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...given over condition monitoring (CM) and structural health monitoring(SHM) for offshore wind turbines with a special focus on two innovative sensor types – Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) and Microelectromechnical Systems (MEMS) sensors. Based on a limited literature survey and interviews with wind turbine operators...

...investigates the collection of aluminium packaging, particularly in China, the United States and the European Union. A literature search among journal articles using Google Scholar, company and organization reports and newspapers was conducted. As recycling of aluminium requires only 5% of the energy needed...

Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems energy efficiency. For planning and operational purposes the data centre infrastructure is seen in a physical perspective and subdivided in four levels: 1) Inside racks and cabinets, 2) In the data centre room(s), 3) Inside the building and li) Outside...

...summarizes ZEN research on urban design and accessibility. With greenhouse gas emissions as the issue and urban neighbourhoods as the scale, the goal has been to develop analytical methods and evaluation tools for use by municipalities and other actors in planning at city and neighbourhood scale. This has provided...

...properties and the increased food processability. In the European countries, 75-80% of salt we consume is hidden in processed foods. The Low salt products project had comprehensive participation from Norwegian fish and meat industry and RTD-institutes and was coordinated by SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture...

A few initial ideas for new active fishing gear concepts based on trawl and seine were presented at a workshop in Hirtshals, 14-15 December 2009. These initial concepts are described and the comments and feedback from the workshop participants included in this report. The outcome of the workshop is...

This memo explores the potential and feasibility of different heat‐to‐power technologies for application in industrial surplus heat recovery. Several technologies are described and evaluated qualitatively for typical low‐to‐medium temperature heat sources in HighEFF partner industries. The evaluations...

Research Program "Formation and behaviour of thin oil films and evaluation of response methods including HSE" (TOF project) has been a 3-year Research & Development project (2014-2017). This report summarize the main research conducted and the results, and refers to reports, memos, and publications/manuscripts...

...extensive 3D-mesh of O₂-probes was deployed in a cage and allows an overview of the O₂-content in the whole cage volume. This O₂ distribution is statistically analyzed and its gradients discussed in time and location. In addition, current meters and a current profiler allow to discuss the oxygen data in...

...climate adaptation of buildings and infrastructure in order to reduce societal risk related to enhanced precipitation and flood water. Klima 2050 has proved to be synonymous with excellence within risk reduction through climate adaptation of buildings and infrastructure and it has been an effective instrument...

...the form and simultaneously stable against segregation of aggregates and bleeding. Stability of SCC can be achieved in at least two ways: By aid of fines and/or filler, and by aid of chemical stabilizer. The main objective of this study is to investigate the influence the effect fillers and chemical...

...the rates of reactions between cement and water to give an overall increase in the hydration rate. Thus, the use of accelerators in concrete provides a shortening of setting time and/or an increase in early strength development. This report gives a historical and technical overview of liquid accelerators...

Snake robots have a strong inherent potential to move and operate robustly in challenging environments where more conventional wheeled and tracked mobile robots may fail. Such abilities are important for planetary exploration. In this report, we have investigated the feasibility of snake robots for planetary...

...of Oslo is that building and construction activities in Oslo shall be zero emission by 2030. From 2025, building and construction work carried out on assignment for the City of Oslo shall be zero emission. This impact assessment is based on quantitative analysis of energy and power requirements, cost...

...from industry, research, government and funding institutions both from Brazil and Norway. The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Brazil (Helder Barbalho) did open the seminar. The seminar covered presentations of the status and potential of Brazilian Aquaculture and presentation of the Norwegian aquaculture...

...for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) selection and where to locate these solutions has been developed. The method will help decision makers and city planners to make sound decisions based upon knowledge of where the water will accumulate and where to find the most optimal location for installing...

...to define what a Zero Emission Building (ZEB) is with explanation and analysis of different parameters related to embodied emissions of CO₂ equivalents. The report can be used as a guidance tool on how to assess embodied emissions, and also on what parameters should be evaluated in such an assessment...

...establishing systems and solutions for maintaining the function of the barriers throughout the lifetime of an offshore or onshore petroleum facility. It covers guidance on how to identify and define barriers and barrier elements, how to formulate performance requirements for the barrier elements and how to monitor...

The increased use of electric vehicles (EVs) calls for new and innovative solutions for charging infrastructure. At the same time, it is desirable to improve the energy flexibility of neighbourhoods. This paper presents state-of-the-art for smart EV charging systems, with focus on Norway. The aim of...

...method in a second and more recent case study – on an industrial ICT system from another domain and with a number of different system characteristics, compared with the previous case study. The analysis is performed in a fully realistic setting. The system analyzed is a critical and complex expert system...