Comparison of the hydraulic fracturing water cycle in China and North America: a critical review

C Zhong, A Zolfaghari, D Hou, GG Goss… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is considerable debate about the sustainability of the hydraulic fracturing (HF) water
cycle in North America. Recently, this debate has expanded to China, where HF activities …

Geochemical stability of oil sands tailings in mine closure landforms

HL Cossey, AE Batycky, H Kaminsky, AC Ulrich - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oil sands surface mining in Alberta has generated over a billion cubic metres of waste,
known as tailings, consisting of sands, silts, clays, and process-affected water that contains …

[HTML][HTML] Viscoelastic performance evaluation of petrol oil and different macromolecule materials

M Ghannam, MYE Selim - International Journal of Thermofluids, 2024 - Elsevier
This study involved conducting an experimental investigation into the flow properties of
different petrol oil–macromolecule material emulsions with regard to their viscous and …

Molecular and microbial insights towards anaerobic biodegradation of anionic polyacrylamide in oil sands tailings

J Li, M Usman, M Arslan, MG El-Din - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Anionic polyacrylamide (A-PAM) is widely used as a flocculant in the management of oil
sands tailings. Nevertheless, apprehensions arise regarding its potential biodegradation …

Deciphering polymer degradation chemistry via integrating new database construction into suspect screening analysis

P Keyes, N Halimah, B **ong - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Water-soluble synthetic polymers and their environmental degradation products are
overlooked but important industrial pollutants in wastewater. However, the detection of …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic exploration of the interactions between anionic polyacrylamide and manganese peroxidase based on docking and molecular dynamics …

L Zhang, F Wang, D Zhang, J Xu, X Wu… - Catalysis Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
The biodegradation of anionic polyacrylamide (HPAM) mediated by manganese peroxidase
(Mn P) has been experimentally discovered and reported by researchers, but the interaction …

Biodegradation of anionic polyacrylamide by manganese peroxidase: docking, virtual mutation based on affinity, QM/MM calculation and molecular dynamics …

F Wang, D Zhang, L Zhang, X Wu, S Deng… - Bioprocess and …, 2022 - Springer
Manganese peroxidase (Mn P) is capable of effectively degrading anionic polyacrylamide
(HPAM). However, the interaction of Mn P with HPAM at molecular level is lacking until now …

Binding of Anionic Polyacrylamide with Amidase and Laccase under 298, 303, and 308 K: Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies Combined with …

F Wang, L Zhang, D Zhang, X Wu, S Deng - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amidase and laccase play a key role in the degradation process of anionic polyacrylamide
(HPAM). However, the largest challenge of HPAM enzymatic degradation is whether the …

An elongational and shear evaluation of polymer viscoelasticity during flow in porous media

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, L Ganzer - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper uses a combination of approaches to evaluate the viscoelastic phenomenon in
high-molecular-weight polymers (24–28 M Daltons) used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) …

Study on degradation of wastewater containing PAM catalyzed by nonequilibrium plasma and γ-Al2O3

W **aobing, W Lu, L Kai, Z Chenyang… - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer flooding not only improves oil recovery, but also produces wastewater containing
polyacrylamide (PAM). It has the characteristics of high emulsification, high viscosity and …