...risky business and, according to a recent SINTEF report, working alone on small vessels is the riskiest of all. On Monday, researchers had to add yet another fatality to the gloomy statistics. Stock photo: iStock/Piola666 Standard The fisheries sector is a dangerous profession, and fishers working...
...various kinds of operation precise information on ice cover, ice thickness and ice type/category is essential. Knowledge of the ice regimes is necessary for establishing probable scenarios for testing of equipment at meso-scale and in the field, as well as preparation of a generic oil spill contingency...
...the collection for WP3. In phase 2 of the WP3 data collection, which will take place in 2012, some of the countries and some of the sites may go back for some more in-depth case studies and possibly interviews with non-users. Phase 2 of the data collection will be dependent on the findings from WP4. Below...
List of presentations from the "Degradation of PEM Fuel Cells - experience exchange and discussions" workshop. 30,000 hours of PEMFC system operation at a chlor-alkali plant Stayers: effect of feed contaminants - Jorg Coolegem, Hakan Yildirim, Frank de Bruijn – NEDSTACK Efficient Use of Energy Converting...
Prosjektpartnerne finner referatet og videoen fra møtet i SINTEFs sharepoint-mappe for prosjektet. Se presentasjonene: Introduction and Overview Models Linking Input Harmonization Stock and Calibration Stochastic Load Profiles EMPIRE Resultater fra TIMES-Norge Hydropower system in Norway: Results from EMPS Preliminary...
...carbon dioxide in undersea reservoirs. Photo: Kirsten Melum Standard It was the summer of 1986, and Erik Lindeberg, a research scientist in the oil reservoir division at SINTEF, invited his friend and colleague Torleif Holt to his cozy cabin on the shores of Lake Sommen in Sweden. Like good research...
...safely and cost-effectively by pipeline from the capture site to the storage site. by Mona Jacobsen Mølnvik, Reserach Director, SINTEF Energy Research, Svend Tollak Munkejord, Chief Scientist, SINTEF Energy Research Cato Dørum, Senior Scientist, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry If CO2 capture and storage...
SINTEF in Brazil, as well as in academic co-operation between Norway and Brazil. The SINTEF Group is Scandinavia's largest independent R&D organization with leading expertise in the natural sciences and technology, environment, health and social science. SINTEF has more than 2100 employees who come from...
Standard The reuse and recycling of materials is important with a view to reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions generated by the building sector. The developer Oslobygg KF has ambitious plans for renovation of the Sophies Minde building, which is part of Oslo University Hospital, and is getting plenty...
Some employees say that it’s easier to talk to ChatGPT than to senior colleagues. They say that there’s no point bothering to ask polite and well-formulated questions because ChatGPT always answers politely regardless. Stock photo: Joe Lambert/AP/NTB Viewpoints The countless useful applications offered...
Biochar has significant potential to contribute to decarbonising industry and achieving our climate goals. By adopting a lead organising role at the 2025 Biochar Summit in Brussels, SINTEF Scientist Kathrin Weber aims to help that potential be realised. Advancing biochar as a new climate-friendly sector...
Engineering 36: 272-284 Lader P, Olsen A, Jensen A, Sveen JK, Fredheim A, Enerhaug B 2007 Experimental investigation of the interaction between waves and net structures - Damping mechanism. Aquacultural Engineering 37(2): 100-114 1 Lader PF, Jensen A, Sveen JK, Fredheim A, Enerhaug B, Fredriksson D 2007...
Expertise in developing and implementing processes related to biorefining is of decisive importance for our ability to build up a sustainable bioeconomy in Europe. EuroBioRef covers the whole biomass conversion chain from raw materials to the production of commercial fine chemicals, and the project will develop...
In 1958, Norwegian building researchers published the first of a series of construction detail leaflets. Research results and practical experience were to be disseminated in such a way that they would rapidly be brought into use. Post-war Norway: Lightweight, insulated timber housing developed by Norwegian...
A model of the Oseberg ship – the oldest and most beautiful Viking ship in the world – has just been tested in Ship Model Tank at Marintek, SINTEF. Photo: Geir Røvik (left), who leads the New Oseberg Ship Foundation, and Per Werenskiold of MARINTEK followed the tests closely for several days. (Photo:...
...between life and death. The first tests on humans will be carried out in April on patients with spinal injuries at Sunnaas Hospital. By Åse Dragland More than 220,000 people in Norway suffer from a neurological disease that means that they have difficulties with urinating and incontinence, and have problems...
...harmful chemicals called acrylamides. The acrylamide content in potato crisps is influenced by factors such as the potatoes themselves, storage conditions and the heat treatment process. Researchers have been looking into acrylamides together with the food packing company Produsentpakkeriet in Frosta, north-east...
Multiscale Methods and Non-Uniform Coarsened Grids for Reservoir Simulation Without Upscaling Background: Standard reservoir simulators are seldom able to utilize the detailed description of the reservoir geology and petrophysical charateristics available in high-resolution geomodels. Indeed, to simulate...
...sprinkler systems and molten aluminium from melted aircraft hulls created explosions that led to the collapse of the Twin Towers in Manhattan. At an international materials technology conference in San Diego, the audience heard senior scientist Christian Simensen of SINTEF Materials and Chemistry (picture)...
NTNU and SINTEF Ocean participate in a European research project on the use of jellyfish blooms as solutions for producing new products. Global climate change and the human impact on marine ecosystems result in decreasing the number of fish in the ocean. Since overfishing decreases the numbers of jellyfish...