Assistant Researcher (PhD Grant) in Atmospheric Physics in the Vicinity of Offshore Wind Farms in EU
About AptWind:
Atmospheric Physics and Turbulence for Wind Energy (AptWind) is an innovative European Industrial Doctoral Network. AptWind aims to train a new generation of researchers to tackle the current and future challenges in atmospheric flow physics and turbulence for wind energy applications.
The AptWind program includes specialized seminars, such as:
Participants in the AptWind program will:
PhD topics cover essential engineering domains for wind energy, such as computational fluid dynamics, lidar measurements and machine learning. Candidates will split their time between a university in one country and a private-sector company in another.
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Offer Description:
The PhD research focuses on enhancing an existing meso-microscale coupled model. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model will provide boundary conditions to drive a time-dependent Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) computational fluid dynamics model. The research aims to include the wake effect of future wind turbines with tip heights up to m, focusing on offshore marine environments. Key areas of investigation include boundary layer height, low-level jets, atmospheric stability, gravity waves, complex land-sea interactions, and their impacts on high-fidelity wake models.
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Benefits:
You will be compensated according to local rules for Doctoral Researchers and the regulations of Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks - Industrial Doctorates. The employment period is three years, with the first 18 months in France and the following 18 months in Portugal.
About Natural Power:
Natural Power is the world's leading independent consultancy and services company in the renewable energy sector. With over 25 years of multidisciplinary expertise, Natural Power supports solar and wind power projects worldwide, thanks to a team of over experts in 12 countries.
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