Oil-water separation: From molecules to drop dynamics
Most oil fields produce water in addition to oil. The water cannot be sold, and it is expensive to transport it. Therefore, the…
Understanding the forces at play when boiling CO2 drives a running pipeline fracture
Bloggers: Svend Tollak Munkejord, Håkon Ottar Nordhagen, Morten Hammer, Stéphane Dumoulin and Eskil Aursand In the unlikely event of a rupture in a…
FerroCool: Magnetically pumped cooling of power converters
For the past two years, SINTEF Energy Research has studied a cooling concept based on magnetic nanofluids, also known as ferrofluids. Recently, we…
Gas or liquid: new CO2 mixture property knowledge needed for efficient and robust CCS
BIGCCS provides CO2 mixture property knowledge much needed for efficient and robust CCS. The 2 °C / 1.5 °C goals agreed on the UN…
COP21: Will it deliver?
It seems like things are going well here in Paris and COP21, today the French host delivered to the country delegations a new…
Large increase of cooling performance with use of ferrofluids
48 Norwegian research institutes recieve basic funding from the government. SINTEF Energy Research is one of these institutes. The basic funding is used…