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Do you want to study supercritical carbon dioxide-related topics at top European institutions? The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the CTU in Prague, Department of Energy Engineering, is collaborating with six European universities and 15 companies on a project to train excellent researchers within the European Horizon project in the field of supercritical CO₂.
 
Within this project, 17 Ph.D. positions are opened in the fields of  Gas Turbines, Numerical calculations, Materials engineering, Additive manufacturing, Heat cycles in power engineering, Heat Exchangers, and Energy storage. The study will include a one-year internship with one of nine selected industrial partners and exceptional financial remuneration.
 
The project addresses the following topics linked to research in supercritical CO₂:

1. Integration of power systems based on directly-fired oxycombustion
   sCO2 power cycles (University of Seville, Empresarios Agrupados Internacional SA, Técnicas Reunidas SA)
2. Market uptake of supercritical CO2 power systems to enable carbon-neutrality by 2050 (University of Seville, ETN, Azzero CO2)
3. Integration of power systems based on indirect supercritical Carbon Dioxide power cycles (CTU in Prague, Empresarios Agrupados Internacional SA, Inerco Ingenieria, Tecnologia Y Consultoria, SA)
4. Large Scale Energy Storage based on sCO2 systems (Technische Universität Wien, Empresarios Agrupados Internacional SA, ETN)
5. Operation of power systems based on indirect supercritical Carbon Dioxide power cycles (CTU in Prague, Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl, Doosan Skoda Power)
6. Operation of power systems based on directly-fired sCO2 power cycles with carbon capture (Technische Universität Wien, Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl, SoftInWay Switzerland GmbH)
7. Dynamic operation of sCO2 power generation systems under variable load and variable energy input (University of Seville, SoftInWay Switzerland GmbH, Doosan Skoda Power)
8. Control strategies and optimisation of control of sCO2 power generation systems for direct and indirect heating configurations (City, University of London)
9. Fundamental studies to enhance off-design performance of megawatt scale sCO2 compressors (City, University of London)
10. Megawatt scale axial sCO2 turbine flow path enhancements to improve off-design performance (Politecnico di Milano, Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl, Easy Energy Consulting & Technology SA)
11. Fundamental study of pseudo-condensation of sCO2 (University of Stuttgart, Técnicas Reunidas SA, Fives Cryo)
12. Numerical investigation of mixing process in headers of sCO2 heat exchangers  (University of Stuttgart, Fives Cryo, Técnicas Reunidas SA)
13. Advancing the durability of polymeric parts and coated components in sCO2 power systems (Instituto Superior Técnico, Fundacion Andaluza Para El Desarrollo Aeroespacial, Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl)
14. Advancing the durability of corrosion resistant alloys for sCO2 power systems (Instituto Superior Técnico, Fundacion Andaluza Para El Desarrollo Aeroespacial, Rosswag GmbH)
15. Additive manufacturing technologies of heat exchangers (University of Stuttgart, Fundacion Andaluza Para El Desarrollo Aeroespacial, Rosswag GmbH)
16. Utilisation of CO2 mixtures to enhance the performance of supercritical Carbon Dioxide systems (Politecnico di Milano, RPOW Consulting, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas y de Materiales)
17. Innovative turbine designs for enhanced flexibility of megawatt scale axial sCO2 turbines (University of Seville, Siemens-Energy, SoftInWay Switzerland GmbH)

During the project are organized four workshops and three winter schools around Europe, where the students will have an opportunity to establish an important research community.
 
If any of these areas appeal to you, please visit the Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/isopproject/ or contact us for more information:
doc. Ing. Václav Dostál, Sc.D. (Vaclav.Dostal@fs.cvut.cz) Ing. Jan Syblík (Jan.Syblik@fs.cvut.cz)