Lars O. Nord
Background and activities
Expertise and research interests
- Power cycles and turbomachinery
- CO2 capture
- Process modeling and simulation
Education
- PhD Thermal Energy (NTNU, 2010)
- Master of Science Mechanical Engineering (Virginia Tech, 2001)
Current position
- Associate Professor Energy and Process Engineering (2014–)
Previous positions
- Head of research group Thermal Energy (NTNU, 2017–2018)
- Postdoctor Thermal Energy (NTNU, 2012–2014)
- Researcher Energy Systems (GE Global Research, 2011)
- PhD Candidate Thermal Energy (NTNU, 2006–2010)
- Engineer Gas Turbines (Alstom Power, 1999–2006)
Teaching
- Energy and Environment (2009–)
http://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/TEP4225#tab=omEmnet - Engineering Thermodynamics 1 (2015–)
https://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/TEP4120#tab=omEmnet - Engineering Thermodynamics 2 (2014)
http://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/TEP4125#tab=omEmnet - Gas Cleaning and Emissions Control (2016–2017)
http://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/TEP4212#tab=omEmnet - Natural Gas Technology (2017–)
http://www.ntnu.edu/studies/courses/TEP4185#tab=omEmnet
Current supervision
PhD Candidate Vidar T. Skjervold
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/vidar.t.skjervold
PhD Candidate M. Ali Motamed
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/mohammad.a.motamed
PhD Candidate Roberto Agromayor
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/roberto.agromayor
PhD Candidate Giorgia Mondino
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/giorgia.mondino
PhD Candidate Jairo Rúa Pazos
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/jairo.r.pazos
Postdoctoral fellow Marcin Pilarczyk
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/marcinp
Postdoctoral fellow Gaurav Mirlekar
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/gaurav.mirlekar
Co-supervision
PhD Candidate Cristina Zotica, Department of Chemical Engineering
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/cristinz
PhD Candidate Brede Hagen
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/brede.hagen
Alumni
Rubén Mocholí Montañés
PhD thesis: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2506461
Current position: Research Scientist at SINTEF Energy Research
Ángel Álvarez Pardiñas
Current position: Research Scientist at SINTEF Energy Research
Luca Riboldi
http://www.ntnu.edu/employees/luca.riboldi
Current position: Research Scientist at SINTEF Energy Research and Adjunct Prof. at NTNU
Research projects
Distributed Energy Expanders – DEXPAND
Innovative moving bed adsorption process for CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants operated under variable load – InnCapPlant
Low Emission Research Centre – LowEmission
Innovative hybrid energy system for stable power and heat supply in offshore oil and gas installation – HES-OFF
FME Centre for Energy Efficient and Competitive Industry with Low Environmental Impact – HighEFF
Expander Test Laboratory within the National Laboratories for an Energy Efficient Industry – HighEFFLab
Competitive power production from industrial surplus heat – COPRO
Enabling technology for the Development of moving bed Temperature swing adsorption process for post combustion CO2 capture – EDemoTeC
Electrification and efficient energy supply of offshore oil platforms
Dynamic process simulation of decarbonized power generation
Dynamic modeling and simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture system integrated with natural gas combined cycle power plant – DynCap
Compact offshore steam bottoming cycles – COMPACTS
Master student topics
NTNU Open: https://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/handle/11250/223328
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Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2021) A Unified Geometry Parametrization Method for Turbomachinery Blades. Computer-Aided Design. vol. 133.
- (2021) Model predictive control for combined cycles integrated with CO 2 capture plants. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 146.
- (2021) Optimal scheduling of flexible thermal power plants with lifetime enhancement under uncertainty. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 191.
- (2020) Production of MOF Adsorbent Spheres and Comparison of Their Performance with Zeolite 13X in a Moving-Bed TSA Process for Postcombustion CO2 Capture. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. vol. 59 (15).
- (2020) A Comprehensive Thermal and Structural Transient Analysis of a Boiler’s Steam Outlet Header by Means of a Dedicated Algorithm and FEM Simulation. Energies. vol. 13 (1).
- (2020) Innovative Hybrid Energy System for stable Power and Heat Supply in offshore oil & gas Installation (HES-OFF): System Design and Grid Stability. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 48.
- (2020) Optimal Design of a Hybrid Energy System for the Supply of Clean and Stable Energy to Offshore Installations. Frontiers in Energy Research. vol. 8.
- (2020) Optimal dynamic operation of natural gas combined cycles accounting for stresses in thick-walled components. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 170 (C).
- (2020) Does CCS reduce power generation flexibility? A dynamic study of combined cycles with post-combustion CO2 capture. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. vol. 95.
- (2020) Optimal control of flexible natural gas combined cycles with stress monitoring: Linear vs nonlinear model predictive control. Applied Energy. vol. 265.
- (2020) An improved combined heat and power economic dispatch model for natural gas combined cycle power plants. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 181.
- (2020) Optimal operation and control of heat to power cycles: A new perspective from a systematic plantwide control approach. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 141.
- (2019) One-Dimensional Annular Diffuser Model for Preliminary Turbomachinery Design. International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power. vol. 4 (3).
- (2019) Preliminary Design and Optimization of Axial Turbines Accounting for Diffuser Performance. International Journal of Turbomachinery, Propulsion and Power. vol. 4 (3).
- (2019) Optimization of Organic Rankine Cycles for Waste Heat Recovery From Aluminum Production Plants. Frontiers in Energy Research. vol. 7.
- (2019) Moving bed temperature swing adsorption for CO2 capture from a natural gas combined cycle power plant. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. vol. 85.
- (2019) An Integrated Assessment of the Environmental and Economic Impact of Offshore Oil Platform Electrification. Energies. vol. 12 (11).
- (2019) Optimal Operation and Control of Heat-to-Power Cycles: a New Perspective using a Systematic Plantwide Control Approach. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 46.
- (2018) Flexible operation of combined cycle gas turbine power plants with supplementary firing. Journal of Power Technologies. vol. 98 (2).
- (2018) Experimental results of transient testing at the amine plant at Technology Centre Mongstad: Open-loop responses and performance of decentralized control structures for load changes. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. vol. 73.
- (2018) Gas turbine exhaust gas heat recovery by organic Rankine cycles (ORC) for offshore combined heat and power applications - Energy and exergy analysis. Energy. vol. 165 (Part B).
- (2018) Compact steam bottoming cycles: model validation with plant data and evaluation of control strategies for fast load changes. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 142.
- (2018) Offshore Power Plants Integrating a Wind Farm: Design Optimisation and Techno-Economic Assessment Based on Surrogate Modelling. Processes. vol. 6 (12).
- (2017) Fluid selection and thermodynamic optimization of organic Rankine cycles for waste heat recovery applications. Energy Procedia. vol. 129.
- (2017) Applicability and validation of use of equilibrium-based absorber models with reduced stage efficiency for dynamic simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture processes. Energy Procedia. vol. 114.
- (2017) Prospects of using equilibrium-based column models in dynamic process simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture for coal-fired power plant. Fuel. vol. 202.
- (2017) Selection and design of post-combustion CO2 capture process for 600 MW natural gas fueled thermal power plant based on operability. Energy. vol. 121.
- (2017) Thermodynamic optimization of an organic Rankine cycle for power generation from a low temperature geothermal heat source. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings.
- (2017) Combined heat and power plant on offshore oil and gas installations. Journal of Power Technologies. vol. 97 (2).
- (2017) Effects of CO2-Absorption Control Strategies on the Dynamic Performance of a Supercritical Pulverized-Coal-Fired Power Plant. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. vol. 56 (15).
- (2017) Dynamic Process Model Development and Validation with Transient Plant Data Collected from an MEA Test Campaign at the CO2 Technology Center Mongstad. Energy Procedia. vol. 114.
- (2017) Dynamic Process Model Validation and Control of the Amine Plant at CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad. Energies. vol. 10.
- (2017) Demonstrating load-change transient performance of a commercial-scale natural gas combined cycle power plant with post-combustion CO2 capture. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. vol. 63.
- (2017) Dynamic Simulations of the Post-combustion CO2 Capture System of a Combined Cycle Power Plant. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings. vol. 132.
- (2017) CCS on Offshore Oil and Gas Installation - Design of Post Combustion Capture System and Steam Cycle. Energy Procedia. vol. 114.
- (2017) Dynamic modeling and simulation of an offshore combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings.
- (2017) Effective Concepts for Supplying Energy to a Large Offshore Oil and Gas Area under Different Future Scenarios. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 61.
- (2017) Concepts for lifetime efficient supply of power and heat to offshore installations in the North Sea. Energy Conversion and Management. vol. 148.
- (2017) Lifetime Assessment of Combined Cycles for Cogeneration of Power and Heat in Offshore Oil and Gas Installations. Energies. vol. 10 (6).
- (2016) Acid Gas Removal in Geothermal Power Plant in Iceland. Energy Procedia. vol. 86.
- (2016) Identifying operational requirements for flexible CCS power plant in future energy systems. Energy Procedia. vol. 86.
- (2015) Process simulation and plant layout of a combined cycle gas turbine for offshore oil and gas installations. Journal of Power Technologies. vol. 95 (1).
- (2014) Evaluating CO2 Capture Technologies for Retrofit in Cement Plant. Energy Procedia. vol. 63.
- (2014) Weight and power optimization of steam bottoming cycle for offshore oil and gas installations. Energy. vol. 76.
- (2013) Design and off-design simulations of combined cycles for offshore oil and gas installations. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 54 (1).
- (2013) Modelling and simulation of CO2 (carbon dioxide) bottoming cycles for offshore oil and gas installations at design and off-design conditions. Energy. vol. 59.
- (2012) Design criteria and optimization of heat recovery steam cycles for integrated reforming combined cycles with CO2 capture. Applied Energy. vol. 92.
- (2012) Steam bottoming cycles offshore - Challenges and possibilities. Journal of Power Technologies. vol. 92 (3).
- (2011) HRSG Design for Integrated Reforming Combined Cycle With CO2 Capture. Journal of Engineering For Gas Turbines and Power. vol. 133 (1).
- (2011) Plant flexibility of a pre-combustion CO2 capture cycle. Energy Procedia. vol. 4.
- (2010) Incorporation of uncertainty analysis in modeling of integrated reforming combined cycle. Energy Conversion and Management. vol. 51 (10).
- (2009) Design and off-design analyses of a pre-combustion CO2 capture process in a natural gas combined cycle power plant. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. vol. 3 (4).
- (2009) A qualitative reliability and operability analysis of an integrated reforming combined cycle plant with CO2 capture. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. vol. 3 (4).
Books
- (2020) Carbon Dioxide Emission Management in Power Generation. Wiley-VCH Verlagsgesellschaft. 2020. ISBN 978-3-527-34753-7.
- (2018) Proceedings of The 59th Conference on Simulation and Modelling (SIMS 59). Linköping University Electronic Press. 2018. ISBN 978-91-7685-494-5. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings (1).
Part of book/report
- (2019) Design of an Experimental ORC Expander Setup Using Natural Working Fluids. Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems.
- (2019) Efficiency Correlations for Off-design Performance Prediction of ORC Axial-flow Turbines. Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems.
- (2019) Offshore Power Plants Integrating a Wind Farm: Design Optimisation and Techno-Economic Assessment Based on Surrogate Modelling. Modeling and Simulation of Energy Systems.
- (2018) Optimal Design of Flexible Power Cycles through Kriging-based Surrogate Models. ASME Turbo Expo 2018: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 3: Coal, Biomass, and Alternative Fuels; Cycle Innovations; Electric Power; Industrial and Cogeneration; Organic Rankine Cycle Power Systems.
- (2018) Exergy Analysis for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plants. Proceedings of The 59th Conference on Simulation and Modelling (SIMS 59).
- (2010) HRSG DESIGN FOR INTEGRATED REFORMING COMBINED CYCLE WITH CO2 CAPTURE. Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2010 : Power for land, sea and air (GT2010), June 14-18, 2010, Glasgow, UK.
Report/dissertation
- (2018) Transient performance of combined cycle power plant with absorption based post-combustion CO2 capture: dynamic simulations and pilot plant testing. 2018. ISBN 978-82-326-3127-8.
- (2015) Industrial implementation of Carbon Capture in Nordic industry sectors. 2015.
- (2010) Pre-combustion CO2 capture: Analysis of integrated reforming combined cycle. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. 2010. ISBN 978-82-471-2125-2.
Others
- (2019) AnnularDiffuser1D: one-dimensional annular diffuser model implemented in MATLAB. NTNU. 2019.
- (2019) AxialOpt: A Meanline Model for the Design and Optimization of Axial Turbines. NTNU. 2019.
- (2019) Taking a flexible operation power plant to the next level with carbon capture & storage technology.
- (2019) Moving bed temperature swing adsorption (MBTSA) technology for post-combustion CO2 capture. PCCC-5 . IEAGHG; Kyoto. 2019-09-16 - 2019-09-19.
- (2019) Design of an Experimental ORC Expander Setup Using Natural Working Fluids. 5th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems (ORC 2019) . The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA); Athens. 2019-09-09 - 2019-11-09.
- (2018) Repeating Stages for Axial Turbines in Low Temperature Rankine Cycles. ASME Turbo Expo 2018 ; 2018-06-11 - 2018-06-15.
- (2018) Moving bed temperature swing adsorption for CO2 capture from a natural gas combined cycle power plant. GHGT-14 . IEA; Melbourne. 2018-10-21 - 2018-10-26.
- (2018) Modeling, simulation, and optimization of offshore power generation systems. Future Energy Center . Mälardalen University; Västerås. 2018-09-24 - 2018-09-24.
- (2017) Fluid selection and thermodynamic optimization of organic Rankine cycles for waste heat recovery applications. 4th International Seminar on ORC Power System - ORC 2017 ; Milan. 2017-09-13 - 2017-09-15.
- (2017) Thermodynamic optimization of an organic Rankine cycle for power generation from a low temperature geothermal heat source. 58th SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling, SIMS 2017 . Scandinavian Simulation Society; Reykjavik. 2017-09-25 - 2017-09-27.
- (2017) Dynamic Simulations of the Post-Combustion CO2 Capture System of a Combined Cycle Power Plant. 12th International Modelica Conference . Modelica Association; Prague. 2017-05-15 - 2017-05-17.
- (2017) Experiments at the world’s largest test center for CO2 capture.
- (2017) Lifetime Assessment of Combined Cycles for Cogeneration of Power and Heat in Offshore Oil and Gas Installations. ASME Power & Energy Conference . ASME; Charlotte. 2017-06-26 - 2017-06-30.
- (2017) Effective Concepts for Supplying Energy to a Large Offshore Oil and Gas Area under Different Future Scenarios. PRES 17 - 20th Conference Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction ; Tianjin. 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-24.
- (2017) Dynamic modeling and simulation of an offshore combined heat and power (CHP) plant. 58th SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling, SIMS 2017 . Scandinavian Simulation Society; Reykjavik. 2017-09-25 - 2017-09-27.
- (2016) Applicability and validation of use of equilibrium-based absorber models with reduced stage efficiency for dynamic simulation of post combustion CO2 capture processes. 13th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-13 ; Lausanne. 2016-11-14 - 2016-11-18.
- (2016) Dynamic process model development and validation with transient plant data collected from an MEA test campaign at the CO2 Technology Center Mongstad. 13th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies . IEAGHG; Lausanne. 2016-11-14 - 2016-11-18.
- (2016) CCS on offshore oil and gas installation - Design of post-combustion capture system and steam cycle. 13th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-13 ; Lausanne. 2016-11-14 - 2016-11-18.
- (2015) Acid gas removal in geothermal power plant in Iceland. The 8th Trondheim Conference on CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage . NTNU and SINTEF; Trondheim. 2015-06-16 - 2015-06-18.
- (2014) Evaluating CO2 Capture Technologies for Retrofit in Cement Plant. 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, GHGT-12 . IEAGHG; Austin, Texas. 2014-10-05 - 2014-10-09.
- (2010) Identifying areas for improvement and development in a pre-combustion CO2 capture cycle. 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies . IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme; Amsterdam. 2010-09-19 - 2010-09-23.
- (2010) HRSG Design for Integrated Reforming Combined Cycle with CO2 Capture. ASME Turbo Expo 2010 . American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Glasgow. 2010-06-14 - 2010-06-18.
- (2010) Plant flexibility of a pre-combustion CO2 capture cycle. 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies . IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme; Amsterdam. 2010-09-19 - 2010-09-23.
- (2008) A modeling software linking approach for the analysis of an integrated reforming combined cycle with hot potassium carbonate CO2 capture. GHGT-9 ; Washington, D.C.. 2008-11-16 - 2008-11-20.