Postdoc: Reversible SOEC/SOFC with Biogas & TEA Integration

Aarhus University (AU); Aarhus; On-site; DKK 450,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Interdisciplinary environment

Research infrastructure

International collaboration

Job summary

Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark, invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in process systems engineering. The project focuses on integrating reversible solid oxide electrolysis and fuel-cell operation with biogas production, methanation, and heat recovery, leveraging process simulation and techno-economic analysis.

The successful candidate will develop process models, perform system integration, and evaluate flexible operation under dynamic electricity prices, contributing

Qualifications

• PhD in chemical/energy engineering or related field.
• Strong modelling and thermodynamics background.
• Experience with process simulation and model validation.
• Experience with techno-economic analysis.
• Excellent English communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop process models for core unit operations in Aspen Plus or similar.
• Establish mass and energy balances for electrolysis, fuel cells, digestion, methanation, biogas, steam, and heat recovery.
• Evaluate interaction between hydrogen production and uptake.
• Identify heat integration opportunities between solid oxide and biogas facility.
• Simulate operating conditions including part-load and hot standby.
• Combine model results with dispatch models for variable electricity prices.
• Perform techno-economic, sensitivity, and uncertainty analyses.
• Attend project meetings and present modelling results.

Skills

Process modelling

Thermodynamics

Mass & energy balances

Python

MATLAB

Aspen Plus

Aspen HYSYS

Process integration

Techno-economic analysis

Data analysis

Education

PhD in chemical engineering

Tools

Aspen Plus

Aspen HYSYS

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark, invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in process systems engineering. The project focuses on integrating reversible solid oxide electrolysis and fuel-cell operation with biogas production, methanation, and heat recovery, leveraging process simulation and techno-economic analysis.

The successful candidate will develop process models, perform system integration, and evaluate flexible operation under dynamic electricity prices, contributing