PhD in Physics

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (IMA) at the Natural Science Faculty has a vacancy for a position as PhD candidate related to modelling of electrode processes relevant for production of aluminium by electrolysis (Hall-Héroult process). The PhD project is affiliated to the National Research Center for Zero Emissions Metal Production (FME ZeMe). The main aim of this PhD project is to develop mathematical models relevant for processes at the anode of aluminium electrolysis cells, with emphasis on evolution of bubbles, including the so-called “anode effect”. The aim of the project is to obtain improved understanding of these phenomena, and how they affect the performance and operation of cells, using advanced mathematical modelling in the open-source simulation platform OpenFOAM./nLocation: Trondheim, Norway. Employer: NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology).