Inquiry-based methods have been seen as important for developing science in school. There are good reasons why the work of designing various technological devices in technology should also be part of inquiry-based methods. If so, it requires that the teachers have an exploratory approach in communicat-ing with students. In this paper, we analyze the communication between teachers and students in six ...

The rapid oxidation of carbon black (CB) is a major drawback for its use as a catalyst support in polymer electrolyte fuel cells. Here, we synthesize poly[2,20 -(4,40 -bipyridine)-5,50 -bibenzimidazole] (BiPyPBI) as a conducting polymer and use it to functionalize the surface of CB and homogenously anchor platinum metal nanoparticles (Pt-NPs) on a CB surface. The as-prepared materials were ...

The concept of Green Building refers to environmentally friendly constructions with the target of minimizing the impact on the natural environment through sustainable and efficient use of resources over their life cycle. Since modern buildings are large contributors to global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, policies and international strategies intended to reduce the carbon footprint ...

While designing the power requirements of a ship, the most important factor to be considered is the ship resistance, or the sea drag forces acting on the ship. It is important to have an estimate of the ship resistance while designing the propulsion system since the power required to overcome the sea drag forces contribute to ‘losses’ in the propulsion system. There are three main methods to calculate ...

In this paper, the inhibitory effects of added hydrogen in reactor headspace on fermentative hydrogen production from acidogenesis of glucose by a bacterium, Clostridium acetobutylicum, was investigated experimentally in a batch reactor. It was observed that hydrogen itself became an acute inhibitor of hydrogen production if it accumulated excessively in the reactor headspace. A mathematical model ...

Missing or incomplete documentation for management, operation, and maintenance can become a problem in relation to both cost and quality. This thesis presents demands and responsible roles in given such documentation and uses the new standard SN/TS 3456:2018 Documentation for management, operations, maintenance and development (FDVU-documentation) to prepare a checklist/control-form for this ...

This paper presents a numerical prediction on the assessment of natural ventilation on a livestock house built in porous panels, aided by Computational Fluid Dynamics techniques. A typical climatic environment in Cold Regions was taken into consideration. The ventilation performances have been assessed by the distribution of indoor air velocity, turbulence intensity and local mean age of air through ...

This research investigates a solar thermal system and a solar photovoltaic system which produces local energy, by incoming solar radiation, to meet the energy consumption demand of a residential building in the arctic region. The study on the use of the solar systems in the arctic areas is rare and often doubted. So, to analyze the potential of solar energy, a study case of an existing building block ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are receiving a great deal of attention as a catalyst support for different energy applications, due to their high surface area and high conductivity. Recent literature studies have shown that the application of CNTs mainly depends on their surface functionalization process. Typically, pristine CNTs (as produced) have no functional groups, which is usually considered as an ...

Samspill i norsk bygg- og anleggsbransje øker i omfang. Hensikten med samspillsmodellene er å sørge for mer innovasjon i byggeprosjekter, samtidig som modellen skal motivere til kostnadseffektive løsninger. Tema for denne oppgaven er hvordan samspill kan nyttiggjøres i byggeprosjekter, og hvilke utfordringer og fordeler samspill kan medføre for byggherre. Oppgaven tar også for seg karakteristiske ...