A PhD position on Multiscale Mechanical and Performance Modelling of Solid Oxice Electrolyser Cells and Stacks is offered by the SEED lab. develop an electrochemical + thermomechanical cell and stack model of the large active area SOEC technology developed by project partner, TNO. The model will need to incorporate gas manifolds and hot-box design into a hierarchical modelling methodology developed previously for the integrated multiscale modelling of SOEC cells and stacks.
You will use the model to study the effect of various design factors such as electrode microstructure, layer thickness, and active area at the cell level, and rib and channel width for interconnect design, flow distribution and pressure drop through the gas manifolds, and sufficient mechanical stress on the interconnect and cells for effective sealing, at the stack level.
Are you interested and want more information? You can check out the SEED website to find more information regarding this PhD position on multiscale modelling.
