The Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e) has the following vacancy PhD Student �Removal of compounds in ppm range by adsorption� (V37.627) at Laboratory for Separation Technology and Transport Phenomena (SST), Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. The Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (ST) is one of the nine departments of Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). It was established in 1957. The department has approximately 390 employees (360 fte), 13 full professors, 370 undergraduate students (bachelor and masterstudents) and about 170 graduate students (140 Ph.D. and 30 design engineers).
The department aspires to be an academic institution for education and research in chemical science and engineering that meets the highest international standards. The aim is to generate and to develop technology and scientific knowledge relevant for the long-term needs of society. Scientific curiosity and the use of newly generated knowledge are the main driving forces for the continuing enhancements of the three chosen fields of expertise: molecular, materials, and process engineering.
Tasks
The research project is carried out within a larger framework of two from the Dutch Separation Technology Institute (DSTI) (www.dsti.nl) in which over 40 companies, institutes and universities cooperate. The two projects are:
�Removal of compounds present in ppm concentrations in aqueous streams� (SC-00-004) �Removal of compounds present in ppm concentrations from organic bulk
chemical streams� (SC-00-006)
The research will be carried out in a cooperation between 5 university groups, TNO and industry. The incentive is that in numerous processes compounds present in the ppm range need to be removed from a process stream or final product, because of demanded purity. Most frequently distillation is used for such separations, but in view of energy consumption, costs and elevated temperatures, alternatives are desired. Next to other alternatives to be studied by the other 4 PhD students, the subject of this study is to identify the opportunities for adsorption as possible technology for such separations. Based on a joint definition of compounds, streams and conditions, an overview of possible adsorbents and technological modes of operation will be made in the first year, jointly with the other students who have similar tasks for their technology. A choice is made for the cases to be investigated in more detail, in which both experiments and modeling will be core activities. The aim is to integrate the gained knowledge into a process model for a specific production process, allowing to establish proof of concept. The theoretical, modeling and design work will be carried out in the SST laboratory under the guidance of dr.ir. E.A.J.F. Peters and Prof. dr.ir. P.J.A.M. Kerkhof, the experimental work in the Process Systems Engineering laboratory of prof. dr.ir. A.B. de Haan. Close cooperation with the participating companies (Akzo-Nobel, General Electric, Lyondell, Shell) is foreseen.
Requirements
As a PhD-student you have an excellent record in your studies of chemical engineering. You combine an excellent scientific talent with a sound feeling for applicability in practice. You have the ability to acquire knowledge of adsorption fundamentals, of relevant practical possibilities from a large number of sources, and to devise and carry out the relevant experiments. So you combine depth with overview. You have a proven ability in modeling and numerical methods allowing you to evaluate
models. You are creative, and a team player, and have a good feeling of project organization. You have excellent communicative skills, and are fluent in English. Also students who are in the final stage of their study are invited to react.
Appointment and Salary
We offer:
a full-time contract for 4 years, with an intermediate evaluation after 1 year. You will start with a gross salary of � 2000 per month in the first year, increasing to � 2558 per month in the fourth year. Furthermore, you will also benefit from attractive secondary job conditions..
Information
More information can be obtained from:
Prof.dr.ir. Piet J.A.M. Kerkhof, Department of Chemical Engineering and
Chemistry, +31-40-247 2973/2850, e-mail: p.j.a.m.kerkhof@tue.nl .
Application
Please send your written application with extended curriculum vitae including a list of marks and professional references to:
Prof.dr.ir. Piet J.A.M. Kerkhof,
Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, +31-40-247 2973/2850,
e-mail: p.j.a.m.kerkhof@tue.nl .
The department aspires to be an academic institution for education and research in chemical science and engineering that meets the highest international standards. The aim is to generate and to develop technology and scientific knowledge relevant for the long-term needs of society. Scientific curiosity and the use of newly generated knowledge are the main driving forces for the continuing enhancements of the three chosen fields of expertise: molecular, materials, and process engineering.
Tasks
The research project is carried out within a larger framework of two from the Dutch Separation Technology Institute (DSTI) (www.dsti.nl) in which over 40 companies, institutes and universities cooperate. The two projects are:
�Removal of compounds present in ppm concentrations in aqueous streams� (SC-00-004) �Removal of compounds present in ppm concentrations from organic bulk
chemical streams� (SC-00-006)
The research will be carried out in a cooperation between 5 university groups, TNO and industry. The incentive is that in numerous processes compounds present in the ppm range need to be removed from a process stream or final product, because of demanded purity. Most frequently distillation is used for such separations, but in view of energy consumption, costs and elevated temperatures, alternatives are desired. Next to other alternatives to be studied by the other 4 PhD students, the subject of this study is to identify the opportunities for adsorption as possible technology for such separations. Based on a joint definition of compounds, streams and conditions, an overview of possible adsorbents and technological modes of operation will be made in the first year, jointly with the other students who have similar tasks for their technology. A choice is made for the cases to be investigated in more detail, in which both experiments and modeling will be core activities. The aim is to integrate the gained knowledge into a process model for a specific production process, allowing to establish proof of concept. The theoretical, modeling and design work will be carried out in the SST laboratory under the guidance of dr.ir. E.A.J.F. Peters and Prof. dr.ir. P.J.A.M. Kerkhof, the experimental work in the Process Systems Engineering laboratory of prof. dr.ir. A.B. de Haan. Close cooperation with the participating companies (Akzo-Nobel, General Electric, Lyondell, Shell) is foreseen.
Requirements
As a PhD-student you have an excellent record in your studies of chemical engineering. You combine an excellent scientific talent with a sound feeling for applicability in practice. You have the ability to acquire knowledge of adsorption fundamentals, of relevant practical possibilities from a large number of sources, and to devise and carry out the relevant experiments. So you combine depth with overview. You have a proven ability in modeling and numerical methods allowing you to evaluate
models. You are creative, and a team player, and have a good feeling of project organization. You have excellent communicative skills, and are fluent in English. Also students who are in the final stage of their study are invited to react.
Appointment and Salary
We offer:
a full-time contract for 4 years, with an intermediate evaluation after 1 year. You will start with a gross salary of � 2000 per month in the first year, increasing to � 2558 per month in the fourth year. Furthermore, you will also benefit from attractive secondary job conditions..
Information
More information can be obtained from:
Prof.dr.ir. Piet J.A.M. Kerkhof, Department of Chemical Engineering and
Chemistry, +31-40-247 2973/2850, e-mail: p.j.a.m.kerkhof@tue.nl .
Application
Please send your written application with extended curriculum vitae including a list of marks and professional references to:
Prof.dr.ir. Piet J.A.M. Kerkhof,
Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, +31-40-247 2973/2850,
e-mail: p.j.a.m.kerkhof@tue.nl .
You can apply for this job before 31-03-2008
