Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- KU Leuven
- Research Field
- Engineering » Electrical engineering
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Belgium
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 38 hours/week
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Reference Number
- BAP-2024-39
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
The PhD will be performed at KU Leuven/EnergyVille within the HVDC protection roadmap. Extensive support in HVDC control and HVDC protection topics can be expected given our growing teams, allowing you to focus your research on novel aspects and contributions towards the topic area. Sitting in between the fields of HVDC protection and HVDC converter controls, the topic will examine the interactions and possible co-design between control and DC-side protection. The project will address part of a key technical challenge for the HVDC industry - multivendor HVDC grids - and is therefore highly topical and industrially relevant.
You are expected to perform independent research guided and supported by our experienced colleagues and industrial partners, with some flexibility in the research topic. You would be expected to work in topics related to co-design between HVDC converter and DC-side protection in a multivendor context, which could include topics such as:
- Development of an understanding for the trade-offs in system protection and design of converter control/protection, and the possible interactions between HVDC system design and converter control.
- Evaluation of the benefits of partially open structures, methods and models in HVDC protection and HVDC control co-design, leading to designs of structures, specification of interface requirements and evaluation of limitations and impacts.
- Developing methods to enable effective system reconfiguration and expansion while maintaining the expected functional performance of the combined converter-level and system-level control and protection.
- Examining the operational benefits of interfaces between DC protection and converter control and protection systems, and the division of control and protection functionality between different devices in a multivendor environment
Requirements
- Research Field
- Engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
- Research Field
- Engineering
- Years of Research Experience
- None
Additional Information
- Fully funded PhD position based at KU Leuven/EnergyVille with range of benefits (e.g. hospitalisation insurance,…).
- Opportunity for placements (e.g. 3-6 months) to work with experts in local and international industry and academia.
- Work in international research project Inter-oPEn (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Training Network) with focus on interdisciplinary training of researchers as well as on high quality and industrially relevant research.
- Opportunity to work in state-of-the-art research laboratories and take part in both fundamental and applied research.
- The role should start in early 2024.
- Background in power systems, power electronics, HVDC systems, …
- International profile (not worked/resided in Belgium for more than 12 months in the last 3 years) - requirement due to mobility aims of EU MCSA funding programme
- Requirements: Available to work in person in Belgium, main work location Genk; Willingness to contribute to a limited number of hours of teaching activities; Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or similar, with excellent academic record (preferably EU master’s); Fluent in English (specific language requirements for enrolment as PhD student)
- Desirable: Knowledge and interest in HVDC grid protection (systems, breakers, algorithms,…), HVDC converters (converter fault ride through, converter control, converter protection,…), and multivendor power systems; Practical experience in real-time simulation and lab testing of control and/or protection systems; Experience in EMT simulation tools (e.g. PSCAD) for transient power system studies
For more information please contact Mr. Geraint Chaffey, tel.: +32 16 37 36 81, mail: geraint.chaffey@kuleuven.be.
You can apply for this job no later than 14/03/2024 via the online application tool
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- KU Leuven
- Country
- Belgium
- State/Province
- Limburg
- City
- Genk
- Postal Code
- 3600
- Street
- Genk
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- State/Province
- Genk
- City
- Limburg
- Street
- Genk
- Postal Code
- 3600