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Bård Arntsen, Adm. Dir. Norut Narvik
Novemberkonferansen, Narvik 20. november 2014

Adm. Direktør
Bård Arntsen
Administrasjon
Dagfinn Johnsen
Bjørn Ivar Antonsen
Ingeborg Sandvik
Prosess- og miljøteknologi
Ross Wakelin
Nga Phuong Dang
Quang Nguyen
Hanna Persson
Øystein Kleven
Kjell Ellingsen (pt)
Terje Nordvåg(pt)
Zhonghua Chen (*)
Chen Chen (*)
Reza Beheshti (*)
Infrastruktur materialer og konstruksjoner
Rune Nilsen/Bård A
Gabriel Sas
Tore Pettersen
Paul Abrahamsson
Bjørn Larsen
Dag Lukassen (pt)
Anette Meidell (pt)
Roar Andreassen (pt)
Halvdan Eliassen (pt)
Cosmin Popescu (*)
Kaldt Klima
Teknologi
Christian Petrich
Bjørnar Sand
Irina Sæther
Aniket Patil (*)
Tegnforklaring:
(*) – PhD stipendiat
(p) – professor
(pt) – deltid/bistilling
(stud) – MSc student

Norut Narvik - Forskningsområder
By Bård Arntsen

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ColdTech project project number 195153
Program: Forskningsløft i Nord (NORDSATSING), funded by KRD
Duration: Oct. 2009 – Oct. 2014 (extended until summer 2017)
Funding: approx. 110 mil. NOK
Personal: approx. 60 people actively involved

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Norut Alta
NRC Canada*
Norut Narvik
Narvik University College
DNV GL
Luleå University of Technology
*Academic
Partner

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• Oil & Gas, Maritime
• Energy production
• Construction
Shell Technology
Total E&P Norge
DetNorske
North Energy
Nordkraft
Statkraft
Hammerfest Energi
B&E Senteret
DAPA AS
IKM DSC engineering
Multiconsult
Maritimt Forum Nord

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• Fully instrumented low energy house
• 4 Cold Rooms to -30 °C
• 3 wind tunnels, including 1 wind tunnel in a Cold Room
• Environmental laboratory
• Concrete laboratory
• Frozen ground outdoor laboratory
• Photovoltaic installations in Narvik and Piteå
• Atmospheric icing outdoor laboratory at Fagernesfjellet
• Laboratory facilities for sea ice studies in the Barents Sea off KV
Svalbard
Facilities and Resources
• Universal testing machine
• Spectrometer
• Load cells
• Data loggers
• Freezer to -80 °C
• Tensiometer
• ICP-MS Element analysis
• Infrared cameras
• Software packages for Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD)
• Software packages for strength and load simulations
• Scanning electron microscope with Energydispersive X-ray spectroscopy
• GC-MS Organic compounds analysis

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Industry Applications Research & Development
Weather Protection
Atmospheric Icing
Sea Ice Forces
Implementation
Applied Arctic Technology

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RT1 - Weather protection design and performance
Mohamad Y. Mustafa (NUC)
RT2 - Ice mechanics and ice forces on structures
Bjørnar Sand (Norut Narvik)
RT3 - Atmospheric icing and sensors
Muhammad Shakeel Virk (NUC)
RT4 - Applied Arctic technology
Bård Arntsen (Norut Narvik)
RT5 - Implementation of technological research
Stig Karlstad (Norut Alta)

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ColdTech Scientific Publications
Papers L2
Papers L1
Papers, other
Reports
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
(RT5: one Paper L1 in 2014)

RT1 Weather protection design and performance
• Performance classification of wind shields
• Winds in complex terrain and around
(offshore) structures
• Two-phase Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations
• Wind tunnel tests
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Photos: M. Mustafa

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ColdTech Impacts in Innovation and Value Creation
Projects in close cooperation with ColdTech industry partners
• Measurements of efficiency and acoustic emissions from wind shields used on
Ekofisk offshore platform (with IKM DSC and Aker Solutions)Addressing HMS concerns
Industry collaboration established through ColdTech is the basis for targeted, industry-relevant studies.
M. Mustafa M. Mustafa
W. Tiu

RT2 Ice mechanics and ice forces on structures
• Develop methods for numerical simulation of static and dynamic ice–structure interaction.
• Improve current constitutive models for level ice and ice ridges.
• Measurements of interaction between ship and pressure ridges
– Energy efficient navigation.
• Barents Sea ice characterization.
• Ice rubble consolidation.
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Photo: D. Sudom
Photo: V. Bonath

ColdTech in the media (May and June 2013) www.arctic-

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ColdTech Impacts in Innovation and Value Creation
Projects with value creation potential
• Development first-year ridge database in Arctic and supplementary measurements in the Barents Sea
ISO 19906 engineering design input
ColdTech effort to compile measurements of over 680 firstyear pressure ridges across the
Arctic and obtain supplementary data for the Barents Sea.
ColdTech
C. Petrich

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ColdTech Impacts in Innovation and Value Creation
Projects in close cooperation with industry partners
• Ice formation in operational icebreaker channels (with Total and Luleå Harbor)
Assessing potential for optimization of operations
ColdTech Ph.D. project on field measurements, experiments, and modeling of ice formation in operational icebreaker channels to identify potential for energy efficiency and optimization of operations.
V. Bonath
V. Bonath

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RT3 Atmospheric icing and sensors
• Development of advanced atmospheric icing detection sensors measuring multiple parameters simultaneously (thickness, ice type, accretion rate)
• Detection of icing with image acquisition and dielectric measurement methods.
• Prediction of ice accretion events (incl. field measurements).
• Multiphase numerical simulation of ice accretion on structures.
Photo: Mike Groll Photo: M. Mustafa

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ColdTech Impacts in Innovation and Value Creation
Projects with value creation potential
• Development of an innovative atmospheric icing sensor
Safety, minimizing downtime, and energy efficient operations
Combination of ColdTech Ph.D. project and M.Sc. projects using state-of-the art tools in computational fluid dynamics, laboratory and field tests.
M.S. Virk
M.S. Virk

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ColdTech Impacts in Innovation and Value Creation
Projects in close cooperation with ColdTech industry partners
• Performance measurements of ship de-icing systems
Providing background knowledge on DNV GL functional winterization notation
Baseline knowledge on performance of deicing panels in laboratory settings and during ColdTech expeditions into
Fram Strait.
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C. Petrich
H. Nyseth

RT4 Applied Arctic technology
• Reduction of costs in hydropower dam construction and upgrade:
Measurements and modeling of ice loads on hydropower dams under different environmental conditions.
• Energy efficient buildings: Analysis of building performance in a fully instrument low-energy house in Svolvær, and laboratory studies on thermal performance of concrete.
• Efficient production and installation of concrete foundations in winter: Concept development, numerical simulations, and life-size field trials.
• Efficiency of Photovoltaic (PV) installations in the Arctic: Test and monitoring of PV modules and solar tracking systems in Narvik and
Piteå.
• Field studies of frost in ground.
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ColdTech Impacts in Innovation and Value Creation
ColdTech projects that already attracted new partners:
• Ice load on hydropower dams (measurements and modeling) with NVE and Statkraft
Addressing changes to design regulations of 2003
Industry needs of assessing ice loads combined with ColdTech expertise in ice mechanics led to field measurements and numerical assessments of ice loads.
C. Petrich C. Petrich

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ColdTech Impacts in Innovation and Value Creation
ColdTech projects that already attracted new partners:
• Winter concreting (concept, field trials, modeling) with Statnett, HeatWork, and 3 local contractors
Addressing current limitations to winter operations by Statnett
ColdTech Ph.D. project on frost in ground led to strong industry contacts, subsequent MSc project and life-size field trial of method.
I. Sæther
B. Arntsen
C. Petrich

RT5 Implementation of technological research
• Effectiveness of policy instruments addressing technological challenges in the North
• Opportunities, challenges, and conflicts related to wind power development in Finnmark: conflict resolution, views, and strategies of stakeholders
• Challenges to operations of small companies in northern
Norway
• Relevance and impact of local context on external companies entering the north www.arctictechnology.com
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• Sterkere fokus på innovasjon og verdiskapning
• For å få det til trenger vi sterkere involvering og samarbeid med bedrifter/industri
• Nye og gamle samarbeidspartnere vil derfor få anledning til å påvirke innholdet i Coldetch

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WP1: Weather Protection Design and Performance
• Effect and efficiency of wind protection at the pore scale, fence scale, and winds across complex terrain (incl. offshore installations)
• Wind tunnel tests, field tests
• 2-phase Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling (e.g. wind and snow)
• Acoustic emissions and vibrations of wind protection

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WP2: Ice Properties and Processes
• Computational modeling of sea ice–structure interactions
• Field tests of mechanical properties for model calibration and validation
• Consolidation of ice rubble, field measurements and modeling
• ISO19906: inputs, scenarios, procedures in probabilistic modeling
• Ground-truthing of RS data of pressure ridges

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WP3: Atmospheric Icing and Sensors
• Effect of icing on wind resource development
• Measurements and modeling of ice accretion on structures
• Icing sensor design and testing
• Multiphase modeling of ice accretion on structures, laboratory validation

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WP4: Technological Solutions
• Focus on development of sustained partnerships with industry
• User-driven innovation projects in tight collaboration with industry partners
• Cold climate concreting: field trials and modeling
• Ice load on dams: measurements and modeling
• Fate of oil spills in ice-covered waters
• Sustainable operations in sea ice-covered waters
• Winterization of heavy haul railway and minerals development in the North

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WP5: Education
• Course development at M.Sc. Level
• Cold climate engineering and design practices
• Operational challenges in cold climates
• Hazardous and environmental emergencies
• Command, control, communications
• Risk assessment, contingency planning, training, and logistics

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Why Join ColdTech?
Facilitate networking and competence development relevant to your company : formal relationship will make it easier to justify time for joint strategizing and project planning
Publicity : have your logo be seen and be recognized as caring about developing competence in Norway
Formal influence on ColdTech project direction and management

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What does ColdTech get out of your participation?
• Ensure project focus is strategic : use 2015 and 2016 to prepare for challenges in the near future (2015-&, and specifically 2017-&)
• Build and strengthen personal contacts: many ideas are borne out of conversation
• Publicity for Narvik, credibility, increasing the potential to initiate new contacts
• ColdTech project funding

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Takk for oppmerksomheten!
Bård Arntsen
Mob +47 970 32 031 baard@norut.no
Mer informasjon finner du på: www.kaldtklima.no
; www.norut.no
; www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z7o9GCr7cs
Christian Petrich
Mob +47 christian.petrich@norut.no