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Upgrading of Bitumen

Measurement of Vacuum Residue and Asphaltene Fluid Properties at Process Conditions, 2005

Association Behavior of Pyrene Compounds as Models for Asphaltenes, 2005

Pyridine Adsorption and Reaction on Mo(110) and C/N–Mo(110): Experiment and Modeling, 2004

Inhibition and Deactivation of Hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) Catalysts by Narrow-Boiling Fractions of Athabasca Coker Gas Oil, 2004

Fluid Properties at Coking Process Conditions, 2004

Melting and Fluid Behavior of Asphaltene Films at 200-500 °C, 2004

Quantitative Molecular Representation and Sequential Optimization of Athabasca Asphaltenes, 2004

The Use of a Novel Fluorinated OrganosulfurCompound to Isolate Bacteria Capable of Carbon-Sulfur Bond Cleavage, 2004

Liquid-Phase Behavior during the Cracking of Asphaltenes, 2003

Measurement of Adhesive Forces During Coking of Athabasca Vacuum Residue, 2003

Measurement of Effciency of Distribution of Liquid Feed in a Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed Reactor, 2003

Kinetics of Cracking and Devolatilization During Coking of Athabasca Residues, 2003

Consistency of Asphaltene Chemical Structures with Pyrolysis and Coking Behavior, 2003

Coking Kinetics of Asphaltenes as a Function of Chemical Structure, 2003

Kinetics of Hydrocracking and Hydrotreating of Coker and Oilsands Gas Oils, as published in Petroleum Science and Technology, Vol. 21, Nos. 5 & 6, 2003

Trapping of Aromatic Compounds During Coking of Athabasca Vacuum Residue, 2003

Hydrotreating Chemistry of Model Products from Bioprocessing of Carbazoles as published in Energy & Fuels, 2002

Fundamentals of Bitumen Coking Processes Analogous to Granulation: A Critical Review as published in the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, June 2002

Pressure Buildup in Gas-Liquid Flow Through Packed Beds due to Deposition of Fine Particles as published in the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, June 2002

Role of Chain Reactions and Olefin Formation in Cracking, Hydroconversion and Coking of Petroleum and Bitumen Fractions as published in Energy & Fuels, February 2002

New Technique Defines the Limits of Upgrading Heavy Oils, Bitumen as published in Oil & Gas Journal, January 7, 2002

Kinetics of Solvent Interactions with Asphaltenes during Coke Formation as published in Energy & Fuels, January 2002

Quality of Distillates from Repeated Recycle of Residue as published in Energy & Fuels, 2002

Molar Kinetics & Selectivity in Cracking of Athabasca Asphaltenes as published in Energy & Fuels, March 2001

Coupling of Mass Transfer and Reaction in Coking of Thin Films of an Athabasca Vaccum Residue as published in Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2001

Use of 13C Tracers to Determine Mass-Transfer Limitaitons on Thermal Cracking of Thin Films of Bitumen, 2001

Deposition of Particles from Non-Aqueous Suspensions in an Impinging Jet as submitted to Colloids & Surfaces A: Physicochemical & Engineering Aspects, February 2000

Role of Hydrotreating Products in Deposition of Fine Particles in Reactors as published in FUEL, 2000

Thermal Cracking of Athabasca Bitumen: Influence of Steam on Reaction Chemistry as published in Energy & Fuels, April 2000

Deposition of Fine Particles in Packed Beds at Hydrotreating Conditions: Role of Surface Chemistry as published in Ind. Eng. Res., 1999

Reactivity of Athabasca Bitumen End Cut, November 1998

Bioprocessing & Bioremediation

Stabilization of Oil/Water Emulsions by Hydrophobic Bacteria, 2004

Saturable, Energy-Dependent Uptake of Phenanthrene in Aqueous Phase by Mycobacterium sp. Strain RJGII-135, 2004

Identification and Characterization of the emhABC Efflux System for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Pseudomonas fluorescens cLP6a, 2003

Transport and Reaction Processes in Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants. 1.
Review of Bacterial Degradation and Transport, 2003

Transport and Reaction Processes in Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants. 2. Role of Aggregate Size in Soil Remediation in a Slurry Bioreactor, 2003

Denitrogenation of carbazole by combined biological and catalytic treatment, 2002

Dibenzyl Sulfide Metabolism by White Rot Fungi, 2002

Selective Transport and Accumulation of Alkanes by Rhodococcus erythropolis S+14He, 2002

Kinetics of Biodegradation of Mixturesof Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, 2002

Selective Biocatalysis in Bateria Controlled by Active Membrane Transport, 2001

Solid-Liquid Mass Transfer in a Rotary Drum, 2001

Uptake and Active Efflux of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Pseudomonas fluorescens LP6a as published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2000

Characterization of Contaminated Soils using Confocal Laser Scanning Miscroscopy and Cryogenic-Scanning Electron Miscroscopy as published in Environ. Sci. & Technology, May 2000

Surfactant Inhibition of Bacterial Growth on Solid Anthracene as published in Biodegradation, 2000

Protocols to Enhance Biodegradation of Hydrocarbon Contaminants in Soil as published in Bioremediation Journal, 2000

 

Reports

Upgrading of Bitumen

Bioprocessing & Bioremediation

 

 
Murray R. Gray, Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology), P.Eng.
(780) 492-7965   Murray.Gray@UAlberta.ca

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