• Modelling of dispersed oil/water flow in a near-horizontal pipe 

  Kjølaas, Jørn; Schümann, Heiner; Gonzalez Rengifo, Diana Carolina; Johansen, Stein Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  A gravity-diffusion model was implemented for predicting water concentration profiles in dispersed oil-continuous oil–water flows. In this model, the measured droplet size distributions were used instead of a droplet size ...

• Stochastic master surgery scheduling 

  Bovim, Thomas; Christiansen, Marielle; Gullhav, Anders Nordby; Range, Troels Martin; Hellemo, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  The aim of the Master Surgery Scheduling Problem (MSSP) is to schedule the medical specialties to the different operating rooms available, such that surgeries may be performed efficiently. We consider a MSSP where elective ...

• Elastic and thermodynamic properties of the major clinker phases of Portland cement: Insights from first principles calculations 

  Mai, Ngoc Lan; Hoang, Nguyen-Hieu; Do, Ha T.; Pilz, Monika; Trinh, Thuat (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Portland based cement is one of the most popular materials used in the civil and construction applications. Reliable computational methods to provide an insight into the underlying mechanics of the major phases of this ...

• SiC formation and SiO reactivity of methane at high temperatures 

  Aarnæs, Trygve Storm; Tangstad, Merete; Ringdalen, Eli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Methane (CH4) is a carbon source currently not in use in the production of silicon. Using a gaseous carbon source instead of conventional solid carbon sources presents an opportunity to rethink silicon production. Preliminary ...

• Investigation of the properties and reactivity of biocarbons at high temperature in mixture of CO/CO2 

  Wang, Liang; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Smith, Nicholas Albert; Jayakumari, Sethulakshmy; Jahrsengene, Gøril; Rørvik, Stein; Turn, Scott (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  The CO2 gasification reactivity of biocarbons produced from birch wood chips under different atmospheric and pressurised conditions was investigated in this work. The reactivity tests were conducted by using a Macro-TGA ...

• Wire-arc additive manufacturing of structures with overhang: Experimental results depositing material onto fixed substrate 

  Evjemo, Linn Danielsen; Langelandsvik, Geir; Moe, Signe; Danielsen, Morten Høgseth; Gravdahl, Jan Tommy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  As additive manufacturing (AM) technology grows both more advanced and more available, the challenges and limitations are also made more evident. Most existing solutions for AM build structures layer by layer using strictly ...

• Removing fluoride-terminations from multilayered V2CTx MXene by gas hydrolyzation 

  Fagerli, Frode Håskjold; Wang, Zhaohui; Grande, Tor; Kaland, Henning; Selbach, Sverre Magnus; Wagner, Nils Peter; Wiik, Kjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Two-dimensional MXenes have shown great promise for many different applications, but in order to fully utilize their potential, control of their termination groups is essential. Here we demonstrate hydrolyzation with a ...

• Effect of calcination temperature and time on properties of steam exploded pellets 

  Wang, Liang; Baldauf, Lukas; Skreiberg, Øyvind; Jahrsengene, Gøril; Rørvik, Stein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Carbon anodes play an essential role in the production of primary aluminium. Currently fossil carbon is used for producing carbon anodes. Reducing the carbon utilization and replacing the fossil carbon are the main routes ...

• Effect of diet on molecular relationships between Atlantic cod larval muscle growth dynamics, metabolism, and antioxidant defense system 

  Vo, Tu Anh; Galloway, Trina Falck; Arukwe, Augustine; Edvardsen, Rolf Brudvik; Hamre, Kristin; Karlsen, Ørjan; Rønnestad, Ivar; Kjørsvik, Elin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  We studied molecular effects (RNAseq and qPCR) of first feeding prey types (copepods or rotifers/Artemia) on skeletal muscle myogenesis and growth dynamics (proliferation, differentiation), metabolism (glycolysis, ...

• Influence of temperature during pyrolysis of Fe-alginate: Unraveling the pathway towards highly active Fe/C catalysts 

  Tafjord, Joakim; Regli, Samuel K.; Dugulan, Achim Iulian; Rønning, Magnus; Rytter, Erling; Holmen, Anders; Myrstad, Rune; Yang, Jia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Transition metals supported on carbons play an important role in catalysis and energy storage. By pyrolysis of metal alginate, highly active catalysts for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) can be produced. However, the ...

• Improved multidetector asymmetrical-flow field-flow fractionation method for particle sizing and concentration measurements of lipid-based nanocarriers for RNA delivery 

  Mildner, Robert; Hak, Sjoerd; Parot, Jeremie; Hyldbakk, Astrid; Borgos, Sven Even F.; some, dan; Johann, Cristoph; Caputo, Fanny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Lipid-based nanoparticles for RNA delivery (LNP-RNA) are revolutionizing the nanomedicine field, with one approved gene therapy formulation and two approved vaccines against COVID-19, as well as multiple ongoing clinical ...

• Multiscale investigation of adsorption properties of novel 3D printed UTSA-16 structures 

  Grande, Carlos Adolfo; Blom, Richard; Middelkoop, Vesna; Matras, Dorota; Vamvakeros, Antonis; Jacques, Simon D.M.; Beale, Andrew M.; Michiel, Marco Di; Andreassen, Kari Anne; Bouzga, Aud Mjærum (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Structuring MOF materials is a fundamental step towards their commercialization. Herein we report intensive characterization of 3D-printed UTSA-16 monoliths, facilitated by the development of a new non-aqueous ink formulation, ...

• Vacancy diffusion in palladium hydrides 

  Polfus, Jonathan; Peters, Thijs; Bredesen, Rune; Løvvik, Ole Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  The self-diffusion coefficients of palladium in PdHx (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1) were studied using density functional theory to obtain the required thermodynamic and kinetic parameters. The enthalpy of migration decreased ...

• Slag Properties in the Primary Production Process of Mn-Ferroalloys. 

  Tangstad, Merete; Bublik, Sergey; Haghdani, Shokouh; Einarsrud, Kristian Etienne; Tang, Kai (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  The thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the carbothermic reduction of MnO in the five-component slag, MnO-SiO2-CaO-MgO-Al2O3, is critical in the production process of Mn-ferroalloys. While the reduction rate is mainly ...

• Solvent Regeneration by Thermopervaporation in Subsea Natural Gas Dehydration: An Experimental and Simulation Study 

  Ahmadi, Mahdi; Ansaloni, Luca; Hillestad, Magne; Deng, Liyuan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  An in-house designed membrane process suitable for subsea natural gas dehydration was studied. The use of a membrane absorber together with a thermopervaporation (TPV) unit for solvent regeneration in a closed loop enables ...

• Towards high-throughput microstructure simulation in compositionally complex alloys via machine learning 

  Li, Yue; Holmedal, Bjørn; Liu, Boyu; Li, Hongxiang; Zhuang, Linzhong; Zhang, Jishan; Du, Qiang; Xie, Jianxin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  The coupling of computational thermodynamics and kinetics has been the central research theme in Integrated Computational Material Engineering (ICME). Two major bottlenecks in implementing this coupling and performing ...

• Core-Level Binding Energy Reveals Hydrogen Bonding Configurations of Water Adsorbed on TiO2 (110) Surface 

  Kamal, C.; Stenberg, Nader; Walle, Lars Erik; Ragazzon, Davide; Borg, Anne; Uvdal, Per; Skorodumova, Natalia V.; Odelius, Michael; Sandell, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

• Antimicrobial Resistance and Biofilms Underlying Catheter-Related Bloodstream Coinfection by Enterobacter cloacae Complex and Candida parapsilosis 

  Štefánek, Matúš; Wenner, Sigurd; Borges, Vítor; Pinto, Miguel; Gomes, João Paulo; Rodriguez, João; Faria, Isabel; Pessanha, Maria Ana; Martins, Filomena; Sabino, Raquel; Verissimo, Cristina; Nogueira, Isabel D.; Almeida Carvalho, Patricia; Bujdáková, Helena; Jordao, Luisa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

  Biofilm-associated infections are a public health concern especially in the context of healthcare-associated infections such as catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs). We evaluated the biofilm formation and ...

• Charge Transport in 2D MoS2, WS2, and MoS2–WS2 Heterojunction-Based Field-Effect Transistors: Role of Ambipolarity 

  Kaushik, Vishakha; Ahmad, Mujeeb; Khushboo, Agarwal; Varandani, Deepak; Belle, Branson; Das, Pintu; Mehta, Bodh R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Electrical and optical characteristics of few-layered (3–4 L) chemical vapor deposition (CVD) grown MoS2, WS2, and MoS2–WS2 heterostructure-based back-gated field-effect transistor (FET) devices have herein been studied. ...

• Extracts of pine bark (Pinus sylvestris) inhibit Cryptosporidium parvum growth in cell culture 

  Blomstrand, Berit Marie; Enemark, Heidi L; Øines, Øivind; Steinshamn, Håvard; Aasen, Inga Marie; Mahnert, Karl-Christian; Sørheim, Kristin; Athanasiadou, Spiridoula; Thamsborg, Stig Milan; Woolsey, Ian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  The widespread apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum is responsible for severe gastrointestinal disease in humans and animals. The treatment options are limited, and the efficacy of available drugs is low. Bark ...

Vis flere