Blar i Geophysical Institute på dokumenttype "Master thesis"
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100-year waves in the Mozambique Channel
(Master thesis, 2010-06-01)Six-hourly significant wave height (SWH) data covering the period September 1957 to August 2002 is obtained from the ERA-40 reanalysis. This data, generated by ECMWF's own configured global WAM model, stems from the first ... -
3D mechanical and thermal analysis of an Aluminium piston for a high-speed Diesel laboratory engine
(Master thesis, 2018-06-22)A cast aluminium piston of a single cylinder Petter Diesel engine is modelled using the finite element method. The engine is intended to be supercharged, which will increase the thermal loading on the piston, and so the ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Ground Source and Air Source Heat Pumps for Heating of an Office Building in Bergen
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A comparative study of Doubly Fed Asynchronous and Synchronous Generators in a wind energy perspective
(Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Dette masterstudiet fokuserer på analyse av vindkraft-generatorer. Det er et sammenligningsstudie av den dobbel-matede asynkrongeneratoren og synkrongeneratorer, hvor effektivitet, driftsforhold og økonomiske perspektiv ... -
A NAWDEX case study: Water vapor transport in atmospheric rivers and quantifying hand over of moisture between extratropical cyclones
(Master thesis, 2020-10-31)Meridional water vapor transport occurs predominantly within the warm sector of extratropical cyclones. The warm sector is seperated by the cyclone's warm front ahead, and the cold front behind. In this region the warm ... -
A POD-Based Reduced Order Model for Offshore Wind Applications, using LiDAR Measurements and WRF-PALM Simulations
(Master thesis, 2022-06-03)Wind flow fields within a wind farm, including wake dynamics, are a complex system of large degrees of freedom. The wake shape and velocity deficit downstream of a turbine may be calculated using numerical modeling, such ... -
A Pore-Scale Study on Cyclic Flows in Porous Underground Hydrogen Storage
(Master thesis, 2022-06-01)A solution for energy storage is needed to balance supply and demand in future energy markets with an increased share of fluctuating renewable wind and solar energy. A key enabler is large-scale, seasonal energy storage, ... -
A Study of Wind-Wave Interactions using Offshore High-Frequency Wind and Wave Measurements
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Air-Sea Interactions during Cold Air Outbreaks in a coupled Mixed Layer Model
(Master thesis, 2019-06-19)Cold air outbreaks play a crucial role in the air-sea heat exchange in high latitudes. To explore the sensitivity to ocean coupling, the role of latent heating and the sensitivity to sea ice distributions in cold air ... -
Airborne Field Measurements and Model Simulations of Boundary Layer Properties over the Iceland Sea
(Master thesis, 2019-06-28)The spatial and temporal distributions of a cold air outbreak (CAO) event over the Iceland- and southern Greenland Seas have been investigated during the IcelandGreenland Seas project (IGP) in February and March 2018. This ... -
Akvakultur og små vindturbinar: Eit moglegheitsstudie av i kva grad små vindturbinar kan dekkje energiforbruket ved norske oppdrettsanlegg
(Master thesis, 2018-06-21)The world’s population is growing rapidly, and it will become necessary, to a greater extent, to use the ocean for harvesting food. Norway is the largest exporter of salmon in the world. Prognosis says that aquaculture in ... -
An Experimental and Numerical Study of the Performance of Carbon Black Nanofluids in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector
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An Investigation of the Optical Properties of Metal Nanoparticles for the Application in a Diffuse Light Solar Cell
(Master thesis, 2020-06-25)The need of renewable energy is increasing as the global energy demand increases concurrently with greenhouse gas emissions from energy use. According to the International Energy Agency, the energy demand will rise by 1.3 ... -
An Optimization Model for Short-Term Routing and Scheduling of Offshore Wind Maintenance
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)Maintenance costs constitute a significant portion of the total costs for offshore wind investments. Consequently, a substantial amount of research aims to mitigate these costs. Studies targeting short-term decision-making ... -
Analyse av energi, eksergi og eksergoøkonomi for en stempelmotorbasert CHP-enhet kombinert med en organisk Rankine-syklus (ORC)
(Master thesis, 2015-08-17)Waste heat recovery is a concept that is relevant for reducing consumption and emissions from thermal machinery. Waste heat recovery can performed in two ways: by Combined Heat and Power production (CHP) or Waste Heat ... -
Analyse av klimaendringane si påverking på produksjonen frå uregulerte småkraftverk i Noreg
(Master thesis, 2020-06-30)I denne oppgåva har eg undersøkt klimaendringane si påverking på produksjonen ved åtte uregulerte småkraftvek i Noreg. Problemstillinga er «Korleis vil klimaendringane påverke straumproduksjonen ved uregulerte småkraftverk ... -
Analyses of the potential role of hydrogen for Norway in the transition to a zero-emission society
(Master thesis, 2017-06-23)The objective of this thesis is to analyze the potential role of hydrogen for Norway in the transition to a zero-emission society. The main sector of focus is the transport sector. Here, socioeconomic analyses are carried ... -
Analysis of 3 years of precipitation measurements from the Micro Rain Radar located at the Geophysical Institute
(Master thesis, 2013-11-20)An analysis of three years of vertically pointing Micro Rain Radar (MRR) data from the measurement platform at the Geophysical Institute has been performed. The measurement period started at 13.04.2010 and ended at 12.04.2013. ... -
Annual and Seasonal Mean Net Evaporation Rates of the Red Sea Water during Jan 1958 - Dec 2007
(Master thesis, 2012-10-01)Data set including sea level, temperature, salinity, and current from Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) is used in this study to estimate the mean net annually and seasonally evaporation rates. Then wind data is used ...