Review on formation of cold plasma activated water (PAW) and the applications in food and agriculture

Y Gao, K Francis, X Zhang - Food Research International, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change increases the need for effective and sustainable technologies in food and
agriculture. Plasma-activated water (PAW) emerges as a green and sustainable technology …

A review and perspective on micro and nanobubbles: What They Are and Why They Matter

G Han, S Chen, S Su, Y Huang, B Liu, H Sun - Minerals Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid growth in the research and extraordinary
applications of micro and nanobubbles due to their unique physicochemical properties …

Computational fluid dynamics investigation of bitumen residues in oil sands tailings transport in an industrial horizontal pipe

SG Sontti, M Sadeghi, K Zhou, E Zheng, X Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Pipeline transport is commonly used in the oil sand industry to convey crushed oil sand ores
and tailings. Bitumen residues in the oil sand tailings can be a threat to the environment that …

A review of the roles of constituent minerals and residual bitumen in the solid-liquid separation of oil sands tailings

D Wang, D Wang, X Tan, A Yeung, Q Liu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The efficient dewatering of fluid fine tailings (FFT) generated from warm-water extraction of
Canadian oil sands is a major challenge that has limited the timely reclamation of the …

Formation and stability of cavitation microbubbles in process water from the oilsands industry

Y Gao, AM Dashliborun, JZ Zhou… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microbubble-assisted technologies have been widely used in mineral flotation and oil–water
separation, among many other industrial processes. This work compares the effects of …

Microbubble-enhanced bitumen separation from tailing slurries with high solid contents

K Zhou, SG Sontti, J Zhou, P Esmaeili… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bitumen residues in oil sand tailings ponds create greenhouse gas emissions and threaten
the ecosystem. However, it is technically challenging to recover bitumen residues from …

Advances and Perspectives of Green and Sustainable Flotation of Low-Rank/Oxidized Coal: A Review

L Gao, X Li, X Lyu, X Zhu - Energy & Fuels, 2024 - ACS Publications
Flotation is a mature technology for the commercial processing of fine coals. However, due
to the difficult flotation characteristics of low-rank/oxidized coals, conventional flotation is …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of three–phase non–Newtonian slurry flows in industrial horizontal pipelines

M Sadeghi, SG Sontti, E Zheng, X Zhang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the flow behavior of complex concentrated slurries is of tremendous
importance for industrial waste management. In this study, the transport of three–phase oil …

CFD simulation of turbulent non-Newtonian slurry flows in horizontal pipelines

M Sadeghi, S Li, E Zheng, SG Sontti… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The transport of monodisperse and bimodal particles in a turbulent non-Newtonian carrier is
studied using a Eulerian–Eulerian CFD model coupled with granular kinetic theory. The …

Numerical Insights from a Population Balance Model into the Distribution of Bitumen Residues in Industrial Horizontal Pipes During the Hydrotransport of Oil Sands …

SG Sontti, X Zhang - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pipeline transportation is a vital method for conveying crushed oil sand ores and tailings in
the oil sands industry. This study focuses on enhancing economic benefits by exploring the …