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Dr Weijia Yuan No more applications being accepted Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

About the Project

In order to achieve a low carbon future, the aviation technology has to be dramatically changed. Hybrid Electric aircraft offers a transforming solution to reduce carbon emissions and improve efficiency. Due to the constraint of space and weight in aircraft, superconducting cables and machines offer a very promising compact solution to provide the power needed in an aircraft environment.

This project aims to study challenges and designs of an all superconducting network up to 10MW for hybrid electric aircraft. Key design parameters including cooling system, size of machines and cables will be optimised. A small scale laboratory prototype network including superconducting cables and machines will be built to validate the design and optimisation methodology.

Funding Notes

A Home/EU award (3-3.5 years) will provide full tuition fees, an annual Training Support Fee of £1,000, and a tax-free maintenance payment of £14,553 (2017-8 rate).
An Overseas award (3 years): Provides tuition fee, an annual Training Support Fee of £1,000, but no stipend.

The successful applicant will ideally have graduated (or be due to graduate) with an undergraduate Masters first class degree or MSc distinction (or overseas equivalent).

English language requirements must be met at the time of application to be considered for funding.

We also welcome applications from self or externally funded students all year round.

Where will I study?

University of Bath

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All superconducting network for hybrid electric aircraft

University of Bath Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

This project is no longer listed on FindAPhD.com and may not be available.

About the Project

Funding Notes

Where will I study?

University of Bath

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