PhD Scholarship in System Implementation of Large Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings and Communities

If you are establishing your career as a scientist and you are looking for the best possible foundation for fulfilling your dreams and ambitions, it is right here in front of you. At DTU Construct you will break new ground at the absolute forefront of large-scale thermal energy storage. 

Responsibilities and qualifications

Your overall focus will be to strengthen the department’s competences within computational modelling, optimization and integration of thermal energy storage technologies – such as large water pits and phase change material storage. You will work with colleagues, and with both academic and industrial partners in Denmark as well as abroad. Your primary tasks will be to: 

• Investigate suitable thermal storage configurations for centralized (district heating) and decentralized (building-integrated) scenarios based on technical and economic criteria.
• Work in the EU Horizon Europe funded TREASURE project (www.treasure-project.eu) focusing on simulation models and the integration of  pit thermal energy storage in thermal grids
• Collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology on building-integrated thermal energy storage
• Work as an assistant teacher in relevant courses and supervise BSc and MSc student projects 

You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) in engineering or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree in engineering. Candidates with the following knowledge and skills will be given priority consideration 

• Thermal energy storage or techno-economic analysis
• Heat transfer and heating/cooling systems
• Energy simulation software, such as TRNSYS, Modelica, EnergyPro
• Programming languages, such as Python
• Ability to communicate results in technical reports, and prepare scientific papers for publication in international conferences and journals, experience in publishing peer-review journal papers is the preference
• BSc/MSc thesis on topics like thermal energy storage, energy systems analysis, solar heating, domestic or industrial heating/cooling. 

Salary and appointment terms

The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3 years.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information

Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor Jianhua Fan, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, email: jifa@dtu.dk.

Application procedure 

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