Truls Gundersen

Professor

Department of Energy and Process Engineering

truls.gundersen@ntnu.no +47 73593721 +47-91681726

Choose building, Gløshaugen

truls.gundersen@ntnu.no

Area of Work

Teaching

TEP4120 Engineering Thermodynamics
TEP4215 Energy and Process / Process Integration

Administration

NTNU coordinator for HighEFF (2016-2024)
Coordinator for NTNU-MIT collaboration (2013-2016)

Research

Efficient use of energy in the process industries
Low temperature processes (ASU, LNG)
Design methodology for industrial plants and power stations based on (1) Pinch Analysis, (2) Exergy Analysis, and (3) Mathematical Optimization

Skills and Expertise

Design and optimization of heat exchanger networks
Thermodynamics, including Pinch Analysis and Eksergy Analysis
Process Optimization

Background

Education

MSc in Physics, NTNU, 1978
PhD in Chemical Engineering, NTNU, 1982

Work Experience

Norsk Hydro Research Centre, Porsgrunn, 1981-1993
Telemark Institute of Technology (Professor), Porsgrunn, 1993-1996
NTNU, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, 1996-present

Special Interests

Running - from 1500 m to marathon =:-)
Music - but lack of time =:-(

Scientific, academic and artistic work

A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database

Journal publications

Hamedi, Homa; Karimi, Iftekhar A; Gundersen, Truls. (2019) A novel cost-effective silica membrane-based process for helium extraction from natural gas. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 121.
Hamedi, Homa; Karimi, Iftekhar A; Gundersen, Truls. (2019) Optimization of helium extraction processes integrated with nitrogen removal units: A comparative study. Computers and Chemical Engineering.
Kim, Donghoi; Hwang, Chulmin; Gundersen, Truls; Lim, Youngsub. (2019) Process design and economic optimization of boil-off-gas re-liquefaction systems for LNG carriers. Energy. vol. 173.
Vikse, Matias; Watson, Harry AJ; Barton, Paul I; Gundersen, Truls. (2019) Nonsmooth Formulation for Handling Unclassified Process Streams in the Optimization of Work and Heat Exchange Networks. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. vol. 58 (22).
Yu, Haoshui; Kim, Donghoi; Gundersen, Truls. (2019) A study of working fluids for Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs) operating across and below ambient temperature to utilize Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cold energy. Energy. vol. 167.
Yu, Haoshui; Kim, Donghoi; Hu, Xiangping; Gundersen, Truls. (2019) Organic Rankine Cycle with Pure and Mixed Working Fluids for LNG Cold Energy Recovery. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 76.
Yu, Haoshui; Vikse, Matias; Anantharaman, Rahul; Gundersen, Truls. (2019) Model reformulations for Work and Heat Exchange Network (WHEN) synthesis problems. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 125.
Fu, Chao; Vikse, Matias; Gundersen, Truls. (2018) Work and heat integration: An emerging research area. Energy. vol. 158.
Hamedi, Homa; Karimi, Iftekhar A; Gundersen, Truls. (2018) Optimal cryogenic processes for nitrogen rejection from natural gas. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 112.
Khor, JO; Dal Magro, F; Gundersen, Truls; Sze, JY; Romagnoli, Alessandra. (2018) Recovery of cold energy from liquefied natural gas regasification: Applications beyond power cycles. Energy Conversion and Management. vol. 174.
Kim, Donghoi; Giametta, Roxane Edith Helene; Gundersen, Truls. (2018) Optimal Use of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Cold Energy in Air Separation Units. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. vol. 57 (17).
Kim, Donghoi; Gundersen, Truls. (2018) Comparison of Liquefaction Processes for FLNG. ISOPE - International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. Proceedings. vol. 2018-June.
Kim, Donghoi; Gundersen, Truls. (2018) Development and use of exergy efficiency for complex cryogenic processes. Energy Conversion and Management. vol. 171.
Rammohan Subramanian, Avinash Shankar; Anantharaman, Rahul; Gundersen, Truls. (2018) Conceptual design of an efficient Hydrogen production process from Natural Gas using an extension to the “G-H” methodology. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 44.
Rammohan Subramanian, Avinash Shankar; Gundersen, Truls; Adams, Thomas Alan. (2018) Modeling and simulation of energy systems: A review. Processes. vol. 6:238 (12).
Vikse, Matias; Watson, Harry AJ; Gundersen, Truls; Barton, Paul I. (2018) Versatile Simulation Method for Complex Single Mixed Refrigerant Natural Gas Liquefaction Processes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. vol. 57 (17).
Vikse, Matias; Watson, Harry AJ; Gundersen, Truls; Barton, Paul I.. (2018) Simulation of dual mixed refrigerant natural gas liquefaction processes using a nonsmooth framework. Processes. vol. 6 (10).
Watson, Harry AJ; Vikse, Matias; Gundersen, Truls; Barton, Paul I. (2018) Optimization of single mixed-refrigerant natural gas liquefaction processes described by nondifferentiable models. Energy. vol. 150.
Yu, Haoshui; Eason, John; Biegler, Lorenz T; Feng, Xiao; Gundersen, Truls. (2018) Process optimization and working fluid mixture design for organic Rankine cycles (ORCs) recovering compression heat in oxy-combustion power plants. Energy Conversion and Management. vol. 175.
Yu, Haoshui; Fu, Chao; Gundersen, Truls. (2018) Work and Heat Exchange Networks – Opportunities and Challenges. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 44.