...visitors stand listening, serious and solemn. Souvenir shops always follow in the wake of tourism. Dark tourists like to buy red rosettes and enter their personal messages on them. Photo: Trond Berge And there are lots and lots of visitors. They are young and old, men and women and from many parts of the Western...
SmartPipe project has been ongoing since 2006 when the Research Council of Norway and a group of oil companies provided about 25 million to fund the research programme. As oil production moves into increasingly deeper waters and more environmentally-sensitive areas, the pipelines carrying the hot well stream...
...involves special challenges related to temperature regime and climatic conditions, in addition to the great forces that can be generated by ice movements. The access to suitable fill material is low, making it complicated and expensive to build roads and harbours etc. Often, as at Svalbard, the local geology...
Desmi ice skimmer and Helix Skimmer in SINTEF ice basin. Task 3.1: Testing of existing concepts. A technical report. Report no.: 8 Testing of Lamor GT 185 Skimmer and LRB 150 Skimmer in SINTEF ice basin. Task 3.1: Testing of existing concepts. A technical report. Report no.: 9 Testing and verification of...
Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tina Bru, announced an investment of 120 million NOK (11.3 million EUR) in a new wind power research centre in Norway. The NorthWind research centre will be at the cutting edge, working on innovations to make wind power cheaper, more efficient, and more sustainable. One...
...partner, a new EU-funded project will establish a European value chain for extraction and processing of rare earth elements. Rare earth elements (REE) consist of 17 different chemical elements with unique properties and are critical raw materials in several technologies, not to forget in connection with...
...intracranial pressure, or pressure in the brain, can cause permanent damage. There is a significant market for a device that can detect and messure increased pressure easily and quickly without surgery, says Selbekk. Here he demonstrates the technology. Photo: Ole Martin Wold Standard “We’re through the eye...
...directions. Photo: MakingView Imagine a video camera installed on a Formula 1 car, or on the helmet of a parachutist, or in the audience at a rock concert. And then imagine playing the film back in 3D wearing virtual reality (VR) glasses. The screen is, so to speak, right before your eyes. “This means that from...
...lies between 300 kW and 6 MW. Test platform in the Bay of Biscay “In order to test the latest research results, we are constructing a 1 MW test platform in the Bay of Biscay off the north of Spain,” says Matthias Hofmann at SINTEF Energy Research. This will be ready in three years and will help us to close...
...wearer’s exposure to noise and warns him or her when recommended limits are exceeded. It also makes a daily check of the wearer’s hearing so that incipient damage can be picked up at an early stage before it has a chance to become serious. There is an enormous focus on health, safety and environmental issues...
...extraction become a new primary source of minerals? The EU has carried out a study of the state of knowledge for the exploitation of seabed minerals, and the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate points to a significant resource potential for seabed minerals on the Norwegian continental shelf. Preliminary estimates...
...is to describe ignitability and burnability as a function of weathering. This will later be implemented into the SINTEF Oil Weathering Model. Research regarding burnability of oils as a function of weathering has been performed previously including both laboratory, basin- and field studies. Rules of thumb...
Michael has cooperated with the Norwegian research centre Simula since 2003. Work on a research presentation that you will give in the near future Present and receive comments on your research presentation. Sign up with ragnhild@cmr.no before April 27! Schedule A pre-assignment (duration: App. 2 hours) will...
...institutes and a member of SINTEF’s Group Management. Sørum is currently a Research Director at SINTEF Energy Research. He has been employed at SINTEF since 1992. Lars Sørum received his qualifications as a civil engineer from the then Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in 1991, and has a high level...
...fishing and aquaculture industry in Norway has larger CO2 emissions than civil aviation, according to a new report (link in Norwegian) presented by ZeroKyst at Nor-Fishing 2022. The report was prepared by Stakeholder AS, on behalf of ZeroKyst, to map out greenhouse gas emissions by the fisheries and aquaculture...
...in Europe and the list of international top positions in chemistry and nanomedicine has grown throughout her career. Now, she has been appointed another prestigious role: Fellow at The American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). The American Institute for Medical and Biological...
Based on the measurements and on extensive simulation work the project arrived on the following design guidelines to, if necessary, minimize the magnetic field in electric vehicles. Cables For any DC cable carrying significant amount of current, it should be made in the form of a twisted pair so that...
...related to the semantics of shape. The Network of Excellence Aim@Shape (2004-2007), and the Coordination Action FOCUS K3D (2008-2010). AIM@SHAPE AIM@SHAPE was a Network Of Excellence (NoE) in EU's fp6 addressing shape and semantics. SINTEF had the role as tecehnical coordinator, with IMATI from Italy as...
There is a solution for the world's insatiable energy needs. It is CO2-free and safe. And it’s located right under our feet. Ever since Jules Verne wrote in 1864 about a trip to the Earth's interior, people have dreamed of bringing up heat from the centre of the planet. So far we have only scratched...
SmartPipe project has been ongoing since 2006 when the Research Council of Norway and a group of oil companies provided about 25 million to fund the research programme. As oil production moves into increasingly deeper waters and more environmentally-sensitive areas, the pipelines carrying the hot well stream...