For the Bright Renewables engineering department we are looking for interns! The following internships / graduation assignments are available. Apply using the apply button and select the (graduation) internship you are interested in.
The internships on this page are:
1 CO2 Liquefaction;
2 Membrane testing;
3 Methanol synthesis;
4 Methanol synthesis from gasifier syngas;
5 High SC membrane upgrader Concepts.
1 CO2 Liquefaction
Suitable for BSc or MSc in Chemical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering / Sustainable Energy
Bright has developed technology for liquefaction CO2 from biogas upgrading or carbon capture installations. The first installations are installed and currently in starting-up or running. During this internship you will monitor the installations, collecting and analyze data. The main goal is to identify the CO2 recovery and energy consumption and improve energy efficiency and/or recovery the installation.
Your tasks:
Monitoring and analysis of plant data;
Recommendations for improvement;
Research options for heat recovery and integration;
Setup and execute test plans to confirm hypotheses.
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2 Membrane testing
Suitable for BSc or MSc in Chemical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering / Sustainable Energy
Bright delivers biogas upgrading systems, in these systems methane and carbon dioxide are separated using membrane technology. Thereby, the methane quality is enriched for injection in the natural gas grid. In this internship you will experimentally determine the performance of (novel) membranes for application in production of BioLNG. For this application CO2 needs to be removed almost completely, down to 50ppm.
Part of the assignment is installing the membrane setup, validating the experimental method. Experimentally proof we can reach CO2 levels below 50ppm and optimize operation conditions for this deep removal of CO2.
Your tasks:
Installing of membrane setup;
Validating experimental method;
Planning and performing experimental work on (biogas) test location;
Processing and analysis of experimental data;
Ecommendations for process design.
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3 Methanol synthesis
Suitable for BSc or MSc in Chemical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering / Sustainable Energy
Bright delivers biogas upgrading systems, in these systems methane and carbon dioxide are separated using membrane technology. Thereby, the methane quality is enriched for injection in the natural gas grid (if required liquefaction is also possible). Furthermore, technology for the capture and liquefaction of CO₂ are also delivered. One of the next developments for Bright is the utilization of the captured CO₂ for production of renewable methanol.
In this internship you will work on the development of the demonstration set-up as well as the development of the future product line of methanol reactors. The aim of the internship is to increase the understanding of the dynamic operation of the methanol reactor module. This will be done via a modelling assignment, and there ai is to use the developed model for current and future product design within the methanol systems scope.
Your tasks:
Evaluation of causes and influences on dynamic operation;
Detail design of process equipment;
Modelling and validate the dynamic nature of the process equipment involved;
Technology sizing/compliance to the technology portfolio of the HoSt group;
Techno-economic assessment of made designs;
Create an overall model, and controller structure for the dynamic operation of the methanol system.
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4 Methanol synthesis from gasifier syngas
Suitable for BSc or MSc in Chemical Engineering / Mechanical Engineerging / Sustainable Energy
Methanol is now mainly produced from fossil fuels (methane). HoSt is developing a process to make methanol from CO2 en H2. HoSt also build gasifier. At this moment HoSt works on the development to make a clean syngas. The final goal is to convert the syngas in methanol. Comparing with CO2 en H2 the synthesis of methanol from syngas has some complications. There will be inert gas in the syngas (N2, He). In the development of the hoSt system, these N2 and He will accumulate, therefor a bleed is needed. With the blead also H2 and CO will be lost. The project is to develop 2 processes to solve this problem: 1. Converting the off gas in H2 and inert and separate the inert. Or 2. separate the inert before the reactor.
Your tasks:
Study the gasification process and the methanol synthesis;
Study the shift reactor and PSA separation systems (from Hygear);
Calculating the mass and energy balances of both systems;
Dimensions of the main equipment;
Calculate the feasibility of both systems.
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5 Methanol synthesis from gasifier syngas
Suitable for BSc or MSc in Chemical Engineering / Mechanical Engineerging / Sustainable Energy
Bright delivers biogas upgrading systems, in these systems methane and carbon dioxide are separated using
membrane technology. Thereby, the methane quality is enriched for injection in the natural gas grid (if required
liquefaction is also possible). Furthermore, technology for the capture and liquefaction of CO₂ are also delivered.
One of the next developments for Bright is the utilization of the captured CO₂ for production of renewable methanol.
In this internship you will work on the development of new biogas upgrader concepts using new membranes with a
very high separation capacity. As Bright builds containerized solutions, we would like to maximize the amount of
biogas that can be upgraded in the most limited of space. Hence, during this internship you will build concepts in
Solidworks, and come up with innovated solutions using these new membranes.
Your tasks:
Understanding the current membrane based biogas upgrader;
Conceptualize all individual components;
Build several concepts in Solidworks;
Make a detailed pro & cons argumentation to find the optimal 3D-concept.
