Job Description

The transportation sector and heating industry persist in emitting significant amounts of greenhouse gases. With the impending goals of reducing transport emissions by 70% by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2045 at the latest, Sweden necessitates innovative alternatives for both sectors.

Presently, the Swedish heating and electric industries heavily rely on district heating networks and combined heat and power (CHP) plants. Many of the Swedish CHP plants burn biomatter to generate heat and electricity; however, these facilities still release substantial amounts of CO2. Simultaneously, the transport sector heavily depends on oil products, constituting nearly 91% of its final energy usage. Despite electric vehicles gaining market share, they encounter challenges in establishing a robust foothold. Additionally, the shipping and aviation industries face difficulties in identifying viable electric solutions for their specific needs.

Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) presents a promising opportunity to remove carbon from the atmosphere and can be considered a "negative emissions technology." However, BECCS comes with several challenges, with risks, permit processes, and the costs of transport and storage being particularly formidable.

Power-to-X is a concept that utilizes a surplus of renewable electricity to generate synthetic fuels, such as e-methanol. These e-fuels could be used within the transport industry and is applicable towards aviation and shipping.

At Norconsult, we envision the potential of combining the concepts of power-to-e-methanol and BECCS at the same site, leveraging Oxyfuel technology within a CHP plant. We offer master's students the opportunity to delve into the techno-economics of this integrated concept.

Tasks:

Process design of a preferred case and 1-2 for comparison
Evaluation of functionality and viability through process simulation and calculation of the 2-3 cases in Aspen, MATLAB or other programs using real input data from an existing Swedish CHP plant.
Comparative, techno-economic evaluation of the cases, where aspects like risks, permit processes, transport distances and options, costs for storage and more are taken into consideration.
Summary and analysis of currently applicable policy instruments and legal framework for transport and storage of CO2 in Europe.

Number of students: 1-3. Scope and focus will be adjusted accordingly.

Our Offer

En anställning i ett företag som till 100 % ägs av sina medarbetare
Spännande och intressanta projekt
Bra anställningsvillkor och goda karriärmöjligheter
Kompetensutveckling
Samarbete med många olika kompetenser över hela Sverige och i olika länder

Norconsult Sverige AB

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