Research at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering
Research Groups
Thermal Energy
We study thermal processes for energy conversion. Our technical basis comprise classic thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, mass and heat transfer, combustion and thermophysical properties.
Industrial Process Technology
Processes, systems and components are our main research focus. We work with energy efficiency in all industrial processes, especially in oil and gas, metal and food industry. Multiphase transport is an additional and important part of our research activities.
Energy and Indoor Environment
Resource economical indoor environments are our main research focus. The main objective is to generate a comfortable and safe indoor climate by means of efficient and appropriate climate systems.
Fluid Mechanics
Our group focuses on both fundamental and applied research in fluid mechanics, and are organised into two research laboratories. The Fluid Mechanics Laboratory focuses on turbulent flows and hydrodynamics and the Water Power Laboratory hosts the Norwegian Hydropower Centre.
Industrial Ecology Programme
Industrial Ecology is the study of the material side of the economy and society and investigate how resource use contributes to welfare, as well as how and where the environmental impacts occur. Our teaching and research activities bridge technology and the social sciences.
Renewable Energy
Our research group works with energy production (wind energy and biofuels) and energy storage (hydrogen and battery technologies).
PhD Studies
Supervised doctorates are the highest degrees awarded by the University for research, which is carried out under the immediate supervision of staff members. The education and training provided in these degree programmes are designed to produce graduates who have the capacity to conduct independent research that is both original and of high international quality.
Vacant positions at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering
Research Projects
| Our FP7, Horizon 2020, EEA and other international projects. | ||
|---|---|---|
| ALION | High Specific Energy Aluminium-Ion Rechargeable Decentralized Electricity Generation Sources | Anders Strømman |
| BIOTENMARE | Innovation in recycling technologies of sewage and sludge and other biowaste-energy and matter recovery | Helge Brattebø |
| ANNULIGhT | An Innovative Training Network (ITN) on instabilities, ignition and blow-off in annular gas turbine combustors. It is funded by the European Commission under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions. | James Dawson |
| ECCSEL INFRADEV-3 | Implemententation and initial operation of ECCSEL (European Carbon Dioxide Capture and StoragE Laboratory Infrastructure). Provision of Transnational Access to ECCSEL, the European Research Infrastructure (RI) for CO2 capture, transport and storage (CCS) technologies research. | Sverre Quale |
| ERC Starting Grant: TAIAC | Breaking the paradigm: A new approach to understanding and controlling combustion instabilities | Nicholas Worth |
| Marinet2 | Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network for Emerging Energy Technologies | Lars Sætran |
| Mica | Minerals Intelligence Capacity Analysis | Daniel B. Müller |
| MinFuture | Global material flows and demand-supply forecasting for mineral strategies | Daniel B. Müller |
| MultiPACK | Armin Hafner | |
| NanoSim | A Multiscale Simulation-Based Design Platform for Cost-Effective CO2 Capture Processing using Nano Structured Materials | Olav Bolland |
| Projects mainly from the Research Council of Norway (NFR) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | ||
|---|---|---|
| BioCarb | Enabling the biocarbon value chain for energy | Terese Løvås |
| Bio4Clim | Comparative climate impact assessment of the forest based bio-economies of Norway, Sweden and Finland (ENERGIX) | Francesco Cherubini |
| COMPACTS | Compact Offshore Steam Bottoming Cycles | Erling Næss |
| Ecosystem footprints | Ecosystem footprints: Land Use Impacts and their Socioeconomic Determinants (MILJØFORSK) | Francesca Verones |
| ENERSENSE | Energy and sensor systems | Odne Stokke Burheim |
| EnPe | EnPe - Capacity Building in Renewable Energy, Education and Research | Ole J. Nydal |
| EnPe | EnPe - Energize Nepal Project | Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug |
| EnPe | EnPe - MSc in Oil and Gas Technology | Ole J. Nydal |
| EVD4EUR | Environmental assessment of electric vehicle deployment pathways for Europe | Anders Strømman |
| GASPRO | Research project GASPRO Fundamental insight into biomass gasification using experiments and mathematical modelling (ENERGIX) | Terese Løvås |
| GasTech | Demonstration of Gas Switching Technology for Accelerated Scale-up of Pressurized Chemical Looping Applications (Era-Net) | Shahriar Amini |
| HiFrancis | High Head Francis Turbines | Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug |
| HYCAP | Hydrogen Use in CO2 Capture Technologies | Terese Løvås |
| ICR | Internally Circulating Reactor | Shahriar Amini |
| Mind-P | Nutrients in a Circular Bioeconomy: Barriers and Opportunities for Mineral Phosphorus Independence in Norway (BIONÆR) | Daniel Müller |
| OxyFun | Fundamentals of Pressurized Oxy-fuel Combustion for Natural Gas Semi-Closed Combined Cycles (CLIMIT) | Ivar Ertesvåg |
| SafeLiLife | Life and safety for Li-ion batteries in Maritime conditions | Odne Stokke Burheim |
| SIMCOFLOW | A Framework for complex 3D multiphase and multi physics flows | Stein Tore Johansen |
| SPRAYICE | Characterization of Wave Impact Spray Generation for Better Prediction of Marine Icing on Structures | James Dawson |
| SURE | Towards sustainable renewable energy production: Developing a Life Cycle Impact Assessment framework for biodiversity impacts | Francesca Verones |
| UnDID | Understanding behaviour of District heating systems Integrating Distributed sources (FRINATEK - Unge forskertalenter) | Natasa Nord |
| Wood CFD | Clean and efficient wood stoves through improved batch combustion models and CFD modelling approaches | Nils Erland Haugen |
| Boiling of multicomponent mixtures in confined geometries | Maria Fernandino | |
| Casimir effect and van der Waals forces in multilayer systems | Iver H. Brevik | |
| Fundamental study of hydronamics and mass transfer in annular-mist flow | Carlos Dorao | |
| Modeling of obstructive sleep apnea by fluid-structure interaction in the upper airways (FRINATEK) | Bernhard Müller | |
| Particle transport and clustering in stratified turbulent flows | Helge Andersson | |
| Transparent Energy Planning (ENERGIX) | Natasa Nord | |
| Turbulence-plankton interactions. A mechanistic approach | Helge Andersson | |
| Water waves interacting with arbitrary shear currents in 3D | Simen A. Ådnøy Ellingsen | |
| We participate in the following centres: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FME | Bio4fuels | Norwegian Centre for Sustainable Bio-based Fuels and Energy | Terese Løvås / Anders Strømman |
| FME | HighEFF | Centre for an Energy Efficient and Competitive Industry for the Future/HighEFF | Truls Gundersen/Trygve Eikevik |
| FME | HydroCen | Norwegian Research Center for Hydropower Technology | Hege Brende |
| FME | ZEN | The Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities | Hans Martin Mathisen |
| SFI | SmartMaritime | Norwegian Centre for improved energy-efficiency and reduced emissions from the maritime sector | Anders Strømman |
| NVKS | Norwegian Hydropower Centre | Hege Brende | |
Contact
Professor and Head of Department Terese Løvås at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering.Infrastructure
Lab manager: Morten Grønli
- Bioenergy lab| Morten Grønli
- Dewatering Engineering lab | Trygve Eikevik
- Fluid Mechanics lab | James Dawson
- Field Station Frøya | Lars Sætran
- Heat Engineering lab | Erling Næss
- Indoor Environment lab | Hans Martin Mathisen
- Motor lab | Terese Løvås
- Multiphase Flow lab | Ole Jørgen Nydal
- Refrigeration Engineering lab | Trygve Eikevik
- Separation and Heat Transfer lab | Carlos Dorao
- Solar Simulator lab | Ole Jørgen Nydal
- Thermal Two-Phase Flow lab | Maria Fernandino
- Turbulent Combustion lab | Nicholas Worth
- Waterpower lab | Torbjørn Nielsen
- Wet Gas Compression lab | Lars Eirik Bakken
Publications
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