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Experimental Investigation of Obstacle-Aided Locomotion With a Snake Robot
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)In a recent paper, the authors have proposed a control strategy for a snake robot during obstacle-aided locomotion. In this paper, experimental results are presented where the controller is shown to successfully maintain ... -
Experimental Investigation of Operational Reliability of Silicon Carbide MOSFETs
(Master thesis, 2017)As the performance of silicon power semiconductors is close to the theoretical limit, other semiconductor materials are sought to improve power electronics system efficiency. Devices made with the wide bandgap material ... -
Experimental Investigation of Osmosis and Spontaneous Emulsification During Low Salinity Flooding
(Master thesis, 2021)This experimental study investigates the osmosis and the spontaneous emulsification as oil mobilization mechanisms during the low salinity water flooding by measuring the connate water expansion area in an oil-wet microfluidic ... -
Experimental Investigation of Osmosis as a Mechanism for Low-Salinity EOR
(Master thesis, 2017)The topic of this thesis is an experimental investigation of osmosis as a mechanism for low-salinity enhanced oil recovery by evaluation of the effect of surface-to-volume ratio on oil recovery. Increased oil recovery due ... -
Experimental Investigation of Polymer-Coated Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Recently, polymer-coated nanoparticles were proposed for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) due to their improved properties such as solubility, stability, stabilization of emulsions and low particle retention on the rock surface. ... -
Experimental investigation of polymer-coated silica nanoparticles for EOR under harsh reservoir conditions of high temperature and salinity.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Laboratory experiments have shown higher oil recovery with nanoparticle (NPs) flooding. Accordingly, many studies have investigated the nanoparticle-aided sweep efficiency of the injection fluid. The change in wettability ... -
Experimental Investigation of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer of Some Single-Component, Binary and Ternary Non-Azeotropic Mixtures
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:103, Doctoral thesis, 2012)The purpose of this work was to investigate and delve into the heat transfer in pool boiling of some single-component fluids and some binary and ternary mixtures on a vertically oriented cylindrical heater with different ... -
Experimental Investigation of Porous Structures in Splash Zone
(Master thesis, 2018)First, the KC number (or porous KC number) varying hydrodynamic coefficients for porous plates are determined from forced oscillations in deep water. Then water-entry drag coefficient is determined from the force impulse ... -
Experimental Investigation of Pressure Versus Rate Correlation for Two Phase Flow in Bead Packs
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Experimental Investigation of Rhinomanometry
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Experimental investigation of simultaneous nitrification-denitrification and phosphorus removal in pilot-scale sequencing batch moving bed biofilm reactors (SB-MBBRs)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Sequencing batch moving bed biofilm reactors have been widely used in commercial wastewater treatment facilities for organic carbon and nitrogen removal. However, these reactors can remove low phosphorus (P) levels. ... -
Experimental Investigation of Single Bubbles Rising in Stagnant Liquid: Statistical Analysis and Image Processing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Despite the large effort devoted to the study of single bubbles rising in a stagnant liquid, the complex phenomena involved have resulted in a large scatter in the terminal velocity. Providing new experimental data where ... -
Experimental Investigation of Sloshing Loading and Load Effects in Membrane LNG Tanks Subjected to Random Excitation
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Experimental investigation of small-scale gasification ofwoody biomass
(Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2002:40, Doctoral thesis, 2002)A small-scale stratified downdraft gasifier has been built and operated under stable conditions using wood pellets as fuel and air as gasification agent. The problems observed during the preliminary experiments have been ... -
Experimental investigation of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells using biomass gasification producer gases
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2005:188, Doctoral thesis, 2005) -
Experimental investigation of stability of silica nanoparticles at reservoir conditions for enhanced oil-recovery applications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)To be effective enhanced oil-recovery (EOR) agents, nanoparticles must be stable and be transported through a reservoir. However, the stability of a nanoparticle suspension at reservoir salinity and temperature is still a ... -
Experimental investigation of surface-functionalised silica nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:66, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) using nanoparticles (NPs) has been proposed as a solution in the petroleum industry to overcome declining production rates. Research has shown that commercially available hydrophilic silica NPs, ... -
Experimental Investigation of Temperature Dependency of Relative Permeability Data in Heavy Oil Systems with Applications to Thermal Recovery
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:73, Doctoral thesis, 2013)Heavy oil and tar sands are important hydrocarbon resources that are destined to play an increasingly important role in the oil supply of the world. A huge proportion of total world oil resources are in the form of these ... -
Experimental investigation of the effect of adding nanoparticles to polymer flooding in water-wet micromodels
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Recently, the combination of conventional chemical methods for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and nanotechnology has received lots of attention. This experimental study explores the dynamic changes in the oil configuration ... -
Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Silica Nanoparticles on Interfacial Tension and Wettability during Low Salinity Water Flooding: A Micromodel Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objective: The present paper investigates the effect of nanoparticle concentrations on the interfacial tension and wettability during the low salinity water flooding (LSWF) at microscale. Method: A wide range of LSW ...