With a floor plan of 2000 m2, the laboratory is responsible for the following specializations:

Since its establishment in 1912, the laboratory has worked with the design, building and testing of advanced rigs for Norwegian industry and has gained formidable competence within building and instrumentation of test rigs. Our laboratory is well equipped with a bomb calorimeter, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Thermo-gravimetric Analyzer (TGA), laser speedometers, etc.

We specifically emphasize testing and research of:

• Combusion Equipment/Processes

• Thermal Engineering Equipment/Processes

The laboratory has access to various ancillary systems with relatively large capacities, such as:

• Steam Boiler: 800 kW, 16 bar, super heater at 90 kW

• Cold Water: 20 m3 at 6 bar, or water from the cooling tank

• Propane: Distributed network

• Pressurized Air: 0.5 kg/s at 6 bar

• Hot air: Regulated fans which deliver up to 2 kg/s and 400 kW regulated heating coils.

• Hot water: District heating

Test rigs span a large area of specializations. They can be grouped as follows:

• Various water cooled boilers for combustion of gas, oil and other combustibles.

• Granular panel bed filters

• Fluidisert bed granuleringstørke

• Gasification rigs

• Test unit for wood stoves and furnaces

• Heat Exchangers

Laboratory results are often use to obtain new knowledge which is often applied towards simulation and design programs for relevant equipment.