There are opportunities for qualified candidates to carry out exciting PhD. studies.
In 2007 Elsa Andersen and Alexander Thür finished their PhD projects on solar combi systems. In collaboration with Metro Therm A/S, Alexander Thür has developed a solar heating/natural gas system, and among other things Elsa Andersen has developed a new inlet stratifier pipe of fabric. The pipe can with advantage be used in heat storages in such a way that the thermal stratification in the tank is built up in a particularly good way, which improves the thermal performance of the solar heating system.
In 2010 Eshagh Yazdanshenas finished his PhD. project on solar combi systems with focus on systems with tank in tank stores and bikini tanks.
In 2011 Janne Dragsted finished her PhD project on solar heating systems in Greenland with focus on solar radiation, albedo for snow covered ground and thermal performance of solar heating systems in Greenland. In 2016 Mark Dannemand finished a PhD project on compact seasonal PCM heat storage.
In 2017 Federico Bava finished a PhD study on solar collector fields for solar heating plants in cooperation with Arcon-Sunmark A/S.
In 2015 Gerald Englmair started a PhD study on compact seasonal heat storage in cooperation with the Chinese university CAS-IEE, in 2015 Zhiyong Tian started a PhD study on solar heating plants consisting of a flat plate solar collector field and a CSP collector field and in 2016 Junpeng Huang started a PhD study on solar heating plants in China in cooperation with Tongji University and Beijing MICOE Solar Technologie Group., China.
PhD students have an opportunity to become absorbed in a research area, and in that way PhD students contribute to increasing our knowledge of solar heating systems.
PhD studies can be funded by DTU or by external means.
The research results are often presented at scientific meetings and international congresses. Furthermore the results are published in technical and scientific journals.