PhD within Modelling, Optimization and Control of Electrolyzer Systems

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About the position

The Department of Chemical Engineering has a vacancy for a PhD Candidate within the field of Process Systems Engineering. The earliest start date for the position will be agreed on with the candidate.

The appointment has a duration of 3 years with the possibility of a further 1 year extension with 25% teaching duties in agreement with the department.

For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.  

The Project

This PhD project is part of a large-scale center for environmentally friendly Energy (HYDROGENi https://www.sintef.no/en/projects/2022/fme-hydrogeni ). While there is a large activity worldwide to research the material and the chemistry of electrolyzer equipment, much less research is done on how to operate large-scale systems of electrolyzers that are integrated in other value chains.

The research activity of this project is to a) develop scalable models that can be used to study optimal operation of large electrolyzer systems in an environment with fluctuating energy availability and hydrogen demand, and b) applying these models to determine simple operation strategies that enable (near) optimal operation of all times, also when the operation condition changes.

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