The Green Platform project WindRise aims to realize sustainable and cost-effective solutions for the large-scale deployment of offshore wind substructures. The EU and Norway have set goals for increased offshore wind capacity. To achieve these goals, the expansion of wind farm development must accelerate...
...recursive subdivision and approximate implicitization for identifying all branches of the intersection (within a user defined tolerance), as well as software for refining the intersection curves produced to the required accuracy. The toolkit offers: Intersection of a curve and a point<?xml:namespace...
M-Power is a user driven research and development project to create a middleware platform supporting rapid development and deployment of services for cognitive disabled and elderly. The platform will be defined within an iterative process including end-user requirements, design, platform development...
Requirements and possibilities for heating (including preheating) Weld modelling, with different joint configurations, including wall thicknesses, welding parameters, cooling conditions, restraint intensities and residual stresses Modelling of hydrogen pick up and diffusion during welding and possible subsequent...
An international panel with participants from government, research and industry was unanimous in its recommendation: if we are to reach zero emissions by 2050, we must develop and scale up CCS technology. Maren Sundli, from the Research Council of Norway, started the proceedings by quoting a recommendation...
...the development of robot technology and the cybernetics community at NTNU/SINTEF is one of the world leaders in the field of snake robotics. At last twenty people are working on robotics, which is one of SINTEF ICT’s major areas of involvement. Erik Kyrkjebø and Ingrid Schjølberg at SINTEF ICT together...
...3D ultrasound and image guidance in one of Africa's biggest children's hospitals. This could make it easier to treat brain diseases in children. SINTEF researchers Tormod Selbekk and Reidar Brekken both work with ultrasound on a daily basis and their doctoral degrees are in ultrasound and its clinical...
...explores how to do just that. What happens to our waste affects us all Transitioning to a circular economy could make society both more sustainable and more competitive. However, with a circularity rate of only 2.4% (2020), the Norwegian waste management system, like the whole society, must evolve –...
List of conferences presentations and papers Posters A new FP7 project for development and assessment of new and emerging postcombustion CO2 capture technologies Are moving bed temperature swing adsorption (MBTSA) processes feasible for postcombustion CO2 capture in a NGCC context? Publications Kvamsdal...
...working with understanding and predicting failure of well barriers, as well as understanding how drilling operations and well design influence long-term well integrity during production and after abandonment. Important areas are: Integrity of annular sealants , such as cement and other sealant materials...
...mechanical oil recovery in Arctic and ice-covered waters will be to further improve and adapt existing concepts. Taking into account the remoteness of many of the Arctic areas in question, it is important that equipment for combat of oil in ice can be used in both open waters and water with ice cover. In this...
...hydrothermal synthesis, etc. can also be applied Seehttp://www.sintef.no/Home/Materials-and-Chemistry/Energy-Conversion-and-Materials/Materials-for-Energy-and-Environmental-Technology/Test/Ceramic-processing-and-shaping-technology/ and also http://www.sintef.no/static/mt/2423/functional_ceramics/matsyn.htm. Photo-catalytic...
...subsidiary of Robert Ingham Clark and Felix Mankiewicz, an English paint factory. Its original function was to market, then later manufacture, enamels for coaches using English formulations. In 1930 the company was purchased by Ottmar J. Grau, a paints and enamels manufacturer, and since the 1980s the company...
Divers are few and the tasks often hazardous, so the subsea industries are looking for the greater use of unmanned submarine vehicles. Photo: Geir Johnsen/NTNU/Aurlab In the years ahead, the number of infrastructure operations carried out in deep water will increase. Oil and gas production is moving...
...(ESA), Thales Alenia Space, SINTEF and Terma are now completing a study identifying alternatives to the cameras currently deployed on spacecrafts and space rovers. Both ESA and NASA are on the lookout for better and less resource intensive camera systems for current and future space missions. In the previous...
Fishing gear and nets often end up as plastic waste. Photo: Fjellfrosk Media/Dsolve Notes Most of the plastic waste currently found in the oceans is derived from the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. The plastic fishing gear used in these sectors may contain any one of several components and chemicals...
Darwin project can be applied both to emergency response and preventive measures, crisis leadership and the subsequent re-building of damaged infrastructure. Photo by iStock Standard Cyber-attacks, pandemics and, not least, the major global heath and forest wildfires that we have seen in recent years, have...
...sputtering', Materials Science and Engineering B (2013), ELSEVIER [ONLINE] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2012.11.010 Hou X., 'Electrical and Optical Performance of transparent conducting oxide films deposited by electrostatic spray assisted vapour deposition' Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology (2011)...
Artificial Eye, brain and hands: Research towards developing new solutions based on “artificial eye, brain and hand” is expected to be a next generation technology that will bring the Norwegian seafood, food and aquaculture industry closer to the consumer and contribute to the circular bioeconomy. In...
October (MM Live 2009), and had interesting discussions with representatives from industry and academia. September 2009: We are trying to establish a consortium to address the call FoF.NMP.2010-3 "Intelligent, scalable, manufacturing platforms and equipment for components with micro- and nano-scale functional...