Responsibilities
Professor in Process Technology - Industrial Circular Economy
Endowed professorship: The Birkeland initiative
Resarch group leader: Energy and Environmental Technology (URGENT)
Research topics:
• Gasification of biomass with a focus on process simulations
• Life cycle assessments
• Circular economy
Lecturer: Study program Clean Energy and Process Technology, Bachelor in Chemistry:
• Separation techniques
• Physical chemistry
• Sustainable resource managment
Supervisor for bachelor, master and PhD students.
Competences
1996-2001: PhD Chemical process technology, Membrane Technology ; Telemark Technological Research and Development Centre (Tel-Tek)/ Telemark College, Institute of Technology / Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
1994-1996: Master of Science, Environmental Technology; Telemark College, Institute of Technology, Environmental Technology, Porsgrunn
1990 -1993: Chemical Engineer; Telemark College, Institute of Technology, Process Technology, Porsgrunn
CV
2021- Professor in Processtechnology- Industrial Circular Economy. University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Faculty of Technology, Natural sciences and Maritime sciences.
2016 - 2021: Associated Professor in Chemical Process Technology, USN.
2006 - 2016: Associated Professor in Chemical Process Technology. Telemark University College (TUC), Faculty of Technology
2003 - 2006: Telemark Technological Research and Development Centre / Telemark University College
2001 - 2003: Development manager. Norske Skog Research, Dep. printability and runability
SUPERVISION OF PHD STUDENTS
2023- Supervisor for Zahir Barahmand, ongoing PhD. Subject: Life cycle assessment of biomass gasification processes from a circular economy perspective. Co-supervisors Associate prof. Rajan Thapa, University of South-Eastern Norway, Dr.Morten Seljeskog SINTEF Energy, and Dr. Liang Wang SINTEF Energy.
2021- Supervisor for Nastaran Ahmadpour Samani, ongoing PhD. Subject: Computational particle fluid dynamics (CPFD) and process simulations modelling of biomass gasification reactors”. Co-supervisors Associate prof. Rajan Thapa, University of South-Eastern Norway and Dr. Morten Seljeskog SINTEF Energy.
2020- Co-supervisor for Rajan Jaiswal, ongoing PhD. Subject: Waste as feed to biomass gasification reactor. Main supervisor: Associate prof. Rajan Thapa, University of South-Eastern Norway
2018- 2022: Supervisor for Ramesh Timsina, fulfilled PhD. Subject: Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and process simulation modelling as basis for scaling of biofuel production. Co-supervisors: Prof. Britt. M Moldestad and Associate prof. Rajan Thapa, University of South-Eastern Norway.
2018-2022: Co-supervisor for Nora C. Furuvik, fulfilled PhD. Subject: Modelling of ash melts in gasification of biomass. Main supervisor: Prof. Britt. M Moldestad, University of South-Eastern Norway
2016-2021: Supervisor for Janitha Bandara, fulfilled PhD. Subject: Simulation and Parameter Optimization of Fluidized –bed Biomass Gasification. Co-supervisors: Prof. Britt. M Moldestad University of South-Eastern Norway, and Prof. Henrik Kofoed Nielsen, University of Agder.
2015- 2019: Co-supervisor for Cornelius E. Agu, fulfilled PhD. Subject: Gasification of biomass for production of biofuel. Main supervisor: Prof. Britt. M Moldestad, University College of South-Eastern Norway.
PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INDUSTRY CLUSTERS
2022- Norwegian Center of Circular Ecconomy (NCCE)
2022- NORPART - Instituting of research-based education systems for the development of renewable energy technology in circular economy; A joint project among the Universities in Norway, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (Re-Tech)
2021- Powered by Telemark
2018-2022 Industry Cluster: NoWaste!
2018-2022 EnergiX: FLASH-Predicting the FLow behavior of ASH mixtures for production of transport biofuels in the circular economy. Partners: USN. SINTEF Energy Aalto University Finland, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Austria
2016 - Norwegian Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME), Bio4Fuels
COLLABORATING PARTNERS
Eramet Norway
SINTEF Energy / Norway
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)/ Østerrike
Aalto University/ Finland
NTNU
Agder University
Norner Research and Development Centre
Aalborg University /Denmark