OFERTA PRACY: UZ/LIFE/COOLSPACES_4LIFE/W9/05/2022
Kierunek: Mechanical and Energy Engineering
An innovative solar-powered cooling device, based on climate-friendly refrigerant and thermal Energy storage COOLSPACES 4 LIFE
Rodzaj 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:
- Determining the flammability of refrigerants.
- Preparation of the model, verification and implementation of a prototype cooling device based on environmental-friendly refrigerants.
Requirements:
- Excellent university degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, computational
engineering science, or a relevant discipline.
- Excellent knowledge of cooling techniques, including refrigerants.
- 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 2022-05-31 to the following contact person:
Dr hab. inż. Sabina Rosiek-Pawlowska (Project leader): sabina.rosiek@pwr.edu.pl
