• Experimental study on the thermal plume from a surgeon in an operating room with mixing ventilation during COVID-19 pandemic 

      Heggebø, Frida Josefine; Bi, Yang; Harsem, Trond Thorgeir; Mathisen, Hans Martin; Cao, Guangyu (SINTEF Proceedings;9, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      Following the outbreak of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) in 2019, studies show positive results in protecting the surgical staff from patients infected by COVID-19 in operating rooms (ORs) with negative pressure. A negative pressure ...
    • Exploring possibilities to quantify the qualitative description of occupant behaviour 

      Dziedzic, Jakub; Yan, Da; Novakovic, Vojislav (SINTEF Proceedings;5, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2020)
      Human behaviour is a multidisciplinary subject that is being investigated by numerous scientists around the world. The ability to understand and forecast reactions can be beneficial for all scientific branches that are ...
    • Exploring the Concept of Customer-Perceived Intimacy in Healthscapes 

      Martens, Carmen; Herssens, Jasmien; Delcourt, Cécile (SINTEF Proceedings;8, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      Background —It is recognized that servicescapes (i.e., the manmade physical surroundings in which a service takes place) both affect customer and employee attitudes and behaviours. This is particularly the case in healthcare ...
    • Extremely fast simulations of heat transfer in fluidized beds 

      Lichtenegger, Thomas; Priker, Stefan (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter, 2017)
      Besides their huge technological importance, fluidized beds have attracted a large amount of research because they are perfect playgrounds to investigate highly dynamic particulate flows. Their overall behavior is determined ...
    • Fast Water-Lean Solvent Screening using FTIR Spectroscopy: In-Situ (In-Line) Monitoring using an ATR Raction Cell Integrated with On-Line Monitoring Attached to a Lquid-Flowcell 

      Wagaarachchige, Jayangi D.; Idris, Zulkifli; Halstensen, Maths; Jens, Klaus-J. (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      This study presents a fast and precise solvent characterizing method for the screening of novel CO2 capture systems. In this method, time-base Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy ...
    • Flow dynamics studies for flexible operation of continuous casters (flow flex cc) 

      Forslund, Tobias; Barestrand, Henrik; Ramirez Lopez, Pavel E.; Jalali, Pooria; Olofsson, Christer; Lindbäck, Tobias; Roos, Erik (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Flow dynamics of liquid steel within the Continuous Casting (CC) mould are critical for process stability and the quality of final products. An “optimal” flow provides enough circulation of the metal to avoid freezing, but ...
    • Flow past a yawed cylinder of finite length using a fictitious domain method 

      Pierson, Jean-Lou; Hammouti, Abdelkader; Auguste, Franck; Wachs, Anthony (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In this work, the flow past a finite-end yawed cylinder is studied. This constitute a first step to understand the motion of freely moving particles. To this aim the Finite Volume / Fictitious Domain (FV/FD) method developed ...
    • Free Energies of Activation for Viscous Flow of Different Amine Mixtures in Post Combustion CO2 Capture 

      Karunarathne, Sumudu S.; Eimer, Dag A.; Øi, Lars E. (SINTEF Proceedings;4, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The viscosity of ternary mixtures of N-methyldiethanol amine (MDEA) + monoethanol amine (MEA) + H2O, Nmethyldiethanol amine (MDEA) + diethanol amine (DEA) + H2O and 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (AMP) + diethanol amine (DEA) ...
    • From linear to nonlinear: Transient growth in confined magnetohydrodynamic flows 

      Cassells, Oliver G.W.; Vo, Tony; Potherat, Alban; Sheard, Gregory J. (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The underlying flow mechanisms for the destabilisation of an electrically conducting fluid under the influence of a transverse magnetic field in a square duct are investigated. Such flows are applicable to metallurgical ...
    • From National to International Focus – Results and Impacts from the Norwegian National Rd&D Programme for CCS (Climit) 

      Stangeland, Aage; Slagtern, Åse; Rønneberg, Ragnhild; Eide, Lars Ingolf; Melaaen, Ingrid Sørum (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      The Norwegian national program for RD&D within CCS (CLIMIT) changed focus towards more international collaboration in 2017. The program has since then allocated approximately 20 percent of the available budget for international ...
    • From Pre-Screening to Monitoring of Plugged and Abandoned Marine Exploration Wells - Enabling Reuse of Reservoirs for Co2 Storage through Geophysical Monitoring 

      Emmel, Benjamin; Zonetti, Simone; Romdhane, Anouar; Dupuy, Bastien; Torsæter, Malin (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      Decommissioning of platforms and permanent plugging and abandonment (P&A) of oil and gas wells is a major future financial challenge for oil producing countries. This is especially true for offshore wells in deep water, ...
    • From TEK17 to ZEB-O – A case study for a residential building in northern Norway 

      Clauß, John; Nygård, Eivind; Thomsen, Judith (SINTEF Proceedings;5, Chapter; Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      With a strong focus on reducing emissions from the building sector, it is important that new buildings can compensate for emissions caused during their operation by on-site renewable electricity generation. In academia, ...
    • Front‐tracking simulations of bubbles rising in non‐Newtonian fluids 

      Battistella, Alessandro; Van Schijndel, J.G.; Baltussen, Maike W. (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      In the wide and complex field of multiphase flows, bubbly flows with non-Newtonian liquids are encountered in several important applications, such as in polymer solutions or fermentation broths. Despite the widespread ...
    • Future-proofing in healthcare building design 

      Karlsson, Saga; Lindahl, Göran; Strid, Marie (SINTEF Proceedings;8, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      Objective - The objective of the study is to explore how future-proofing (FP) in healthcare building design is approached by Swedish architects. Background - Buildings are changing due to physical, economical, functional, ...
    • Gas‐liquid two‐phase flow behavior in terrain‐inclined pipelines for wet natural gas transportation 

      Yang, Yan; Li, Jingbo; Wang, Shuli; Wen, Chuang (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The liquid slug formation in a hilly-terrain pipeline is simulated using the Volume of Fluid model and RNG k-ε turbulence model. The numerical model is validated by the experimental data of the horizontal slug flow. The ...
    • Generalized Geertsma Solution for Isotropic Layered Medium 

      Park, Joonsang; Eiken, Ola; Bjørnarå, Tore I.; Bohloli, Bahman (SINTEF Proceedings;7, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      We report a generalized Geertsma solution with which we can calculate the surface deformation from a subsurface made of an arbitrary number of isotropic homogeneous layers and a thick reservoir at any depth. We validate ...
    • Global Marginal Carbon Footprint Evaluation of Internet Services with Building Energy Models 

      Kumar, Eric; Hameen, Erica Cochran; Liang, Wei (SINTEF Proceedings;5, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Over the last decade, operational e_ciency optimiza- tions in data center (DC) facilities designs have cur- tailed their absolute power demands. However, their physical footprint is still growing. This growth in ca- pacity ...
    • Governing physics of shallow and deep subsea gas release 

      Olsen, Jan Erik; Skjetne, Paal (SINTEF Proceedings;1, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      A modelling concept for studying the resulting bubble plume from a subsea gas release is presented. Simulation results show good consistency with available experimental data. The modelling concept is applied to assess the ...
    • Granular flow described by fictitious fluids: a suitable methodology for process simulations 

      Sparta, Manuel; Halvorsen, Svenn Anton (SINTEF Proceedings;2, Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The flow of granular materials is often present in metallurgical reactors. Metallurgical simulations are typically multidisciplinary and the granular flow will often have a significant effect on the temperature distribution. ...
    • Green Plant Walls as Indoor Air Quality Enhancer in the Recently Built Office Building 

      Klavina, Aneka; Berzina, Buka; Fjodorova, Marta; Martinsone, Zanna (SINTEF Proceedings;9, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2021)
      Nowadays one of the main focus of public and occupation health is maintaining good indoor air quality in office building and public spaces. The aim of this study was to identify indoor air quality, its influencing factors, ...