Responsibilities
at USN
- Teaching and coordinating the following MSc courses:
- PEF1110 Transport Processes
- PEF2006 Gas Purification and Energy Optimization
- Program coordinator for the following MSc programmes:
- Master program in Process Technology (PT)
- Master program in Energy and Environmental Technology (EET)
- Supervision of:
- PhD students
- Master students (FMH606 Master's thesis and FM4017 Project)
- Coordinating the following master courses (jointly with IIA
coordinator Håkon Viumdal and EPE coordinator Dietmar Winkler):
- FMH606 Master's thesis
- FM4017 Project (for PT og EET students)
- Various projects
Previously:
- Program coordinator for the PhD program in Process, Energy, and
Automation Engineering
- Running ePed forum
- Supervising 1 post doc (project: “NOx reduction potential of
Amine Reclaimer Waste”, period: 2010-2012; cooperation with Tel-Tek,
Denmark Technical University (DTU) in Copenhagen and Norcem AS Brevik)
- Teaching and coordinating the Master course
"PT1006 Transport processes with CFD"
- Teaching part of the Master course "EET1006 Water processes
and Ecology" (Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009)
- Teaching and coordinating the Bachelor course "KJ5106 Gass,
kraft og varme med lab" / "K4403 Gass, kraft og varme"
(Spring 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009)
- Teaching part of the Bachelor course "EN3103 Alternative
energisystemer" (Fall 2007 and Fall 2006)
- Supervising Bachelor students, ”PRH606 Main Project” (6th
Semester) and “KJ5506 Project KJ5 Process Design” (5th
Semester)
- Coordinating the Master course "I3102 Energy
technology" (Fall 2006)
Educational
background
- 1994-1999: PhD (dr.ing.), Combustion, TUC/NTNU
- 1992-1994: MSc (siv.ing.), Industrial Environmental Technology,
TUC
- 1989-1992: BSc (ing.), Chemistry, TUC
Relevant
experience (positions)
- 2016-dd: Professor, University of South-Eastern Norway, Faculty
of Technology
- 2009-2017: Project manager (part-time) at Tel-Tek, GassTek
Department
- 2006-2015: Associate Professor, Telemark University College,
Faculty of Technology
- 2003: Supervisor (part-time), Tel-Tek, Department of Combustion
and Environment
- 2002-2006: Norcem as, Brevik, Manager of Process Development
and Environment
- 1998-2002: Norcem as, Brevik, Process Engineer in the
Production Department
- 1995-1998: Project manager (part-time) at Tel-Tek, Department
of Combustion and Environment
- 1994-1998: Research scholar, Telemark University College
Publications
and reports
Main research
interests
- Cement production, especially the clinker production process,
and in particular calciner technology
- CO2
capture
- Electrified
cement production
- Alternative
fuels / biofuels
- Combustion in
general
- Correlations between process conditions and emissions to air,
i.a. nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulphur oxides (SOx),
carbon dioxide (CO2), total orcanic carbon (TOC), hydrochloric
acid (HCl) and mercury (Hg)
PhD supervision
(ongoing and previous)
- Ron M. Jacob (dissertation defended 31st August
2023)
- Project: Combined calcination and CO2
capture in cement clinker production by use of CO2-neutral
electrical energy
- Period: 2020-2023
- Cooperation with: Norcem AS Brevik
- Amila Chandra Kahawalage (ongoing)
- Project: Optimized utilization of fully or
partly CO2 neutral fuels in cement kilns
- Period: 2015-2020
- Cooperation with: Norcem AS Brevik
- Chameera Jayarathna (dissertation defended 15th
September 2017)
- Project: Fully integrated regenerative
calcium cycling (FIRCC)
- Dissertation title: Development of a
fluidized bed particle classifier for application in calcium looping
with indirect heat transfer – experiments and simulations
- Period: 2013-2017
- Cooperation with: Alstom/GE
- Hiromi Ariyaratne (dissertation defended 11th
September 2014)
- Dissertation title: Utilization of
waste-derived biofuels and partly CO2-neutral fuels in
cement kilns
- Period: 2009-2014
- Cooperation with: Norcem AS Brevik
Master student supervision (ongoing and previous)
Hobbies
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