• Bioaccumulation potential of the tricyclic antidepressant amitriptyline in a marine Polychaete, Nereis virens 

      Magnuson, Jason Tyler; Longenecker-Wright, Zoe; Havranek, Ivo; Monticelli, Giovanna; Brekken, Hans Kristian; Kallenborn, Roland; Schlenk, Daniel; Sydnes, Magne Olav; Pampanin, Daniela Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The continual discharge of pharmaceuticals from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) into the marine environment, even at concentrations as low as ng/L, can exceed levels that induce sublethal effects to aquatic organisms. ...
    • Burst pressure design of the cargo tank used in a novel large subsea freight-glider 

      Xing, Yihan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper presents the burst pressure design of the cargo tank used in the University of Stavanger (UiS) Subsea Freight-Glider (USFG). The USFG is an innovative large underwater cargo glider drone that is 50 m long and ...
    • Capturing CO2 from Biogas Plants 

      Li, Hailong; Tan, Y; Ditaranto, Mario; Yan, Jinying; Yu, Zhixin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07)
      As a renewable energy, biogas produced from anaerobic digestion and landfill is playing a more and more important role in the energy market. Capturing CO2 from biogas can result in a negative CO2 emission. Depending on how ...
    • Challenges with Gas Hydrate Formation 

      Kelland, Malcolm Andrew (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Many multiphase flow lines are prone to hydrate formation unless prevention methods are put in place. Chemical management of hydrate formation is traditionally done with thermodynamic hydrate inhibitors but in the last 25 ...
    • Cyclic production of biocompatible few-layer graphene ink with in-line shear-mixing for inkjet-printed electrodes and Li-ion energy storage 

      Carey, Tian; Alhourani, Abdelnour; Tian, Ruiyuan; Seyedin, Shayan; Arbab, Adrees; Maughan, Jack; Šiller, Lidija; Horvath, Dominik; Kelly, Adam; Kaur, Harneet; Caffrey, Eoin; Kim, Jong M.; Hagland, Hanne Røland; Coleman, Jonathan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The scalable production of two-dimensional (2D) materials is needed to accelerate their adoption to industry. In this work, we present a low-cost in-line and enclosed process of exfoliation based on high-shear mixing to ...
    • Deconvolution approach for floating wind turbines 

      Liu, Zirui; Gaidai, Oleg; Sun, Jiayao; Xing, Yihan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-05)
      Green renewable energy is produced by floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT), a crucial component of the modern offshore wind energy industry. It is a safety concern to accurately evaluate excessive weights while the FOWT ...
    • Effect of Dispersion Treatment on Dairy Waste Activated Sludge to Hasten the Production of Biogas 

      Rufus, D.P.; Banu, J. Rajesh; Kannah, R. Yukesh; Nguyen, Dinh Duc; Kumar, Gopalakrishnan; Chang, Soon Woong; Raja, S. Antony (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The solubilization potential of biological pre-treatment for waste activated sludge (WAS) is limited due to the floc structure of the WAS. Extra polymeric substances (EPS) are responsible for floc formation. In this ...
    • Effect of temperatures on anaerobic granulated biofilm modelling 

      Safitri, Anissa Sukma; Kommedal, Roald (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Anaerobic granulated biomass-based treatment is a sustainable alternative for municipal wastewater treatment. Each granule in the system is comprised of a complex community of anaerobic microorganisms embedded in a biofilm ...
    • Effective recovery of microalgal biomass using various types of emulsion polymers 

      Huy, Menghour; Kumar, Gopalakrishnan; Sharma, Pooja; Sirohi, Ranjna; Pandey, Ashok; Kim, Sang-Hyoun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Microalgae biomass has been considered as one of the potential feedstocks in biofuel production. Yet, biomass harvesting poses a challenge to the overall production cost due to its low cell density. Flocculation has been ...
    • Estimating diagnostic uncertainty in artificial intelligence assisted pathology using conformal prediction 

      Olsson, Henrik; Kartasalo, Kimmo; Mulliqi, Nita; Capuccini, Marco; Ruusuvuori, Pekka; Samaratunga, Hemamali; Delahunt, Brett; Lindskog, Cecilia; Janssen, Emiel; Blilie, Anders; Egevad, Lars; Spjuth, Ola; Eklund, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Unreliable predictions can occur when an artificial intelligence (AI) system is presented with data it has not been exposed to during training. We demonstrate the use of conformal prediction to detect unreliable predictions, ...
    • Feasibility study of polyetherimide membrane for enrichment of carbon dioxide from synthetic biohydrogen mixture and subsequent utilization scenario using microalgae 

      Bakonyi, Péter; Peter, Jakub; Nemestóthy, Nándor; Malý, David; Kumar, Gopalakrishnan; Koter, Stanislaw; Kim, Sang-Hyoun; Kujawski, Wojciech; Bélafi-Bakó, Katalin; Pientka, Zbynek (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this work, the potential of utilizing a polyetherimide (PEI) hollow-fiber membrane to separate synthetic biohydrogen mixture (H2/CO2) was studied. From the gas separation experiments, where the effects of feed to permeate ...
    • Fosfomycin and Its Derivatives: New Scale Inhibitors for Oilfield Applications 

      Mady, Mohamed Fawzy Hamed Attia; Ortega, Rocio Carolina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Aminomethylenephosphonate-based scale inhibitors (SIs) have been widely studied and recognized for several decades to mitigate various oilfield scales. However, most of these compounds afforded several drawbacks, such as ...
    • Granular sludge bed processes in anaerobic digestion of particle-rich substrates 

      Tassew, Fasil Ayelegn; Bergland, Wenche Hennie; Dinamarca, Carlos; Kommedal, Roald; Bakke, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07)
      Granular sludge bed (GSB) anaerobic digestion (AD) is a well-established method for efficient wastewater treatment, limited, however, by the wastewater particle content. This review is carried out to investigate how and ...
    • Green Synthesis, Characterization, Antimicrobial and Anticancer Screening of New Metal Complexes Incorporating Schiff Base 

      Hassan, Ali M.; Said, Ahmed O.; Heakal, Bassem H.; Younis, Ahmed; Aboulthana, Wael M.; Mady, Mohamed Fawzy Hamed Attia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      A Schiff base ligand of o-vanillin and 4-aminoazobenzene and its transition metal complexes of Ni(II), Co(II), Zn(II), Cu(II), Mn(II), and Zr(IV) were prepared under microwave irradiation as a green approach compared to ...
    • The influence of terrain on the mean wind flow characteristics in a fjord 

      Cheynet, Etienne; Liu, Shengnan; Ong, Muk Chen; Jakobsen, Jasna Bogunovic; Snæbjörnsson, Jonas Thor; gatin, Inno (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Flow conditions in complex terrains such as fjords are highly three-dimensional and thus not properly captured by the wind flow models developed for homogenous terrains. In the present study, we explore the potential of ...
    • Insights into the potential of the Atlantic cod gut microbiome as biomarker of oil contamination in the marine environment 

      Walter, Juline Marta; Bagi, Andrea; Pampanin, Daniela Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Microorganisms are widespread in all environments, including in and on animal bodies. The gut microbiome has an essential influence on fish health, and is affected by several persistent and harmful organic and ...
    • Integrated biorefineries for repurposing of food wastes into value-added products 

      Narisetty, Vivek; Adlakha, Nidhi; Kumar Singh, Navodit; Dalei, Sudipt Kumar; Prabhu, Ashish A; Nagarajan, Sanjay; Naresh Kumar, Kumar; Amruthraj Nagoth, Joseph; Kumar, Gopalakrishnan; Singh, Vijai; Kumar, Vinod (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Food waste (FW) generated through various scenarios from farm to fork causes serious environmental problems when either incinerated or disposed inappropriately. The presence of significant amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, ...
    • Microbial Exopolysaccharide Composites in Biomedicine and Healthcare: Trends and Advances 

      Ahuja, Vishal; Bhatt, Arvind Kumar; Banu, J. Rajesh; Kumar, Vinod; Kumar, Gopalakrishnan; Yang, Yung-Hun; Bhatia, Shashi Kant (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPSs), e.g., xanthan, dextran, gellan, curdlan, etc., have significant applications in several industries (pharma, food, textiles, petroleum, etc.) due to their biocompatibility, nontoxicity, ...
    • Microbiome involved in anaerobic hydrogen producing granules: A mini review 

      Pugazhendhi, Arivalagan; Kumar, Gopalakrishnan; Sivagurunathan, Periyasamy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      This mini review overviewed the latest updates on the anaerobic hydrogen fermentation using the granulation technology and the microbiome involved in the process. Additionally, the implication of various reactor design and ...
    • Modeling of Environmental Fate and Effects of Oil Leakages from Abandoned Subsea Wells Using an Environmental Impact Factor Tool 

      Pham, Hanh HT; Lohne, Hans Petter; Arild, Øystein; Schlenk, Daniel; Pampanin, Daniela M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Potential environmental consequences of oil leakages (i.e., continuous uncontrolled releases at low flow rate over a long period of time) need to be taken into consideration in the ongoing development of plug and abandonment ...