Bjørn Syvert Frengstad
About
I have worked for 19 years as a researcher at the Geological Survey of Norway, including five years as head of the Groundwater Team. From 1990 to 1995 I was a scientific assistant and amanuensis at NTH and from 1998-2001 I was a research fellow at NTNU. In the autumn of 2017, I was appointed at NTNU as professor of engineering geology and since 2020 I have also been responsible for hydrogeology. From autumn 2020, I have been research group leader for Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics.
Research
My research and project experience is within a relatively broad area of applied geology, including:-
- Hydrogeology in sediments and rocks
- Quaternary geology on land and on the shelf, as well as in Svalbard
- Environmental geochemical mapping of soil and groundwater on a regional and local scale.
- Ground-source heating and underground thermal energy storage
- Groundwater for water supply, mineral water and energy purposes
- Assessment of groundwater quality, including trace elements and radioactive elements
- Baseline studies, long monitoring series and statistical analysis
- Geochemical processes in soil and groundwater
- Slope stability
Bømoen plussbygd
ORMEL 2 Optimal ressursutnyttelse av grunnvann til oppvarming og kjøling i Melhus kommune
EnerGizerS CO2-Enhanced Geothermal Systems for Climate Neutral Energy Supply
Publications
2022
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Stenvik, Lars Aaberg;
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2022)
How to avoid gas clogging in groundwater heat pump systems: a case study from the Lena terrasse system in Melhus, Norway.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
-
Stenvik, Lars Aaberg;
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Frengstad, Bjørn.
(2022)
Hydrochemical and biotic control on iron incrustations in groundwater heat pump systems: Case study from a saline, anoxic aquifer in Melhus, Norway.
Geothermics
Academic article
2021
-
Sowizdzal, Anna;
Gladysz, Pawel;
Andresen, Trond;
Miecznik, Maciej;
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Liszka, Marcin.
(2021)
CO2-enhanced geothermal systems for climate neutral energy supply.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Stenvik, Lars Aaberg;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Ulfsnes, Jan Ivar;
Hilmo, Bernt Olav;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2021)
Online remote-controlled and cost-effective fouling and clogging surveillance of a groundwater heat pump system.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
2020
-
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Brøtan, Vegard;
Buset, Ole Tore;
Larsen, Erik;
Åsebø Berg, Olav;
Torsæter, Ole.
(2020)
Fluid flow through 3D-printed particle beds: a new technique for understanding, validating, and improving predictability of permeability from empirical equations.
Transport in Porous Media
Academic article
-
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Hilmo, Bernt Olav;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2020)
Fouling and clogging surveillance in open loop GSHP systems: A systematic procedure for fouling and clogging detection in the whole groundwater circuit.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
2019
-
Skarphagen, Helge;
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Gether, Harald.
(2019)
Design considerations for borehole thermal energy storage (BTES): A review with emphasis on convective heat transfer.
Geofluids
Academic literature review
-
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Stenvik, Lars Aaberg;
Storli, Pål-Tore Selbo;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Hilmo, Bernt Olav;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2019)
Design of Groundwater Heat Pump Systems.
Principles, Tools, and Strategies for Controlling Gas
and Precipitation Problems.
Energies
Academic article
2017
-
Bottrell, Simon;
Hipkins, Emma V.;
Lane, James M.;
Zegos, Rose A.;
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn.
(2017)
Carbon-13 in groundwater from English and Norwegian crystalline rock aquifers: a tool for deducing the origin of alkalinity?.
Sustainable Water Resources Management
Academic article
-
Dutova, Ekaterina M.;
Nikitenkov, Aleksei N.;
Pokrovskiy, Vitaly D.;
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Parnachev, Valerii P..
(2017)
Modelling of the dissolution and reprecipitation of uranium under oxidising conditions in the zone of shallow groundwater circulation.
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Academic article
2014
-
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Banks, David.
(2014)
Uranium distribution in groundwater from fractured crystalline aquifers in Norway.
CRC Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2012
-
Liebel, Heiko Tobias;
Huber, Kilian;
Frengstad, Bjørn Syvert;
Ramstad, Randi kalskin;
Brattli, Bjørge.
(2012)
Thermal response testing of a fractured hard rock aquifer with and without induced groundwater flow.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
-
Liebel, Heiko;
de Beer, Johannes;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Kalskin Ramstad, Randi;
Brattli, Bjørge.
(2012)
Effect of water yield and rock thermal conductivities on TRT results.
Comunicações Geológicas
Academic article
-
Liebel, Heiko Tobias;
Stølen, Marie Sigmundsdatter;
Frengstad, Bjørn Syvert;
Ramstad, Randi kalskin;
Brattli, Bjørge.
(2012)
Insights into the reliability of different thermal conductivity measurement techniques: a thermo-geological study in Mære (Norway).
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
2010
-
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Lax, Kaj;
Tarvainen, Timo;
Jæger, Øystein;
Wigum, Børge Johannes.
(2010)
The chemistry of bottled mineral and spring waters from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
Academic article
2009
-
Karnachuk, Olga V.;
Gerasimchuk, A.L.;
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Stykon, G.A.;
Tikhonova, Z.L..
(2009)
Bacteria of the sulfur cycle in the sediments of gold mine tailings, Kuznetsk Basin, Russia.
Microbiology
Academic article
2008
-
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Banks, David.
(2008)
The Natural Inorganic Chemical Quality of Crystalline Bedrock Groundwaters of Norway.
Blackwell Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2007
-
Reimann, Clemens;
Grimstvedt, Andreas Magnar;
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Finne, Tor Erik.
(2007)
White HDPE bottles as source of serious contamination of water samples with Ba and Zn.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
-
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Banks, David.
(2007)
Universal controls on the evolution of groundwater chemistry in crystalline bedrock: the evidence from empirical and theoretical studies.
Balkema
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2006
-
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2006)
Evolution of groundwater chemical composition by plagioclase hydrolysis in Norwegian anorthosites.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Academic article
2002
-
Banks, David;
Karnachuk, Olga V.;
Parnachov, Valerij P.;
Holden, Wayne;
Frengstad, Bjørn Syvert.
(2002)
Rural pit latrines as a source of groundwater contamination; examples from Siberia and Kosova.
Water and Environment Journal
Academic article
-
Frengstad, Bjørn.
(2002)
Groundwater quality of crystalline bedrock aquifers in Norway.
Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
2001
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Frengstad, Bjørn;
Banks, David;
Siewers, Ulrich.
(2001)
The chemistry of Norwegian groundwaters: IV. The pH-dependence of element concentrations in crystalline bedrock groundwaters.
The Science of the Total Envinronment
Academic article
2000
-
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Midtgård Skrede, Aase Kjersti;
Banks, David;
Krog, Jan Reidar;
Siewers, Ulrich.
(2000)
The Chemistry of Norwegian Groundwaters III. The Distribution of Trace Elements in 476 Crystalline Bedrock Groundwaters, as Analysed by ICP-MS Techniques.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
1999
-
Misund, Arve;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Siewers, Ulrich;
Reimann, Clemens.
(1999)
Variation of 66 elements in European bottled mineral waters.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
-
Rokoengen, Kåre;
Frengstad, Bjørn.
(1999)
Radiocarbon and seismic evidence of ice sheet extent and the last deglaciation on the mid-Norwegian continental shelf.
Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift
Academic article
1998
-
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Midtgård, Aase Kjersti;
Krog, Jan Reidar;
Strand, Terje.
(1998)
The chemistry of Norwegian groundwaters: I. The distribution of radon, major and minor elements in 1604 crystalline bedrock groundwaters.
The Science of the Total Envinronment
Academic article
-
Banks, David;
Midtgård, Aase Kjersti;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Krog, Jan Reidar;
Strand, Terje.
(1998)
The chemistry of Norwegian groundwaters. II. The chemistry of 72 groundwaters from Quaternary sedimentary aquifers.
The Science of the Total Envinronment
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Stenvik, Lars Aaberg;
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2022)
How to avoid gas clogging in groundwater heat pump systems: a case study from the Lena terrasse system in Melhus, Norway.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
-
Stenvik, Lars Aaberg;
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Frengstad, Bjørn.
(2022)
Hydrochemical and biotic control on iron incrustations in groundwater heat pump systems: Case study from a saline, anoxic aquifer in Melhus, Norway.
Geothermics
Academic article
-
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Stenvik, Lars Aaberg;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Ulfsnes, Jan Ivar;
Hilmo, Bernt Olav;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2021)
Online remote-controlled and cost-effective fouling and clogging surveillance of a groundwater heat pump system.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
-
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Brøtan, Vegard;
Buset, Ole Tore;
Larsen, Erik;
Åsebø Berg, Olav;
Torsæter, Ole.
(2020)
Fluid flow through 3D-printed particle beds: a new technique for understanding, validating, and improving predictability of permeability from empirical equations.
Transport in Porous Media
Academic article
-
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Hilmo, Bernt Olav;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2020)
Fouling and clogging surveillance in open loop GSHP systems: A systematic procedure for fouling and clogging detection in the whole groundwater circuit.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
-
Skarphagen, Helge;
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Gether, Harald.
(2019)
Design considerations for borehole thermal energy storage (BTES): A review with emphasis on convective heat transfer.
Geofluids
Academic literature review
-
Gjengedal, Sondre;
Stenvik, Lars Aaberg;
Storli, Pål-Tore Selbo;
Ramstad, Randi Kalskin;
Hilmo, Bernt Olav;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2019)
Design of Groundwater Heat Pump Systems.
Principles, Tools, and Strategies for Controlling Gas
and Precipitation Problems.
Energies
Academic article
-
Bottrell, Simon;
Hipkins, Emma V.;
Lane, James M.;
Zegos, Rose A.;
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn.
(2017)
Carbon-13 in groundwater from English and Norwegian crystalline rock aquifers: a tool for deducing the origin of alkalinity?.
Sustainable Water Resources Management
Academic article
-
Dutova, Ekaterina M.;
Nikitenkov, Aleksei N.;
Pokrovskiy, Vitaly D.;
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Parnachev, Valerii P..
(2017)
Modelling of the dissolution and reprecipitation of uranium under oxidising conditions in the zone of shallow groundwater circulation.
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Academic article
-
Liebel, Heiko Tobias;
Huber, Kilian;
Frengstad, Bjørn Syvert;
Ramstad, Randi kalskin;
Brattli, Bjørge.
(2012)
Thermal response testing of a fractured hard rock aquifer with and without induced groundwater flow.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
-
Liebel, Heiko;
de Beer, Johannes;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Kalskin Ramstad, Randi;
Brattli, Bjørge.
(2012)
Effect of water yield and rock thermal conductivities on TRT results.
Comunicações Geológicas
Academic article
-
Liebel, Heiko Tobias;
Stølen, Marie Sigmundsdatter;
Frengstad, Bjørn Syvert;
Ramstad, Randi kalskin;
Brattli, Bjørge.
(2012)
Insights into the reliability of different thermal conductivity measurement techniques: a thermo-geological study in Mære (Norway).
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Academic article
-
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Lax, Kaj;
Tarvainen, Timo;
Jæger, Øystein;
Wigum, Børge Johannes.
(2010)
The chemistry of bottled mineral and spring waters from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.
Journal of Geochemical Exploration
Academic article
-
Karnachuk, Olga V.;
Gerasimchuk, A.L.;
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Stykon, G.A.;
Tikhonova, Z.L..
(2009)
Bacteria of the sulfur cycle in the sediments of gold mine tailings, Kuznetsk Basin, Russia.
Microbiology
Academic article
-
Reimann, Clemens;
Grimstvedt, Andreas Magnar;
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Finne, Tor Erik.
(2007)
White HDPE bottles as source of serious contamination of water samples with Ba and Zn.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
-
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn S..
(2006)
Evolution of groundwater chemical composition by plagioclase hydrolysis in Norwegian anorthosites.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Academic article
-
Banks, David;
Karnachuk, Olga V.;
Parnachov, Valerij P.;
Holden, Wayne;
Frengstad, Bjørn Syvert.
(2002)
Rural pit latrines as a source of groundwater contamination; examples from Siberia and Kosova.
Water and Environment Journal
Academic article
-
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Banks, David;
Siewers, Ulrich.
(2001)
The chemistry of Norwegian groundwaters: IV. The pH-dependence of element concentrations in crystalline bedrock groundwaters.
The Science of the Total Envinronment
Academic article
-
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Midtgård Skrede, Aase Kjersti;
Banks, David;
Krog, Jan Reidar;
Siewers, Ulrich.
(2000)
The Chemistry of Norwegian Groundwaters III. The Distribution of Trace Elements in 476 Crystalline Bedrock Groundwaters, as Analysed by ICP-MS Techniques.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
-
Misund, Arve;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Siewers, Ulrich;
Reimann, Clemens.
(1999)
Variation of 66 elements in European bottled mineral waters.
Science of the Total Environment
Academic article
-
Rokoengen, Kåre;
Frengstad, Bjørn.
(1999)
Radiocarbon and seismic evidence of ice sheet extent and the last deglaciation on the mid-Norwegian continental shelf.
Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Banks, David;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Midtgård, Aase Kjersti;
Krog, Jan Reidar;
Strand, Terje.
(1998)
The chemistry of Norwegian groundwaters: I. The distribution of radon, major and minor elements in 1604 crystalline bedrock groundwaters.
The Science of the Total Envinronment
Academic article
-
Banks, David;
Midtgård, Aase Kjersti;
Frengstad, Bjørn;
Krog, Jan Reidar;
Strand, Terje.
(1998)
The chemistry of Norwegian groundwaters. II. The chemistry of 72 groundwaters from Quaternary sedimentary aquifers.
The Science of the Total Envinronment
Academic article
Part of book/report
-
Sowizdzal, Anna;
Gladysz, Pawel;
Andresen, Trond;
Miecznik, Maciej;
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Liszka, Marcin.
(2021)
CO2-enhanced geothermal systems for climate neutral energy supply.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Banks, David.
(2014)
Uranium distribution in groundwater from fractured crystalline aquifers in Norway.
CRC Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Banks, David.
(2008)
The Natural Inorganic Chemical Quality of Crystalline Bedrock Groundwaters of Norway.
Blackwell Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Frengstad, Bjørn S.;
Banks, David.
(2007)
Universal controls on the evolution of groundwater chemistry in crystalline bedrock: the evidence from empirical and theoretical studies.
Balkema
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Frengstad, Bjørn.
(2002)
Groundwater quality of crystalline bedrock aquifers in Norway.
Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
- TGB4200 - Ingeniørgeologi - Løsmasser, videregående kurs
- TGB4575 - Ingeniørgeologi, fordypningsemne
- GEOL3095 - Masteroppgave i geologi
- TGB4185 - Ingeniørgeologi, grunnkurs
- GEOL3093 - Spesialpensum til masteroppgaven/særpensum
- TGB4580 - Mineralproduksjon og teknisk ressursgeologi, fordypningsprosjekt
- GEOL3092 - Spesialpensum til masteroppgaven/særpensum
- TGB4570 - Ingeniørgeologi, fordypningsprosjekt
- TGB4945 - Ingeniørgeologi, masteroppgave
- BYGT2316 - Ingeniørgeologi - berg
- TGB4205 - Hydrogeologi
Knowledge Transfer
2021
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Academic lectureStenvik, Lars Aaberg; Frengstad, Bjørn S.; Gjengedal, Sondre; Ramstad, Randi Kalskin. (2021) Diagnosing Encrustation Problems in Open-loop Groundwater Heat Pump Systems in Melhus, Norway. International Geothermal Association World Geothermal Congress 2020+1 Reykjavik , Reykjavik 2021-03-01 - 2021-10-27
2019
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Popular scientific lectureStenvik, Lars Aaberg; Gjengedal, Sondre; Frengstad, Bjørn S.; Ramstad, Randi Kalskin. (2019) Groundwater source heat pumps systems: Principles and challenges. NTNU Young Researcher Clean Energy Forum Clean Energy Symposium , Trondheim 2019-02-08 - 2019-02-08
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Academic lectureStenvik, Lars Aaberg; Gjengedal, Sondre; Frengstad, Bjørn S.; Ramstad, Randi Kalskin. (2019) ORMEL 2: Iron and manganese encrustations in open-loop ground source heat pump systems. Norsk Geologisk Forening Vinterkonferansen 2019 , Bergen 2019-01-07 - 2019-01-09
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Academic lectureStenvik, Lars Aaberg; Gjengedal, Sondre; Frengstad, Bjørn S.; Ramstad, Randi Kalskin. (2019) Application of a flow-through cell to monitor groundwater source heat pump systems in Melhus, Norway. International Assocation of Hydrogeologists 46th IAH Congress: Groundwater management and governance – coping with water scarcity , Malaga 2019-09-22 - 2019-09-27
2010
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Academic lectureLiebel, Heiko Tobias; Huber, Kilian; Ramstad, Randi kalskin; Brattli, Bjørge; Frengstad, Bjørn. (2010) Can rock core thermal conductivity data replace thermal response tests?. International Water Association (IWA) Water and Energy 2010 , Amsterdam 2010-11-10 - 2010-11-12