...quality and storage conditions to reduce loss during long-term storage of root vegetables in Norway. The loss of produced vegetables during storage and distribution amounts to almost 30% in Norway, and is one of the largest losses of produced food and lost sources of income in both agriculture and the food...
...attend school and participate in society. WHO has estimated that around 466 million people (6.1 % of the world’s population) have a disabling hearing loss, and 34 million of these are children. The majority of children with hearing impairment live in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and most of the...
...on demonstrating and verifying a concept for enabling large-scale and hybrid flexible resources. The overarching idea of the project is that current technology and technical requirements for large-scale flexible resources—such as backup generators, electric boilers, batteries, and other hybrid resources—allow...
...individually can be technically and economically challenging. The project introduces a new paradigm where large-scale hub facilities at sea deliver low-carbon heat and power to clusters of offshore oil and gas production facilities. The underlying idea is that centralising the heat and power generation has the...
...the development of methods and guidelines for robust design of fish farms with open net cages in exposed environments. Development of structural design methods includes new hydrodynamic load models, methods to consider fluid-structure interaction, new structural models and analysis methods for nets. ...
...locally produced spare parts and other custom-made parts to the seafood industry in the Arctics, by using 3D printing with metal alloys and polymer composites. 3D printing with metal alloys and composite materials The seafood industry is distributed along the coast and depends on secure access to spare...
...methods for assessing, handling and limiting threats and vulnerabilities arising due to interactions between the SCADA system and other digital systems, in order to maintain the security of supply in smartgrids at a high level. Realizing the promise of increased functionality and flexibility in the future...
Nortura SA, Alfsen og Gunderson AS and BWL Maskin AS. Sustainable production of traditional and novel dry meat products DryMeat is investigating how traditional and novel Norwegian dry-cured products can be produced with increased quality while obtaining sustainability and high energy efficiency. The main...
NYMOOR will enable design and use of nylon mooring systems for floating wind turbines, reducing material and resource requirements and enabling novel mooring solutions. There are ambitious goals for development of floating wind farms, but one of the limiting factors is the mooring systems. Current options...
INDEE+is coordinated by NTNU (dep. of energy and process engineering) and includes several partners, where SINTEF Ocean is one of them. INDEE+ is an umbrella project covering several dededicated projects supporting the Indian refrigeration and Air Conditioning sector towards more environmentally friendly...
...processes and equipment, moving towards zero defect manufacturing, which is a key challenge in strategic economic sectors, such as aeronautics, energy, and automotive. Vision Currently, thanks to digital means, a large volume of data is generated and stored, but, without adequate processing and management...
...aims to enable fact-checking services to detect and flag potentially harmful fake news items in a more accurate, efficient and timely manner than offered by current state-of-the-art systems. Fake news are "news" items known by the author to be false and published with an intent to deceive. Researchers...
...technology for Norwegian industry. The project spans five years, is led by SINTEF ICT and has the following partners: Statoil, Norsk Hydro, Tronrud Engineering, Glen Dimplex Nordic, Scandinavian Business Seating, RobotNorge, NTNU and SINTEF Raufoss Manufacturing. Video about chair parts packaging NextGenRob focuses...
The main goal of the project is to establish criteria and solutions for safe and cost-effective application of materials for hydrocarbon exploration and production in arctic regions. 25% of the world's undiscovered oil and natural gas are believed to be located in the northern area. Through its involvement...
...transformers that can be safer, more sustainable, and better at cooling. Background: Investments in the power system Considerable investments and reinvestments are needed in the power grid in the coming years, all of which must be environmentally sound and highly reliable. Liquid-insulated transformers...
...with reliable flexible shielding technologies for prevention of infestation in offshore and coastal areas. This project emphasizes the advancement of aquaculture technology systems that are economically sustainable and improve animal welfare. This includes, the use of flexible shielding skirts for prevention...
...develop integrated and responsive maritime supply chains among industry actors in Mid-Norway. The project is carried out by Kongsberg Maritime, Noca, Roxar and Fugro Oceanor, in collaboration with SINTEF, HIST and the NCEI cluster. The vision of the project is to: "Strengthen and improve the competitive...
OpenMod4Africa aims at developing sustainable and reliable energy systems in Africa, and is set to make a significant impact on the continent's energy landscape. OpenMod4Africa aims to target the pressing challenge of energy poverty. Even though Africa is home to some of the best renewable resources...
...release from an aquaculture plant, and this implies a cost to the producer. At present, there is no established system for collection and reuse of RAS release water into new productions such as in aquaponics. Moreover, existing aquaponics systems have large area footprints and production is mainly developed...
Chatbots for better and more efficient mental health services for young people. Chatbots, or conversational user interfaces, are digital services with which human users interacts through natural language. The recent developments within artificial intelligence, coupled with the broad popular uptake of...