Metal Production and Processing

Norwegian Aluminium and ferroalloys industries are today the cleanest and most energy-efficient in the world, resulting from a long tradition for continuous innovation, where SINTEF has played an important role.

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Nina Dahl

Research Director

Our research comprises the whole value-chain, from the extraction of minerals from the crust of the earth, through the production of metals and materials to the application and behavior of materials and end products. Recycling, urban mining and process waste valorization are important part of our activities.

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Laboratories

Advanced materials characterisation - Laboratory

The advanced materials characterization laboratory in Oslo develops techniques and makes use of advanced experimental facilities within the national infrastructure centers NORTEM, NICE, and NORFAB. It also employs modeling frameworks utilizing the...

Forming laboratory

A fully instrumented 800 tonnes laboratory press, equipped with advanced tools for extrusion and forging, together with our skilled research staff, constitutes the backbone of our forming activity.

Foundry and recycling laboratory

In our foundry and recycling laboratory we work with casting, recycling and melt treatment of metals such as aluminium, iron, steel, titanium, magnesium and copper-based alloys.

High throughput screening facility, Trondheim

The robotic screening facility at SINTEF are optimized for high throughput analytical and cultivation work and enables us to process of thousands of samples or cultures per day.

News

11. December 2023

Extracting valuable minerals in Norway

Today, products that utilise rare materials are for the most part manufactured in China. However, the EU has recently decided to boost its raw materials supply security. Researchers and the minerals industry are now looking to Norway.

20. October 2023

New technology redefines energy efficiency

A EU project is dedicated to advancing energy efficiency through the development of innovative and eco-friendly corrosion protection methods, with the goal of replacing steel with aluminum.

Viewpoints

12. September 2023

The aluminium in your old car should be recycled into a new car, not something else

Unless we acquire greater knowledge about what happens at the atomic and molecular scale during materials recycling, progress towards a truly circular economy will grind to a halt.

Projects

CICERO - MSA-based circular hydrometallurgy for sustainable, cost-effective production of NMC cathode materials

Start:: 2023
End:: 2027

Complying with the Paris Climate Agreement will mean that the EU economy of 2050 is set to be mineral/metal intensive, rather than one based on fossil fuels.

ZeSiM – Zero Emission Silicon and Manganese production through electrowinning

Start:: 2023
End:: 2027

ZeSiM will eliminate CO₂-emissions from manganese ferroalloy and silicon production by replacing the carbon reductants with renewable energy in the most direct way possible: through electrowinning.

FIREFLY - FlexIble, predictive and Renewable Electricity-powered electrochemical toolbox For a sustainable transition of the catalyst-based European chemicaL industrY

Start:: 2023
End:: 2026

The FIREFLY project supports the sustainable evolution of the catalyst-based chemical industry towards its electrification and reduced third-party dependence on metals and fossil energy.

Sure2Coat - Sustainable surface treatments of complex shape components for transsectorial industrial innovation

Start:: 2023
End:: 2025

The Sure2Coat project will demonstrate the benefit of surface treatments with respect to corrosion protection and to improved heat transfer properties.

Programvare

ALUSHEET, HYDSIM AND TEARSIM

Together with the process industry SINTEF has developed software for process optimisation.

Invent

Our Invent software automatically produces optimised plans for maritime transportation of bulk commodities, while keeping storage levels for production and consumption within limits. Typical application areas are transportation of Liquefied Natural...

SCORE – Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Core Development Project

The SCORE project is a software development project for creating a framework for handling cross disciplinary engineering problems involving fluid and solid mechanics with complex boundaries and free surfaces.

Sisim - A 3D model for silicon crystallisation

Sisim is a model for silicon crystallization processes. It is the product of collaboration between SINTEF and the Institute of Energy Technology, and is being developed within the Norwegian FME Center for Solar Cell Research with support from the...

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