...risk and profitability and optimal timing of maintenance and reinvestments. SINTEF Energy has developed expertise, methods and tools for such analysis of both power networks and hydropower plants. A significant part of the power system must be renewed the next 20 years because of old assets and poor...
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...buildings is paid more and more attention. Reuse of building materials is resource-efficient, and can also be cost-effective. SINTEF works to overcome the current obstacles to make reuse a cost-effective and practical alternative to new materials, both internally in upgrade projects and through third-party...
...seen the potential in making spare parts with AM, and SINTEF is cooperating with several of these. The spare parts can then be produced on demand, and they can also be produced locally. You can then avoid having a large warehouse of spare parts, and instead establish a digital warehouse. Spare parts...
Utilization of wastewater heat from Norwegian industry is a large and significant resource that is currently utilized to a very small extent. By using temperate industrial water to produce seafood, this can contribute to commercial production of new farmed species that require higher temperatures than...
...image generation process and cutting-edge machine learning algorithms. We specializes in developing robust and trustworthy deep learning networks for a wide range of vision applications (e.g. Subsea, Agri, Industry, Robot vision). Our research focuses on designing, developing, and training networks for...
Circular value chain optimisation
...focus on circular economy, SINTEF combines technological expertise with economic and environmental expertise in order to provide our customers with multidisciplinary solutions, developing innovative business models and new forms of cooperation....
Decision support systems
SINTEF has have long experience in developing decision support systems for an optimal resource usage in industry and government administration. This can be decision support both on operational and on strategic level....
CO2 capture plant emission measurements
...position within emission measurements from CO2 capture processes due to the combined competence within process technology and solvent degradation, advanced mass spectrometric analysis and industrial gas sampling....
Recycling during solar processing
...production such as: Argon recycling, Water recycling, Silicon (broken cells, pot-scrap and kerf) recycling, Used quartz crucible utilisation, Used graphite furnace parts utilisation and New applications for silicon, silica and graphite waste ...
High throughput screening
...advanced facilities for high throughput screening and is working with lab automation and high throughput screening in a range of projects. The robotic screening facility at SINTEF has state of the art equipment for efficient automation of assays and cultivation in microplate format....
High temperature materials
SINTEFs expertise within high temperature materials cover in special refractories, linings and carbon based materials for the primary aluminium cells, cast furnaces, anode baking furnaces, waste incinerators, silicon – and ferro-alloy reduction process....
Electrolysis
SINTE offers full range of competence in the development and characterization of materials and components for electrolysis technology. Electrolysis is the process of converting water to oxygen and hydrogen using electricity. Small scale electrolysers for hydrogen production are ideal for the conversion...
Metal-air batteries
In alignment with Europe's Green Deal for 2050 and SINTEF's commitment towards technology for a better society, we are also developing alternate battery technologies that are safe, low cost, and sustainable with minimal stress on the environment....
CO2 capture with membranes
...before or after a combustion processes or from industry sources. We have the expertise and required equipment for the preparation and characterization of various types of membranes, as well as running simulation and testing of membranes at realistic operating conditions. ...
Fluidized bed reactor technology
...bed reactors are widely used in the metallurgical, energy and chemical industries today. In addition, many clean and efficient fluidized bed process concepts are under development, in line with global goals to increase resource efficiency and decrease environmental impact. Process Technology - CCS -...
Recycling / Urban mining
Urban Mining is simply defined as the process of reclaiming raw materials from spent products, buildings and waste....
3D bioprinting, and additive manufacturing (AM) for health/medicine applications in general
SINTEF is involved in all stages of bioprinting, from the development and optimization of materials, to the development of three-dimensional structures containing cells, and the analysis of the printed structures with in vitro assays. 3D bioprinting employs soft biocompatible materials together with...
Battery materials characterization
Developing next generation technologies and chemistries requires state of the art physicochemical characterization capabilities. SINTEF has world class instrumental facilities covering all aspects of battery materials development....
Robot Vision
With vision, robots can be used in applications with more variations in tasks and environment. Topics range from object detection for robot grasping in manufacturing to collision detection for mobile robots in the field, and everything inbetween. ...
Ultra-pure silicon for solar cells
After silicon has been produced from quartz and carbon, it needs to be refined to achieve high enough purity for it to be usable for solar cell production. In SINTEF we are working closely with the industry and academia, but we have also extensive in-house laboratories for process development of ultra-pure...