Truls Gundersen
Background and activities
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 =:-(
Courses
- TEP4521 - Sustainable Energy Systems, Specialization Project
- TEP4506 - Sustainable Energy Systems, Specialization Course
- TEP4906 - Sustainable energy systems, master thesis
- EP8199 - Global Optimization of Mixed-Integer and Non-Convex Problems
- TEP4120 - Engineering Thermodynamics 1
- TEP4215 - Energy Utilization and Process Integration in Industrial Plants
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2014) Using Thermodynamic Insight in the Optimization of LNG Processes. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 33.
- (2014) Post-combustion carbon capture technologies: Energetic analysis and life cycle assessment. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. vol. 27.
- (2013) The role of process synthesis in the systematic design of energy efficient fossil fuel power plants with CO2 capture. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 35.
- (2013) CO2 Capture Processes: Novel Approach to Benchmarking and Evaluation of Improvement Potentials. Energy Procedia. vol. 37.
- (2013) Constraint handling in stochastic optimization algorithms for natural gas liquefaction processes. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 32.
- (2013) Exergy Analysis and Heat Integration of a Coal-Based Oxy-combustion Power Plant. Energy & Fuels. vol. 27 (11).
- (2013) Recuperative vapor recompression heat pumps in cryogenic air separation processes. Energy. vol. 59.
- (2013) New Graphical Representation of Exergy Applied to Low Temperature Process Design. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. vol. 52 (22).
- (2013) Coal based power plants using oxy-combustion for CO2 capture: Pressurized coal combustion to reduce capture penalty. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 61 (1).
- (2013) Carbon chain analysis on a coal IGCC — CCS system with flexible multi-products. Fuel processing technology. vol. 108.
- (2013) Post-combustion Carbon Capture with a Gas Separation Membrane: Parametric Study, Capture Cost, and Exergy Analysis. Energy & Fuels. vol. 27 (8).
- (2012) Design of an IRCC with CO2 capture utilizing a mixed integer optimization method. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 30.
- (2012) Carbon Capture and Storage in the Power Industry: Challenges and Opportunities. Energy Procedia. vol. 16.
- (2012) Integrating the Compression Heat in Oxy-combustion Power Plants with CO2 Capture. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 29.
- (2012) Techno-economic analysis of CO2 conditioning processes in a coal based oxy-combustion power plant. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control. vol. 9.
- (2012) Using PSE to develop innovative cryogenic air separation processes. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 31.
- (2012) Using exergy analysis to reduce power consumption in air separation units for oxy-combustion processes. Energy. vol. 44 (1).
- (2012) A comparison of exergy efficiency definitions with focus on low temperature processes. Energy. vol. 44 (1).
- (2012) A new graphical exergy targeting representation for processes operating above and below ambient temperature. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 30.
- (2012) Coal Based Power Plants Using Oxy-Combustion for CO2 Capture: Pressurized Coal Combustion to Reduce Capture Penalty. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 29.
- (2011) Power reduction in air separation units for oxy-combustion processes based on exergy analysis. Computer-aided chemical engineering.
- (2011) Reducing the Power Penalty Related to CO2 Conditioning in Oxy-coal Combustion Plants by Pinch Analysis. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 25.
- (2011) Low Temperature Process Design: Challenges and Approaches for using Exergy Efficiencies. Computer-aided chemical engineering. vol. 29.
- (2011) Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks at Subambient Conditions with Compression and Expansion of Process Streams. AIChE Journal. vol. 57 (8).
- (2010) The sequential framework for heat exchanger network synthesis-The minimum number of units sub-problem. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 34 (11).
- (2010) An optimization-simulation model for a simple LNG process. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 34 (10).
- (2010) Heat Integration of an Oxy-Combustion Process for Coal-Fired Power Plants with CO2 Capture by Pinch Analysis. Chemical Engineering Transactions. vol. 21.
- (2009) A liquefied energy chain for transport and utilization of natural gas for power production with CO2 capture and storage – Part 1. Applied Energy. vol. 86 (6).
- (2009) A liquefied energy chain for transport and utilization of natural gas for power production with CO2 capture and storage – Part 4: Sensitivity analysis of transport pressures and benchmarking with conventional technology for gas transport. Applied Energy. vol. 86 (6).
- (2009) A liquefied energy chain for transport and utilization of natural gas tor power production with CO2 capture and storage - Part 2: The offshore and the onshore processes. Applied Energy. vol. 86 (6).
- (2009) A liquefied energy chain for transport and utilization of natural gas for power production with CO2 capture and storage - Part 3: The combined carrier and onshore storage. Applied Energy. vol. 86 (6).
- (2007) An Extended Pinch Analysis and Design procedure utilizing pressure based exergy for subambient cooling. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 27 (16).
- (2006) Energy Level Composite Curves - a New Graphical Methodology for the Integration of Energy Intensive Processes. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 26.
- (2006) Chemical and process integration: Synergies in co-production of power and chemicals from natural gas with CO2 capture. Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 26.
- (1999) Optimal operation of heat exchanger networks. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 23.
- (1997) On-line optimization and choice of optimization variables for control of heat exchanger networks. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 21 (Suppl.).
- (1997) Process Integration Methods, Software and Applications - Towards a State-of-the-Art Survey. Gospodarka Paliwari i Energia.
- (1997) Improved Sequential Strategy for the Synthesis of Near-Optimal Heat Exchanger Networks. Computers and Chemical Engineering. vol. 21 (Suppl.).
Books
- (2005) Proceedings of The 18th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. Tapir Akademisk Forlag. 2005. ISBN 82-519-2041-8.
Part of book/report
- (2013) Analysis and Design of Heat Recovery Systems for Grassroots and Retrofit Situations. Handbook of Process Integration.
- (2013) Heat Integration: Targets and Heat Exchanger Network Design. Handbook of Process Integration.