Solid Pile Formation in Reduced Electric Furnaces TU Delft | Mechanical Engineering in Netherlands

Exciting PhD Position in Nationaal Groeifonds Now Open - Apply Today!Share this post if you know any top talent who should apply.Don't miss this chance to be part of pioneering discoveries to make Dutch steel industry #Clean #Green #Circular! #TogetherWeMakeaDifference ??#TATASTEEL #NETHERLANDS Exciting PhD Position in Sustainable Steel Production Modelling: Solid Pile Formation in Reduced Electric Furnaces! ??  Are you passionate about sustainability and eager to make a significant impact in Sustainable Steel Production? We are seeking talented and motivated PhD candidates to join our innovative research team at TU Delft | Mechanical Engineering. Our project focuses on preparing the steel industry for a green transition, funded by Nationaal Groeifonds. ?? This shift towards sustainable steel production involves substantial changes, requiring the development of novel processes and equipment. The first pivotal step is describing the raw material behaviour (granular materials such as iron ore) in the feed towards the Reduced Electric Furnace by deploying Discrete Element Modelling as a particle based method. As the first in a series of projects you will lay the foundation for modelling techniques that optimize furnace operations and reveal the complex phenomena within these furnaces. ?? Objective: Describe solid pile formation in a Reduced Electric Furnace by developing a Discrete Element Model (DEM) to describe pellet feeding in the furnace, including interactions between feeding, melting, and multiphase particulate flow. ?? Integration: Incorporate your model into larger CFD models, collaborating with other PhDs and researchers in the program. ?? Start Date: October 1, 2024, or later ????? Supervisors: Prof. Dingena Schott (Machines and Materials Interactions #MMI) and Dr. Geert Keetels (Multiphase and Multiphysics Modelling) ?? Collaboration: Work closely with Tata Steel Nederland and Dutch universities. ?? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ez_s9_5v Materials innovation institute M2i Vinod Dhiman Dirk Van Der Plas Daniel van Odyck Ali Emami Koopmans Pieter Daniel van Odyck Niels Deen Stefan Luding Yali Tang Kay Buist Geert Keetels Dingena Schott Erik Vegter Nitte Van Landschoot#SustainableSteel #PhDOpportunity #GreenTransition #SteelIndustry #ResearchAndDevelopment #CFDModelling #DiscreteElementModel #DEMModelling #EngineeringJobs #GroeienmetGroenStaal #GGS #GroeienmetGroenStaal #M2i #MachinesandMaterialsInteractions #MMI #TUDelft