SINTEF projects

The aquaculture industry will experience a lack of fish oil for feed production, and there is a need for alternative EPA and DHA sources. Marine microalgae can be a source of marine oils.

Improving Lifetime of Fuel Cells by Smart Control and Prognostics

Supported by Statoil and NFR (Demo2000) SINTEF is developing a real-time decision support application for drilling operations in sensitive areas.

With support from industry actors, the SINTEF has established a research project to learn more about the effects and hazards of underwater gas blowouts and gas leaks.

The project's main objective is to develop patient-specific computer models of the cardiovascular system for treatment planning and therapeutic decisions of cardiovascular diseases. The first objective is to simulate and validate blood flow pattern...

Photovoltaic solar energy is recognized as one of the most promising future sustainable energy sources. Multicrystalline silicon solar cells represent the most cost effective alternative. In this type of solar cells crystal defects and impurities are...

Storvik Aqua is in cooperation with SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, Marine Harvest and Lerøy Hydrotech developing a concept for automatic counting of mobile and stationary stages of salmon lice.

Sustainable production of traditional and novel dry meat products

The innovative and economic potential of Manufactured Nano Materials (MNMs) is threatened by a limited understanding of the related Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) issues. NANoREG is the first FP7 project to deliver the answers needed by...

Early in January 2013 the Norwegian Directorate of Health completed a work study of models for municipal co-financing of mental health and drug abuse (TSB).

SINTEF has been commissioned by the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority conducted an activity and capacity analysis of Akershus University Hospital (Ahus HF). The mission has included mapping of activity and capacity for today's hospitals...

TAG CLOUD develops digital services with the aim to increase interest in cultural heritage. Personalization is central to the approach: The services will provide cultural information adapted to user interests. Personalization applies to both...

"Water within your reach" is the catch-phrase for the project Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) for resilience to climate change impact on water availability in Ghana. Improved access to drinking water and adaptation to climate change by way of local...

El-certificates is a support-mechanism for renewable electricity production. Well-functioning tools for forecasting of prices, and the balance between demand and supply of certificates, are needed for this system to operate efficiently. Power...

The idea of IMPACTS is to close identified knowledge gaps related to transport and storage of CO₂-rich mixtures from various CO₂ sources to enable realisation of safer and more cost-efficient solutions for CCS.

The project goal is to provide new and important knowledge of cooperative and communicative structures between the multilevel collaborating parties working together on several areas, among them the IA Agreement and the Job Strategy.

Biomass measurement of plankton is a time consuming, but critical component in order to maintain a stable, controlled culture. Often solved manually and off-line, the task includes time-consuming counting of cells in which samples must be transported...

The Government's Jobs Strategy for People with Disabilities is aimed at people under the age of 30 with disabilities who are not included at the labour market. SINTEF has been commissioned to evaluate the implementation of the strategy. The main...