About this role
FE has a strong and internationally recognised activity in multiphase flow modelling and experimentation, with a long track record of developing technologies, software and large scale infrastructure for complex industrial transport systems.The Department for Flow Technology combines physics based modelling, scientific computing and laboratory research, supporting applications within oil and gas production, reservoir related flow, CO₂ transport and storage, and flow assurance.Institute for Energy Technology, IFE, has a full-time, three-year postdoctoral position available in computational multiphase-flow modelling. The position is connected to the project MIND – Multiphase Flow in Downward-Inclined Pipelines, which studies gas-liquid flow in downward-inclined and undulating pipeline systems.MIND is a collaborative and knowledge-building project with industry partners, combining controlled laboratory experiments with mathematical and numerical modelling to improve the understanding of downward-inclined and undulating pipeline flows. Experiments in the SINTEF Medium Scale Loop and the IFE Well Flow Loop will provide data under realistic operating conditions. The data will be used to test and improve one-dimensional multiphase-flow models and closure laws for industry-relevant pipeline simulators.