Junior Research Fellow jobs in Panaji at BITS Pilani

Applications are invited for a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) position in the Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani- K.K. Birla Goa Campus for an ONGC Energy Centre Sponsored Collaborative Project as per the details given below:

1. Name of the Post: Junior Research Fellow (JRF)

2. Title of the project: Design, Development and Bench-scale Demonstration of Electrochemical Hydroiodic Acid (HI) Decomposition in a Continuous Flow System for I-S Cycle

3. Qualifications: B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering or equivalent Engineering disciplines with min. 60% marks in preceding examination. Preference will be given to candidates having GATE score.

4. Emoluments: 31,000/- per month

5. Duration: 2 years

6. Accommodation: Hostel accommodation will be provided subject to availability and subject to rules and regulation of the Institute.

7. Project Overview:

a) Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in India’s energy sector as a green carbon-neutral energy source while addressing the ever increasing energy demand. Among the various green hydrogen production technologies from water, hybrid thermochemical cycles which use heat, electricity and chemical recycling agents offer a scalable and efficient method of producing hydrogen on a large scale.

b) The current project aims to solve some of the major challenges associated with the iodine section of the IodineSulfur thermochemical cycle by developing an alternative low temperature electrochemical system.

c) The broad objective of the proposed project is to design, develop and test a continuous flow system for the electrochemical Hydroiodic processing as an alternative to the conventional high temperature iodine section of the I-S cycle. This project is a part of an ongoing effort in large scale hydrogen production headed by the ONGC Energy Centre in collaboration with various research institutes and organizations in India, including Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT Delhi),CSIR Labs, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai, etc.

The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, BITS Pilani is an all-India Institute for higher education.The primary motive of BITS is to 'train young men and women able and eager to create and put into action such ideas, methods, techniques and information'.The Institute is a dream come true of its founder late Mr G.D.Birla - an eminent industrialist, a participant in Indian freedom struggle and a close associate of the Father of Indian Nation late Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi).