PhD-positions within CO₂ capture technologies
in the project BIGCO₂
at the Gas Technology Center NTNU-SINTEF

BIGCO₂ is a project contracted by SINTEF in cooperation with NTNU. The project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council program CLIMIT and an industrial consortium consisting of Statoil, Hydro, Kværner Process Systems, Store Norske, Statkraft Development, and General Electrics Global Research Germany.

Position 1:
The position will be devoted to sealing technology of oxygen and hydrogen separating ceramic membranes. Sealing materials with tailored mechanical, thermal and chemical properties will be developed for several membrane systems. Potential candidates must have a Master degree or equivalent (sivilingeniør, cand. scient.) in Materials Science or Solid State Chemistry.
Contact: Professor Tor Grande - phone +47-73594084 - email tor.grande@material.ntnu.no
Applications should be sent to Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway, and clearly marked NT27/05.

Position 2:
The position is within Power Generation with CO₂ Capture (PGCC) working under the subproject Improved CO₂ Absorption. The work will focus on absorption processes; how to reduce heat requirements, implementation of new absorbents into the processes and the optimization of these. The nature of the work will be modelling and simulation of total flowsheets. Techno-economic calculations will also be performed.
Contact: Professor Hallvard Svendsen - phone +47-73594100 - email hallvard.svendsen@chemeng.ntnu.no
Applications should be sent to Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway, and clearly marked NT29/05.

Position 3:
The position is within Power Generation with CO₂ Capture (PGCC). More specific, the system to be worked on will focus on integration of  high-temperature membrane technology in power cycles.,
The nature of the work is Thermodynamic Cycle Analysis – in which the technology components are specified by cycle configuration as well as heat and mass balance information.
Contact: Professor Olav Bolland - +47-73591604 - email olav.bolland@ntnu.no
Applications should be sent to Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway, and clearly marked IVT28/05.

Position 4:
The position will be dedicated to combustion processes involved in Power Generation with CO₂ Capture. The work will mainly focus on the oxy-fuel concept where fuel is combusted with pure oxygen together with CO₂. The nature of the work will be experimental including application of advanced laser diagnostics (Laser Induced Fluorescence, Raman Spectroscopy) in turbulent flames.
Contact: Professor Inge R. Gran - phone +47-7359396 -  email inge.r.gran@sintef.no or Dr. Mario Ditaranto - phone +47-73593166 - email mario.ditaranto@sintef.no
Applications should be sent to Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway, and clearly marked IVT29/05
 

Deadline for application:  June 6, 2005.