...that makes plastic decompose in a short time when exposed to light and humidity. The additive also makes the plastic considerably stronger, and it is cheap to produce. This is all the result of a collaboration between the company and SINTEF,which began in 1999. MORBID START The relationship started when...
...the Darcy velocity (total velocity) and lambda is the mobility, which depends on the water saturation S. The saturation equation (conservation of the water phase) is given as: where phi is the rock porosity, f is the Buckley-Leverett fractional flow function, and q_w is the water source term. We will...
...solar cell panel research and is looking to address the issue of wastage of the raw material silicon. The photo shows work being carried out at the new Alpha Centauri solar panel lab at SINTEF Industry. Photo: Edvin Wiggen Dahl Standard Solar energy is clean energy. Pure and simple. But things start...
...socket. By doing so he is able to obtain ultrasound images and information in his work. Photo: SINTEF. SINTEF researchers Tormod Selbekk and Reidar Brekken both work with ultrasound on a daily basis and their doctoral degrees are in ultrasound and its clinical applications. They are currently working as...
Plastic is made from fossil fuels and contains more energy than coal. Substituting industrial coal consumption with non-recyclable plastic enables us to resolve two problems. The plastic will not end up in landfill or in the sea, and we will reduce levels of coal consumption and thus also CO2 emissions. It’s...
...have taken many thousands of human lives and caused massive destruction. For example in 2005, hurricane Katrina killed more than 2,000 people and caused damage worth about NOK 800 billion. In 2016, hurricane Matthew swept across Haiti, taking 852 human lives and destroying many towns on the island. Warm...
...to this. In January 2017, the Norwegian Ski Federation, the Norwegian Biathlon Federation, Trondheim municipality and researchers from SINTEF and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) jointly received more than a million krone in funding from the Ministry of Culture in order to start...
In a similar process as roasting coffee beans, we can heat raw and unprocessed biomass. The result is a fuel with a number of advantageous properties. The process is called torrefaction. In a future where fossil fuels are phased out, and biomass are the only available carbon source for energy purposes...
...property. Photographer: SINTEF Building and Infrastructure Real estate owners are obliged to inform about faults and deficiencies when selling their property, but buyers are nevertheless obliged to examine the property. It is expensive to bring professionals to viewings, and if you don’t have the economy to...
...ultrasound-based navigational system developed through an interdisciplinary collaboration over many years between technologists and physicians at SINTEF, NTNU, St. Olav’s Hospital and the company, Mison. The system produces a “road map” or, more precisely, a “body map” comprising 3D MR pictures taken of the...
...container vessel waiting its turn outside Los Angeles. In our globalised world, there is a horde of contractors and sub-suppliers all contributing to any given product’s climate footprint. And their contributions take no account of national boundaries. Stock photo: Erin Schaff/New York Times/NTB Notes ...
...fremtid! Elisabeth Ege, SINTEF Bedriftsutvikling AS Polymers for applications requiring high wear resistance and low friction Joel Bell, RTP Long-glass-fiber reinforced polymers, metal replacement and RTP’s philosophy with their plant in Germany Colin Rooney, RTP An overview of halogen-free flame-retardant...
A seminar on ”Nanomedicine in Norway” was held in Oslo, Norway 12. December 2007, arranged by the Norwegian Research Council and SINTEF. Here you can find the program and the presentation given at the seminar. Program NANOMEDISIN i Forskningsrådet- Vidar Skagestad Nanomedisin hos GE Healthcare - Per...
A new method has been established by which the temperature and microstructural dependency of the flow stress in welding stress simulation tools such as WeldsimS can be relatively easily determined. The method is based on Satoh testing and on using an ideal plasticity law for the flow stress. It requires...
...artificial turf and other waste into reusable materials. Such a process is key to what we call the ‘circular economy’. One idea is to convert the artificial turf into chemicals that can be used to manufacture new plastic products. This will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and extend the lifetime...
Bellmann, a research scientist at SINTEF. “The silicon is melted in a container, a so-called crucible, and a single cylindrical silicon crystal is then extracted from the melt. The cylinder is then cut and shaped into a square block, which is then sawn into extremely thin silicon wafers just 0.13 millimetres...
Ph.D candidate Ailo Aasen has together with myself (his supervisor) and Edgar M. Blokhuis, a research partner at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, published a new article in the well reputed Journal of Chemical Physics. https://blog.sintef.com/sintefenergy/sintef-energy-article-included-...
Fisheries and Aquaculture This was shown by recent trials carried out in winds of up to severe gale force in Skarnsundet in the Trondheim Fjord. The area is notorious for its strong tidal currents, which range from zero to ten metres a second. The newly developed bubble curtain is 12 m long and 1.5 m wide...
..."The new pipes mean that we can measure fatigue development and thus get accurate estimates of pipeline lifetimes", says SINTEF-scientist Ole Øystein Knudsen. Photo: Thor Nielsen/SINTEF In recent years, researchers at SINTEF have been developing oil pipelines that can provide real-time condition monitoring...
...from SINTEF Marine Environmental Technology, StatoilHydro has entered into and financed the construction of an oil spill laboratory in Murmansk. The laboratory was officially opened on June 10 with representatives of Norwegian and Russian authorities in attendance. The laboratory has been established at...