• Bruk av overskuddsvarme til hydrogenproduksjon 

      Luu, Iris; Schiong, Marie (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      I dag blir det produsert store mengder overskuddsvarme i industrielle prosesser, og denne varmen går ofte til spille. Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å gjøre rede for hvordan overskuddsvarmen fra svovelsyrefabrikken ved ...
    • Energy efficiency of respiration in mature and newborn reindeer 

      Solberg, Simon Birger Byremo; Kjelstrup, Signe; Magnanelli, Elisa; Kizilova, Nataliya; Barroso, Iratxe Lorea Casado; Acquarone, Mario; Folkow, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) have evolved elaborate nasal turbinate structures that are perfused via a complex vascular network. These are subject to thermoregulatory control, shifting between heat conservation and ...
    • Energy-Efficient Designs of Systems: From Nature to Chemical Engineering 

      Solberg, Simon Birger Byremo (Master thesis, 2019)
      Dette masterprosjektet omfatter en undersøkelse av to forskjellige emner. Vi bruker teorien om irreversibel termodynamikk som et rammeverk for å betrakte effekten av geometri på energi-effektivitet av systemer i naturen. ...
    • Heat to Hydrogen by RED—Reviewing Membranes and Salts for the RED Heat Engine Concept 

      Zimmermann, Pauline; Solberg, Simon Birger Byremo; Tekinalp, Önder; Lamb, Jacob Joseph; Wilhelmsen, Øivind; Deng, Liyuan; Burheim, Odne Stokke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The Reverse electrodialysis heat engine (REDHE) combines a reverse electrodialysis stack for power generation with a thermal regeneration unit to restore the concentration difference of the salt solutions. Current approaches ...
    • Heat to Hydrogen by Reverse Electrodialysis—Using a Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics Model to Evaluate Hydrogen Production Concepts Utilising Waste Heat 

      Solberg, Simon Birger Byremo; Zimmermann, Pauline; Wilhelmsen, Øivind; Lamb, Jacob Joseph; Bock, Robert; Burheim, Odne Stokke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The reverse electrodialysis heat engine (REDHE) is a promising salinity gradient energy technology, capable of producing hydrogen with an input of waste heat at temperatures below 100 °C. A salinity gradient drives water ...
    • Limiting current density as a selectivity factor in electrodialysis of multi-ionic mixtures 

      Zimmermann, Pauline; Tekinalp, Önder; Solberg, Simon Birger Byremo; Wilhelmsen, Øivind; Deng, Liyuan; Burheim, Odne Stokke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Electrodialysis is a promising technology to remove low concentrations of target ions from multi-ionic mixtures. While the synthesis of selective membranes is a prominent topic in research, few studies have been presented ...
    • Nature-inspired geometrical design of a chemical reactor 

      Magnanelli, Elisa; Solberg, Simon Birger Byremo; Kjelstrup, Signe (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We explore the possibility to actively use the system geometry to search for states of minimum entropy production in a chemical reactor. This idea is inspired by the energy-efficient mass and energy transfer that takes ...
    • No-mix vanadium redoks flytbatteri 

      Haug, Eirik Osmundsen; Flo, Henrik; Thurmann, Jonas Berg (Bachelor thesis, 2022)
      Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å eksperimentelt verifisere litteraturen som peker på at no-mix vanadium redoks flytbatterier (VRFB), utnytter elektrolytten bedre enn, og har høyere virkningsgrad enn, mer konvensjonelle ...
    • Selective recovery of silver from copper impurities by electrodialysis: Tailoring monovalent selective cation exchange membranes by monomolecular layer deposition 

      Tekinalp, Önder; Zimmermann, Pauline; Solberg, Simon Birger Byremo; Burheim, Odne Stokke; Deng, Liyuan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Selective recovery of silver from secondary resources enriched with copper impurities is a well-known challenge but is urgently needed by the industry. This study addresses the challenge by developing a highly efficient ...
    • The Social and Environmental Sustainability in Photovoltaic Module Supply Chains 

      Aga, Sveinung Lenes; Berre, Sigurd Hernes; Gunvaldsen, Lina Mathea (Bachelor thesis, 2023)
      Behovet for fornybar energi øker raskt, og solenergi er i ferd med å bli den raskest voksende energibransjen i verden. Kina har majoritetsmarkedsandel for hele forsyningskjeden for solcelle paneler, fra utvinning av kvarts ...