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August 20, 2008

PhD Position, Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Aarhus in Denmark

PhD in Modelling and Reduction of emissions from naturally ventilated livestock buildings
Institut for Jordbrugsteknik

The University of Aarhus, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, invites applications for a 3-year PhD- position starting as soon as possible. The vacancy is at the Department of Agricultural Engineering.

Research area
The PhD-study is related to a research project with the objective to create fundamental knowledge to reduce emissions from naturally ventilated livestock buildings. Natural ventilation has advantages of being energy saving and of low noise. However, it is often associated with higher ventilation rates during windy weather and it is further inherently less controllable than mechanical ventilation. Emission issues including odour, gas and particles from a naturally ventilated livestock building are more complex than those of a mechanically ventilated building. In naturally ventilated buildings, ventilation opening areas and positions, temperature differences between indoor and outdoor, wind velocity and direction relative to the building geometry are important factors influencing the internal aerial environment, thus affecting the system design and control. A concept of partial pit ventilation with an exhaust air cleaning system could improve indoor air quality and reduce the emission. To design and control such a system, the crucial research work is to model the airflow in both room and pit channel. Therefore, this project will focus on the fundamental knowledge for modelling a naturally ventilated livestock production building with details of effects by ventilation configuration, thermal buoyancy and wind condition, combined with laboratory, scale model, wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations.

Qualifications
The following qualifications will be included in the assessment of applicants:

* A relevant Master degree
* Relevant experience in relation to the research area
* Interest in applied research
* Creative minded towards working in an interdisciplinary environment

Area and place of employment
The area of employment is the University of Aarhus, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Blichers Allé 20, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark where the PhD-student will be matriculated at the PhD-school. The place of employment is currently at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Schüttesvej 17, DK-8700 Horsens.

Terms of employment
The position will be filled in accordance with the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Federation of Professional Associations as well as the appointment structure of 2007 for scientific personnel at universities.

Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact senior scientist Guoqiang Zhang at Guoqiang.zhang@agrsci.dk or Head of the department Morten Dam Rasmussen at MortenD.Rasmussen@agrsci.dk .

Application
The application must include full curriculum vitae, documentation for academic degrees, and additional material that the applicant wishes to be included in the assessment.

The application should be marked “DJF-JBT2″ and sent as one (1) pdf-file to: jbt.djf[at]agrsci.dk

University of Aarhus
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Agricultural Engineering
P.O. Box 50
DK-8830 Tjele
Denmark

Closing date for applications is 1 September, 2008 at 12.00.

The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences encourages all, irrespective of personal background, to apply.

The Faculty of Agricultural Sciences is a faculty at Aarhus University. The faculty employs approx. 900 staff members. The activities at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences are primarily carried out at Foulum (near Viborg), Bygholm (near Horsens), Aarslev (near Odense), Flakkebjerg (near Slagelse) and Sorgenfri (near Kgs. Lyngby). For further information: www.agrsci.org

The University of Aarhus has 35,000 students, 8,500 members of staff and a turnover of DKK 4.8 billion in 2008. The university’s strategy and development contract are available at http://www.au.dk/en/strategy

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