• Heat Pump Efficiencies simulated in Aspen HYSYS and Aspen Plus 

      Øi, Lars Erik; Tirados, Irene Yuste (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11-25)
      Heat pump technology provides an efficient and sustainable solution for both heating and cooling. A traditional heat pump can be defined as a mechanical-compression cycle refrigeration system powered by electricity. ...
    • Heavy Oil Production With Energy Effective Steam-assisted Gravity Drainage 

      Høhrbye, Elin-Madeleine Jonskås; Mathiesen, Vidar; Moldestad, Britt Margrethe Emilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In reservoirs with extra heavy oil and bitumen, thermal methods are used to reduce the viscosity, in order to extract the oil. Steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) is a thermal method where continuous steam injection is ...
    • High current arc erosion on copper electrodes in air 

      Øyvang, Thomas; Fjeld, Elin; Rondeel, Wilhelm; Hagen, Svein Thore (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      An arc fault inside metal enclosed switchgear will cause the pressure to rise and vaporization of electrode material may contribute to the pressure rise. An experimental study of high current arc erosion on copper electrodes ...
    • High Pressure Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor for Syngas Fermentation 

      Sivalingam, Vasan; Dinamarca, Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Two well-studied strategies to enhance syngas fermentation are elevated headspace pressure, increasing gas-liquid (GL) mass transfer, and moving bed biofilms (MBB) to overcome kinetic growth limitation. A combination of ...
    • High rate manure slurry anaerobic digestion 

      Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Dinamarca, Carlos; Toradzadegan, Mehrdad; Nordgård, Anna Synnøve Røstad; Bakke, Ingrid; Bakke, Rune (Journal article, 2015)
      The study shows that high rate anaerobic digestion may be an efficient way to obtain sustainable energy recovery from slurries such as pig manure. High process capacity and robustness to 5% daily load increases are observed ...
    • High rate manure supernatant digestion 

      Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Dinamarca, Carlos; Toradzadegan, Mehrdad; Nordgård, Anna Synnøve Røstad; Bakke, Ingrid; Bakke, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      The study shows that high rate anaerobic digestion may be an efficient way to obtain sustainable energy recovery from slurries such as pig manure. High process capacity and robustness to 5 % daily load increases are observed ...
    • Human behaviour modelling for welfare technology using hidden Markov models 

      Sanchez, Veralia Gabriela; Lysaker, Ola Marius; Skeie, Nils-Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Human behaviour modelling for welfare technology is the task of recognizing a person's behaviour patterns in order to construct a safe environment for that person. It is useful in building environments for older adults or ...
    • Hva koster egentlig CO2-håndtering? 

      Eldrup, Nils Henrik; Røkke, Nils Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    • Hydrogen gas explosions in pipelines, modeling and experimental investigations 

      Knudsen, Vegeir (Doctoral thesis; Peer reviewed, 2006)
      Gas explosions in closed pipes with a single obstacle have been investigated both numerically and experimentally. Most of the work is related to hydrogen and air mixtures, but other fuels have also been used. At the present ...
    • Image Processing and Measurement of the Bubble Properties in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactor 

      Jaiswal, Rajan; Moldestad, Britt Margrethe Emilie; Eikeland, Marianne Sørflaten; Nielsen, Henrik Kofoed; Thapa, Rajan Kumar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The efficiency of a fluidized bed reactor depends on the bed fluid dynamic behavior, which is significantly influenced by the bubble properties. This work investigates the bubble properties of a bubbling fluidized bed ...
    • Impact of kiln thermal energy demand and false air on cement kiln flue gas CO2 capture 

      Arachchige, Udara Sampath P.; Kawan, Dinsesh; Tokheim, Lars-André; Melaaen, Morten Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      The present study is focused on the effect of the specific thermal energy demand and the false air factor on carbon capture applied to cement kiln exhaust gases. The carbon capture process model was developed and implemented ...
    • Improved Models for Predicting Bubble Velocity, Bubble Frequency and Bed Expansion in a Bubbling Fluidized Bed 

      Agu, Cornelius Emeka; Tokheim, Lars-André; Eikeland, Marianne Sørflaten; Moldestad, Britt Margrethe Emilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      An efficient design and operational control of a fluidized bed reactor relies on accurate prediction of bubble properties. This paper employs measurement of bed void fraction in determining the bubble velocity in a given ...
    • Improved multi-stage cross-flow fluidized bed classifier 

      Jayarathna, Chameera; Balfe, Michael; Moldestad, Britt Margrethe Emilie; Tokheim, Lars-Andre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      In the present work, improvements to a novel fluidized bed solids classification system previously published by Jayarathna et al. are discussed (Jayarathna et al., 2018 [1]). The system is designed for a high temperature ...
    • Improving bench scale design for polymerisation of green CO2-polymers 

      Larsen, Thomas S.; Sætre, Kai Arne; Ronasi, Sara; Haugen, Hildegunn H.; Moldestad, Britt Margrethe Emilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Plastic has become the most common material since the beginning of the 20th century and has become almost indispensable due to its durability, light weight and low costs. However, some of the characteristics also make the ...
    • Improving bench scale pilot reactor design for polymerisation of green CO2-polymers 

      Larsen, Thomas S.; Sætre, Kai Arne; Ronasi, Sara; Haugen, Hildegunn H.; Moldestad, Britt Margrethe Emilie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Plastic has become the most common material since the beginning of the 20th century and has become almost indispensable due to its durability, light weight and low costs. However, some of the characteristics also make the ...
    • Improving gas distribution and evaporation in gas cooling tower at Norcem Brevik 

      Kasin, Fredrik; Larsen, Are; Andersen, Christian; Jaiswal, Rajan; Thapa, Rajan Kumar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this work, the effect of the geometry of a GCT (Gas Cooling Tower) on the flue gas distribution in a cooling tower in Norcem, Brevik is investigated by using CPFD (Computational Particle Fluid Dynamics) modeling and ...
    • Increased Coal Replacement in a Cement Kiln Burner by Feeding a Mixture of Solid Hazardous Waste and Shredded Plastic Waste 

      Ariyaratne, W. K. Hiromi; Melaaen, Morten Christian; Tokheim, Lars-André (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07)
      The present study aims to find the maximum possible replacement of coal by combined feeding of plastic waste and solid hazardous waste mixed with wood chips (SHW) in rotary kiln burners used in cement kiln systems. The ...
    • Industry/college cooperation on undergraduate project work as a college revenue source 

      Clausen, Trond; Holta, Randi Toreskås (Conference report, 2007)
      Since 1994, the Norwegian Ministry for Education and Research has required government supported universities and colleges to find additional sources of income. For Telemark University College (TUC) in Porsgrunn, senior ...
    • Influence of pKa on solvent performance of MAPA promoted tertiary amines 

      Bernhardsen, Ida Mortensen; Krokvik, Iris Renate Tøkje; Perinu, Cristina; Pinto, Diego Di Domenico; Jens, Klaus-Joachim; Knuutila, Hanna K (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      In the present work, absorption and desorption performance of ten single tertiary amines and their blends with MAPA was studied using a screening apparatus. Absorption experiments were conducted at 40 °C and up to 9.5 kPa ...
    • Influences of temperature and substrate particle content on granular sludge bed anaerobic digestion 

      Tassew, Fasil Ayelegn; Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Dinamarca, Carlos; Bakke, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Influences of temperature (25–35 °C) and substrate particulate content (3.0–9.4 g total suspended solids (TSS)/L) on granular sludge bed anaerobic digestion (AD) were analyzed in lab-scale reactors using manure as a substrate ...