PhD in Energy Industry

About the workplace college in Gävle is one of Sweden's most popular colleges. We offer a 60 - number of training programs and 330 independent courses in the humanities, care and medicine, social and science and technology. We have 19 000 students, 750 employees and a collected campus in beautiful surroundings.

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Tasks Department of Building Technology, Energy Systems and Environmental Science at the University of Gävle is looking for a doctoral student to conduct research on self-circulation in district heat-heated buildings in the event of crisis or war. The doctoral student project is financed by the Swedish Energy Agency in their program Termo and the call security in heat and cold. This project focuses on urban heat supply in the event of power failure when opportunities exist for local electricity and heat supply through so-called erasation. If production and distribution in district heating systems can be supplied with backup power, possibly self-circulation in radiator systems can be used for heat dissipation in properties. This would allow for a basic heat supply that protects the properties of the properties and human health.

This project will be conducted in parallel with and to some extent in cooperation with the national competence center resilient. The competence center is conducted resilience research linked to energy systems in several Swedish universities and together with the industry. For more information on the Competence Center Resilient, you will find here: https://sites.mdu.se/resilient Project description The creation of society needs to be strengthened in order for important social functions to be maintained in, for example, greater power failure. One possibility is so-called erasation, where local electricity network is supplied with local electricity production regardless of overlying electricity networks. Electricity and heat are central parts of society's crisis readiness, and district heating systems can play an important role in maintaining basic heating.

The project examines the possibility of using self-circulation in the radiator systems of the buildings to maintain some heat delivery during power failure. The purpose is to increase knowledge about how district heating, combined with self-circulation and other reserve solutions, can help reduce the risk of injuries to people and buildings at longer power outages and low outdoor temperatures.

The work includes measurements in existing buildings, experimental tests in a test rig and simulations and calculations. Simulation tools are developed to study how self-circulation affects heat dissipation and indoor temperature in different types of buildings. The project is partly based on method tests and preparations and will result in at least four scientific publications.

The doctoral position includes: implementing the scientific project to carry out courses corresponding to the least 60 HP teaching and implementation of administrative work to regularly participate in academia activities such as seminars and meetings

Qualifications to be admitted to postgraduate education must be the applicant fulfill both basic and special eligibility requirements (Higher Education, Cape 7, § 35).

Basic jurisdiction has the person who has completed a degree at the advanced level, completed course claims on the least 240 higher education credits, at least 60 High school credits at advanced level, or which in other ways within or outside the country have acquired mainly corresponding knowledge.

Special eligibility to be adopted to postgraduate education in energy systems (postgraduate education subject) has the one who has graduated at advanced level in energy systems or other focus that the employer finds equivalent.

To succeed in your doctoral studies at Gävle, you need to be targeted in your work. Furthermore, it is a requirement for the service that you have capabilities: to independently drive your work forward, to cooperate with others, to a professional approach, to analyze and work with complex issues, to be able to discuss and explain research for people who are not active in their own topic.

Furthermore, it is a requirement that you have good ability to express you both orally and in writing in English.

Admission and assessment grounds for being admitted to postgraduate education must be assessed to be able to assimilate education (Higher Education, Cape 7, § 35). Admission is made after individual examination. Read more about postgraduate education and our admission and assessment grounds at: www.hig.se/forskning/forskarut education.

Terms after admission to postgraduate education, an employment as a doctoral student will be offered (the Higher Education Ordinance, Cape 5, § 3). The employment is a time-limited full-time employment (first one year, which can then be extended by a maximum of two years at a time) the total employment period may not be longer than the corresponding training at a full-time postgraduate level for four years. An employee doctoral student can to a limited extent (maximum 20 %) perform certain tasks within e.g. education and administration.

Application you as applicants have the main responsibility for your application to be complete when submitted.

Contact Magnus Åberg Supervisor and project manager from Hig 026-64 81 81, 070-238 19 61 magnus.aberg@hig.se

Mathias Cehlin department manager and node leader RESILIENT

072-299 53 52 mcn@hig.se Other college in Gävle strives for an even gender distribution and active work on equal terms in all parts of the organization.

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