A Researcher On Flow Battery Model Development And Validation

The Centre on Sustainable Energy (SE) supports the development of devices and methods for generation, storage, and distribution of energy solutions at low environmental impact. This will be done in the perspective of energy sustainability, of systems and solutions that respect the environment and the quality of life, of solutions with a lower impact on health and on environmental pollution levels. The ground for the Centre on “Sustainable Energy” is based on the Decarbonization targets, which will demand for more flexibility of the energy system, through new gas and power grids and using energy vectors and storage solutions, as enablers for the wide penetration of renewables.

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Job Description

The offered position concerns development of multiphysics-multiscale models for redox flow batteries and their use for flow battery design. The candidate will provide support to the Center on Sustainable Energy in both European and national projects, in particular he/she will be involved in the European Battery Innovation IPCEI project (https://www.ipcei-batteries.eu) aiming at the development of next-generation battery technologies.

Within the projects of the Battery and Electrification Technologies Unit, the expected activities of the selected candidate will be:

• Development and validation of multiphysics-multiscale models for redox flow batteries based on state-of-the-art computational tools (e.g., OpenFOAM, Modelica)
• Performing multiphysics simulations of batteries using custom-developed and commercial tools (e.g., Ansys Fluent)
• Design and test components for redox flow batteries (cells, stacks) also supported by 3D modeling tools aiming at the development of innovative solutions
• Support experimental activities related to electrochemical characterization and testing of flow battery cells and stacks.