...develop new knowledge about what limits the lifespan of cables with new eco-friendly insulation and relevant test methods to ensure high reliability during operations. The large-scale electrification of society and the increasing use of renewable energy place higher demands on the cable network. To achieve...
...research infrastructure located in Austria for the evaluation of performances and feasibility of Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (AA-CAES). In the project, we will concentrate on the technical, legal, institutional and financial requirements for this type of facilities. One of the main challenges...
Sorting garbage for recycling saves resources, reduces environmental pollution and slows the build-up of landfills. Infrared light is the key to a sorting machine for drink cartons and plastic bottles developed by SINTEF. In Norway most waste sorting takes place in the home, but several European countries...
...central elements in the physical infrastructure of any flexible energy system because they enable effective switching and seamless control of the power flow between the different suppliers and consumers in the electric power grid. However, the rapid switching of power electronic converters cause voltage surges...
...toughness Will all banks, hospitals and power companies come across quickly if they are affected by extreme events? The EU asks. Methods are now being developed that provide answers. Read the cronicle published in the newspaper "Dagens Næringsliv" on October 27, 2017 and Gemini.no on October 29, 2017. The...
Sports scheduling addresses the problem of assigning a date and venue to each game of a tournament, while taking the wishes and requirements of all stakeholders into account. Scheduling a sports league or a tournament is a combinatorial optimization problem that has attracted the interest of the research...
...synthetic rubber as they wear down. Before ending up in the ocean the rubber contributes to the melting of glaciers and soil pollution. Some microplastics get ingested and incorporated in the bodies and tissues of living organisms. In the project, SINTEF, in collaboration with Roadguard, is developing a measurement...
...material offer new possibilities to develop ultra-sensitive sensors due to their high mobilities, surface-to-volume ratios and tuneable electronic structure. Their gas sensing selectivity and sensitivity can be further tailored by decorating their surfaces with nanoparticles specific to a particular gas. Not...
In collaboration with Statoil and TNO - Netherlands, SINTEF has developed and validated a novel methodology for determining the operational limits of free-fall lifeboats. The method combines the use of SINTEF software SIMO, the lifeboat launch simulator VARUNA, and MARINTEK's Computational Fluid Dynamics...
...in which we will increase our understanding of water currents in and between the cages of a fish farm. The current structure is affected by the oceanographic conditions around the farm, the fish biomass, the biofouling state, waves and other environmental conditions. In the project we will combine three...
...production of hydrogen by developing an electrolyser cell operating at 600°C - for efficient use of heat and steam supplied by geothermal or solar plants. SINTEF continues to develop high-temperature fuel cells and electrolysers with a proton conducting electrolyte. The project is based on two EU-funded projects...
...successfully develop and optimize an alternative process to produce primary aluminium. This process, named HalZero, shall eliminate CO2 emissions from aluminium production. The traditional Hall-Héroult (HH) process gives CO2 emissions (1.5-1.6 kg CO2/kg Al) from the reaction between alumina and carbon anodes...
...which Heterogeneous Computing research group at SINTEF is collaborating with the Norwegian companies CovertVector and Rendra. The goal is to develop new and efficient solutions for visualizing and accessing BIM (Building Information Model) data directly on the construction site. In the building industry the...
...diverse case studies in South Africa, France, Finland and Norway, EviBAN will develop a toolbox for adaptive water management suited for different conditions with respect to climate change, anthropogenic activities and societal change in Europe and beyond. Partners: Aalto University, ANTEA GROUP, BRGM...
...of electricity supply. This imposes requirements for the planning and operation of modern power systems. Society is increasingly dependent on a secure electricity supply. This perhaps most evident at the rare occurrences of extensive and long-lasting blackouts. Such blackouts may have a very low probability...
...operation of the network and for customers. The software will also provide data for Statistical analyses. Comprehensive descriptions of how Smart Power (AMS) can be used to monitor the state of the low-voltage network are developed. This can be an useful aid in both network planning and everyday network operation...
...price. Water content estimation is thus critical in production, and today skilled graders assess this manually. Although the graders are assumed to have a good hit rate, it is expected that automated measurements can improve precision and repeatability. Illustration of the contact free probe A number...
...to a low-carbon economy and the demand for cobalt is rapidly increasing. The CROCODILE project aims to drastically reduce the supply risk of cobalt for the European industries by increasing the efficiency of recovery and extraction processes for cobalt, both from primary and secondary sources. CROCODILE...
The petroleum companies in the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association has launched a new study to ensure that the Norwegian offshore industry remains world leading in helicopter safety. The HSS-3b report is now published. The helicopter safety study initiated in 2016 is the last in a series of comprehensive...
...by integrating cultivation of mussels and seaweed with traditional salmon aquaculture. The Office of the Auditor General of Norway has stated that salmon aquaculture faces some major environmental challenges. The concern is directed at escapees, salmon lice and eutrophication effects related to nutrients...