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    • Boil-off gas handling for LNG-carriers with a low-swirl burner 

      Melkevik, Stian (Master thesis, 2018)
      Wärtsilä is looking into a new technology for boil-off gas handling. The technology chosen for further research is a low-swirl burner. This burner has shown promising NOx emission results which is a problem inside the ...
    • Computational modeling and experimental studies on fluidized bed regimes 

      Jaiswal, Rajan (Master thesis, 2018)
      The fluidization technology has a wide range of applications from chemical synthesis to pneumatic transportation and circulation of species. Different process applications require different flow regimes and the type of ...
    • Pyrolysis of plastic waste into green fuels – experimental study 

      Hassani, Alireza (Master thesis, 2018)
      Recycling of plastic waste in more environmental friendly ways is under great attention. Catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste is among the sustainable methods that can recover valuable products from plastics. However, ...
    • Measurement and correlation of aqueous amine solution viscosities 

      Kummamuru, Nithin Bharadwaj (Master thesis, 2016)
      The viscosities of amines are important in designing equipment for Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture as it affects heat transfer coefficient, pressure drop in heat exchangers and piping system respectively. Reliable viscosity ...
    • Flame length measurements of hydrogen jets 

      Løvaasen, Nora (Master thesis, 2017)
      The use of hydrogen is increasing rapidly and the research on hydrogen safety must follow. The implementation of hydrogen filling stations and cars are steadily on the rise. In the case of a leakage the hydrogen will most ...
    • Simulation and control of hydro power plants 

      Splavska, Valentyna (Master thesis, 2017)
      Sustainable energy development implies meeting the energy needs of the future without jeopardizing the life quality of the planet. To achieve these goals is possible by gradually replacement in energy production profile ...
    • Waste heat availability in the raw meal department of a cement plant 

      Amarasinghe, Widuramina Sameendranath (Master thesis, 2017)
      The main aim of this study was to find out the available heat of the exhaust gas stream that is bypassed through the raw meal department at Norcem Brevik cement plant, Norway which produces about 1 million ton of clinker ...
    • Li-ion battery safety 

      Johnsplass, Jonathan (Master thesis, 2017)
      The aim of this thesis was two folded: Numerically compute the combustion properties of the discharge materials from lithium-ion batteries, and experimentally measure the properties, at a test rig, by overheating lithium-ion ...
    • Experimental Study of Catalysis in Plastic Pyrolysis 

      Anene, Azubuike Francis (Master thesis, 2017)
      In this study, thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP) and mixtures of LDPE/PP plastics were carried out in a batch autoclave reactor at 460 ...
    • Comparison of CO2 dehydration processes after CO2 capture 

      Okoli, Kenneth Ikechukwu (Master thesis, 2017)
      This study compares two conventional methods of CO2 dehydration processes after CO2 capture and its suitability of use. The methods are Triethylene Glycol (TEG) absorption and 3A Molecular sieve adsorption. Chapter 1 and ...
    • Process simulation of plastic waste to environmental friendly fuel 

      Andersen, Marius (Master thesis, 2017)
      The amount of plastic waste that needs to be taken care of increases every year. While much of it is recycled, a substantial amount cannot be recycled and is landfilled. This master thesis has been focused on an alternative ...
    • Diffusion of CO2 through polymer membranes 

      Olsen, Chatrine Hogseth (Master thesis, 2017)
      Food industry use polymers as packaging to protect and maintain high quality and freshness of the product during distribution and storage. Polymers are permeable for gases like O2, CO2 and water vapor. Simulation models ...
    • CFD Validation of transient subsea gas plume model 

      Kim, Taewook (Master thesis, 2017)
      Subsea gas blowouts are often a significant risk contributor to offshore installations. It is important to understand plume that is created by the blowout. Different plume models were investigated. CFD model in ANSYS Fluent ...
    • Near-well simulations and modelling of oil production from reservoir 

      Timsina, Ramesh (Master thesis, 2017)
      One of the major challenges that the oil industry faces today is water breakthrough and high production of water from mature oil fields. Early water breakthrough can occur due to high frictional pressure drop in the well ...
    • Partial CO2 capture simulation and cost estimation 

      Sundbø, Erik (Master thesis, 2017)
      Simulation of CO2 absorption using amine solutions have been performed for many years at University College of Southeast Norway, both with and without vapor recompression. In this thesis, partial CO2 capture was evaluated ...
    • Tuning of viscosity and density of non-Newtonian fluids through mixing process using multimodal sensors, sensor fusion and models 

      Hoang, Minh (Master thesis, 2016)
      The main work of this thesis was to develop some empirical models that could be used to estimate the viscosity in drilling operations. The reason for this is due to the fact that oil companies spends a lot of money to make ...
    • CO₂ dehydration after CO₂ capture 

      Rai, Birendra (Master thesis, 2016)
      The presence of free water is considered as one of the major impurities for the pipeline transportation of gas. Corrosion and hydrate formation in the process plant equipment are common problems associated with the free ...
    • Study of CO₂ storage in oil reservoirs and aquifers 

      Gjerden, Loredana (Master thesis, 2017)
      Carbon dioxide storage in oil reservoirs and aquifers is one of the most promising research fields regarding reduction of climate gas emissions. Changing of CO₂ physical properties with temperature and pressure in deep ...
    • Modeling, simulation and control of the inflow basin of a wastewater treatment plant 

      Zhang, Jiangfeng (Master thesis, 2016)
      Inflow basin is an important component for wastewater treatment plant, which can equalize the hydraulic and composition variations of wastewater inflow and stabilize the performance of nutrition and toxicants removal and ...
    • Utilization of waste heat from cement kiln exhaust gases for regeneration of loaded CO₂ capture media 

      Bekkhus, Paul Rune (Master thesis, 2016)
      Dette prosjektet var basert på noe som skjer på Norcem Brevik, hvor de er interessert i å bygge et CO2-fangstanlegg. Og så har det seg det at de har veldig varmt eksosutslipp fra sementproduksjonen. Denne varmen er Norcem, ...