power system PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 199 power system PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Hybrid Energy Harvester Based on Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells and Triboelectric Nanogenerator

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Recent advances in energy harvesting using photovoltaic and triboelectric effects demonstrate outstanding performances of energy harvesters as power supplies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof P M Smowton

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Design and Modelling of DC/DC converters for HVDC tapping

Aberdeen University School of Engineering

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A ALIAKBAR JAMSHIDI FAR, Prof D Jovcic

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Fully-funded PhD in Sustainable High Power RF Amplifiers for Muon Colliders

Lancaster University School of Engineering

A student is sought for a PhD study on the development of high efficiency RF amplifiers for the Muon Collider design study at CERN. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Burt

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Performance Assessment and Flexibility Study of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Integrated with Intensified Solvent Based Carbon Capture

University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Natural gas-fired (mainly combined cycle gas turbine) power plants are becoming increasingly popular due to its cleaner nature. Solvent based carbon capture is the most matured technology for commercial deployment in natural gas-fired power plants. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Wang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Process Modelling and Flexibility Study of Coal-Fired Power Plants Integrated with Intensified Solvent Based Carbon Capture

University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Coal is the major primary energy source in many countries such as China and India. Coal-fired power plants are the largest single sources of CO2 emissions. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Wang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Advanced virtual reality future power plant dynamic simulations

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

This project aims to combine computational fluid dynamics, chemical process modelling and virtual system simulation techniques to develop a dynamic modelling tool for power plant performance simulations. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Ma, Prof K Hughes, Prof D Ingham

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Ash deposition process modeling for biomass based power plant

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

Biomass as a renewable fuel is considered to be CO2 neutral. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Ma, Prof D Ingham

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Ash deposition process modeling for biomass based power plant

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

Biomass as a renewable fuel is considered to be CO2 neutral. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Ma, Prof D Ingham

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Ash deposition process modeling for biomass based power plant

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

Biomass as a renewable fuel is considered to be CO2 neutral. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Ma, Prof D Ingham

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Financing a Sustainable Future: Capital Markets and Sustainable Food Systems

University of York Department of Environment and Geography

This is one of four potential projects, please choose from the links below to view the remaining three projects. Antibiotic resistant genes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr TD Dordi

28 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Control of multi-agent systems using continuum mechanics modelling

University of Sheffield Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

A multi-agent system is a group of interacting dynamical systems. Famous examples are robot swarms, smart grids, traffic flows, communication networks, and transportation systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Selivanov

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Low-power long-range (LoRa) wireless sensor network for smart cities.

Griffith University School of Engineering and Built Environment

Wireless sensor network offers a more cost-effective, accurate and faster Internet of Things (IoTs) solution compared to traditional technologies, which require excessive labour and maintenance costs. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof Y Zhu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Electrical Power Systems

University of Birmingham Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

The growth in low-carbon technologies and decarbonisation of energy systems have resulted in exciting opportunities for power systems research. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Donaldson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Analysis of post-combustion CO2 capture from natural gas power plants using CFD and process co-simulation

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

The use of natural gas as a fuel for electricity production is expected to gradually increase in the next decades. Since it is acknowledged that large CO2 emission cuts should be achieved in the near future, it seems plausible that these systems may have to be coupled to CO2 capture schemes. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof K Hughes, Prof L Ma, Dr M Diego de Paz

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Hybrid Wind and Photovoltaic Power Generation with Energy Storage

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

This project will investigate advanced strategies for the design, integration and optimization of hybrid wind/photovoltaic/battery systems for distributed power generation. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Pourkashanian, Prof L Ma, Prof K Hughes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 199 power system PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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We have 199 power system PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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