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SINTEF Industry

SINTEF Industry performs contract research and delivers solutions and services that create value for customers. With our cross-disciplinary knowledge base and advanced laboratories as a base, we develop – in close collaboration with our customers – technology and solutions within a broad range of research areas and industries.

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Publications

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Events

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Laboratories

Advanced laboratories within several technology areas

Projects

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Software and framework

We develop software and framework that creates great value for our customers

News

Award for “the world's most green solar panel”

15 November 2019

SINTEF has played a part in revolutionising solar panel production – and here’s the proof! In connection with the Solar Impulse Foundation’s recently-published report, the “Eco-Solar” EU Project was awarded the “Solar Impulse Efficient Solution Label” for developing efficient and more environmentally friendly solar panel concepts. SINTEF is the coordinator for this project.

This is what you need to know about CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage

07 October 2019

Why is there so much talk about storing CO2 underground? Doesn’t it cost more than it’s worth? Here we provide the research scientists’ answers and explanations of why CCS is climate technology that we are completely dependent on. And yes, this can be performed in a safe manner.

C-capture to work with SINTEF in Norway to validate its carbon capture technology

04 September 2019

C-Capture, the designer of world-leading and innovative chemical processes for carbon dioxide removal, is to work with Norway’s SINTEF on a new phase of its research and development programme.

Projects

HyLINE - Safe Pipelines for Hydrogen Transport

07 November 2019

With Norway's great potential for production and export of renewable energy, world leading competence and technologies for turning fossil resources to clean energy through CCS, and the political commitment in reaching the Paris agreement, an exploitation of the existing pipeline network and subsea technology competence required for hydrogen transport will be essential. However, atomic hydrogen can be absorbed in metallic materials and cause material degradation in the form of hydrogen embrittlement. Therefore, HyLINE will address pipeline material challenges related to transporting clean hydrogen gas in the existing subsea pipeline infrastructure for natural gas transport and new pipeline infrastructure.

DIY4U – Design & production of personalised powdered & liquid FMCG

01 October 2019

DIY4U focuses on digitalizing and transforming European industries and services involved in the formulation, production and supply of particulate and liquid based Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), enhancing the innovation capacity and competitiveness through decentralized customer-centric production approaches, by promoting the adoption of Open Innovation (OI) digital platform for collaborative production engineering and Fablabs (digitally enabled small-scale manufacturing machines/factories).

Hydrate Management - New understanding of hydrate phenomena in oil systems to enable safe operation within the hydrate zone

09 September 2019

For the O&G industry, risk-based hydrate management can be a viable strategy for significantly widening the operational window. The traditional approach has been to avoid entering the hydrate region (high pressure and low temperature) altogether by temperature control (insulation and heating), chemicals (methanol and glycols) and pressure control. Although ensuring safe operations these remedies are costly for longer and colder transport conditions and not necessarily environmentally sound. This project will help meet demands of marginal field developments by advancing the new fundamental knowledge of gas hydrate properties and develop methods for risk assessment, minimize environmental impact and cost-effective hydrate management.
Project list

EU projects

4REFINERY - Scenarios for integration of bio-liquids in existing REFINERY processes

Start: 01/05/2017
End: 30/04/2021

4REFINERY will develop and demonstrate the production of next generation biofuels from more efficient primary liquefaction routes integrated with upgraded downstream (hydro)refining processes to achieve overall carbon yields of >45%. The consortium will aim for successful deployment into existing refineries, including delivering a comprehensive toolbox for interfacing with existing refinery models.

WASTE2ROAD - Biofuels from WASTE TO ROAD transport

Start: 01/10/2018
End: 30/09/2022

The objective of WASTE2ROAD is to develop a new generation of cost-effective biofuels from a range of low-cost biogenic residues and waste fractions (contaminated wood, black liquor from pulp and paper industry, and municipal solid organic waste incl. food residues). Through optimisation of European waste recycling logistics and development of efficient low-risk conversion pathways, high overall carbon yields > 45% can be obtained while reducing greenhouse gases emissions > 80 %.

DACOMAT - Damage Controlled Composite Materials

Start: 01/01/2018
End: 31/12/2021

The objective of DACOMAT is to develop more damage tolerant and damage predictable low cost composite materials in particular aimed for used in large load carrying constructions like bridges, buildings, wind-turbine blades and offshore structures. The developed materials and condition monitoring solutions will provide high tolerance for manufacturing imperfections and high capacity to sustain damages. This will enable large composite structures to be manufactured and maintained at low cost.
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Laboratories

Materials testing

We can test and characterise a wide range of different materials in our laboratories. Materials and components are bent, tensioned and compressed, and go through fracture- and fatigue tests.

Process Metallurgical Laboratories

Modern production of high quality metallic materials requires advanced knowledge of pyro-metallurgical processes. SINTEF optimises metallurgical processes and raw materials, using a combination of laboratory scale and pilot scale experimental techniques, combined with thermochemical modelling.

Mass spectrometry - Advanced research-based analyses

We perform research-based mass spectrometric (MS) and high-throughput (HTS) analyses for SINTEF, academia and industry.
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Strategic Centres

SINTEF Industry is represented in the national research centers for environmentally friendly energy (FME) and research-based Innovation (SFI). We have several Gemini Centers in cooperation with NTNU in Trondheim and the University of Oslo.

Centres for Research-based Innovation (SFI)
The purpose of the SFI is to build up and strengthen Norwegian research groups that work in close collaboration with partners from innovative industry and innovative public enterprises.

Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)
The objective of the scheme for FME is to establish time-limited research centres which conduct concentrated, focused and long-term research of high international calibre in order to solve specific challenges in the field.

Gemini centres
The Gemini Centres form a model for strategic cooperation in which scientific groups with parallel interests coordinate their scientific efforts and jointly operate their resources.

Employees

Eli Aamot

Eli Aamot

Executive Vice President
952 71 607
Name
Eli Aamot
Title
Executive Vice President
Phone
952 71 607
Department
Industry - Administration
Office
Trondheim
Company
SINTEF AS
Cornelis Spooren

Cornelis Spooren

Research Director
930 59 412
Name
Cornelis Spooren
Title
Research Director
Phone
930 59 412
Department
Materials and Nanotechnology
Office
Trondheim
Company
SINTEF AS
Rune Bredesen

Rune Bredesen

Research Director
938 11 279
Name
Rune Bredesen
Title
Research Director
Phone
938 11 279
Department
Sustainable Energy Technology
Office
Oslo
Company
SINTEF AS
Nina Dahl

Nina Dahl

Research Director
415 47 918
Name
Nina Dahl
Title
Research Director
Phone
415 47 918
Department
Metal Production and Processing
Office
Oslo
Company
SINTEF AS
Lars Sørum

Lars Sørum

Research Director
928 04 925
Name
Lars Sørum
Title
Research Director
Phone
928 04 925
Department
Petroleum
Office
Trondheim
Company
SINTEF AS

About us

The institue performs research and development, advanced consultancy and laboratory services. We work closely with industry in development of advanced materials, products, processes and new tools, and seek out new, environmentally friendly processing methods that will increase productivity and raise quality standards.

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Contact info

SINTEF Industry has facilities in Trondheim and Oslo, Norway.
switchboard: 40003730, e-mail

SINTEF Industry is situated at 9 locations in Trondheim.
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Postal address, Trondheim
SINTEF Industry
P.O.Box 4760 Torgarden, NO-7465 Trondheim, Norway

 

Postal address, Oslo
SINTEF Industry
P.O.Box 124 Blindern, 0314 Oslo, Norway

Postal address, Bergen:
SINTEF Industri
Thormøhlens gate 53 C, 5006 Bergen, Norway

Postal address Porsgrunn:
SINTEF Industri
Kjølnes ring 30, 3918 Porsgrunn, Norway