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dr zhenghe xu

Dr. Xu is a Teck Professor at the University of Alberta, a NSERC-Industrial Research Chair in Oil Sands Engineering (2008- 2017), and the Canada Research Chair in Mineral Processing (2006-2017).

Areas of Research:

 

  • oil sands engineering
  • interfacial phenomena in mineral and materials processing
  • advanced coal cleaning and combustion technology
  • emission control; nanotechnology
  • molecular interactions at interfaces

Popular Publications

Handbook on Theory and Practice of
Bitumen Recovery from Athabasca Oil Sands Volume I: Theoretical Basis

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Handbook on Theory and Practice of
Bitumen Recovery from Athabasca Oil Sands Volume II: Industrial Practice

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