PERSONAL DATA
Dr. Bjorn Teislev was born May 26, 1946. His Father -
Richard B. Teislev - was a Protestant Pastor and later Dean for Randers County
(Denmark).
After High School, Bjorn joined the Royal Danish Navy and
was discharged as non-commissioned officer from the Navy 1967 (partly serving
at Torpedo Boats and partly at land-based naval facilities).
He got his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the
Technical University of Denmark in 1974 and carried out his Ph.D. degree in
Thermodynamics (Thesis: Simulation of Thermal Systems).
Curriculum Vitae:
1978 - 1979 Burmeister & Wain Group: Member of New Technologies Innovation Group
under the Company Corporate Management
Technologies: Steam Ejectors, Large Diesel
powered Heat Pumps, Wave Energy Technology
1979 - 1981 Ramboll & Hannemann (Major Consulting Engineer): Specializing in new
Businesses and Clients in the Energy Sector
Technologies: Resorption
Heat Pumps, Steel Furnace Heat recovery, Waste Energy Plants and District
Heating
1981 - 1982 NORDFORSK (under Nordic Industrial
Foundation): Project Definition and Financing of co-operation between
Industries and Universities in the Nordic Countries
Technologies: Fishing Fleet Energy
saving, Offshore Well Blow-out control, Coal-firing Technologies, Polymer
Technology
1982 - 1983 Foss Electric: Division Manager Analysis
Equipment, responsible for: R&D, Manufacturing, QA, Marketing, Sales/
Service
Technologies: Foodstuff Analysis,
Slaughterhouse online Quality Analysis, Digitalization of (Analog) Analytical
Instruments
1983 - 1985 Atlas Danmark:
Technical Manager for Marine Division, responsible for R&D, Projects
Execution and Service
Technologies: Freshwater Generators,
Marine Steering Gear, Solid Waste Furnaces and Wastewater Equipment
1985 - 1990 Erik Roug: Division Director for Tanks,
Pressure Vessels, Wind Turbine Towers, Steel Structures and Industrial Heat
Recovery Systems
Technologies: ISO9001 QA introduction,
Restructuring of Manufacturing Plant, Software Development, Product and Market
Development
1990 - 1991 TO-Engineering: Consulting Engineer
(private Business) - a kind of predecessor for TEISLEVenergy (see
below)
Technologies: Development of Electronic Weighing
Cells, Solar Collectors for Arctic utilization, Mathematical Basis for
Supercrititical Processes
1991 - 2005 Babcock & Wilcox Volund:
R&D Manager, responsible for the Corporate Company R&D Centre
Technologies: Combustion Technologies
for Biomass and Municipal Solid Waste, Gasification, Pyrolysis and Combustion
Technologies, Boilers and Heat Exchangers, Stirling Engines, Indirectly fired
Gas Turbines, Flue-Gas/ Wastewater cleaning and Material Technologies
2005 - NOW TEISLEVenergy:
Owner/Manager of Engineering Company, specializing in Design and Analysis of
Thermal Systems and Mechanical Structures
Keys: Gasification and Supercritical
Technology, Technologies used in Energy/Environment Systems, Freshwater
Generators, Structural Analysis of Pressurized Components and Windmill Towers,
Domestic Heat Pumps based on heat from Soil and Ambient Air, Technologies for
handling Ballast Water in Marine applications, Software Development (General
and Customer Dedicated), Advanced Combustion Systems and Heat Recovery
Other work:
Bjorn Teislev has for many years been
examinator for the Engineering Studies in Energetic at the Danish Technical
University (DTU, Lyngby and DTU, Risų) and
participated in a number of Evaluation boards for Ph.D. works and Professor
assignments.
Bjorn Teislev has on several occasions
been a member of Boards for Proposal Evaluation in The European Commission and
the Danish Energy Authority and was Member of the Expert Team for EU Framework
7 Programme. Recently, Bjorn was appointed as Expert Evaluator in the new
European Horizon 2020 Programme and in 2015 also assists the Innovation
Foundation Denmark (IDF - under the Ministry of Higher Education and Science)
in evaluation of Research and Development Proposal.
Furthermore, Bjorn is active as Peer
Reviewer for various Scientific Journals