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Heating & cooling, transportation and agriculture are examples of energy intense sectors that are essential to provide sustainable living conditions, food and societal development according to the UN’s 17 sustainable development goals. Unfortunately, most energy used globally today is still in the form of fuels of fossil origin that in their use lead to unsustainable and negative impact to people,
https://www.energy.lth.se/research/sustainable-fuels - 2026-06-23
The Division of Sustainable Energy Systems is a merger of the former divisions Combustion Engines and Efficient Energy Systems. The combustion engine activities focus on enabling a transition to sustainable energy conversion through engines powered by renewable fuels. The work within the Efficient Energy Systems group concerns energy use, network-based energy systems such as district heating, gas
https://www.energy.lth.se/about/divisions/sustainable-energy-systems - 2026-06-23
The division conducts research and education, which are lead by Xue-Song Bai. The research is focused on modeling of turbulent flows (LES), turbulent mixing, turbulent combustion and multiphase flow (computations and experiments). Contact Head of DivisionXue-Song Baixue-song [dot] bai [at] energy [dot] lth [dot] se (xue-song[dot]bai[at]energy[dot]lth[dot]se)+46 46 222 4860, +46 702 469 818 Resear
https://www.energy.lth.se/about/divisions/fluid-mechanics - 2026-06-23
First and second cycle studiesThe Department's first and second cycle education is mainly in the field of Energy technology within the Mechanical Engineering programme (M), but courses are also given for the following programmes: Engineering Physics (F) Fire Protection Engineering (BI)Evironmental Engineering (W)Engineering Nanoscience (N)Electrical Engineering (E)Industrial Engineering and Manage
https://www.energy.lth.se/education - 2026-06-23
Heat transfer concerns the generation, use, conversion and exchange of thermal energy within and between different physical systems. With todays urgent need to reach a breakthrough in reduced greenhouse gas emissions and global warming the field of heat transfer is gradually becoming more important. In practice, heat transfer usually occurs together with fluid mechanics and structural dynamics in
https://www.energy.lth.se/about/divisions/heat-transfer - 2026-06-23
Thermal fluids is a multidisciplinary research area focusing on the behavior, interaction, and transport of heat, energy, and fluids. It encompasses topics like thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer, addressing challenges in energy systems, aerospace, manufacturing, and environmental engineering. Applications include cooling technolo-gies, combustion, renewable energy, and optimizing t
https://www.energy.lth.se/research/thermal-fluids - 2026-06-23
Sustainable propulsion and power focuses on developing energy-efficient, low-emission technologies for transportation and power generation. It integrates advanced materials, renewable fuels, electrification, and energy storage systems to minimize environmental impact. Research explores gas turbine and jet engine combustion, sustainable aviation fuels, rotating detonation engines, ramjet and scramj
https://www.energy.lth.se/research/sustainable-propulsion-power - 2026-06-23
Sustainable energy storage and conversion explores innovative methods to efficiently store and transform energy from various renewable sources. It focuses on technologies like advanced batteries, hydrogen production, fuel cells, and thermochemical systems as well as safety aspects of battery storage systems. Research aims to enhance energy density, reduce costs, and improve scalability, enabling r
https://www.energy.lth.se/research/energy-storage-conversion - 2026-06-23
Turbomachines are parts of our daily lives and come in all forms and shapes – from a dentist drill to turbines, vacuum cleaners, aircraft engines, and the largest nuclear units. In most applications, the efficiency of the involved turbomachinery is paramount. One prominent example could be a gas turbine firing an expensive or scarce fuel; efficiency is the key to operational economics.All aspects
https://www.energy.lth.se/research/turbomachinery - 2026-06-23
An increasing portion of wind turbines are installed in cold climate, e.g, northern Sweden. One must then consider ice-build-up on the turbine blades alters the shape of the blades, which in turn affects the aerodynamics of the turbine. Knowledge on how ice accretion influences the power output is of importance when assessing a potential site for wind turbines.By using computational fluid dynamics
https://www.energy.lth.se/research/wind-turbine-aerodynamics - 2026-06-23
The research is scientifically deep and broad. It encompasses transport phenomena and mechanisms, components, processes and systems. Modelling and numerical simulations as well as experimental investigations with laserbased measurement techniques and thermographically methods are typically occurring. Laboratories have been established for combustion engines, evaporative gas turbine, high pressure
https://www.energy.lth.se/research - 2026-06-23
Thermal cycles come in a plethora of variants, ranging from simple gas turbines to advanced high-temperature binary nuclear cycles. No other levels of research and development offer more performance- and feasibility aspects. By utilizing cycle analysis tools with advanced off-design modeling features, including full one-dimensional analysis, several advanced cycle modeling options come to the rese
https://www.energy.lth.se/research/advanced-cycles - 2026-06-23
Our research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and fluid mechanics aims to transform computational approaches to complex fluid systems. By developing advanced machine learning techniques, we are creating innovative methods to analyze and predict fluid behaviors across critical technological domains. We focus on two primary research directions. First, we use AI techniques like autoenco
https://www.energy.lth.se/research/artificial-intelligence-and-fluid-mechanics - 2026-06-23
The links on this page open in the Lund University Research Portal. Var god vänta... Research Portal Our publications can be found in Lund University's Research Portal:Doctoral thesesLicentiate thesesArticles in magazinesConference papers
https://www.energy.lth.se/publications - 2026-06-23
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https://www.energy.lth.se/staff - 2026-06-23
Lund high-pressure combustion facility is a facility for combustion technology experiments under conditions similar to combustion in gas turbines for electricity production and aircraft engines. The main research area concerns sustainable fuels. HistoryIn the wake of the decision to decommission the Barsebäck nuclear power plant, the government decided on June 26, 1997, to establish a delegation t
https://www.energy.lth.se/lund-high-pressure-combustion-facility - 2026-06-23
Our Division advances teaching and research in Computational Mechanics, Engineering Materials, and Machine Elements. Master's programme in Production and Materials Engineering - on Lund University's website LTH's profile area Aerosols The Division participates in LTH's profile area Aerosols, which aims to promote clean air, improve climate predictions and enable sustainable solutions - on lth.se.
https://www.ims.lth.se/en/about/mechanics-materials-and-component-design - 2026-06-23
We conduct research and education in materials and production engineering. Industrial production is an applied subject that ranges from applied materials engineering, through various manufacturing methods, to technical and economic analysis of entire manufacturing systems. Our multidisciplinary research can be compared to the athletics 10-combat. We use basic scientific methods and approaches to o
https://www.ims.lth.se/en/about/production-and-materials-engineering - 2026-06-23
We conduct innovative education and scholarly research in logistics and supply chain management. This means that we apply a flow- and process oriented approach in our instruction and research. We focus on how organisations and supply chains can increase efficiency and effectiveness by managing and improving the activities, the physical flow of material, as well as the information and financial flo
https://www.ims.lth.se/en/about/engineering-logistics - 2026-06-23
The mission of the division of Production Management is research and education associated with management of industrial companies and organizations. We are responsible for a wide range of business-oriented courses within LTH, Faculty of Engineering. Our research is focused on two main areas:Production and Inventory ControlTechnology Strategy and Business Models. Contact Get in touch with us!
https://www.ims.lth.se/en/about/production-management - 2026-06-23
