What you will enjoy doing

Together with steam reforming and autothermal reforming, partial oxidation is a well-established process for producing syngas as a feedstock for downstream processes such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and methanol synthesis. To achieve optimal process performance, reactor designs must be tailored to the specific feedstock and operating conditions. The analysis and optimization of reactor designs require a detailed investigation of flow dynamics, reaction kinetics, and heat transfer, as well as the interactions between these phenomena. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations provide a powerful tool for performing such investigations.

The objective of this thesis is to review, evaluate, and enhance state-of-the-art simulation methods for the CFD-based modelling of partial oxidation reactors.

• You conduct a literature survey on the performance and applicability of turbulence, reaction kinetics, turbulence-chemistry interaction, and heat transfer models under partial oxidation conditions.
• The Evaluation of kinetic mechanisms for the simulation of partial oxidation reactors will be a part of the work
• You create and validate CFD models for partial oxidation reactors
• Implementation and assessment of advanced modelling approaches from the literature within the CFD framework

What makes you great

• You are currently enrolled in a Master's program in chemical, process, or mechanical engineering, or a related field, with excellent academic performance and good command of either German or English
• You have knowledge of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and reaction engineering / reaction modelling
• Ideally, you have experience with CFD simulations (e.g., ANSYS Fluent, OpenFOAM, STAR-CCM+, or comparable software)

Why you will love working with us

At Linde we identify ourselves with our products – either working for the technical or medical gases business. Being a company with a long tradition in the gases business, we not only care about our customers and high-quality products, but most importantly about our employees. While working with us, expect a safe workplace, high safety standards and a true commitment from our managers to safety.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Have we inspired you? Let´s talk about it

We are looking forward to receiving your complete application (motivation letter, CV, certificates) via our online job market.

Your contact person

Linde GmbH, Linde Engineering
Maria Jarczyk
+498974453987