We are proposing an Internship accompanied by a PhD (53.645 € EUR/year).

Topic:
To develop a surrogate model for Near-Zero CO2 emission blast furnace 

Lowering CO2 emissions has become a challenging issue in ironmaking processes, 
and particularly for the blast 
furnace process. To further improve its operational performance and reduce the 
related CO2 emissions, innovative 
technologies and approaches are needed. The injection of hydrogenous gases at 
different levels of the blast 
furnace will play an important role in these new approaches and will have 
important impacts on the blast 
furnace process as its thermal and chemical performance and in the end its 
energy efficiency and fuel rate. The 
requirement of cost-effective mathematical modelling is undeniable for 
understanding the important impact that 
these technologies will have on the blast furnace process. 
This PhD project focusses on the modelling of an enhanced blast furnace with H2-
rich gas injection and operating 
with the minimum coke rate. The injection of hydrogenous gases at different 
levels of the blast furnace has 
important impacts on the blast furnace process as its thermal and chemical 
performance and in the end its 
energy efficiency and fuel rate. Moreover, running an enhanced blast with the 
minimum possible usage of coke 
requires an elaborated burden distribution. 
Therefore, the candidate would 
• develop a surrogate model for an enhanced blast furnace
• find out the optimal quantity of hydrogen/hydrogenous gases injected to the BF 
and its distribution to the 
different injection levels
• evaluate the different arrangement of shaft injection scenarios.
Requirements:
• A master’s degree in computational engineering, Chemical, or Process 
Engineering or Metallurgical 
Engineering or related discipline 
• Experience in numerical modelling and parallelization
• Experience in programming (C, C++, Julia)
• Good knowledge of CFD, heat, and mass transfer
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in English (Knowledge of French, German or Luxemburgish are 
considered an asset).

The candidate begins with 6-months internship first. 
The candidate should have a work permit in Europa.