Chemical Engineering
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemical Engineering .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
Recent deposits
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Graphene Based Membranes for High Salinity, Produced Water Treatment by Pervaporation Separation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-13)Petroleum industries generate huge volumes of wastewater that is associated with oil and gas during extraction, known as produced water. It accounts for 98% of the amount extracted, and comprises diverse pollutants of ... -
Study on Solution-Processable Polypyrrole-Based Conducting Polymers
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-26)Due to the adjustable conductivity, cost-effective synthesis, and easy device fabrication, conducting polymers have wide-ranging applications in numerous areas, including sensors, solar cells, supercapacitors, and electrodes. ... -
Optimal and Sustainable Design of Integrated Biorefineries for Microalgae and Municipal Solid Waste Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)With drastic advances occurred in society over decades, there have been growing concerns towards global energy demand and sustainable feedstock supply. Particularly, biomass emerged as one of the potential energy sources ... -
Improving Productivity in Bioreactors through Control of Cell Heterogeneity
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)Whooping cough, also referred to as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial respiratory tract disease. At Sanofi Pasteur, the fermentation step in the manufacturing of the vaccine for pertussis involves a sequence of ... -
Multiphysics pore network simulation of electrochemical devices as a design tool
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)Redox flow batteries including the vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) and Zn-air batteries have attracted attentions in energy storage projects due to their scalability and high energy density. Performance of these devices ... -
Development and Performance Characterization of Bipolar Electrodialysis Flow Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-22)Energy storage is becoming increasingly important to have a consistent renewable power supply. Limitations on the cost of current energy storage technologies have prevented the mass adoption of renewable energy. This ... -
Polydopamine-Based Thin Film Composite Membranes for Pervaporative Concentration of Potassium Acetate Solution
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-19)Potassium acetate (KAc) is a valuable chemical product due to its widespread application in multiple fields. During the production of KAc, the concentration of dilute KAc solution is a vital pre-treatment procedure to ... -
Plant-Based Cheese Analogues and Value-Added, High-Fiber Soymilk Gels Containing Okara
(University of Waterloo, 2022-11-03)In this work, the potential of adding soy okara modified by heat or citric acid or their combination into soymilk to create whole soybean gels was examined. The purpose of the treatments was to improve the compatibility ... -
Using Polymers to Improve the Performance of Sulfur and Organic Cathodes
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-28)Pollution, climate change and the rapid consumption of fossil fuel resources are driving the development and adoption of clean and renewable energy sources, including hydro, wind and solar power, as well as non-fossil fuel ... -
Dynamic modeling of recirculating aquaculture systems with an integrated application of nonlinear model predictive control and moving horizon estimation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-30)Growing concerns regarding the sustainability of the aquaculture industry has led to the development of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) where the addition of wastewater treatment units is accompanied by a reduction ... -
Examination of binding elements and conditions of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts to assess its detection potential in water
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)Cryptosporidium parvum is an intestinal parasite that can be spread through environmental and recreational waters, most often in the form of oocysts. As an oocyst, this parasite is resistant to chlorine disinfection, and ... -
Comprehensive approach to enhance perovskite solar cells efficiency and stability through charge transport and interlayer modifications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) having numerous advantages for photovoltaic applications, such as high absorption coefficient, tunable bandgap, high crystallinity and long carrier diffusion length, attracted significant ... -
Highly Filled, Durable, and Sustainable Wood-Plastic Composites from Recycled Thermoplastics
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)The increasing concern for environmental sustainability and the accumulation of solid waste (e.g. single-use plastics) has led to an increased interest in the utilization of renewable feedstocks and recycling of plastics ... -
Study of the Effects of Long Carbamate Chain on Indigoid-Based Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Organic Electronic Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Novel donor-acceptor polymers based on indigoid building blocks, hemi-isoindigo and isoindigo, with the substitution of long carbamate side chains were synthesized for organic solar cells (OSCs) and organic field-effect ... -
Scheduling process operations under uncertainty and integration with long term planning
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-22)This thesis centers upon the application of mathematical modelling, optimization theory and uncertainty analysis to the problem of scheduling batch operations for large scale industries. Over the years, decision making ... -
Design of Functional Coating on Cellulose Nanocrystals for Advanced Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-20)As a result of the increasing demand for high-performance, sustainable consumer products, renewable materials with benign characteristics are receiving considerable attention. Among many renewable materials, cellulose ... -
Ionic liquid/surfactant mixtures as multi-functional electrolytes for graphene-based supercapacitors
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-26)Supercapacitors store energy by the restructuring of ions at the electrode/electrolyte interface under an applied potential. Supercapacitors bridge the gap between batteries, which are high energy density devices, and ... -
Graft mechanical compliance in vascular patency
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-26)With the growing age of average population throughout the world, progress of biomaterials research is important to overcome current limitations. Vascular graft is one of the examples. Currently, synthetic vascular grafts ... -
Improved Slow Feature Analysis for Process Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)Unsupervised multivariate statistical analysis models are valuable tools for process monitoring and fault diagnosis. Among them, slow feature analysis (SFA) is widely studied and used due to its explicit statistical ... -
Electrolyte Design for All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-19)Although one of the most mature battery technologies, lithium-ion batteries still have many aspects that have not reached the desired requirements, such as energy density, current density, safety, environmental compatibility, ...
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