Process and Power

Research Group

Process and Power

Our specialist group works with power, processes, systems and components. We work with energy efficiency in all industrial processes, especially in the oil and gas, metal and food industry.

Research activity

Selected projects

Selected projects

Current EU projects:

  • CoolCern - CERN project (2019-2023) | Armin Hafner
  • HCFC and high GWP HFCs in marine vessels project (2017-2018) | Armin Hafner
  • HydroFlex - The goal of the project is to develop new technology permitting flexible operation of hydropower plants (2018-2022) | Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug
  • MultiPACK - Demonstration of the next generation standardised integrated cooling and heating packages for commercial and public buildings based on environment-friendly carbon dioxide vapour compression cycles (2016-2019) | Armin Hafner
  • TRI-HP - Trigeneration systems based on heat pumps with natural refrigerants and multiple renewable sources (2019-2023) | Armin Hafner
  • UNET - University Network on PhD Programmes in Energy Technology (2021-2023 | Ole Jørgen Nydal 

Current Norwegian research projects from the Research Council of Norway (NFR) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation:

 

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Selected research

Selected research

Centres and initiatives

We contribute to the following centres and initiatives:

Laboratories

22 Apr 2024

PhD in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology offer a PhD in Engineering where you can write a doctoral thesis connected to research and development carried out in our research group. Available PhD positions are posted on the NTNU vacancies page and JobbNorge.

Contact

All people - Process and Power

Partners

Partners

Research and business partners associated with the research group of Process and Power:

Research partners

  • SINTEF
  • Shanghai Jiao-Tong University
  • Doshisha University, Japan
  • IIT Kharagpur & Madras, India
  • Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
  • University of Naples Federico II, Italy
  • Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne

Business partners

  • Alfa Laval
  • Compania Industrial de Aplicaciones Termicas SA
  • Danfoss Commercial Compressors, Denmark
  • Enex SRL, Italy
  • Equinor, Norway
  • European Heat Pump Association
  • GDF Suez
  • Lundin Norway AS
  • Marine Aluminium
  • Mayekawa, Japan
  • Officine Mario Dorin Spa, Italy
  • Lu-Ve Spa, Italy