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Ólafur Pétur Pálsson - Professor
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School of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Ólafur Pétur Pálsson
Íslenska
Professor
Professor
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VR-2 / V02-238
Phone
525 - 4952
8983830
Email
opp [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Curriculum Vitae
Ólafur Pétur Pálsson - Curriculum Vitae
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4048-3508
Research portal – Ólafur Pétur Pálsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
IÐN213F - Selected Topics in Time Series Analysis and Control Theory
IÐN405G - Design & Experimental Execution
IÐN113F - Time Series Analysis
VÉL118F - Thesis
VÉL101G - Engineering Design Processes
Education
1993
,
PhD
,
Technical University of Denmark
,
Engineering
1989
,
MS
,
Technical University of Denmark
,
Engineering
1987
,
CS
,
University of Iceland
,
Mechanical Engineering
Professional Experience
1993 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
Published works
2024
Effects of Onboard Refrigerated Seawater Storage of Whole Ungutted Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) on Quality Parameters of Fillets
Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology
2023
A Municipal Waste Heat Dissipation Modular Approach for Open Field Heated Agriculture
2021
Onboard pre-chilling of ungutted and gutted Atlantic cod in different cooling media -Temperature measurements and analytical modelling-
International Journal of Refrigeration
Heat load forecasting using adaptive temporal hierarchies
Applied Energy
Direct Use of Geothermal Resources for Sustainable Circular Food Production
2020
Life cycle assessment of a geothermal combined heat and power plant based on high temperature utilization
Geothermics
High-Temperature Geothermal Utilization in the Context of European Energy Policy—Implications and Limitations
Energies
Remediation of aquaculture wastewater using the microalga Chlorella sorokiniana
Water (Switzerland)
Onboard evaluation of variable water flow and recirculation effects on bleeding of atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Foods
2019
Automatic water mixing events identification in the Koljö fjord observatory data
International Journal of Data Science and Analytics
Automatic water mixing event identification in the Koljö fjord observatory data
International Journal of Data Science and Analytics
Effects of on-board bleeding methods and superchilling on quality of cod and saithe
The effects of superchilling on shelf-life and quality indicators of whole Atlantic cod and fillets
LWT
2016
Online fouling detection of domestic hot water heat exchangers
Heat Transfer Engineering
Heat exchanger identification by using iterative fuzzy observers
Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung
2015
Life cycle inventory of a flash geothermal combined heat and power plant located in Iceland
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
2014
Geothermal District Heating Systems in Iceland: A Life Cycle Perspective with Focus on Primary Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emission
2011
Comparison of fouling detection between a physical model and a black box model
2010
Analysis of heat transfer in heat exchangers by using the NTU method and empirical relations
Factors for Primary Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emission of Geothermal Power Production
LCA of combined heat and power production at hellisheidi geothermal power plant with focus on primary energy efficiency
Comparison of Methods for Utilization of Geothermal Brine for Power Production
2009
Simulation of fouling in cross-flow heat exchanger and a fouling detection based on physical modeling
Fouling detection in a cross-flow heat exchanger based on physical modeling
2008
Energy efficiency consideration of geothermal based power production
Methods for detecting fouling in heat exchangers
2007
Conditional parametric models for storm sewer runoff
Water Resources Research
Comparison of neural networks and Kalman filters performances for fouling detection in a heat exchanger
International Journal of Heat Exchangers
Use of extended Kalman filtering in detecting fouling in heat exchangers
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Estimation of the length distribution of marine populations in the Gaussian-multinomial setting using the method of moments
Journal of Applied Statistics
2006
Rafhitun húsnæðis á köldum svæðum
Parameter estimation in stochastic rainfall-runoff models
Journal of Hydrology
Estimation and validation of models two phase flow from geothermal wells
Rheometer-4SCC, a portable rheometer for self compating concrete
Raforkunotkun bændabýla á köldum svæðum
2005
Mat á rennslislyklum og rennsli með bayesískri tölfræði.
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
2004
Equivalent Outdoor Design Temperature for Calculation of Heating Load for District Heating Systems
2003
Líkön og stikamat fyrir vaxtaþróun
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
Tölfræðileg flokkun á stýrimyndum í vatnslistaverkinu Fyssu
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
2002
Estimation of Tap Water Profiles in District Heating Systems
Monitoring Flow Measurements in District Heating Systems
2000
Leiðrétting gallaðra tímaraða með EM-reikniriti
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
Áhrif spennubreytinga á hita raflausnar í kerum ÍSAL
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
Experimental Design and Setup for Heat Exchanger Modeling
International Journal of Heat Exchangers
Spá um árlega notkun á heitu vatni
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
1999
Aðferðir við mat á breytingu í heitavatnsnotkun
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
1998
Mat á áreiðanleika dreifikerfis Vatnsveitu Reykjavíkur
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
Estimation of extreme mass flowrate in district heating systems
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy
1997
Statistical Methods in District Heating in Iceland
Kvikur jafngildisútihiti fyrir hitaveitur
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
1996
Mat á rennsli í hitaveitukerfum í miklum kuldum
Verktækni - tímarit VFÍ
1994
An application of extended kalman filtering to heat exchanger models
Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME
Stochastic heat storage problem-solved by the progressive hedging algorithm
Energy Conversion and Management
Generalized predictive control for non-stationary systems
Automatica
On flow and supply temperature control in district heating systems
Heat Recovery Systems and CHP
1993
Application of predictive control in district heating systems
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy
1992
Modeling and parameter estimation of heat exchangers—A statistical approach
Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME
Predictor-based optimal control of supply temperature in district heating systems
1991
Use of Empirical Relations in the Parameters of Heat-Exchanger Models
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Keywords for Specialisation:
Time Series Analysis
Modelling
Control Theory
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