medicine, wastewater treatment, antimicrobials, catalysis and sensors. This ...