Projects

DC-casting Models
Mathematical modelling of DC-casting is used to understand the basic mechanisms of the process and to interpret casting experiments, and the models ALSIM and ALSPEN have been used in process design and development over a long period of time. Current topics of research are the coupled stress, thermal and fluid flow modelling of the start-up phase of the process as well as grid refinement and adaptivity applied on finite element grids.
IFE Joint Industry Drag Reducer Project
The objective of the project is to establish predictive tools (models) for the engineering community.
OLGA Verification and Improvement (OVIP2007-2009)
The OLGA Verification and Improvement Project (OVIP) is a joint industrial project sponsored by a group of oil companies. It was launched to verify OLGA against a large collection of oil and gas field data and to improve OLGA based on needs found from the field data work.
OVIP2002 Project Description
A joint industry project (JIP) to improve OLGA2000 has been established. The project is covering three parts: Multiphase flow modelling, validation of OLGA2000 against field data and partial funding of a separate three-phase slug flow experimental activity.
OVIP2002 Project Team
PeTra
PeTra (Petroleum Transport) is a computer code for multiphase flow in pipelines. It is now being developed in cooperation with Statoil ASA (Statoil), Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell), Norsk Hydro Produksjon (Hydro) and SPT Group AS.
PeTra Project Description
PeTra (Petroleum Transport) is a computer code for multiphase flow in pipelines. It is now being developed in cooperation with Statoil ASA (Statoil), Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell), Norsk Hydro Produksjon (Hydro) and Scandpower Petroleum Technology AS (SPT).
PeTra Project Team
SIP-Characterisation and Modelling of Oil-Water Mixtures in Multiphase Flow
A strategic institute program on behaviour of oil water mixtures in multiphase flow
Oil-Water Mixtures in Multiphase Flow - Progress
Experiments to investigate the effect of turbulence on oil-water mixtures have been started. By using an experimental set-up of a tank with an oscillating grid turbulence intensities similar to pipe flow can be applied. The level of the grid-induced turbulence has been measured by means of Laser Doppler Velocimetry. It will be possible to investigate effect of turbulence on the entrainment rates of oil and water, the viscosity of the mixture and the dispersion stability.
STEELTEMP
The software package STEELTEMP® has been developed and used by the steel industry for more than three decades. Its main focus is on temperature and heat transfer analysis in steel plants. The program is general and unified and can be used for analyses of many different steel processes.
HORIZON
IFE is about to develop a next generation multiphase modelling tool for subsea wells and pipes. The joint industry project HORIZON will continue the highly successful OLGA development for IFE, SPT GROUP (SPT) and the participating oil companies.
HORIZON II
A new research program in the area of multiphase flow has started up: HORIZON II. With a budget of 30 MNOK over three years, multiphase flow research will be taken to new frontiers.
Mathematical model
Mathematical model in Steeltemp
The Multiphase Flow Assurance Centre (FACE)
The Multiphase Flow Assurance Centre (FACE) is a long-term collaboration between the three partners Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), The foundation for industrial research (SINTEF) and Norwegian Technical and Natural Science University (NTNU).
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