Postdoc in fluid mechanics and heat management

Job description

The heating/cooling sector accounts for about half of the energy consumption in Europe and a large part of the heat is produced in plants that use fossil fuels. To decarbonize the heating sector, alternative ways to produce heat are needed where large heat pumps (HP) can play an important role. Large HP currently represents only 2-3 GWth in Europe, with the majority installed in Scandinavia. There is a need to switch to natural refrigerants, e.g. Isobutane, CO2. To make optimal HP systems with high performance and wide application, there is a need for a test platform to ensure research progress. The postdoctoral project focuses on the construction and commissioning of a compressor test rig for research and development on large centrifugal compressors for HP. Cooperation with industrial national partners in the energy sector is expected. Candidates must have a documented background and interest in thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics and experimental methods.

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree (in the field of thermal and/or fluid energy engineering).This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made. 
• Research expertise and proven experience from doctoral thesis, authoring scientific publications or authoring industry reports (or equivalent industry), in the field of turbomachinery and/or heat pumps.
• Teaching abilities
• As a person you have collaborative abilities and can work with independence. 

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline
• It is advantageous to have previous experimental work with turbomachines and heat pumps.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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To apply for the position

Log into KTH's recruitment system to apply for this position. You are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete according to the instructions in the ad.

The application must include:

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Max two pages long.
• Copy of selected authored reports, scientific articles (or industrial equivalent) demonstrating previous experience with CFD and/or experiments applied to fluid engineering (Maximum 3 reports, all in PDF format).

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, three years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

Others

Striving towards gender equality, diversity and equal conditions is both a question of quality for KTH and a given part of our values.

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