Doctoral student: Components for Future Fuel Cell Generations 829 views

The Department IEK-14 – Electrochemical Process Engineering at Forschungszentrum Jülich (member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) is inviting applications for Doctoral student (f / m / d) in components for future fuel cell generations.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Determination of the status quo at BPP for fuel cells in automotive applications, taking into account the materials / coatings used, flow field structures, design approaches, operating parameters, experimental and theoretical results
• Preliminary investigations of BPP design variants with the aim of determining a basic concept suitable for the application based on known BPP designs
• Experimental (focus assessment of the two-phase flow) and simulation-based (CFD) work
• Creation of concepts for scale-up and stack assembly in order to achieve a fuel cell stack performance sufficient for automotive applications
• Carrying out quality and functional tests of the BPP in fuel cells including experimental tests (ex-situ and fuel cell operation) on the various prototype generations of the BPP

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold degree in Process Engineering, Energy Technology, Mechanical Engineering or a comparable degree completed with good performance
• Previous knowledge of construction is required
• Previous knowledge of ANSYS (CFD, FEM) and LabView are advantageous
• Interest in the development of new approaches
• Independent and analytical way of working
• Very good spoken and written German and English skills

How to apply:

Apply online