...steel platforms used in the Gulf of Mexico. The foundations of the next stage in the North Sea saga were laid entirely in concrete. In 1976, the Cement and Concrete Research Institute (a department of SINTEF since 1977) performed model tests of Condeep cells at a scale of 1:5 in collaboration with Norwegian...
Under a tropical sun and the cooling shade of trees in a Malawian village in southern Africa, a young teenage girl is learning how to walk. She has a history of illness that all began with a mosquito bite. She contracted malaria when she was a little girl, and her brain was affected. This eventually...
...imaging cameras at airports could calculate queues and check-in times better than systems that make estimates using Bluetooth and WiFi on passengers' mobiles. Current security control procedures at Værnes Airport use two infra-red thermal imaging cameras and strategically located optical sensors to provide...
...companies. This has attracted the interest of Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) research institute, which is owned by Toyota. The institute will use the method as a part of its development programme for small and medium-sized industrial companies in Japan. Influence vs. standardization...
Girls do better and enjoy school more than boys. Researchers now believe that we should be taking targeted action to restore the balance. Stock photo: iStock Standard SINTEF has been responsible for the Norwegian part of a study that has been looking into how school children in grades 4 to 7 experience...
Norwegian invention since 1980. The technology enables us to transport oil, gas and water in one and the same pipeline, and has contributed to enormous value creation by the Norwegian petroleum sector. Research groups at IFE and SINTEF have played central roles in the development of multiphase technology...
Rune Petter Ness “To put it very simply, you could say that we are trying to produce fish feed and dietary supplements from seawater”, says SINTEF’s Jose Rainuzzo. More precisely, the Peruvian scientist and his colleagues are exploring the properties of a micro-organism that lives everywhere in the ocean...
...opportunity, believes SINTEF’s Director of Climate Research Nils Røkke. Photo: Geir Mogen Norway has a particular vested interest and responsibility to develop CO2 capture and storage (CCS), believes Nils A. Røkke. Without CCS, the world will be unable to achieve the aim of limiting the global temperature...
...picture of our general health – and provide information about the condition of our heart or the presence of cancer. Currently, when we give our doctor a blood sample for a ‘full check’, it can only be analysed for five or six indicators, such as blood percentages, blood sugar and infections. For other test...
It isn’t often that things go so wrong as to cause the collapse of a wind turbine. However, new sensors can be used to identify defects and ensure that such events are even rarer. “Most big problems start as small ones”, says SINTEF researcher Guido Sordo. Standard Research scientist Guido Sordo compares...
...energy than they consume. Now is the time to launch ‘power roads’. The idea is that over the course of their lifetimes all constructions, including roads and bridges, should generate more energy than they consume. FACTS: The Power Road project is closely related to the Power House project that investigated...
Global operations and the challenges of operating internationally NTNUs Globalisation programme, SINTEFs MARGIN project, SFI Norman and the SMARTLOG network invite to a seminar on how firms can successfully operate in increasingly international networks that connect suppliers, operations and customers. 22...
...for incoming consumables and outgoing fish products. The trains running on the Ofotbanen line use electric locomotives. However, there are no overhead electrical lines in the terminal area, as they would get in the way of the equipment that lifts goods and containers onto and off the train wagons. That...
...could have been in a normal house, but they would have had to be wearing a lot more clothing.” But this was no normal house. And despite the chill outside, the girls were cozy and warm. Warm enough, in fact, to go barefoot. Adjusting to technology The energy efficient house, called the “ZEB Living Lab”...
...using the Virtual Element method (VEM) to solve geo-mechanics problems. Activate module using the command rstModule add vemmech Substantially expanded and revised MRST User Guide, particularly new material on incompressible multiphase flow. Several new public datasets available through the MRST dataset...
The development of batteries and battery systems is progressing at an unprecedented rate. A key component in this rapid development is accurate, powerful, and efficient multiscale modelling tools, supporting the design and system integration of high-performance electrochemical battery cells. Multiscale...
...reducing dust concentrations in the air around its furnace operators. In order to remove dust during tapping, Bernd Wittgens of SINTEF (left) and Halvard Tveit of Elkem and NTNU have led the development of a new extraction system that Elkem’s works at Thamshavn have been the first to adopt. Photo: SINTEF/Thor...
...presented at the CLIMIT Summit 2023 by SINTEF research scientists. CLIMIT is Norway’s national programme for the research, development and demonstration of CO2 capture and storage technology (CCS). Their annual summit enables visitors to hear from CLIMIT-supported projects, as well as updates from other...
...open for participants from universities, research institutions, government and industry, who are interested in new results, theories and methods from the eVITA program and eScience in general. Sundag 20 January 13-20:00 Arrival and check-in 19:30 Dinner Monday 21 January 09:00 Morten Dæhlen / Gudmund Høst:...
...be captured from large power stations and industrial plants. Many of the methods in use today employ chemicals or advanced materials to extract CO2 from flue-gases. But now, a chilly alternative is showing signs of heating up. When CO2-rich gases are compressed and refrigerated, the carbon dioxide turns...