SMARTGYSUM-ESR08: "Real-time modelling and validation of Distributed Energy Storage Systems and...

DESCRIPTION OF RECRUITMENT INSTITUTION

 The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association.” As the only German university of excellence with a national large-scale research sector, we offer our students, researchers, and employees unique learning, teaching, and working conditions. The roots of the academic education institution extend all the way back to 1825. Today’s structure of KIT is the result of the merger of the Technical University of Karlsruhe and Karlsruhe Research Center in 2009.

Presently, more than 9000 people are working at KIT, of which more than half are conducting research in a broad range of disciplines from natural sciences to engineering, to economics, to the humanities and social sciences. This makes KIT one of the largest science institutions in Europe. Apart from excellent academic education and cutting-edge research, innovation is our central task. We do not only create and impart knowledge for the society and the environment, we also use this knowledge to develop applications for industry. It is our goal to help manage global challenges facing humankind by pioneer research contributions in the areas of energy, mobility, and information. Doing this, we attach high importance to permanent contact and exchange with society.

Energy Lab 2.0

Energy Lab 2.0 is a large-scale research infrastructure for the research on the interaction of components for future energy systems and the testing of new approaches to stabilizing energy grids. Electrical, thermal and chemical energy flows are connected by means of new information and communication technology. The goal of the research is to improve transport, distribution, storage and usage of electricity to lay the groundworks for the transition to renewable energy generation. A 4-quadrant, 1.5kV, 1MVA power hardware in the loop facility is newly developed in Energy Lab 2.0, for testing of high-power electrical components and systems. This facility is equipped with digital real time simulator workstations, that are able to simulate large and complex electrical grids.

Energy Lab 2.0 is a project of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in cooperation with the Helmholtz German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ). It is funded by the German Federal Ministries of Education and Research (BMBF) and Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), as well as the Ministry of Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg (MWK).

Real Time System Integration (RTSI) group

The RTSI group focuses in the development, control and testing of new energy technologies and solutions. The group is located at the Institute for Technical Physics (ITEP) at KIT and it consists of 1 group leader, 2 post-docs, 10 Phd Students, and 4 technical staff.

The RTSI group leads the research activities at the Power Hardware In the Loop (PHIL) lab, and has active collaborations with national and international academic and industrial partners.

Power Hardware In the Loop (PHIL) Lab

The PHIL lab represents the core of the Energy Lab 2.0, where high-power technologies are tested and new hardware and control solutions are tested. In this lab a 1MVA PHIL experimental setup has been realized, where real hardware technologies can be tested in realistic real time-simulated conditions. This allows high flexibility and high fidelity of the experiments.

List of key equipment:

• Two Spitzenberger PAS 5000 linear power amplifier
• One Spitzenberger PAS 15000 linear power amplifier
• OPAL-RT 4510, 4520, 5600, 5700,5707 digital real time simulators
• RTDS digital real time simulator
• 5x200KVA Egston power amplifier, for a total power of 1MVA
• Kratzer DC emulator 250kW, 1000V, 1000A
• High speed flywheel STORNETIC 120kW
• Supercaps Energy Storage System 500kW, 1,3kWh
• Alkaline Electrolyzer 50kW and connected Hydrogen liquefier
• Battery Energy Storage 10kW/10kWh
• Real German distribution grids implemented in OPAL-RT
• Oscilloscopes, AC sources, DC supplies

 DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH GROUP AND TOPIC

 SMARTGYsum (SMART Green energY Systems and bUsiness Models)project groups together leading European Universities and Institutions (the consortium is composed by 13 universities and 14 companies/institutions) with the aim to implement a multidisciplinary and innovative research and training program, bringing to enable a new generation of Early Stage Researchers (ESR) to foster a New Green Energy Economy in Europe. ESR will acquire the knowledge, methods and skills across a wide range of disciplines around the Energy ecosystem, Renewable Electric Energy Systems and Business Models for the deployment of the Green Energy System. Trained ESR will have the technical and economical knowledge to break the barriers for the deployment of energy transition as market and social barriers (price distortion through externalities, low priority of energy issues, split incentives); financial barriers (investment, high up-front costs, lack of access to capital); information failures (lack of awareness, knowledge and competence); or regulatory barriers (restrictive procurement rules).

RTSIinvite applicants for a PhD Fellowship in Green Energy Systems to research on Real-time modelling and validation of Distributed Energy Storage Systems and Integration strategies.

The research topic will be contextualized in WP3 “Smart Energy Distribution, Microgrids and Grid of Microgrids”, being supervised by Prof. Mathias Noe and Dr.-Ing. Giovanni De Carne(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and co-supervised by Prof. Dimitri Vinnikov(Tallinn University of Technology), and with a complementary secondment in SMARTECON OU.

The student will acquire expertise in interdisciplinary fields, gaining through this training program a set of skills that are highly appreciated by semiconductor corporations, providing him/her a valuable expertise background for a future career in the green energy industry.

The ESR will take part in the whole researching process, starting with the proposal of new ideas, going from the design to the experimental validation of prototypes in the laboratory and industry facilities, and finishing with the developing of the business models.

CONTEXTUALIZATION OF POSITION

The position is in the frame of a H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN) action for Early Stage Researchers within the project SMARTGYsum (Research and Training Network for Smart and Green Energy Systems and Business Models). ESR08 fellow to be recruited from February 2022. The grant covers up to 3 years (contract will be for 1 year with renewing possibility) of full time research according to salary table established in the grant for Germany.

 APPLICATION

 For consideration, interested applicants should submit the required information by completing the form in https://www.smartgysum.eu/Home/Apply based on the instructions given. An attached document must be uploaded containing the curriculum vitae, a letter of interest and contact details of two references. All documentation should be in English and merged in a single PDF document. Please, note that applications which do not follow the announcement’s guidelines will not be considered.

For further information, please contact Dr. Eva Gonzalez-Romera ([email protected] ) for questions about application procedure or Dr.-Ing. Giovanni De Carne ([email protected] ) for questions about research objectives.

CLOSING DATE

 Friday, December 10th , 2021.