...flow in vuggy and naturally-fractured reservoirs - Application to the Pipe Creek Reef outcrop. Shell Exploration & Production, Rijswijk, July 17. I. S. Ligaarden. The GeoScale project: multiscale methods to bypass upscaling. Shell Exploration & Production, Rijswijk, June 29. K.-A. Lie and A. F. Gulbransen...
...between 2015 and 2021, the country saw a 15-fold increase in its capacity for solar power generation. Bjørn Petter Jelle. Photo: NTNU SHOW MORE “It’s a classical misunderstanding that there is not enough solar radiation in Norway,” says Professor Bjørn Petter Jelle at the Department of Civil and Environmental...
...import soya. Let’s make a simple comparison. In the wild, animals either feed on grass and other plants, or prey on smaller animals. Farmers, on the other hand, feed their domestic animals on food that is first harvested and then processed, but is often based on the same raw materials as are available to wild...
Valuable muck – a sewage cleaning plant buried under Oslo, Norway. The sewage sludge is treated by killing the bacteria and removing the odour. It is then transported to cereal, soil and lawn turf producers in eastern Norway. Photo: Olav Urdahl/Aftenposten/NTBScanpix Standard According to the online news...
Concerns about wild salmon stocks and the reputation of the Norwegian aquaculture industry are two key reasons to cut back on salmon farming. Photo: Thinkstock Click to open With this view, Professor Olaussen stands in direct opposition to the aquaculture industry, politicians and a good number of professionals...
...personnel can use without difficulty. “Such devices must be compact and portable, and thus practical for those working outside the hospital environment – in ambulances, care homes or local doctors’ surgeries”, says Project Manager and Research Scientist Robert Schittny at SINTEF. Currently, the interpretation...
...hand-held PC with GPS can guide both pupil and instructor around the streets. Ivar Blikø is testing the GPS tool with his daughter who is about to take her driving test. In practice, this is a “digital driving instructor”, says inventor, company founder and SINTEF scientist Ivar Blikø. He is the man...
Chinese-European Emission-Reducing Solutions (CHEERS) project is to demonstrate how pet coke, lignite coal and wood-derived biomass can be safely burned to produce power or steam, while capturing CO2 and other harmful emissions, at a low cost. This is particularly important for utilising waste products for...
In 2021, salmon lice cost the aquaculture industry 167 billion kroner. Lice are also a major pest to any fish that are infected, and any risk of spread to wild salmon populations represents an environmental threat. Stock photo: iStock/NatureDiver Notes Salmon lice continue to remain one of the major...
There’s not a lot you can do when the internet goes down, and your panel heaters and electric hob suddenly go cold. Fortunately, power cuts don’t happen very often. But, according to Chief Research Scientist Gerd Kjølle (right), the electrification of society is putting major demands on supply security...
...farming should increase fivefold by 2050 and use at least 25% Norwegian-produced feed ingredients by 2034, we must look at new ingredient sources. Low-trophic fish species are found in large quantities not far from the Norwegian coast, but at great depths, and are therefore rarely exploited. In the wild...
My name is Lise Jemblie and I am one out of two PhD students in the ROP project. In 2012 I finished a master in materials technology at NTNU with focus on hydrogen embrittlement. I went on to work in the oil- and gas industry. However, with the increased research on hydrogen embrittlement going on at...
...been subjected to comprehensive testing. Solveig Føreland, a toxicologist and occupational hygienist at St. Olav’s Hospital in Trondheim, was responsible for the trials. She points out that masks are usually made only in one size, and are designed to fit users with relatively large faces. DeMaskUs project...
...supervisors are Vladimir Galvita and Guy B. Marin. The study is carried out within the FASTCARD work package WP1 Hydrocarbon reforming. - Why did you choose to work within the area of biofuels and renewable energy? - The field of renewable energy is growing fast and is gaining more attention. People...
SMARTWEAR: Together with Stein Yttereng of Trondheim Fire and Rescue Service, Ingrid W. Langmoen has developed an “intelligent” undershirt. Photo: Gorm Kallestad “These shirts are a valuable step in the right direction. Clothing of this sort will lengthen the time that smoke-divers can keep on working...
The health services labour force is shrinking, there are more and more old people, and a very high proportion of them are plagued by deteriorating short- and long-term memory. All this has created a need for computer-based solutions that will enable elderly people to live safely in their own homes, but...
Contact person: Åge Gellein Larsen A wood fibre only 100 nanometres thick will help to give us tomorrow’s plastic food packaging, if SINTEF and its partners are successful. Cellulose can be broken down into what is called microfibrillated cellulose. MFC consists of plant fibres that are only 100 nanometres...
Overview of sessions and rooms Detailed schedule Book of abstracts (we will not provide a printed version) Schedule and abstract for the tutorial (and sosial program) All rooms are set up with a local windows PC, and everyone giving a talk should bring their presentation on a USB-sticks and transfer them to...
...character to foster integrated research, educational and innovation activities in the field of knowledge-based multifunctional materials (shortly KMM). The KMM-VIN (www.kmm-vin.eu) is an international non-profit association (AISBL) based in Brussels and incorporated under Belgian law (No d'entreprise 889...
...students and Post Doctoral researchers in the period from 2007 to 2014. As per November 2010, the center funds 7 PhD students and 3 Post Doctoral researchers and will in the time to come educate an additional 5-6 students. Additionally, MSc degrees may be pursued under the FACE program and thesis suggestions...