The meeting presented a great opportunity to meet other HighEFF partners and participants, and discuss research highlights and strategic perspectives.
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Overall program
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Wednesday 8 May - Open
Highlights and strategic perspectives:
Welcome - HighEFF - Petter Røkke, Centre Manager, SINTEF
The Norwegian strategy for the process industry "Prosess21" - Gabriella Tranell, NTNU
The role of the effenciency - global view - Nils Røkke, SINTEF
Process systems enginering - a key to optimising energy efficiency:
Reduction of industrial energy demand through utility systems - Robin Smith and Julia Jimenez,University of Manchester
Nonsmooth Modelling and Optimization of LNG Processes - Paul Barton, MIT
Industrial energy efficiency project:
Advantage of "Natural Five" - Components & Applications - Kazuhiro Hattori, Mayekawa
The energy efficiency program at Glencore Nikkelverk - Kai Johansen, Glencore Nikkelverk
Integration of energy storage devices in an industrial process plant - Arne Fredrik Lånke, Rema/Norsk Kylling
Selected highlights from HighEFF research:
Thermal storage for improved utilization of renewable energy in steam production - Hanne Kauko, SINTEF and Gerwin Drexler-Schmid, AIT
Organizing shared resources and alternative business models - Catharina Lindheim, NTNUDynamic modelling of compressor ring plate valve behaviour with CFD and FEM - Åsmund Ervik and Afaf Saai, SI
Thursday 9 May - Internal day
PhD and Postdoc research highlights:
Academia in HighEFF - Truls Gundersen, NTNU
Split range control - Adriana Reyes-Lúa, Cristina Zotică
ORCs for LNG cold energy recovery - Yu Haoshui
CFD modeling of ice formation - Håkon Selvnes
Design of an Experimental Expander Setup Using Natural Working Fluids - Roberto Agromayor
POSTER SESSION
HighEFF research:
SFI Metal Production – Interaction with the industry partners and FME HighEFF - Aud Wærnes, SINTEF Industri
Overcoming dry distillation column errors by using nonsmooth models - Suzane Cavalcanti, MIT
Using surplus heat to pre-heat carbon anodes for aluminium electrolysis - Martin Grimstad, NTNU
Why natural working fluids are a smart choice - Armin Hafner, NTNU
Why and when expansion work recovery makes sense - Stefan Elbel, University of Illinois
A Data-driven approach for robust operation of energy storage systems - Johannes Jäschke, NTNU