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Truls Gundersen is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway and has produced significant research contributions primarily within the fields of Engineering and Energy. Their work spans multiple subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, and Catalysis.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Gundersen has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Optimal design and operation of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system driven by solar energy with sensible thermal energy storage, 2021, Energy Conversion and Management
  • Optimal liquified natural gas (LNG) cold energy utilization in an Allam cycle power plant with carbon capture and storage, 2020, Energy Conversion and Management
  • At what Pressure Shall CO2 Be Transported by Ship? An in-Depth Cost Comparison of 7 and 15 Barg Shipping, 2021, Energies
  • Process design, integration, and optimization of a novel compressed air energy storage for the coproduction of electricity, cooling, and water, 2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Optimal recovery of thermal energy in liquid air energy storage, 2021, Energy

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations are:

  • Donghoi Kim
  • Zhongxuan Liu
  • Paul I. Barton
  • Haoshui Yu
  • Ting He

Gundersen's publications appear most frequently in the following scientific venues:

  • Energy
  • Energies
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Applied Thermal Engineering

Best Publications

  • An Extended Pinch Analysis and Design procedure utilizing pressure based exergy for subambient cooling

    Audun Aspelund;David Olsson Berstad;Truls Gundersen

  • An optimization-simulation model for a simple LNG process

    A. Aspelund;Truls Gundersen;J. Myklebust;Matthias P. Nowak

  • Using exergy analysis to reduce power consumption in air separation units for oxy-combustion processes

    Chao Fu;Truls Gundersen

  • Modeling and Simulation of Energy Systems: A Review

    Avinash Shankar Rammohan Subramanian;Truls Gundersen;Thomas Alan Adams

  • A comparison of exergy efficiency definitions with focus on low temperature processes

    Danahe Marmolejo-Correa;Truls Gundersen

  • Improved optimization strategies for automated heat exchanger network synthesis through physical insights

    T. Gundersen;I.E. Grossmann

  • Optimal design and operation of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) system driven by solar energy with sensible thermal energy storage

    Haoshui Yu;Haoshui Yu;Henrik Helland;Xingji Yu;Truls Gundersen

  • Synthesis of heat exchanger networks at subambient conditions with compression and expansion of process streams

    Achim Wechsung;Audun Aspelund;Truls Gundersen;Paul I. Barton

  • Post-combustion Carbon Capture with a Gas Separation Membrane: Parametric Study, Capture Cost, and Exergy Analysis

    Xiangping Zhang;Xuezhong He;Truls Gundersen

  • Post-combustion carbon capture technologies: Energetic analysis and life cycle assessment

    Xiangping Zhang;Xiangping Zhang;Bhawna Singh;Xuezhong He;Truls Gundersen

  • A study of working fluids for Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs) operating across and below ambient temperature to utilize Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cold energy

    Haoshui Yu;Donghoi Kim;Truls Gundersen

  • A liquefied energy chain for transport and utilization of natural gas for power production with CO2 capture and storage – Part 1

    Audun Aspelund;Truls Gundersen

  • Thermal efficiency of coal-fired power plants: From theoretical to practical assessments

    Chao Fu;Rahul Anantharaman;Kristin Jordal;Truls Gundersen

  • Energy Level Composite Curves—a new graphical methodology for the integration of energy intensive processes

    Rahul Anantharaman;Own Syed Abbas;Truls Gundersen

  • Annotated bibliography-Use of optimization in LNG process design and operation

    Bjørn Austbø;Sigurd Weidemann Løvseth;Truls Gundersen

  • Recuperative vapor recompression heat pumps in cryogenic air separation processes

    Chao Fu;Truls Gundersen

  • Coal based power plants using oxy-combustion for CO2 capture: Pressurized coal combustion to reduce capture penalty

    Rengarajan Soundararajan;Truls Gundersen

  • Optimal operation of heat exchanger networks

    B. Glemmestad;S. Skogestad;T. Gundersen

  • Optimal liquified natural gas (LNG) cold energy utilization in an Allam cycle power plant with carbon capture and storage

    Haoshui Yu;Truls Gundersen;Emre Gençer

  • A liquefied energy chain for transport and utilization of natural gas for power production with CO2 capture and storage – Part 2: The offshore and the onshore processes

    Audun Aspelund;Truls Gundersen

  • Numerical aspects of the implementation of cubic equations of state in flash calculation routines

    Truls Gundersen

  • A liquefied energy chain for transport and utilization of natural gas for power production with CO2 capture and storage – Part 4: Sensitivity analysis of transport pressures and benchmarking with conventional technology for gas transport

    Audun Aspelund;Truls Gundersen

  • The synthesis of cost optimal heat exchanger networks: An industrial review of the state of the art

    T. Gundersen;L. Naess

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Adams
Thomas A. Adams Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Xiangping Zhang
Xiangping Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiao Feng
Xiao Feng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Iftekhar A. Karimi
Iftekhar A. Karimi National University of Singapore
Sigurd Skogestad
Sigurd Skogestad Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Olav Bolland
Olav Bolland Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Suojiang Zhang
Suojiang Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liyuan Deng
Liyuan Deng Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Lorenz T. Biegler
Lorenz T. Biegler Carnegie Mellon University

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