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Vilde Bråten started her PhD in the autumn of 2018. In her PhD, she will bring new insight on the thermodynamics of nano-systems. It is well known that the thermodynamics of nano-systems differs from bulk-behavior, and this is often referred to as finite-size effects. Thus far, the finite-size effects have been undesired e.g. in molecular …

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Our article entitled Energy efficient design of membranes processes by use of entropy production minimization has just been accepted for publication in Computers & Chemical Engineering. In the paper, we discuss how to develop more energy efficient membrane separation processes by use of entropy production minimization. For our example, which is a unit for separation of CO2 from …

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Our article entitled Tolman lengths and rigidity constants of multicomponent fluids: Fundamental theory and numerical examples has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Chemical Physics. The paper was very positively received by the reviewers and was chosen to be Editors pick in the journal. The work has previously drawn attention at international conferences, where my …

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1st of March I recieved the prize by the Norwegian Research Councils Award for Young Outstanding Researchers within Natural Sciences on my research on surfaces. The research would not have been possible without my excellent colleagues in Norway and in Spain and good collaboration. The award was mentioned in both national and international media such as Adressa , Trondheim by , Youtube , SINTEFs …

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Since January, I have been visiting the group of Prof. Erich Müller together with my PhD-student Ailo Aasen and my SINTEF colleague Morten Hammer. We will stay here until May, and have been very well taken care of so far. We are all enjoying the “London-experience” meanwhile developing an equation of state capable of handling quantum fluids such as helium, …

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Our paper entitled: Reducing the exergy destruction in the cryogenic heat exchangers of hydrogen liquefaction processes has been published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. A present key barrier for implementing large-scale hydrogen liquefaction plants is their high power consumption. The cryogenic heat exchangers are responsible for a significant part of the exergy destruction in these …

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Our paper entitled: Temperature anisotropy at equilibrium reveals nonlocal entropic contributions to interfacial properties has been accepted for publication in Physical Review E. In the work, we show that the configurational part of the temperature has different contributions from the parallel and perpendicular directions at the vapor-liquid interface, even at equilibrium. This has been illustrated in the …

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PhD candidate Ailo Aasen was awarded the prize for best poster at the conference, Thermodynamics 2017, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is impressive, as he started his PhD only eight months ago! In the poster, he presented some of our ongoing work to unravel the curvature dependence of the surface tension for multicomponent mixtures. He presented, for the first …

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My thesis entitled Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of planar and curved interfaces, has just been awarded with two prestigious international awards! The European Federation of Chemical Engineers (EFCE) awarded the thesis with the EFCE excellence prize in thermodynamics for 2017. The thesis was evaluated in terms of dissemination of knowledge, quality of publications and presentations, duration …

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Elisa Magnanelli, whom I have served as a co-supervised for together with Prof. Signe Kjelstrup (main supervisor) and Eivind Johannessen (co-supervisor), successfully defended her PhD entitled “Understanding and Reducing the Entropy Production in Membrane Systems”. The purpose of her thesis work was to understand how energy is dissipated in various systems, in order to find …

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