The paper entitled A combined fluid-dynamic and thermodynamic model to predict the onset of rapid phase transitions in LNG spills has just been accepted for publication in the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries. Transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by ship occurs globally on a massive scale. The large temperature difference between LNG and …
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Magnus Aa. Gjennestad successfully defends his PhD Tuesday, the 24th of November, Magnus Aashammer Gjennestad successfully defends his PhD, entitled: “Modelling of two-phase equilibrium, stability and steady-state flow in porous media”. The opponents of the defence were Prof. Professor Rainer Helmig from the Universität Stuttgart in Germany, Professor Luis González Macdowell from the Universidad Complutense in Spain …
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The paper entitled Dissecting the exergy balance of a hydrogen liquefier: Analysis of a scaled-up claude hydrogen liquefier with mixed refrigerant pre-cooling has just been accepted for publication in International Journal of Hydrogen energy. In the paper, we analyze in detail a hydrogen liquefier that is likely to be realisable without intermediate demonstration phases, and decomponse all …
Vilde Bråten (PhD candidate) placed second in the national finale in the Norwegian Research Grand Prix, where researchers from universities all over the country presented their research in a way where it becomes possible to understand for the general population. Vilde did an amazing job in communicating in a simple manner a topic which is super-complex. …
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Our paper entitled The influence of interfacial transfer and film coupling in the modeling of distillation columns to separate nitrogen and oxygen mixtures has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Chemical Engineering Science X (the open access version of J. Chem. Eng. Sci). Coupling between heat and mass transfer occurs across interfaces and vapor and …
Our paper entitled Accurate quantum-corrected cubic equations of state for helium, neon, hydrogen, deuterium and their mixtures has been published in Fluid Phase Equilibria. Cubic equations of state have thus far yielded poor predictions of the thermodynamic properties of quantum fluids such as hydrogen, helium and deuterium at low temperatures. In our paper, we derive temperature-dependent quantum …
Our paper entitled Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of surfaces captures the energy conversions in a shock wave has been published in the open access journal Chemical Physics Letters X. In the letter, we develop a theory for the entropy production in a shock wave using Gibbs’ excess properties in the framework of non-equilibrium thermodynamics (NET) of surfaces. The theory …
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Our paper entitled Ice formation and growth in supercooled water-alcohol mixtures: Theory and experiments with dual fiber sensors has just been published in Fluid Phase Equilibria. Increased knowledge on fluid-solid phase transitions is needed, both when they are undesired and can impair processes operation, and when strict control is required. In the paper, we present experimental results …
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Diego Kingston successfully defends his PhD on energy efficient design and operation of process equipment such as chemical reactors and distillation columns. During his PhD, Diego had two research stays at PoreLab; a first period between March and May 2019, and a second period between September and November 2019. Under the supervision of myself and …
The paper entitled Thermodynamic stability of volatile droplets and thin films governed by the disjoining pressure in open and closed containers has just been accepted for publication in Langmuir. Distributed thin films of water and their coexistence with droplets are investigated using a capillary description based on a thermodynamic fundamental relation for the film Helmholtz energy, derived …