Back to search results

Research Associate/Fellow in Research and Development of Domestic Thermal Energy Storage: Advanced Distributed Storage for Grid Benefits (ADSorB) (Fixed term)

University of Nottingham - Engineering

Location: Nottingham
Salary: £28,762 to £42,155 per annum, (pro rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience (minimum £32348 with relevant PhD). Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 17th March 2023
Closes: 14th April 2023
Job Ref: ENG121423

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious researcher to join our team working on the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) funded project, ADSorB, Advanced Distributed Storage for Grid Benefits, part of the Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstration programme. The University of Nottingham is one of 4 organisations that make up the project’s consortium. 

The ADSorB project will deploy and demonstrate a series of innovative, smart, and interoperable thermal energy stores to reduce domestic energy consumption and carbon emissions. The stores will be able to supplement existing energy systems for retrofitted properties or be deployed in place of current state of the art heating systems to provide longer duration energy storage for heating and hot water demands in a way that significantly enhances UK energy flexibility and supports wider network resilience.

Based around two primary energy storage technologies, thermochemical (TCS) and phase change material (PCM), for use in domestic settings, this project will demonstrate how the technologies can defer grid demands, reduce energy costs and optimise for low carbon energy consumption. TCS technologies have the potential to offer inter-day, inter-week or longer storage of thermal energy, while PCM offers inter day storage. By combining these capabilities, the technologies have the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions, provide greater flexibility to store renewable energy, and support the UK government in meeting the 6th Carbon Budget.

The project team brings together a commercial partner with experience of bringing new thermal storage technologies to market with academic research and development expertise specialising in thermal storage, control and low carbon technologies.

Candidates should have knowledge, skills and experience on energy systems performance monitoring, data acquisition, data handling, and undertaking research in energy and buildings. Candidates must hold or be about to obtain a PhD or equivalent qualification in a relevant science/engineering discipline, such as sustainable energy, sustainable building technologies, thermal energy storage, building services engineering. 

The successful candidate will also possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, skills in writing reports and presentations, ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team within the group and within the project, and enthusiasm, motivation and drive to embed new knowledge and to take ownership of the relevant work package within project. Relevant industry experience (including work placements) is desirable but not essential. 

This position is offered on a fixed term contract until 31st October 2024. Hours of work are full time (36.25 hours per week). Job share arrangements may be considered. 

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Mark Gillott, email: mark.gillott@nottingham.ac.uk
Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

We value your feedback on the quality of our adverts. If you have a comment to make about the overall quality of this advert, or its categorisation then please send us your feedback
Advert information

Type / Role:

Subject Area(s):

Location(s):

Job tools
 

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Ok Ok

PhD Alert Created

Job Alert Created

Your PhD alert has been successfully created for this search.

Your job alert has been successfully created for this search.

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Account Verification Missing

In order to create multiple job alerts, you must first verify your email address to complete your account creation

Request verification email Request verification email

jobs.ac.uk Account Required

In order to create multiple alerts, you must create a jobs.ac.uk jobseeker account

Create Account Create Account

Alert Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your account is currently blocked. Please login to unblock your account.

Email Address Blocked

We received a delivery failure message when attempting to send you an email and therefore your email address has been blocked. You will not receive job alerts until your email address is unblocked. To do so, please choose from one of the two options below.

Max Alerts Reached

A maximum of 5 Job Alerts can be created against your account. Please remove an existing alert in order to create this new Job Alert

Manage your job alerts Manage your job alerts

Creation Failed

Unfortunately, your alert was not created at this time. Please try again.

Ok Ok

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

Create PhD Alert

Create Job Alert

When you create this PhD alert we will email you a selection of PhDs matching your criteria.When you create this job alert we will email you a selection of jobs matching your criteria. Our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy apply to this service. Any personal data you provide in setting up this alert is processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice

 
 
More jobs from University of Nottingham

Show all jobs for this employer …

More jobs like this
Join in and follow us

Browser Upgrade Recommended

jobs.ac.uk has been optimised for the latest browsers.

For the best user experience, we recommend viewing jobs.ac.uk on one of the following:

Google Chrome Firefox Microsoft Edge