Wenche Hennie Bergland

Associate Professor
Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences
Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology
Campus Porsgrunn (E-225)

Responsibilities

Research: Member of the research group Environmental Biotechnology with main focus on biogas production in anaerobic processes.
PhD: Supervisor / secondary supervisor for PhD fellows in environmental biotechnology
Master in Energy and Environmental Technology: Lecturer in Water Treatment and Environmental Biotechnology, Supervisor in Master's project and Master's thesis
Bachelor of Engineering: Teacher in Renewable Energy Systems, supervisor in Entrepreneurship and Student Business, supervisor in Bachelor thesis, subject manager in Interdisciplinary project work, supervisor of bachelor student project group.

Publications

Articles in peer-review journals:

Raya, D; Ghimire, N.; Flatabø, G. Ø; Bergland, W.H., Anaerobic Digestion of Aqueous Pyrolysis Liquid in ADM1. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings No. 185 (2021), ISSN: 1650-3686, eISSN: 1650-3740.: ISBN 978-91-7929-219-5, page 458-464. DOI: 10.3384/ecp21185458

Ghimire, N.; Bakke, R; and Bergland, W.H., Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Hydrothermally Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass (Norway Spruce (Picea abies)). Processes, 2021, 9, 190. https://doi.org/10.3390/ pr9020190.

van der Wijst, Cornelis; Ghimire, Nirmal; Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Toven, Kai; Bakke, Rune; Eriksen, Øyvind, Improving Carbon Product Yields in Biocarbon Production by Combining Pyrolysis and Anaerobic Digestion. BioResources. 2021, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p3964-3977. 14p.

Ghimire, N.; Bakke, R; and Bergland, W.H., Liquefaction of lignocellulosic biomass for methane production: A review, Bioresource Technology, 2021. 125068, ISSN 0960-8524, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125068.

Ghimire, N.; R. Bakke; and W.H. Bergland, Thermophilic Methane Production from Hydrothermally Pretreated Norway Spruce (Picea abies). Applied Sciences, 10(14), 4989, 2020. doi: 10.3390/app10144989

Karlsen, Vibeke; Ghimire, Nirmal; Bakke, Rune; Bergland, Wenche Hennie. Anaerobic Digestion of Hemicellulosic Sugars Implemented in ADM1. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings No. 176 (2020), In press.: ISBN 978-91-7929-731-2, page 287-292. DOI: 10.3384/ecp20176+287

Nikbakhtkenarsari, Zahra; Ghimire, Nirmal; Bakke, Rune; Bergland, Wenche Hennie.
Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion Modeling of Lignocellulosic Hot Water Extract using ADM1. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 2019 (170) s. 125-131

Tassew, Fasil Ayelegn; Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Dinamarca, Carlos; Bakke, Rune.
Effect of Particulate Disintegration on Biomethane Potential of Particle-Rich Substrates in Batch Anaerobic Reactor. Applied Sciences 2019 ;Volum 9.(14) 

Tassew, Fasil Ayelegn; Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Dinamarca, Carlos; Bakke, Rune.
Influences of temperature and substrate particle content on granular sludge bed anaerobic digestion. Applied Sciences 2019 ;Volum 10.(1) 

Tassew, Fasil Ayelegn; Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Dinamarca, Carlos; Kommedal, Roald; Bakke, Rune.
Granular sludge bed processes in anaerobic digestion of particle-rich substrates. Energies 2019 ;Volum 12.(15) 

Tassew, Fasil Ayelegn; Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Saldias Dinamarca, Carlos Antonio; Bakke, Rune. Settling velocity and size distribution measurement of anaerobic granular sludge using microscopic image analysis. Journal of Microbiological Methods 2019 ;Volum 159. s. 81-90

Sunil Prasad Lohani, Shuai Wang, Wenche Hennie Bergland, Sanjay Nath Khanal and Rune Bakke, 2018. Modeling temperature effects in anaerobic digestion of domestic wastewater. Water-Energy Nexus 1, 56-60.

Nordgård, Anna Synnøve Røstad; Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Bakke, Rune; Østgaard, Kjetill; Bakke, Ingrid. Mapping anaerobic sludge bed community adaptations to manure supernatant in biogas reactors. Scientific Reports 2018 ;Volum 8.  

Sanjay Shah, Wenche Hennie Bergland, Rune Bakke, 2017. Methane from Syngas by Anaerobic Digestion. In proceedings of SIMS 2017 the 58nd International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 2017 (138) s. 114-120.

Anna Synnøve Nordgård, Wenche Hennie Bergland, Olav Vadstein, Vladimir Mironov, Rune Bakke, Kjetill Østgaard and Ingrid Bakke, 2017.  Anaerobic digestion of pig manure supernatant at high ammonia concentrations characterized by high abundances of Methanosaeta and non-euryarchaeotal archaea. Scientific Reports 2017; Volume 7:15077. s. 1-14.

Wenche Hennie Bergland, Rune Bakke. Modelling Anaerobic Digestion during Temperature and Load Variations. International Journal of Energy Production and Management 2016; Volum 1.(4) s. 393-402. Presented at the international conference Energy Quest in Ancona, Italy. 6-8 September 2016.

Bergland, W.H., Dinamarca, C., Torabzadegan, M., Nordgård, A.S.R., Bakke, I., Bakke, R., 2015. High Rate Manure Supernatant Digestion. Water Research 76, 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.051

Bergland, W.H., Dinamarca, C., Bakke, R., 2015. Temperature effects in Anaerobic Digestion Modeling. In proceedings of SIMS 2015 the 56nd International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 2015.  http://www.ep.liu.se/ecp/article.asp?issue=119&volume=&article=026

Anna Synnøve Røstad Nordgård, Wenche Bergland, Rune Bakke, Olav Vadstein, Kjetill Østgaard and Ingrid Bakke, 2015. Microbial community dynamics and biogas production from manure fractions in sludge bed anaerobic digestion. Journal of Applied Microbiology.  119 (6), 1573-83. doi: 10.1111/jam.12952

Bergland, W.H., Dinamarca, C., Bakke, R. Efficient biogas production from the liquid fraction of dairy manure. Renewable Energy & Power Quality Journal (RE&PQJ), No.12, April 2014. http://www.icrepq.com/icrepq'14/519.14-Bergland.pdf

Bergland, W.H., Dinamarca, C., Bakke, R. Effects of Psychrophilic Storage on Manures as Substrate for Anaerobic Digestion. BioMed Research International, vol. 2014, Article ID 712197, 8 pages, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/712197

 

Conference articles / posters:

Bergland, W.H., Bakke, R., Slurry Supernatant Treatment in Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Sludge Bed. Poster at the Conference “Environmental Technology for Impact» 29-30 April 2015 in Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Nordgård A.S.R., Bergland W.H., Bakke R., Østgaard K., Bakke I. Microbial community changes in granule-based UASB reactors due to substrate changes. Poster at the Conference «Biogas Microbiology» 10-12 June 2014 in Uppsala, Sweden.

Bergland, W.H., Botheju, D., Dinamarca, C., Bakke, R., 2011. Considering Culture Adaptations to High Ammonia Concentration in ADM1. In proceedings of SIMS 2011 the 52nd International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society. http://www.scansims.org/sims2011/SIMS2011.pdf (Paper 17)

Bergland, W.H., Haugen, F., Bakke, R., 2010. A Cost Effective Two Stage Biogas Process for Organic Waste Treatment. In proceedings of Linnaeus ECO-TECH'10https://cms.lnu.se/polopoly_fs/1.65230!ECO%20TECH%C2%B410%20CD.pdf (Page 540)

 

Popular science dissemination:

https://www.tu.no/artikler/wenche-lager-biogass-50-ganger-mer-effektivt/277359    https://www.usn.no/aktuelt/nyhetsarkiv/revolusjonerer-biogass-produksjon-article185986-7457.html   

Bergland, Wenche Hennie: Ren energi fra møkk – møkk blir biodrivstoff. Presentation won the Research council competition «RENERGI Grand Prix» during the end conference for the RENERGI-program «Er forskningen på rett spor?» at Scandic Hotel Fornebu 20-21 Nov. 2012. http://www.forskningsradet.no/prognett-renergi/Nyheter/Seiret_med_fortelling_om_mokk_og_biogass/1253981742254&lang=no

Bergland, Wenche Hennie: Biogassproduksjon fra organisk avfall. Presentation in the semifinal in the PhD student competition «Forsker Grand Prix» during the "Forskningsdagene", Universitetet i Agder, Grimstad 20. sept. 2012.

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