Fully Funded PhD: CO₂ Conversion, Reactor Design and Process Integration
About the Project
The successful capture of CO₂ is only useful if the captured material can then be handled, converted or used in a practical and economically sustainable way.
This PhD will focus on the reaction engineering, reactor design and process integration required to convert a captured CO₂ stream into a useful chemical product.
The successful candidate will work across chemical engineering and chemistry to translate laboratory-scale conversion chemistry into a controlled, measurable and scalable reactor process.
Main areas of work
- Analysis of chemical reaction and experimental data.
- Reaction kinetics and mass-transfer modelling.
- Investigation of multiphase reaction behaviour.
- Evaluation and selection of reactor configurations.
- Development of mathematical and process models.
- Detailed design of a laboratory-scale reactor.
- Selection of materials, equipment and instrumentation.
- Development of process-control and data-acquisition systems.
- Reactor construction, commissioning and safety testing.
- Experimental testing using controlled CO₂ feeds.
- Validation and refinement of the reaction engineering models.
- Integration of the reactor with the upstream capture process.
- Operation and analysis of the complete end-to-end system.
Candidate profile
Applicants should hold, or expect to obtain before starting the PhD, a minimum 2.1 honours degree or international equivalent in Chemical engineering, Process engineering, Bioprocess engineering, Mechanical engineering with relevant process or reactor experience, Chemistry with substantial reaction engineering or process-development experience, or a closely related engineering or physical-science discipline.
Application process
Application closing date: Friday, 7 August 2026.
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