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KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Carbocation mediated hydrocarbon reactions over acidic zeotype catalysts

Acid catalysis over zeotype materials is one of the most important and fundamental topics in catalysis. Basic natural gas conversion processes like MTO (methanol to olefins), dimerisation, and C4 isomerisation can be performed using acid catalysis by zeol ites and/or microporous SAPOs. In additio...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

RENERGI-Fremtidens rene energisystemer

Hydrogen production from natural gas in high-temperature membrane reactors: Advanced catalysis from atoms to processes

The project deals with a development of a catalyst system in a high temperature hydrogen permeable membrane reactor, enabling production of hydrogen and CO2 simultaneously from natural gas. The active, stable and cheap catalysts will be developed by new c atalyst design through the combination of...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Modeling of particle deposition phenomena in heat exchangers

This project will be a Norwegian contribution to the European MATERA FOULSURFACE program, dealing the the physics of fine particle deposition in heat exchengers. The work in the proposed Norwegain activity will be on the modeling of the particle flow in t urbulent thermal boundary layers. The ma...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Slankere støpte komponenter til fremtidens vindmøller

Vindenergi er en av de hurtigst voksende energisektorer i verden og en av de viktigste utfordringene for vindmølleprodusenter er å utvikle større og mer effektive vindmøller. Støpegods brukes i dag til sentrale deler av en vindmøllekonstruksjon, f.eks det enorme navet som typisk kan veie 25 tonn...

Awarded: NOK 5.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Styring av forurensninger i metallurgisk framstilt solcelle silisium

For et solcellemarked i ekstrem vekst, utvikler Elkem Solar AS en metallurgisk prosess for framstilling av Si feedstock materialer. Mens Elkems materialer allerede har vist seg å være av tilstrekkelig kvalitet for å tilfredsstile dagens krav, forventes st rengere krav i framtiden. Elkems material...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Agder

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Reducing campylobacter jejuni in the food chain by modifying the upper digestive tract of slaughter chicken

The zoonotic pathogen C. jejuni is the leading cause of food-borne bacterial diarrhoeal disease throughout the world. C. jejuni readily colonize poultry and represents a major problem for the poultry industry and is a potential public health hazard throug h its high ability to survive in unproces...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Technology and methods using high-density microarrays for detection of unknown genetic modifications in plants, fungi and bacteria

To ensure the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) they are subjected to risk assessment prior to release into the environment and use in e.g. food production. Such known GMOs are considered to be as safe as conventional varieties. GMOs for whi ch publicly available descriptions are un...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Investigation of equiaxed dendritic alloy solidification by in-situ synchrotron X-radiography and phase-field modelling

Important aspects of alloy solidification is poorly understood due to lack of means to observe the microstructure formation processes in situ during solidification. A new method, developed by the applicant, for in-situ acquisition of high resolution sync hrotron X-radiograms will be used to obta...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

KOSK-II-Katalyse og org.synt.kjemi II

Theory-assisted design of functional group-tolerant catalysts for olefin conversion

The goal of the project is to design new transition-metal complexes with a reactivity that is highly selective for the alkene double bond function. The selectivity will be exploited in the development of functional group tolerant catalysts for an importan t class of olefin refinement process: Ole...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Recycling of automotive aluminium

Nytt prosjektsammendrag: The global demand for aluminium and aluminium alloy products is increasing. When used in the automotive sector, this material can facilitate lower fuel consumption (less CO2 emissions), enhanced human safety and can easily be inte grated in modern low-weight, clean energy...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Stability and mobility of Shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages in clinical and environmental strains of Escherichia coli O103

E. coli O103 belongs to a subset of serotypes of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) associated with severe human illnesses. Shiga toxin (Stx) production is essential but not sufficient for virulence in pathogenic STEC as factors involved in att achment, haemolysis and iron scavenging a...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

SIP-NHD-Strategiske instituttprogram finansiert av NHD

Norwegian value chain based on carbonic acid and mineral resources

Norway has a unique situation with large resources of minerals and ores, and the mineral industry is in growth. Refinement of mineral products, development of new products and reduction of waste are important objectives in a market situation with high int ernational competition and increasing con...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Remelting and inclusion refining of aluminium

Remelting and Inclusion Refining of Aluminium Remelting of post-consumed and process aluminium scrap reveals new challenges both on the environmental, metal yield and metal quality side. This topic has become very relevant due to the continuously increas ing energy prices in Europe. The proposed...

Awarded: NOK 15.9 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Oslo

SIP-NHD-Strategiske instituttprogram finansiert av NHD

A systems biology approach to the understanding of antibiotic production in the model organism Streptomyces coelicolor

Systems Biology aims at understanding and predicting the properties of a biological system under targeted perturbations (e.g. genetic changes or changes in the external environment) with the use of integrated data analyses and mathematical modelling. It requires a multidisciplinary approach incl...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

FRINAT-Matematikk og naturvitenskap

Conversion of natural gas to hydrocarbons over acidic zeolite type catalysts.

The high oil price and concern for CO2 emission make processes for conversion of natural gas to fuel and chemicals highly desirable. First generation catalysts and processes exists, UOP/Hydros MTO, Exxon/Mobile?s MTG, Haldor Topsøes TIGAS. All processes h ave a large potential for improvement, pa...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Saging av tynnere solcellewafer med tynnere tråd

REC ScanWafer er verdens største og ledende produsent av trådsagede solcellewafere. Dagens wafere produseres ved å sage opp blokker av solcellesilisium i 200 µm tynne skiver (wafer). Sageprosessen gjennomføres i en trådsag som bruker 160 µm tynn ståltråd kombinert med en sagevæske (slurry). T...

Awarded: NOK 15.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Energy-effective production of mechanical pulp by targeted treatment of extractives and selective fibre wall weakening

The basic idea of this project is to develop and support mill scale implementation of technology for achieving minimum 10% reduction in energy consumption for production of mechanical pulp while maintaining pulp quality and avoiding negative environmental impacts. A 10% reduction in energy consu...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

New bath smelting process for production of silicomanganese alloys using waste materials

The bearing idea of the proposed project is to develop a new bath smelting process for production of SiMn alloy, which will significantly utilise and reduce post-plant deposited waste materials, in addition to reducing energy consumption and in-plant mate rials handling and storage. The project...

Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Novel fibre-based water barrier packaging for transport of fresh fish and agricultural products

The principle objective of this project is to develop novel waterproof fibre-based packaging concepts for long distance transport of fresh fish and agricultural products. The new packaging concept will provide completely new functionality by allowing comp act transport of erectable boxes to suppl...

Awarded: NOK 5.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Østfold

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Microbiocidal coatings based on Sphagnum biopolymers for extending the shelf-life of fresh fish (184255)

At present only 1 in 3 temperate marine fish is sold to the consumer (mostly export) as high-quality, high-profit fresh fish. The rest is sold as lower-grade, lower-profit processed fish. If the shelf-life of fresh fish can be extended by only 20-30 % (2- 3 days) then the economic and social (in ...

Awarded: NOK 6.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Fordampningskjølte sidevegger i Aluminium elektrolyseceller

Det forslåtte prosjektet tar for seg implementering av avansert kjøleteknologi (fordampningskjølte panel) i sideveggene i på aluminium elektrolyseceller. Teknologien vil trolig muliggjøre en betydelig reduksjon av spesifikt energiforbruk ved primær alumi nium produksjon, samt føre til prosessmes...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Agder

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Strategies for enhanced microbial safety of organic fermented sausages and herbal ingredients

The demand for organic foods is increasing. But still, the expressed political aim that 15% of foods from the agricultural sector in Norway shall be organically produced and sold within 2015 is a challenge. A prerequisite for the success of such products is that food producers are able to provide...

Awarded: NOK 5.4 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

New innovative barrier solutions for targeted fresh food packaging applications

One of the primary challenges in food packaging business is the presence of oxygen contained in a produce or permeate through the packaging material, having a strong negative effects on the quality and shelf-life of the foodstuff. Effective barrier materi als are in general expensive multilayer s...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

High-value aluminium end products from extruded sections

During the past 5-10 years, the aluminum industry, and the extrusion industry particularly, has gone from being operated locally to a global industry with increasing competition from other materials, and increasing demands on quality and price. At the sam e time, low cost countries in the Far Eas...

Awarded: NOK 17.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

NANOMAT-Nanoteknologi og nye materialer

Design and Production of Planar SOFCs from Nanoparticles with Emphasis on Support and Sealing

NANOSOFC will aim to manufacture and test a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) from nanoparticles, which were developed in an earlier project: MSOFC. Two urgent SOFC technology issues will also be addressed: support and sealing for planar cells. Two new nanopar ticle products were developed in MSOFC, b...

Awarded: NOK 2.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestland

MATPROG-Matprogrammet: Norsk mat fra sjø og land

Biofilm, water quality and food production - Improving the water quality for prevention of food spoilage and foodborne diseases

Bacteria, moulds and yeasts constitute a great challenge and a significant quality problem for food industry, leading to a major economic impact for the producers due to cleaning, reduced shelf life and loss of products. Many foodborne pathogens are also waterborne pathogens. Increased knowledge ...

Awarded: NOK 3.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

FESIL Solar Grade Silicon

The photo-voltaic (PV) industry has an growth rate of about 30% - a situation that many other industries can only dream about. Today, the majority of solar cells are made of silicon, and experts believe that it will take at least a decade before other PV technology based on other materials can ho...

Awarded: NOK 20.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Miljøvennlig produksjon av metaller basert på ny deoksyderingsprosess.

Titan har unike egenskaper som gjør det attraktivt. Bruken er beskjeden grunnet høy pris. Cambridge University har identifisert en ny prosess (FFC-Cambridge) for fremstilling av bl.a titan som vil være langt billigere enn dagens (Kroll). Alf Bjørseth så kompetanse i Norge til å kommersialisere p...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Innovation in responce to new regulations of materials in a life cycle, functional and holistic perspective

Innochem 2006 is a collaboration between Jotun and Håg as industrial partners, a number of their main suppliers, with strong support from the Norwegian, Nordic and European Chemical and Paint Industry. The project is directly connected to the REACH imple mentation program carried out by the EU C...

Awarded: NOK 8.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Vestfold

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Kimdanningskontroll for optimaliserte egenskaper

Al-Mg-Si-(Cu), som er den vanligste typen Al-legeringer til strukturelle formål, får sin styrke fra utfelling, presipitering, av herdende partikler, presipitater. Tetthet og fordeling av presipitater er det som i hovedsak definerer egenskapene til legerin gen. Det har, delvis med NFR-støtte, vært...

Awarded: NOK 20.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2014

Location: Oslo

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