Humic acid, its colloidal and solution properties and relevance to bitumen recovery from oil sands

• Main Author: Swiech, Weronika M
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of Surrey 2018
• DOI: 10.15126/thesis.00849748

This work considers interactions occurring between humic acid (HA) and other representative components of oil sands such as sand and clays, and their potential effect on bitumen recovery. Further, it considers the characterisation of oil sand components in terms of physico-chemical and dielectric pr...