PhD position Hydrogen Energy for zero carbon buildings – COMUE Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté

JOB TITLE

PhD position Hydrogen Energy for zero carbon buildings

EMPLOYER

UBFC – 32 avenue de l’Observatoire – 25000 BESANCON

LOCATION

FEMTO-ST – Energy Department – 2 avenue Jean Moulin – 90000 BELFORT – France

CONTRACT DURATION

36 months

DEADLINE APPLICATION

15 May 2021

STARTING JOB

October 2021

JOB DESCRIPTION

The phD studies will explore the use of hydrogen energy in new buildings with low greenhouse gas emissions during their life cycle.
As the use of concrete is reduced to mitigate CO2 emissions, building inertia is likely to decrease and make the buildings prone to present high indoor temperatures in summer heat waves. Therefore, renewable cold production is of highly importance and hydrogen energy technologies could provide a way to ensure the thermal comfort of building occupants without contributing to global warming.
The proposed studies are simulation studies. Based on a few key figures defining the performance of building (consumption, thermal capacity, time constant, ..), the performance of different ventilation, air conditioning or heating systems associated with different technologies of electrolyzer, fuel cell and their storage will be evaluated. Optimization methods will be used to determine the different favorable application cases in terms of energy and exergy.

SUPERVISORS

BEGOT Sylvie (sylvie.begot@univ-fcomte.fr)
GUSTIN Frédéric (frederic.gustin@univ-fcomte.fr)
LEPILLER Valérie (valerie.lepiller@univ-fcomte.fr)

QUALIFICATIONS

Master Degree

CANDIDATE PROFILE

The candidate should have a Master degree in thermal or energy engineering. Programming skills in Matlab or equivalent are mandatory. Knowledge in building energetics and fuel cells or hydrogen energy is very welcomed.

APPLICATION

Please send the following documents (all in one PDF file) by e-mail to sylvie.begot@univ-fcomte.fr :
1) For EU candidates: Copy of your national ID card or of your passport page where your photo is printed.
For non-EU candidates: Copy of your passport page where your photo is printed.

2) Curriculum Vitae (1 page).

3) Letter of motivation relatively to the position (1 page).

4) Copy of your Master degree and/or Engineer degree if already available.

5) Copy of your final marks and ranks.

6) Coordinates of reference persons (maximum 3, at least your master thesis supervisor): Title, Name, organization, e-mail.

If you have questions regarding the application, please contact the supervisors.