Students at projects and master thesis work whom I have supervised:
2026/2027
3 coming2025/2026
Ulrik Hauan Fladby: Study of radiative heat transfer in hydrogen oxy-combustion for melting furnaces (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with Sintef Energi). Report available later.
2024/2025
Robert Hørland Kalrud: Analysing entropy production for the development of reduced mechanisms in combustion systems. Report
2023/2024
Magne Rosnes: Effects of structurally different wood-based fuels on free-burning fire behaviour (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with RISE Fire Research, Trondheim.
Report
Specialization project: "Wildfire fuel characteristics"
Article: Study of fire characteristics of forest vegetation in the Atlantic coastal region of Norway
doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2885/1/012066
2022/2023
Sindre Ertzgaard Solvang: Effect of the turbulent flow field on NOx formation in a hydrogen flame. (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with Sintef Energi) Report
Endre Sørbø Pedersen: Understanding energy conversion in combustion – detailed analysis of entropy generation (exergy degradation) in flames Report
2021/2022
Erlend A. Wesseltoft: A Numerical Investigation of Turbulent Combustion in Pool Fires using OpenFOAM
Dag Olav Snersrud: Effects of external cooling on smoldering fire in wood pellets - An experimental parameter study (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with RISE Fire Research, Trondheim) Report
2020/2021
Simon J. Lorentzen: Understanding Energy Conversion in Combustion - A Detailed Analysis of Entropy Production in
Flames Report here
Publication in "Fuel" doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2023.128263
Håkon Dalbakken: Safety Aspects of Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) with Combustible Working
Fluids Report here
Publication in "Energy Reports", doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2023.12.050
2018/2019
Abel Tenu Mekonnen: Modeling and numerical simulation of gas explosions for industrial safety analyses. (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT/DNV-GL, Trondheim) Report here
Saber Samee: Multiphysics simulation of physical processes with different time constants. (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with Petrell, Trondheim) Report here
2016/2017
Britt Ingunn Nydal: Heat generation and conduction in combined ultrasound imaging and therapy transducers (in samarbeid med Institutt for sirkulasjon og biletdiagnostikk, NTNU/ in cooperation with Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU)
Virginia Rebaque Valdes: Experimental study of smouldering fire in wood pellets (in cooperation with SP Fire Research, Trondheim) Report here2015/2016
Marius Olof Bolstad: Jet fire in underventialed compartment (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim og SP Fire Research, Trondheim) Report here
Magnus Magnussen Skinnemoen: LNG leakage, spreading and fire (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim) Report here
2013/2014
Fredrik Mentzoni: Numerical modeling of turbulence above helidecks. (i
samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim) Report
Published in Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics,
Vol. 141 (2015) 49-68, and
Vol.142 (2015), 164-172
Later: PhD (2020) Dept.Marine Technolgy, NTNU.
2012/2013
Eivind Brox: Discharge and spreading of carbon dioxide from leakages (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim)
Knut Jøssang: Evaluation of a North Sea oil platform using exergy analysis (i samarbeid med Institutt for kjemi/in cooperation with Dept. of Chemistry, NTNU) Report
2011/2012
Karen Almås: Coal-fired power plants based on oxy-combustion with carbon capture: combustion conditions and water consumption. Report
Trond Einar Egeberg Berntsen: Energieffektiv hydrogenlagring - eksergianalyse av adsorpsjon/ Energy efficient hydrogen storage - exergy analysis of adsorption. (in Norwegian) Report
Hans Magnus Hegge: Utslipp og spredning av tung gass/ Release and spreading of dense gases (in English)(i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim)
2010/2011
Tarjei Bærland: Utslipp og spredning av tung gass/ Release and spreading of dense gases (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim) Report
Øystein Myrmo: Numerisk modellering av dam-spredning, varmeoverføring og fordamping i flytende naturgass (LNG)/ Numerical modeling of pool spreading, heat transfer and evaporation in liquefied natural gas (LNG) (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim) Report
Pedram Nadim: Irreversibilitet i forbrenning, varme- og massetransport / Irreversibility of combustion, heat and mass transfer Report
Stine Mia Rømmesmo Skrataas: Kompressibel strøyming i prosess-utstyr: problemstillingar, metodar og modellar/ Compressible flows in process equipment: Problems, methods and models (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with Petrell, Trondheim) Report
2008/2009
Anders Welde Vikan: Numerisk modellering av dam-spredning, varmeoverføring og brann i flytende naturgass (LNG) /Numerical modeling of pool spreading, heat transfer and fire in liquefied natural gas (LNG) (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim) Rapport
2007/2008
Espen Stødle Gåserud: Numerisk modellering av varmeoverføring og brann i flytende naturgass (LNG) /Numerical modeling of heat transfer and fire in liquefied natural gas (LNG) (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim) Report
Erlend Liavåg Grotle: Modellering av NOx frå forbrenning / Modelling of
NOx from combustion.
Rapport
Later: PhD (2018) at NTNU (w. Vilmar Æsøy)
2006/2007
Kristian Aase Løver: Biomass gasification integration in recuperative gas turbine cycles and recuperative fuel cell integrated gas turbine cycles. (Conducted with Professor Atsushi Tsutsumi, University of Tokyo.) Report.
Pia Wendela Wølneberg: Energibruk og energiutnyttelse på Kårstø
Gassprosesseringsanlegg /Energy use and utilization at Kårstø gas processing
plant. (In Norwegian)
Rapport
Attached paper: published in Energy Conversion and
Management, Vol. 49 (12), pp.3531-3540, 2008
2005/2006
Gard Valderhaug: Bruk av G-likningsmodellen for forblandede flammer/ Use
of the G equation model for premixed flames
Første jobb/first position in Kongsberg
Vegar Vijay Berg: Numerical modeling of fire in solid materials (i samarbeid med/in cooperation with ComputIT, Trondheim)
2004/2005
artin Skottene: Numerisk modellering av hydrogenforbrenning med fokus på dannelse av NOx/ Numerical modelling of hydrogen combustion with focus on formation of NOx (saman med 1.aman. Kjell Erik Rian og Sintef Energiforskning)
Helene Lie: LNG fra felt til forbruk: Analyse av energi-kjede /LNG from well to consumer: Analysis of an energy chain
2003
Christian Felsch (exchange student from RWTH Aachen): Investigation of boundary
conditions and pressure waves in numerical modelling of compressible turbulent
flow with combustion.
Later: PhD at RWHT Aachen (w. Norbert Peters)
2002
Arne R. Rykhus: Modellering av forbrenning av gass frå gassifisering av
biomasse i røykgasskjel for gassturbin
(Modeling of combustion of gas from gasification of biomass in a gasturbine
flue-gas boiler)
2000
Torleif Wydahl : Danning og reduksjon av nitrogenoksid i forbrenning.
(Formation and reduction of NOx in combustion)
Later: PhD (2010) at NTNU (w. Inge R. Gran)
Jostein Kolbu:
P: Irreversibilitet og entropiproduksjon i numerisk simulering og modellering av
strømning, blanding og forbrenning (Irreversibility and entropy production in
numerical simulation and modeling of flow, mixing and combustion)
D: Study of a Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Combustion Process
(with J.Y.Chen, UC Berkeley)
Randi Stikbakke: Faststoff-forbrenning: modellering og numerisk simulering
(Solid fuel combustion: modeling and numerical simulation)
Jens A. Melheim: Modellering og simulering av turbulent strøyming i grensesjikt
(mai 1999)
Later: PhD (2007) at NTNU (w. Inge R. Gran)
Arve Klavenes: Modellering og simulering av turbulent strøyming og forbrenning
(mars 1999)
Later: Dr.ing. (2003) at NTNU
Trond Vileid Gärtner:
P: Stabilitet og gass-spreiing i atmosfæriske grensesjikt
D: Modellering og simulering av forureining frå forbrenning i brennkammer
(diplom saman med Ola Maurstad)
Ola Maurstad:
P: Stråling i gassar
D: Modellering og simulering av forureining frå forbrenning i brennkammer
(diplom saman med Trond V. Gärtner)
Later: Dr.ing. (2002) at NTNU (w. Olav Bolland)
Rune Hansen: Modellering og simulering av uforblanda turbulente flammer
Later: Dr.ing. (2004) at NTNU
1997
Robert Olsen: Modellering og simulering av turbulent strøyming i open kavitet
Dr.ing, (2004) at NTNU (w. Inge R. Gran)
Tore Myhrvold: Modellering og simulering av turbulent strøyming
Dr.ing. (2003) at NTNU (with me)
1995
Rune N. Kleiveland:
D: Modellering av gassbrennarar
P: Modellering og simulering av turbulent forbrenning
Dr.ing. (2005) at NTNU (with Inge R. Gran)
1994
Egil Kjørsvik: Iterativ løsning av lineære ligningssystemer i CFD- programmer
(uformelt:) Lars Tallhaug: Matematisk modellering av turbulens
Ivar S. Ertesvåg HEIMESIDE