LTU: Historic hydrogen course for PhD students
The first doctoral course in Luleå University of Technology's hydrogen supply CH2ESS is now taking place on campus in Luleå. The course is aimed at students at the advanced level and engineers from industry who want an overview of the subject area.
- It is very nice that we are finally in this week that we have been planning for so long. It is important to have time to gather this group to develop the understanding of the entire system together, while each individual both broadens and deepens their knowledge in the various important research projects in different parts of the hydrogen value chain," says Joakim Lundgren, Deputy Director of CH2ESS.
- "It is fun to share insights from earlier in the field and what is going on in general right now in hydrogen in the world. The researchers' contact network is expanded at the same time thanks to the fact that we have students from four different universities with similar interests, as well as a mix of lecturers with professors in our hydrogen projects at Luleå University of Technology, but also from Umeå University and companies and organisations such as Nordion, Hydrogenious and Swerim, continues Cecilia Wallmark, Executive Director of CH2ESS.
Need for relevant expertise
The large-scale investments in the hydrogen field, not least in northern Sweden, need many civil engineers and other qualified personnel with relevant expertise. In collaboration with companies within CH2ESS, research and education programmes are therefore being further developed to match the needs for hydrogen expertise. The PhD course Sustainable Hydrogen Value Chains aims to create knowledge about the potential role of fossil-free hydrogen value chains in a sustainable industry and society. This is done by offering up-to-date knowledge in the four main phases, production, storage, distribution and use in industry and transport, but also through studies that provide insight into safety issues, material aspects, opportunities for industrial symbiosis and knowledge of ongoing commercial hydrogen initiatives and development projects.
The week-long course includes lectures on the potential role of hydrogen in a fossil-free and sustainable society, hydrogen production and conversion technologies, including technical-economic performance, study visits and workshops.
