Bjørn Austbø
Background and activities
Associate Professor at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering (former Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Department of Mechanical Engineering and Logistics) since 2015.
Area of work
- HVAC
- Natural gas/biogas liquefaction
- Process optimization
Skills and expertise
- Process modelling and design
- Exergy analysis
Teaching
- MAST2015 - Thermodynamics 2 and Fluid Mechanics
- MAST2016 - Ventilation Systems in Buildings
- MAST2018 - Heating and Cooling Systems in Buildings
Background
- 2011-2015: PhD Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU
- 2006-2011: Master of Science, Energy and Environmental Engineering, NTNU
Courses
- FENT1011 - Engineering Thermodynamics
- TMAS3002 - System Engineering
- INGG2300 - Systems Engineering
- MAST2020 - HVAC Engineering Practice
- TMAS3003 - Design of HVAC- systems
- TMAS3011 - Bachelor Thesis Mechanical Engineering (VVS)
- FENA1011 - Engineering Thermodynamics
- MAST2015 - Thermodynamics 2 and Fluid Mechanics
- MAST2018 - Heating and Cooling Systems in Buildings
- FENG1011 - Engineering Thermodynamics
- TMAS3001 - Bachelor Thesis Mechanical Engineering
- TELE3011 - Systems engineering
- MAST2901 - Bachelor thesis (VVS)
- INGT2300 - Systems Engineering
- INGA2300 - Systems Engineering
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2020) Thermodynamic analysis of different methanation reactors for biogas upgrading. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 48.
- (2019) Optimization of an absorption-based biogas upgrading and liquefaction process. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 76.
- (2019) Cryogenic vs. absorption biogas upgrading in liquefied biomethane production – An energy efficiency analysis. Fuel. vol. 245.
- (2019) Exergy Analysis of a Process Converting Power and Biomass to a Liquid Fuel. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 76.
- (2018) Improving carbon efficiency and profitability of the biomass to liquid process with hydrogen from renewable power. Fuel. vol. 234.
- (2016) Impact of problem formulation on LNG process optimization. AIChE Journal. vol. 62 (10).
- (2015) Optimal distribution of temperature driving forces in low-temperature heat transfer. AIChE Journal. vol. 61 (8).
- (2015) Optimization of a single expander LNG process. Energy Procedia. vol. 64.
- (2014) Using Thermodynamic Insight in the Optimization of LNG Processes. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 33.
- (2014) Annotated bibliography — Use of optimization in LNG process design and operation. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 71.
- (2013) Constraint handling in stochastic optimization algorithms for natural gas liquefaction processes. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 32.