ICHAruS CALL FOR APPLICATIONS OF 2 PhD positions in the Marie Skolodowska Curie Action - Doctoral Network “ICHAruS” project at University of Salento
- Salento, Salerno
- 600 € al mese
- Tempo determinato
- Full time
- TITLE: Modelling of Plasma Assisted Combustion
- LOCAL SUPERVISOR: prof. Maria Grazia De Giorgi
- CO-SUPERVISOR:
- HOST ISTITUTION: University of Salento (IT)
- OBJECTIVES
- The purpose of this project is to review and further develop the modelling tools that have been successfully applied to characterize plasma-assisted combustion suitable to be used with hydrogen fuel. A reduced- order plasma chemistry model will be implemented to estimate the temporal evolution of species and temperature in the plasma discharge. The model will integrate the plasma kinetics solver ZDPlasKin and the chemical kinetics solver CHEMKIN. The impact of geometric and operating plasma actuation parameters (reduced electrical field, frequency and HV waveform) will be numerically analysed and used for the design of the experimental test at UNILE
- Expected results
- Development of high fidelity 0D and 1D numerical tools for plasma and ozone-assisted combustion under a variety of alternative fuels
- Contact Person: prof. Maria Grazia De Giorgi
- TITLE: Experimental characterization of stability of swirl flame under plasma discharges,
- LOCAL SUPERVISOR: prof. Antonio Ficarella
- CO-SUPERVISOR: Maria Grazia De Giorgi
- HOST ISTITUTION: University of Salento
- OBJECTIVES
- Expected Results:
- (i) Model of nanopulsed plasma suitable for inclusion in 3D Large Eddy Simulation of turbulent combustion (ii) Understanding of the interaction between nano-pulsed plasma and reacting mixtures in unburnt and burnt states, and of the underlying mechanisms of plasma-controlled instabilities (iii) Recommendations on the design and use of plasma-assisted combustion devices.
- Contact Persons: proff. Ficarella Antonio, De Giorgi Maria Grazia
- You will have an employment contract from the recruiting beneficiary. You will benefit from a competitive salary, number of days off, remote work, social security coverage. The salary will be composed of:
- A living allowance (3400 euros per month - gross salary-) this amount is then adjusted through the application of a country correction coefficient to the living allowance of the country in which the researcher is recruited. The country correction coefficients are indicated in Table 1 of the MSCA Work Programme (
- Monthly family allowance, if applicable and depending on the family situation: 660 euro/month
- Enrollment in a local PhD school
- Access to state-of-the-art research and supervision by recognized experts
- Participation in network-wide training activities, workshops and conferences
- Secondments periods at other network partners' labs
- At the date of deadline, applicants must be in possession or finalizing their Master's degree or equivalent/postgraduate degree.
- At the date of recruitment, applicants must be in possession of their Master's degree or equivalent/postgraduate degree which would formally entitle to embark on a doctorate.
- At the date of recruitment, applicants must fulfill the transnational mobility rule: applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the recruitment date - unless as part of a compulsory national service or a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention.
- At the date of deadline, applicants must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research career (career breaks excluded) and not yet been awarded a doctoral degree. Career breaks refer to periods of time where the candidate was not active in research, regardless of his/her employment status (sick leave, maternity leave etc). Short stays such as holidays and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account.
- PROFILE A: No. 1 research grant for the research program "Modeling of plasma-assisted combustion."
- PROFILE B: No. 1 research grant for the research program "Experimental characterization of the stability of swirled flames in the presence of plasma discharges."
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