Research at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering

We conduct research on the total energy chain from resource to customer. We work on how to produce energy which can be used by man and machine in a sustainable way, taking into consideration health, climate changes and available resources.

Research Groups

Industrial Ecology

Green leaf. Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU

Research from the Industrial Ecology Programme

Process and Power

Watching a water turbine. Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU

Research from Process and Power

Sustainable Energy Systems

Research from Sustainable Energy Systems

Thermo Fluids

experiment in lab. Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU

Research from Thermo Fluids

ERC Grants

Several outstanding researchers at EPT have received grants from the European Research Council (ERC):

James R. Dawson has been awarded ERC Synergy Grant for the project Hyrope - Hydrogen under pressure, on how to decarbonize large-scale power generation and aviation. Read about the project in Norwegian SciTech News

Simen A. Å. Ellingsen has been awarded ERC Consolidator Grant for the project WaTurSheD – Small Flows with Big Consequences: Wave-, Turbulence- and Shear current-Driven mixing under a water surface

Jason Hearst has been awarded ERC Starting Grant for the project GLITR - Breaking through: The Impact of Turbulence on the Gas-Liquid Interface

Francesca Verones has been awarded ERC Starting Grant for the project ATLANTIS – Whales, waste and sea walnuts: incorporating human impacts on the marine ecosystem within life cycle impact assessment

Nicholas Worth has been awarded ERC Starting Grant for the project TAIAC – Breaking the paradigm: A new approach to understanding and controlling combustion instabilities

Centres

Involved in 9 research centres

FME Battery conducts research on next generation and improved circular sustainable battery technology value chain.

FME RenewHydro aims to develop knowledge and solutions that enable flexible hydropower to support the realization of energy transition and achieve national energy, climate, and environmental goals

FME ZeMe - Zero Emission Metal Production

FME MarTrans - Norwegian R&D centre for Maritime Energy Transitions

FME GigaCCS - Norwegian Research Centre of Excellence for Carbon Capture and Storage

FME Interplay - Integrated Hub for Energy System Analyses

FME NTRANS – Norwegian Centre for Energy Transition Strategies investigates environmentally friendly energy from a social science perspective.

FRIC Fire Research and Innovation Centre works to ensure fire safety

LowEmission Low Emission Research Centre develops new technology and concepts for offshore energy systems and integration with renewable power production technologies