• Aspen HYSYS process simulation and Aspen ICARUS cost estimation of CO2 removal plant 

      Vozniuk, Ievgeniia Oleksandrivna (Master thesis, 2010-06-25)
      An Aspen HYSYS model of CO2 removal was developed and modified with a split-stream configuration in order to reduce energy consumption in the reboiler. The model has been calculated with variation of parameters to optimize ...
    • Biodegradation of waste amines under anaerobic, micro-aerobic and aerobic conditions 

      Li, Yuan (Master thesis, 2008)
      Monoethanolamines (MEA) are commonly used as adsorbent in CO2 capture plants. MEA are degraded when used and become a waste product. 3 series of BOD test as well as 9 cases of syringe batch experiments under anaerobic, ...
    • CFD study of a fluidized bed 

      Lundberg, Joachim (Master thesis, 2008)
      The aim of this thesis is to investigate the momentum exchange between the phases in a bubbling fluidized bed. The momentum exchange can be described by a drag model. Several drag models with different assumptions are ...
    • CO2 absorption in alkaline solution 

      Amundsen, Trine Gusfre (Master thesis, 2008)
      Density and viscosity for monoethanolamine (MEA) solution are important for estimation of mass transfer in CO2 removal by absorption. A literature search on density, viscosity, surface tension and contact angle was performed. ...
    • Comparing methods for system identification on the quadruple tank 

      Kharel, Bhanu Bhakta (Master thesis, 2015-10-30)
      System Identification in control engineering has been the field of interest for the research and development to find the optimal model of dynamic system. Both MIMO and SISO systems can be modeled using different system ...
    • Cost estimation of CO2 removal in HYSYS 

      Kallevik, Ove Braut (Master thesis, 2010-10-18)
      A Hysys simulation of a CO2 capture process by absorption in a monoethanol amine (MEA) solution from the flue gas from a 500 MW natural gas power plant has been developed as a verification of earlier simulations at TUC. ...
    • Determination of particle velocities in pneumatic conveying 

      Zinchenko, Maryna (Master thesis, 2015-10-09)
      The main objective of this investigation was to formulate a technique for particle velocity determination in pneumatic conveying system. Plastic pellets were transported in a pneumatic conveying experimental rig. A large ...
    • Detonations in fuel-oxygen mixtures 

      Bat, Abdulkadir (Master thesis, 2015-09-18)
      A brief literature study was carried out to learn more about detonations, deflagrations, shock waves and critical tube diameters. A comprehensive experimental test rig was assembled based on an earlier test rig. The rig ...
    • Effekten av syklisk belastning under konsolidering og styrkeprøving i en uniaxialtester 

      Johansen, Kenneth (Master thesis, 2005)
      For industri som bruker, behandler eller produserer partikulære materialer (pulver), er ofte de partikulære materialenes flytegenskaper av avgjørende betydning for prosessene eller for produktene. Mange bedrifter innenfor ...
    • Energiforbruk ved CO2-fjerning fra gasskraftverk 

      Vamraak, Kristin Marie (Master thesis, 2010-08-26)
      Bygging av gasskraftverk i Norge er et aktuelt tema. Gasskraftverk slipper ut betydelige mengder CO2 som det av miljøhensyn er ønskelig å redusere. I den senere tid har det blitt vurdert ulike metoder for å redusere utslipp ...
    • Experimental investigation of hydrogen-air explosions with a schlieren set-up 

      Bjarnason, Larus (Master thesis, 2015-09-18)
      Schlieren has been used in the visualization of shock waves since the beginning of the 20th century and is still highly actual in the research of shock waves and DDT. The goal of this study was to build a schlieren setup ...
    • Experimental study of bubbling fluidized bed 

      Wu, Wenjun (Master thesis, 2008-06)
      A series of experiments are performed in order to study the flow behaviour of bubbling fluidized bed. A two dimensional fluidized bed is built up with dimension 0.8 m (height) × 0.2 m (width) × 0.025 m (depth) and uniform ...
    • Model predictive control (MPC) with integral action; Reducing the control horizon and model free MPC 

      Mohsin, Muhammad (Master thesis, 2015-09-25)
      Model Predictive Control (MPC) is the most widely used strategy in process industries due to remarkable features. It has the capability to control the non-minimum phase, unstable processes and handle the constraints in a ...
    • Modeling and simulation of post combustion CO2 capturing 

      Greer, Timothy (Master thesis, 2008)
      A dynamic model for the chemical absorption of carbon dioxide in Monoethanolamine is developed and implemented. The model includes absorption tower, de-absorption tower, reboiler, condenser and rich/lean heat exchanger. ...
    • Recommendation of a model for simulating & analysis of the influence of particle size distribution on the simulations of bubbling fluidized beds 

      Ariyarathna, Sanoja D. (Master thesis, 2008-06-06)
      A computational study of the influence of particle size distribution on bubbling fluidized beds is performed. Several simulations are performed using Eulerian multiphase model for a two dimensional fluidized bed with an ...
    • Redundans ved bruk av masse- og varmebalanser for plattformprosesser 

      Hansen, Jørn-Harald (Master thesis, 2005)
      Institutt for energiteknikk (IFE) har i flere år arbeidet med bruk av balanseligninger sammen med måledata for å overvåke systemer i kjernekraftanlegg. Gjennom data reconciliation (datatilpasning) kan redundans i målingene ...
    • Simulation of gas and liquid flow in a biogas reactor using Fluent. 

      Dayarathna, Sithara (Master thesis, 2015-09-18)
      Anaerobic Digestion (AD) is a popular secondary treatment method to handle biological wastes in sewage and wastewater treatment plants due to its multiple benefits apart from the waste reduction. One of the biogas reactors ...
    • Simulering av CO2-fjerning med aminer 

      Moholt, Bjørn (Master thesis, 2010-08-26)
      Gasskraftverk produserer store mengder CO2, og det er ønskelig å unngå utslipp av CO2 til atmosfæren. Skagerak Energi AS har planer om et gasskraftverk med CO2-fjerning i Grenlandsområdet. Det er utført simuleringer ...
    • Study on influence of geometrical features on capacity of industrial scale vertical air-lifters 

      Litovchenko, Alina (Master thesis, 2015-10-09)
      The main aim of this study was to investigate the influence of operating conditions and geometrical features (fluidization air flow rate QFA, transport air flow rate QTA, and nozzle position Z) on mass flow rate of solids ...