As Austria's largest research and technology organisation for applied research, we are dedicated to make substantial contributions to solving the major challenges of our time, climate change and digitisation. To achieve our goals, we rely on our specific research, development and technology competencies, which are the basis of our commitment to excellence in all areas. With our open culture of innovation and our motivated, international teams, we are working to position AIT as Austria's leading research institution at the highest international level and to make a positive contribution to the economy and society.
Our Center for Energy located in Vienna invites applications for a PhD Thesis position. At the Center for Energy our research unit Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems closely works with industrial partners on design optimisation and operation improvement of heating/cooling systems of buildings including controls, as well as on the development of HVAC technologies, namely compression heat pumps for gas boiler replacement, and innovative liquid desiccant dehydration.
In order to achieve AIT’s goal of providing innovative and sustainable solutions to combat climate change, we have launched a PhD cooperation with Sweden's largest technical university. Hereby, you can apply for a PhD degree at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, ranked 34 in the 2023 QS World University Rankings.
Throughout your PhD thesis you will work together with AIT and KTH on the collaborative research programme HEAPNOSYS - HEAt Pumps as the driver of iNtelligent energy SYStems. The research programme aims at fostering innovation in the building heating sector by addressing the significant challenges ahead through highly-intertwined PhD and postdoctoral research projects. We focus on the design and development of the next generation of building heating system targeting the densely populated urban area in Europe. The project elaborates the optimum design of the heating system including heat pumps from techno-economic perspectives at different system boundary levels. At the thermodynamic cycle level, the refrigerant should be selected following multiple criteria (including legal and technical limitations) and heat pump cycle design should be optimised to yield high efficiency as well as low life cycle cost. At the wider system level, system modelling and simulation should be carried out considering temperature glides, different scenarios for source and sink side temperatures, safety, acoustic footprint, and the possibilities to provide ancillary services at the electricity grid level. Following design and dimensioning optimisation, a prototype should be designed in the laboratory and tested under different operating conditions.
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EUR 37.577,40 gross per year, for 30 h / week for a three-year PhD contract. In addition to numerous events, seminars, networking opportunities and additional company benefits, you will be part of our AIT PhD community with around 150 international students. As a research institution, we are familiar with the supervision and execution of PhD theses, and we are looking forward to supporting you accordingly!
At AIT diversity and inclusion are of great importance. This is why we strive to inspire women to join our teams in the field of technology. We welcome applications from women, who will be given preference in case of equal qualifications after taking into account all relevant facts and circumstances of all applications.
Please submit your documents including your CV, cover letter (ideally one page, including a brief introduction of yourself, an explanation how your previous studies and experience have prepared you for this PhD position, and a motivation why you are interested in this specific position) and your certificates (Transcript of records) online.
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