Activities are concentrated on: 

• Energy and process engineering 
• Combustion and environmental technology

Since its establishment in 1912, the laboratory has focused on design, construction and testing of advanced rigs for Norwegian industry. It contains workshops having substantial expertise in building and instrumentation of test rig facilities. It also possesses a measuring laboratory comprising of a bomb calorimeter, FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra Red analyser), TGA (Thermo Gravimetric Analysis), LIF (Laser Induced Fluorescence) etc.

Work is specially directed towards testing and evaluation of equipment and processes pertaining to:

• Applied thermal engineering 
• Combustion

Auxiliaries of significance are:

• Steam boiler: 800 kW, 16 bar with 90 kW superheater 
• Pressurized air: 0.5 kg/s at 6 bar
• Cold water supply: 20 m3/h at 6 bar and water from cooling tower
• Hot water: Remote heat supply 
• Hot air: 400 kW heat battery, up to 2.0 kg/s
• Propane: Distributed network

The test rigs are used for research in:

Combustion of gas, oil and solid fuels in watercooled boilers 

• Heat exchangers
• Gasification 
• Fluid bed granulation dryer 
• Test site for furnaces 

The laboratory also possesses a new advanced fluid and hydraulic test section.