Phd On Plasma-driven Co2 Upgrading - Eindhoven, Nederland - TU Eindhoven

TU Eindhoven

Geverifieerd bedrijf

Eindhoven, Nederland

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Geplaatst door:

Daan Van den Berg

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Beschrijving

Job description:

Project description
Using sustainable energy, back-conversion of CO2 to organic materials is a very interesting, but highly challenging concept. The aim is not to regenerate fuels but synthesize essential building blocks for specialty organics like e.g. pharmaceutics, vitamins and advanced polymeric materials.

Plasma technology, especially our fast pulse power plasma concept, could provide pathways of lower activation energy than conventional thermal activation.

By choosing the right combination of plasma parameters, feedstock recipes and reactor topology, plasma-driven hydrocarbon synthesis from CO2 may be a very attractive, near future concept to secure the availability of advanced organic materials without dependence on fossil sources.

The focus of this PhD project will be on the pulsed power development for this process.

For this project the pulsed power development will consist of two phases.

In the first phase you will research (together with a PhD student on plasma chemistry) what pulse parameters should be employed for optimal process conditions.

For this, you will use our existing solid-state Impedance-Matched Marx generators.

Then in the second phase you will develop a new solid-state pulsed power source for high-throughput systems, based on the findings of the first phase.

The challenges you will meet along the way are numerous and challenging, such as:

developing a new solid-state pulse source, optimizing energy efficiency of the source, studying the interaction between the pulse source and the plasma, countering electromagnetic interference and many more, all the while working in a state-of-the-art high-voltage lab with the newest equipment.

Electrical Energy Systems Group
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) is a world-leading research university specializing in engineering science & technology. The Department of Electrical Engineering is responsible for research and education in Electrical Engineering. The discipline covers technologies and electrical phenomena involved in computer engineering, information processing, energy transfer and telecommunication.

The department strives for societal relevance through an emphasis on the fields of smart sustainable systems, the connected world and care & cure.

The TU/e is the world's best-performing research university in terms of research cooperation with industry (#1 since 2009).

Job requirements:

A master's degree in Electrical Engineering with excellent grades, preferably with a specialization in pulsed power, highvoltage engineering and/or power electronics engineering and some knowledge in practical mechanical engineering.
Experience with working in a lab environment. For this project it is important that you feel comfortable working with high voltage, but also that you can design and implement prototypes and research setups in the lab, preferably having experience with PCB design.
Be able bridge the gap between fundamental concepts and theories on the one hand, and practical implementation and evaluation of these concepts on the other hand.
A team player that enjoys working in multidisciplinary teams.
Good communication and organization skills.
Excellent English language skills (writing and presenting).

Conditions of employment:

A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station.

In addition, we offer you:

Fulltime employment for four years, with an intermediate evaluation (go/nogo) after nine months. You will spend 10% of your employment on teaching tasks.
Salary and benefits (such as a pension scheme, paid pregnancy and maternity leave, partially paid parental leave) in accordance with the _Collective Labour Agreement_ for Dutch Universities, scale P (min. €2,770 max. €3,539).
A yearend bonus of 8.3% and annual vacation pay of 8%.
Highquality training programs and other support to grow into a selfaware, autonomous scientific researcher. At TU/e we challenge you to take charge of your own learning process.
An excellent technical infrastructure, oncampus children's day care and sports facilities.
An allowance for commuting, working from home and internet costs.

About us

Eindhoven University of Technology is an internationally top-ranking university in the Netherlands that combines scientific curiosity with a hands-on attitude.

Our spirit of collaboration translates into an open culture and a top-five position in collaborating with advanced industries. Fundamental knowledge enables us to design solutions for the highly complex problems of today and tomorrow.

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