Blog Aiming for more environmentally friendly buildings and neighborhoods Collaboration between Chinese and Norwegian researchers has yielded valuable insights, including the utilization of ground source heat pumps in Scandinavia and beyond. Blog Plastics: the ocean cannot live with it, and we cannot live without it Polymers have transformed our lives [1] . We have been benefiting from them since approximately 1600 BC when natural rubber was first discovered. However, plastic products are often mismanaged once they reach the end of life. The solutions we need rely on a whole systemic and structural change within the plastic system. Blog Aloha from Hawai’i: Turtles and fishing line entanglements During the fall semester I got the opportunity to do a research stay with the Center for Marine Debris Research (CMDR) on Oahu, Hawai’i. One of the aims was to get to know the plastic debris researchers and their work, and collaborate on a project involving plastic debris entanglements of wildlife by gathering data from local organizations. Blog May improve sleep apnea surgery with numerical simulation Obstructive sleep apnea is linked with several diseases, and is often treated with surgery where it is difficult to be completely sure of the outcome. In my PhD project, I work with simulations that may increase the patients benefit from surgery. Blog High temperature heat pumps will reduce CO2 emissions and lower energy use Some industries require temperatures of between 100 and 180 degrees. A high temperature heat pump is able to deliver this, so it has great commercial potential. Blog From cozy woodstove to sustainable and healthy woodstove technology Hopefully my PhD project will contribute to a sustainable woodstove future, where the impact on climate is mitigated and the air quality will be improved, which will improve people’s health and quality of life. Blog Battery testing: developing a new computational tool to reduce experiments Battery behavior is best studied through experiments. However, time-consuming cycling tests are required to ensure that a specific battery design will perform well over its entire life. I aim to develop a new computational tool for long-term battery testing. Blog Green energy: Hydraulic Machinery and Systems A post symposium summary of the 31st Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems (IAHR 2022) in Trondheim. Blog Making heat pumps hotter to reduce CO2 emissions Food processing, battery production and other industriall processes all demand heating and cooling at the same time. Improving high temperature heat pumps will reduce both energy use and CO2 emissions for these and other industrial processes, and the objective of my PhD is to develop a prototype of such a “hot” heat pump.
