poin.no · Trondheim · Norway

Water and wastewater engineering from Trondheim

Published calculation tools, technical writing, and a few long-running R&D projects in marine technology.

2018
Established
Trondheim
Norway
820 776 402
Org. No.
Our Work

Water and wastewater engineering.

Tools8

Dissolved air flotation (DAF) sizing

NO / EN / 中文

A sizing calculator for dissolved air flotation: air-to-solids ratio, recycle flow, flotation area and energy use, with seventeen water-type scenarios. Every parameter carries its source and source type.

flotasjon.no

What does nitrogen removal cost?

NO / EN

A cost and sizing calculator for nitrogen removal at Norwegian municipal treatment plants, based on Norsk Vann 256/2020 and recent Norwegian cost data, with the model checked against four built projects.

nitrogenfjerning.no

Kjemikaliedosering.no

NO / EN

Dosing calculators for iron chloride, aluminium/PAC, polymer, caustic soda and lime, with sizing for tanks, dosing pumps, piping and mixing.

kjemikaliedosering.no

iRAS

Open-source 中文

An engineering design platform for recirculating aquaculture systems, covering process calculations, P&ID generation, equipment schedules and feasibility reporting. Created by our founder and released under AGPL v3.

iras.cn

Valve Atlas

EN

Fourteen water-treatment valve types with animated cross-sections, compared characteristic curves, check-valve water-hammer behaviour, and where each valve sits in a waterworks and a wastewater plant.

valve-atlas

Centrifugal Pump Selection

EN

A selection wizard, 38 duty cards and seven calculators covering every pump position from raw-water intake to sludge and chemical dosing.

pump-selection

Pipeline Thrust Calculator

EN

Thrust and anchor forces at bends, tees, reducers and dead ends, with test versus operating pressure and pump nozzle load checks to ISO 5199 and API 610.

thrust-calculator

Pipe Hydraulics, Sizes & Units

EN

Head loss and velocity on real bores, part-full gravity sewers with EN 752 self-cleansing checks, and DN/NPS pipe dimensions across ASME, EN and ISO standards.

pipe-hydraulics
R&D Projects

Projects in development.

NØKK
In Development
Underwater Robotics
Autonomous underwater robots for subsea exploration, inspection, and data collection in challenging marine environments.
STRAUM
In Development
Maritime Energy Systems
Marine renewable energy systems for offshore and coastal installations.
DYBDE
In Development
Deep-Sea Pressure Compensation
Pressure compensation for equipment operating at depth, aimed at improving reliability and reducing maintenance over long deployments.
About Us

The engineer behind the work.

Founder

Cheng Sun

Founder & Principal Engineer

Ph.D. in Water and Wastewater Engineering from NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Trondheim. More than 25 years of engineering practice in water and environmental systems, with peer-reviewed research spanning membrane bioreactors, biofouling, shipboard wastewater treatment, and recirculating aquaculture systems.

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The name

Our name comes from the polar lights. Norwegians usually say nordlys; polarlys is the broader term, covering both hemispheres.