Energy Research fields and projects - Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT)
Research at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering
Research Groups
Process and Power
Power, 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.
Sustainable Energy Systems
The sustainable energy systems group works with integration of energy systems. Our aim is to increase sustainability, using diverse technologies and applications
Thermo Fluids
Our research group focusses on both fundamental and applied research in the general areas of thermal energy and fluid mechanics.
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.
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.
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Research Projects
International projects
| Our FP7, Horizon 2020, EEA and other international projects. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ALION | High Specific Energy Aluminium-Ion Rechargeable Decentralized Electricity Generation Sources | 2015-2019 | Anders Strømman |
| 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. | 2017-2022 | James Dawson |
| BIOTENMARE | Innovation in recycling technologies of sewage and sludge and other biowaste-energy and matter recovery | Helge Brattebø | |
| CoolCern | Large Hadron Collider detector cooling with R744 refrigeration technology | 2019-2023 | Armin Hafner |
| 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: ATLANTIS | Whales, waste and sea walnuts: incorporating human impacts on the marine ecosystem within life cycle impact assessment | 2020-2025 | Francesca Verones |
| ERC Starting Grant: TAIAC | Breaking the paradigm: A new approach to understanding and controlling combustion instabilities | 2016-2021 | Nicholas Worth |
| HiSTORIC | 2018-2020 | Carlos Dorao | |
| HCFC and high GWP HFCs in marine vessels | 2017-2018 | Armin Hafner | |
| HydroFlex | Aims to develop new technology permitting highly flexible operation of hydropower stations. | 2018-2022 | Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug |
| IEA EBC Annex 79 Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation | 2018-2023 | Vojislav Novakovic | |
| ILO Transport | Richard Wood | ||
| KIFEE | Kyoto International Forum for Environment and Energy (INTPART project) | 2016-2019 | Vojislav Novakovic |
| LCA Data Harmonisation | 2018-2019 | Johan Berg Pettersen | |
| Marinet2 | Marine Renewables Infrastructure Network for Emerging Energy Technologies | 2017-2021 | Lars Sætran |
| Mica | Minerals Intelligence Capacity Analysis | 2015-2018 | Daniel B. Müller |
| MinFuture | Global material flows and demand-supply forecasting for mineral strategies | 2016-2018 | Daniel B. Müller |
| MultiPACK | MultiPACK aims at demonstrating the performance and efficiency of the next generation of standardised integrated cooling and heating packages for commercial and public buildings based on environment-friendly carbon dioxide. | 2016-2019 | Armin Hafner |
| PRINCE | Policy Relevant Indicators for National Consumption and Environment | 2015-2019 | Richard Wood |
| SiNoPSE | Sino-Norwegian Partnership on Sustainable Energy (INTPART project) | 2016-2019 | Vojislav Novakovic |
Norwegian projects
| Projects mainly from the Research Council of Norway (NFR) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC4Soil | Advanced Biochar Fertilizers for Multiple Ecological Benefits in Soil Conditioning | 2018-2021 | Terese Løvås |
| Action | Advanced Compressor Technology in Operation | 2016-2018 | Lars Eirik Bakken |
| ANSYS | 2018-2019 | Terese Løvås | |
| BattMarine | Safety and modelling of new and aged Li-ion Batteries | 2018-2022 | Odne S. Burheim |
| BEST | Bioenergy’s role in a sustainable future | 2019-2022 | Anders Arvesen |
| BIGH2 | 2018-2021 | Terese Løvås / James Dawson | |
| BIOPATH | Advancing biofuel pathways with regional climate change implications | 2019-2022 | Francesco Cherubini |
| Bio4Clim | Comparative climate impact assessment of the forest based bio-economies of Norway, Sweden and Finland (ENERGIX) | 2015-2019 | Francesco Cherubini |
| BYMARKA | Modeling consumption-based carbon footprints for European cities in high resolution using machine learning techniques | 2019-2021 | Daniel Moran |
| CleanTex | 2018-2021 | Trygve Eikevik | |
| COMPACTS | Compact Offshore Steam Bottoming Cycles | 2015-2019 | Erling Næss |
| Complete | 2017-2019 | Kristian M. Lien | |
| Condilight | 2018-2019 | Guangyu Cao | |
| COPRO | 2016-2020 | Lars O. Nord | |
| DiHI-Tech | 2018-2020 | Jason Hearst | |
| Ecosystem footprints | Ecosystem footprints: Land Use Impacts and their Socioeconomic Determinants (MILJØFORSK) | 2016-2019 | Francesca Verones |
| EDemoTeC | 2017-2020 | Lars O. Nord | |
| ENERSENSE | Energy and sensor systems | Odne Stokke Burheim | |
| EnPe | EnPe - Capacity Building in Renewable Energy, Education and Research | 2014-2019 | Ole J. Nydal |
| EnPe | EnPe - Energize Nepal Project | 2016-2020 | Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug |
| EnPe | EnPe - MSc in Oil and Gas Technology | Ole J. Nydal | |
| EVD4EUR | Environmental assessment of electric vehicle deployment pathways for Europe | 2016-2020 | Anders Strømman |
| ExPOSe | Methods for Transparent Energy Planning of Urban Building Stocks (ENERGIX) | 2017-2021 | Natasa Nord |
| GAFT | 2016-2019 | Terese Løvås | |
| GASPRO | Research project GASPRO Fundamental insight into biomass gasification using experiments and mathematical modelling (ENERGIX) | 2017-2022 | Terese Løvås |
| GasTech | Demonstration of Gas Switching Technology for Accelerated Scale-up of Pressurized Chemical Looping Applications (Era-Net) | 2017-2020 | Shahriar Amini |
| GrateCFD | 2017-2020 | Terese Løvås | |
| HES-Off |
Innovative Hybrid Energy System for Stable Power and Heat Supply in Offshore Oil & Gas Installation |
2018-2022 | Lars O. Nord |
| HiFrancis | High Head Francis Turbines | 2016-2019 | Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug |
| HYCAP | Hydrogen Use in CO2 Capture Technologies | 2015-2018 | Terese Løvås |
| ICR | Internally Circulating Reactor | 2016-2020 | Shahriar Amini |
| IPCC | 2017-2019 | Francesco Cherubini | |
| Mind-P | Nutrients in a Circular Bioeconomy: Barriers and Opportunities for Mineral Phosphorus Independence in Norway (BIONÆR) | 2017-2020 | Daniel Müller |
| MITISTRESS | Strategies to Mitigate Pressures on Terrestrial Ecosystems from Multiple Stressors | 2019-2022 | Francesco Cherubini |
| Opptre | Energy upgrading of wooden dwellings to nearly zero energy level | 2018-2021 | Laurent Georges |
| Ormel2 | 2018-2021 | Trygve Eikevik | |
| OxyFun | Fundamentals of Pressurized Oxy-fuel Combustion for Natural Gas Semi-Closed Combined Cycles (CLIMIT) | 2017-2020 | Ivar Ertesvåg |
| Predict | 2016-2018 | Bernhard Müller | |
| Quiffin | 2016-2020 | Francesco Cherubini | |
| Redu | Redu - Kompetanseløftet 2020 | 2015-2021 | Sigrun Jahren |
| ReFood | 2017-2019 | Trygve Eikevik | |
| REN_BTL | 2017-2031 | Odne Stokke Burheim | |
| SARC | Swing Adsorption Reactor Cluster | 2017-2020 | Shahriar Amini |
| SPRAYICE | Characterization of Wave Impact Spray Generation for Better Prediction of Marine Icing on Structures | 2015-2019 | James Dawson |
| SURE | Towards sustainable renewable energy production: Developing a Life Cycle Impact Assessment framework for biodiversity impacts | 2015-2019 | Francesca Verones |
| UnDID | Understanding behaviour of District heating systems Integrating Distributed sources (FRINATEK - Unge forskertalenter) | 2017-2021 | Natasa Nord |
| WallMix | Near-wall mixing by free-stream turbulence | 2019-2022 | Jason Hearst |
| Wood CFD | Clean and efficient wood stoves through improved batch combustion models and CFD modelling approaches | 2015-2018 | Nils Erland Haugen |
| ZEB | Lab A1, Ventilasjon, Energiforsyning, Styringssystem, Målesystem | 2015-2025 | Hans Martin Mathisen |
| Boiling of multicomponent mixtures in confined geometries | 2013-2019 | Maria Fernandino | |
| Brukeradferd for bedre løsninger i energitjenestemarkedet for boliger | 2018-2019 | Natasa Nord | |
| Carbo-Fertil | 2018-2021 | Francesco Cherubini | |
| Casimir effect and van der Waals forces in multilayer systems | 2016-2019 | Iver H. Brevik | |
| EERA - Hydropower | 2019-2021 | Pål T. Storli | |
| Fundamental study of hydronamics and mass transfer in annular-mist flow (FRINATEK) | 2014-2018 | Carlos Dorao | |
| Identifying the dominant hea transfer mechanism during two-phase flow (FRINATEK) | 2018-2022 | Carlos Dorao | |
| IEA EBC Annex 70: Analyse av faktisk energibruk i bygningsmassen | 2018-2020 | Helge Brattebø | |
| Infrastruktur HighEFF lab | 2017-2027 | Morten Grønli m.fl. | |
| Mulige ENØK-tiltak Hitra Kommune | 2018-2019 | Armin Hafner | |
| NorBioLab II Infrastruktur | 2018-2027 | Terese Løvås | |
| NON-DISR SLUG | 2018-2021 | Jason Hearst | |
| Norsk representasjon og deltakelse i Multifunksjons-varmepumper i NZEB - Annex 49 under IEA | 2018-2019 | Laurent Georges | |
| Particle transport and clustering in stratified turbulent flows | 2014-2018 | Helge Andersson | |
| Skoler på vent | 2018-2021 | Guangyu Cao | |
| Turbulence-plankton interactions. A mechanistic approach | 2016-2020 | Helge Andersson | |
| Unravelling the mechanisms controlling droplet growth dynamics during condensation on micro-patterned surfaces (FRIPRO toppforsk) | 2018-2023 | Maria Fernandino | |
| Water waves interacting with arbitrary shear currents in 3D | 2016-2019 | Simen A. Ådnøy Ellingsen | |
| Norsk representasjon og deltakelse i IEA EBC annex 62 Ventilative Cooling | 2015-2019 | Hans Martin Mathisen | |
| Dynamic analysis of wet gas compression systems | 2015-2019 | Lars Eirik Bakken | |
| SIU - Sustainable energy in food production | 2016-2019 | Trygve Eikevik | |
| KPN SuperSmartRack | 2016-2018 | Armin Hafner | |
| EnergiBolig | 2016-2019 | Hans Martin Mathisen | |
| Electrification and efficient energy supply of offshore oil platforms | 2016-2018 | Lars O. Nord | |
| Varmtvann 2030 | 2017-2021 | Natasa Nord | |
| DeepGeo | 2017-2020 | Erling Næss | |
| HeliX-Tanks | 2017-2020 | Trygve Eikevik | |
Centres (FME, SFI)
| We participate in the following centres: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FME | Bio4fuels | Norwegian Centre for Sustainable Bio-based Fuels and Energy | 2017-2024 | Terese Løvås / Anders Strømman |
| FME | HighEFF | Centre for an Energy Efficient and Competitive Industry for the Future/HighEFF | 2017-2024 | Truls Gundersen/Trygve Eikevik |
| FME | HydroCen | Norwegian Research Center for Hydropower Technology | 2016-2024 | Liv Randi Hultgreen |
| FME | NCCS | NCCS is an international research cooperation on CO2 capture, transport and storage (CCS) | 2018-2024 | James Dawson |
| FME | NTRANS | Norwegian Centre for Energy Transition Strategies | 2019-2027 | Anders Strømman |
| FME | ZEN | The Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities | 2016-2024 | Hans Martin Mathisen |
| FRIC | Fire Research and Innovation Centre | 2019-2024 | Ivar Ståle Ertesvåg | |
| SFI | Metal Production | Resource efficient metal production from a clean industry | 2016-2020 | Daniel Beat Mueller |
| SFI | SmartMaritime | Norwegian Centre for improved energy-efficiency and reduced emissions from the maritime sector | 2015-2023 | Anders Strømman |
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 and Wind Tunnel | Jason R. Hearst
- Heat Engineering lab | Erling Næss
- Hydrogen Energy and Sonochemistry lab | Bruno G. Pollet
- Indoor Environment lab | Hans Martin Mathisen
- Motor lab | Terese Løvås
- Multiphase Flow lab | Ole Jørgen Nydal
- OR lab | Guangyu Cao
- 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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