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DSTI is looking for a PhD or Post doc Position - Development of an Ù²R separator


Delft, (Zuid-Holland), Dutch Separation Technology Institute

Job description

PhD or Post doc position

Project name
Development of an Ù²R separator focussing on oil/water separation

Project Description
In the Oil & Gas sector of DSTI, a project is being set up that aims at making existing oil/water separation equipment for oil production an order of magnitude smaller. The traditional large pressure vessels and settling tanks are replaced by line size devices that use swirling flow to accelerate the separation process. These devices not only make oil production cheaper, but also cleaner and safer and potentially these enable operation from remote geographical locations and even subsea.

The physics behind these swirling devices are, however, challenging. The present project is a cooperation of Shell, Frames, CDS Engineering and the Universities of Technology in Delft, Eindhoven and Twente. This combination of industry, both operators and suppliers, and universities will give a solid foundation to develop this new technology by studying the various key processes in a practical context; key processes include swirling flow, densely dispersed liquid/liquid multiphase flow, phase separation, coalescence and break-up. The problem will be addressed from two angles, i.e. one PhD student will focus on experimental research, the other PhD student will approach the research questions from the theoretical and numerical side. The ultimate project deliverable includes fundamental knowledge on the processes that govern oil/water separation. That knowledge, in particular geometrical and flow parameters, may be used by engineers to design an inline oil/water separation device.

Requirements

University Graduate
Junior or Senior Researcher
• Recent MSc or PhD in Chemical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, or related discipline
• Proficiency in experimental design, data analysis and interpretation
• Excellent experimental skills
• Experience with validating and calibrating numerical models by experimental data
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Organization

Dutch Separation Technology Institute
DSTI is a partnership in which industry, universities and knowledge institutes work closely together to develop breakthrough technologies for application in different sectors of the process industry. “Together we can take bigger steps, have more impact, and share the risks”.

So far, 45 companies from the Food, Pharmaceutical, Oil and Gas, Chemical and Process Water Industries, including 8 knowledge centers, have joined DSTI. The estimated budget is EUR 65 million for the next 5 years. The research program covers all aspects from (fundamental) knowledge generation to technology implementation.

Conditions of employment

Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: PhD: 4 years and Post doc: 3 years

Additional conditions of employment:
Your salary will be in line with the Dutch standards for PhD students and Post docs.

Application

You can apply for this job before 30-04-2008 by sending your application to:

DSTI
Mrs. M. Dijksterhuis, HR Manager
P.O. Box 247
3800 AE AMERSFOORT
The Netherlands
E-mail address: recruiting@dsti.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT OG-00-004.

The short URL code for this job opening is: 00529-2.
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Enschede, (The Netherlands), Dutch Separation Technology Institute


Job description

PhD or Post doc Position
The economical exploitation of high CO2-gas containing natural gas fields (50% < [CO2] < 80%) is hampered by the lack of low-cost and energy-efficient gas treating technologies. Current technology for removal of CO2 is based upon conventional amine scrubbing, which is simply not economically feasible for such high CO2 gas fields.

In the Oil & Gas sector of DSTI, a project is set up aiming at implementation of novel membrane technology in the exploitation of high CO2 gas fields. Porous membranes are microscopic sieves, which can separate molecules depending on molecular size or strength of interactions between molecules and the membrane surface. By a proper choice of the membrane pore size and surface properties, which can be modified by grafting with organic moieties, selective transport across a membrane can be facilitated. In the project, membranes will be developed aiming at methane removal instead of CO2 removal. If successfully developed, implementation of the membranes would provide a major breakthrough in the field of high CO2 gas field production and might have the potential of a total process energy consumption of less than 3 MJ/tonne CO2.

The project involves a cooperation between Shell, Frames, Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and universities of Twente and Delft. The combination of industry, knowledge institute and universities will provide a solid foundation for development of the targeted membrane technology. The ultimate goal of the project is to establish surface-grafted ceramic membranes as a viable technique for methane separation. The research will be carried out by a post doctoral researcher and a PhD student. While the post doctoral researcher will scout for more out-of-the-box ideas and concepts for CH4 separation from CO2, the PhD student will focus towards a sound theoretical understanding of transport and selectivity issues exhibited by the membranes. The final project deliverable is a process concept design.

Requirements

University Graduate
Junior or Senior Researcher
• Recent MSc in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related discipline.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Organization

Dutch Separation Technology Institute
DSTI is a partnership in which industry, universities and knowledge institutes work closely together to develop breakthrough technologies for application in different sectors of the process industry. “Together we can take bigger steps, have more impact, and share the risks”.

So far, 45 companies from the Food, Pharmaceutical, Oil and Gas, Chemical and Process Water Industries, including 8 knowledge centers, have joined DSTI. The estimated budget is EUR 65 million for the next 5 years. The research program covers all aspects from (fundamental) knowledge generation to technology implementation.

Conditions of employment

Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: PhD: 4 years and Post doc: 3 years

Additional conditions of employment:
Your salary will be in line with the Dutch standards for PhD students and Post docs.

Application

You can apply for this job before 16-04-2008 by sending your application to:

DSTI
Mrs. M. Dijksterhuis, HR Manager
P.O. Box 247
3800 AE AMERSFOORT
The Netherlands
E-mail address: recruiting@dsti.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT OG-00-001.

The short URL code for this job opening is: 00529-1.
You can use this as a direct link to the job by adding the code to the URL www.academictransfer.org/

http://www.academictransfer.nl/vacaturebank/zoeken/index.cfm?
fuseaction=detail&vacature_id=BHV13BLO&startrow=1&welkesoort=vacbank&orgid=00300&zijpad=0

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