University of South-Eastern Norway

University of South-Eastern Norway has about 18 000 students and about 1500 employees. The university is organized in four faculties, with instruction and R&D activities on eight campuses. The main profile of the university is to provide socially relevant education, geared towards specific professions, and adapted to the requirements of the workplace, as well as to produce applied research and development.

About the position

The Faculty of Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences has a vacancy for a position as PhD Research Fellow in Spray characterization of oil droplets within the spring of 2019.

The position is at the Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology and reports to the Head of Department. The place of employment is Porsgrunn, Norway.

Qualifications

Applicants to the PhD position must have a Master’s degree or equivalent higher education qualifications in physics, process technology, chemical engineering or mechanical engineering. It is desirable that the candidate have strong academic knowledge within the field of combustion processes, optical measurement methods or image processing.

We are looking for a candidate that has published papers in international journals in the relevant field of research, has relevant laboratory or industry work experience. The applicant must have gained the degree within the application deadline.

It is a requirement that the successful applicant is granted admission to the university’s doctoral programme in Process, Energy and Automation Engineering.

Co-operation between staff members is an integrated part of the working atmosphere at the University of South-Eastern Norway. The candidate must be motivated and demonstrate a proven ability to work effectively within a team and in a collegiate manner to formulate and realise common objectives. In addition to formal qualifications, emphasis is put on motivation for research, ability to work independently and focused, ability to work in a team, good communication skills, good command of the English language, and good skills in computer programming.

Personal suitability for the position will be emphasized.

Information about the position

The Research Fellow will work with droplet measurements in a large spray using a shadow imaging technique. Wärtsilä Moss AS is the industrial partner in the project.

Wärtsilä Moss AS delivers combined inert gas generators and gas combustion units for large LNG-carriers. The inert gas is used to ensure non-explosive atmosphere inside the tanks. Since the LNG is carried at cryogenic temperatures, a portion of the gas will boil off. This has to be done in a combustion unit. When the combined unit is used, a pilot flame is required to sustain the flame for the boil of gas.

This PhD project will work with a newly developed spray nozzle for the pilot flame. This is a twin-fluid atomization nozzle for diesel spray. The project is to characterize the spray in terms of droplet size distribution, velocity and other related parameters. The work will be performed with a recently purchased state-of-the-art LaVision shadow imaging system. The measurement method includes image processing of images from the spray. This can be performed in commercial software or in an in-house image processing code depending on the image quality.

The findings will be documented in international journals and the findings can benefit Wärtsilä in the making of the combined unit.

The appointment is for a term of three years with no teaching duties or four years with 25% teaching duties.

For further information concerning the position, please contact Associate Professor Joachim Lundberg, Joachim.lundberg@usn.no , phone +47 35 57 51 50 at the Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology.

We offer

• A professionally stimulating working environment.
• Good opportunities to develop your career and your academic skills
• A good social environment
• Attractive welfare benefits in the State Pension Plan
• Opportunity for physical activities within working hours

Salary

PhD Research Fellow (code 1017): NOK 449 400 a year. Further promotion will be based on service in the position. In special cases, employment in code 1378 may be considered. Salary NOK 449 400 – 607 700 a year. A statutory contribution will be made from the employee’s salary to the state pension plan.

Additional information

Appointment to the position will be carried out by The Appointments Board for PhD Research Fellows. An expert assessment of applicants will be carried out. Short-listed candidates will be called in for interviews and must be prepared to present and discuss their projects.

The successful applicant must comply with the laws, regulations and agreements that apply to the position.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

There are few women/men employed in research positions at the Department, and consequently women/men are especially encouraged to apply.

According to the Norwegian Freedom of Information act § 25 2 paragraph, information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, even though the applicant has requested non-disclosure. The applicant will be informed if his/her request has been declined.

How to apply

University of South-Eastern Norway uses online applications. We therefore ask applicants to register their application and CV online by clicking on the “Send application” link. The application must include the following documents:

Certified diplomas and certificates from university college/university

• Master’s thesis
• A 5-page (maximum) project description
• Any scientific publications and a list of these
• Three references (contact information)

Please note that all documents must be translated into English or a Scandinavian language by an authorized translator.

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