OFERTA PRACY: UZ/LIFE/COOLSPACES_4LIFE/W9/03/2022

Kierunek: Mechanical and Energy Engineering

An innovative solar-powered cooling device, based on climate-friendly refrigerant and thermal Energy storage COOLSPACES 4 LIFE

Rodzaj: Stanowisko techniczne

Rodzaj: oferty: Konkurs

Rodzaj umowy: contract agreement, temporary, 12 months

Miejsce pracy: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology: W9

Jednostka organizacyjna: W9/K75

Salary: Renumeration will be proportionate to qualifications and experience.

COOLSPACES focuses on the development, implementation and diffusion of pioneering technologies to improve energy efficiency in public buildings using a solar-powered building cooling (BC) system, applicable Europe-wide. The project will deploy a novel demonstration plant with a prototype of cooling device that will be using refrigerants with negligible impact on the greenhouse effect and photovoltaic modules as the main Energy source coupled with newly designed, PCM-based short term cold energy storage system (STES) thus developing an innovative, BC system. Implementation will be supported by economic and policy studies, with recommendations on regulatory issues, public innovative procurement and especially ambient air-quality directives. After obtaining satisfactory results from the developed at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland) prototype, we will analyze the application’s viability for incorporation into another geographical location, namely University of Almeria (Spain) campus’s institutional facility. Our main goal will be to evaluate how much we can reduce both the emission of specific urban pollutants; at the same time improving air quality, reducing energy consumption from cooling/heating and air pollution in both studied locations.

Responsibilities:

·     Participation in the preparation of documentation necessary to perform the COOLSPACES4LIFE installation (gathering information about the surfaces to be cooled as well as building’s thermal load, contact and supervision over commissioned works in the field of PV and HVAC installations).

·     Administrative and technical service of purchase applications related to the works described above.

Requirements:

·     Excellent university degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, computational

engineering science, or a relevant discipline.

·     Expertise in modelling of energy systems.

·     Excellent organizational skills and the ability to show initiative and work independently.

·     Excellent communication skills and ability to work as part of a team.

·     Excellent knowledge of English, written and spoken.

Interested candidates should submit their application within 2022-03-31 to the following contact person:

Dr hab. inż. Sabina Rosiek-Pawlowska (Project leader): sabina.rosiek@pwr.edu.pl