Cooling towers are an essential component in most processes of chemical plant engineering. They lower the cooling water temperature by evaporation. Their design and layout significantly impacts project costs and sustainability. Optimizing cooling tower concepts can enhance competitiveness, reduce material usage, and lower the CO footprint.

Objective:
This thesis focuses on the cost and design optimization of cooling towers for a fertilizer project. The goal is to develop innovative concepts that balance performance, overall cost efficiency, and sustainability.

Why this thesis matters:
Your work will contribute to reducing project costs and environmental impact while improving design efficiency in large-scale industrial applications.

Specific tasks:

• Evaluation of cost drivers of cooling towers for the complete execution from component selection to construction and commissioning.
• Analysis of the Cooling tower concepts of referenced projects regarding size, required budget and execution concept.
• Development of new concepts to optimize cost drivers for a broad spectrum of process applications:
  • Modularization of components
  • Riser concepts
  • Electrical consumption
  • Cooling water pump layout
  • Basin design
  • Standardization of cooling tower cells (footprint)
  • Impact of cell maintenance
• Documentation of the results.

• You are an enrolled student in the field of Mechanical Engineering, Energy Technology, Chemical engineering or comparable.
• Basic knowledge of Cooling towers and components thereof are advantageous.
• Initial experience with the cost structure of EPC projects is desirable.
• You are proficient in common MS Office tools.
• In addition, you have good English skills, both written and spoken.
• A self-reliant, systematic, and committed working style distinguishes you.
• You enjoy working in a team and bring strong communication skills.

We work together closely and respect each other, for over 200 years now and up till today. If that is just as important to you as it is to us, please apply online now under specification of your earliest starting date.

It goes without saying, that we would like to offer attractive working conditions. This includes for example:

• Performance-related compensation
• Flexible working time model
• Groupwide learning measures
• Comprehensive health and prevention services, e.g., thyssenkrupp internal health campaigns, sports groups, and participation in the Employee Assistance Program
• Corporate benefits with numerous discounts for leisure activities, technology, travel, and more
• Community and team culture: regular team and company events strengthen our cohesion
• An insight into the work of a leading international chemical plant engineering company

Sven Thier

Recruiting Expert