Internship Sustainable water treatment using green chemicals

Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) has been known as one of the most effective and robust ways to remove suspended solids biochemical oxygen demand fats oils and grease phosphorus or nutrients from industrial wastewaters. Nijhuis has provided more than 4000 Dissolved Air Flotation systems around the world in a variety of industries including; food and beverage production dairy processing meat processing agricultural oil and gas and municipal markets to just name a few. DAF units are often preceded by a flocculator or mixing tank with a chemical dosing unit. These systems add coagulant and flocculant to the water to increase the removal rates in the DAF. While many traditional coagulants and flocculants are applied a transition is on its way towards more green chemicals. Nijhuis is active in this development as it fits with our aim to protect resources and to minimize the impact that our business activities have on the water and soil.

Your goal

The goal of this internship is to investigate the application of green chemicals in primary wastewater treatment. During this internship you will perform a technical and economic study to determine the feasibility of using different green chemicals in different industries. You will conduct a series of laboratory experiments as part of the technical study while a CO2 reduction analysis scan should be executed as part of the economic evaluation.

Internship available from September 2024 onwards.

Who are you

• BSc or MSc Chemical (Bio)Process or Environmental Engineering.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Flexibility and indepence.
• Professional command of the English language in words and writing. Command of the Dutch language is desirable but not required.
• Minimum 4 months internship.

Working for us means

• An internship allowance of 350 per month based on fulltime employment.
• Possibility of a contract after your graduation.
• A buddy who will show you around in our organization.
• Reimbursement of travel expenses of 0.23 cents per km up to a maximum of 75 km if you live further than 10 km from our office and do not have an Ovcard.
• Learn from knowledgeable and dedicated people.
• Create impact and contribute to critical water challenges.
• Become part of an inclusive and collaborative culture.
• Contribute to sustainability.

As an intern from the Technology & Innovation department you will take on challenging and important projects along with Process Design Engineers and R&D engineers. You will run a project with your supervisor and a larger team located in Doetinchem and/or other locations (if applicable).

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