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PT & EET online master programmes – startup 2018:
Information about departement of Process,
Energy and Environmental Technology (PEM)
Increased competence New options
About USN
• HSN established Jan 1, 2016, in a merger between Telemark UniversityCollege and Buskerud and Vestfold University College
• Full university May 2018 USN
• Serves a region with 700 000 inhabitants
Key figures USN
Organization
Technology, natural sciences and maritime sciences
Technology programmes in Porsgrunn
Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Power, Automation
Process
Technology
(PT)
Energy and
Environ-
mental
Technology
(EET)
Industrial
IT and
Automation
(IIA)
PhD
(3 yr)
Master
(2 yr)
Bachelor
(3 yr)
Process, Energy and
Automation Engineering
Qualifying programmes
Electrical
Power
Engineering
(EPE)
IIA, PT and EET are offered as online and campus programmes
Sustainable production- Low carbon footprint- Energy optimization- etc.
Low carbon economy- Energy systems- Closed material loops- etc.
PhD programme Process, Energy and Automation Engineering
Energy and CO2 Capture
- CO2 capture
- Alternative Fuels
- EnvironmentalBiotechnology
- Industrial Flow Processes
- Powder Science and Technology
- Applied Catalysis
Process Safety, Combustion and
Explosions
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technologies
Hydro Power, Transmission and
DistributionTelemark Modelling and
Control Center
- Industrial Applications of Electromagnetics
- Industrial Automation Applications
- Industrial Automation Methods
Aqua-USNCommunity Health Care Services to Older People
2015PhD students: 38, Post Docs: 4
Academic staff: 27 (Prof, Assoc. Prof, Adj. Prof)
8/9/2018 EET3210 Energy Technology - Week 34 11
Process and energy technology onshore and offshore
TNM-PEM strategy
PEM research: 25 years of R&D, advanced labs, strong groups on modelling and simulations, close contact with SINTEF Tel-Tek (research institute)Strategy: Sustainable technology, close cooperation with the regional industry
Water treatment / Bio gas / Bio energy
Acid gas treating / CO2 capture
Gas explosions and technical safety
PEM R&D examples
Hydrogen Safety:
High speed film
5000 frames/sec
Environmental biotechnology
Process safety, combustion & explosions
Acid gas treating
CO2 capture and reduction from cement kilns – examples
~20 MW waste heat available
ARW can replace ammonia water
for de-NOx
Partnership agreement with Norcem
Benchmarking of CO2 capture technologies
CO2 activities at USN-TNM-PEMCO2-lab: Part of the R&D group «Energy
and Carbon Capture»
15 scientists
6 engineers
4 PhD students working on CO2
Close cooperation with Tel-Tek (SINTEF)
8 PhD dissertations
90 journal papers published
Several books and patents
Some CO2 projects:
• Mass transfer kinetics of carbon dioxide into concentrated aqueous solution of
monoethanolamine
• Minimization of absorbent degradation in CO2 absorption/desorption
• Removal of CO2 from exhaust gas
• CO2 Capture from Power Stations and Industry
• Fully Integrated Regenerative Calcium Cycling (FIRCC)
• Cutting Cost of CO2 Capture in Process Industy (Co2stCap)
Basis for implementation of full-scale CO2 capture in Norway:
- CO2 Capture Test Facility at Norcem Brevik, Project phase II Test Step 1 - Work
package: Benchmark Analysis, Work Package: Technology support
- Feasibility studies on fullscale CO2 capture in Norway: Norcem (Brevik), Yara
(Porsgrunn), Klemetsrud (Oslo)
- Concept studies for full-scale plants started by the Norwegian government in 2017;
investment decision gate in 2019, startup in 2022