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nICE – Nordic ICE

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The nICE project aims to strengthen the atmospheric icing related multi-disciplinary research activities in Norway and will also provide a platform for developing expertise and multi-disciplinary research infrastructure to study and further improving knowledge about atmospheric ice accretion physics and its effects.

Norway is an ice prone country, but currently, no organized atmospheric icing research related infrastructure exists in Norway. This project aims to make a base to build up research expertise infrastructure for atmospheric icing, and to establish a base for future Norwegian icing center of expertise hosted by UiT and make this an international research hub to address icing related issues. This will also help to strengthen Norway’s international research collaboration on atmospheric icing related topics through working with international institutes, experts, and participation in international research initiatives. Researchers from IVT and NT faculty will jointly participate in this multi-disciplanary research project.

The nICE Project is funded by Norwegian Research Council (FRIPRO- Fellesløft IV)  with total funding of 27.5 mNOK (2,7 mEuro)

Full details of this project can be found using following weblink

https://en.uit.no/project/nice

Start: April 01. 2022
End: May 31. 2026
Unit: Department of Industrial Engineering

Project categories: Applied Research
Academic disciplines: Physics / Mechanical engineering / Offshore technology
Keywords: Meteorology / CFD / Industrial Safety / Atmospheric icing




Funding:

Research Council of Norway (RCN)


Participants:

Muhammad Shakeel Virk
Lubomir Todorov Dechevsky
Arefeh Lotfi
Adeel Yousuf
Rune Grand Graversen
Ingrid Renate Howes
Jan-Arne Pettersen
Pavlo Sokolov
Yngve Birkelund
Javad Barabady
Hassan Abbas Khawaja
Jinmei Lu


Results:

  1. Ice Accretion on Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle—A Review Study (Academic article)
  2. Cable Propelled Gondola System Operation in Icing Conditions (Academic article)
  3. Renewable energy in Arctic regions, UiT research perspective. (Lecture)
  4. Smart manufacturing & logistics operations in Arctic regions. (Lecture)
  5. Cold Climate Technology: Performance analysis. (Lecture)
  6. Using Infrared Thermography and Multiphysics Modelling to Investigate Ice (Lecture)
  7. Sea spray icing risk & safety, UiT research perspective. (Lecture)
  8. Icing on power transmission lines. (Lecture)
  9. UAV operations in icing conditions. (Lecture)
  10. Ice mitigation system of offshore structures. (Lecture)
  11. Railway operations in icing conditions. (Lecture)
  12. Study of Ice disaster management. (Lecture)
  13. Study of Dry Ice Growth on Duplex Cylinders (Academic article)
  14. Conceptual Design of Ice Detection/Mitigation System Based on Infrared Thermography (Academic lecture)
  15. Multiphase Numerical Study of Atmospheric Ice Accretion on Railway Overhead Powerline Conductors (Academic lecture)
  16. Study of Airflow Behavior for Duplex Circular Cylinders (Academic lecture)
  17. Time dependent study of Laminar Separation Bubble (LSB) behavior along UAV airfoil RG-15 (Academic lecture)
  18. Wind Turbine Ice Detection Using AEP Loss Method - A Case Study (Academic article)
  19. Ice Accretion on Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles—A Review Study (Academic article)