PhD: Experimental Boiling Instabilities in Nuclear Steam Generators

Delft; Delft; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on health insurance

Monthly work costs contribution

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

TU Delft's Mechanical Engineering faculty invites applications for a PhD position focused on experimental analysis of boiling instabilities in advanced nuclear steam generators. You will design, build, and operate a laboratory steam generator setup to investigate two-phase flow phenomena in helical tubes.

You will join the Process & Energy (P&E) department and collaborate with Reactor Institute Delft researchers, progressing from experimental work to validating numerical models while developing

Qualifications

• Ample experience with experimental techniques involving physical transport phenomena.
• MSc degree in chemistry, physics or mechanical engineering or similar field.
• Strong affinity with thermodynamics and transport equations.
• Interest in the nuclear industry and its future roles in society.
• Interest in transient modelling and analysis.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and build a laboratory steam generator setup to study boiling instabilities in helical tubes.
• In the first year, design and build the setup with technicians and supervisory team.
• Study boiling instabilities and compare findings to a numerical model.

Skills

Experimental techniques

Design of experiments

Thermodynamics

Transport equations

Team collaboration

Education

MSc in Chemistry/Physics/Mechanical Eng

Job description

TU Delft's Mechanical Engineering faculty invites applications for a PhD position focused on experimental analysis of boiling instabilities in advanced nuclear steam generators. You will design, build, and operate a laboratory steam generator setup to investigate two-phase flow phenomena in helical tubes.

You will join the Process & Energy (P&E) department and collaborate with Reactor Institute Delft researchers, progressing from experimental work to validating numerical models while developing