Internship Ozonation for micropollutant removal

Many micropollutants are poorly degraded in conventional wastewater treatment plants. This results in negative effects to the receiving water bodies due to chronic exposure at low concentrations. Micropollutants are therefore seen as threat to aquatic ecosystems and to the safety of drinking water resources. This has resulted in increasing public awareness and concern for micropollutants and a growing interest in micropollutant removal. Ozonation and other oxidation technologies are applied as chemical free wastewater treatment to remove medicines and micropollutants from wastewaters. The first fullscale ozonation treatment of municipal wastewater effluent for micropollutant removal in the country has been built by Nijhuis Saur Industries and is in operation since 2023.

Your goal

The goal of this internship is to develop and optimize our oxidation installation for the removal of micropollutants from wastewater.

What will you be doing We have listed it for you:

• Performing a series of laboratory experiments to find the optimal operational conditions.
• Comparing your experimental results to the full scale ozone systems.
• Investigating process optimizations.

Internship available from September 2024 onwards.

Who are you

• BSc or MSc Chemical (Bio)Process Civilor Environmental Engineering.
• Flexibility and indepence.
• Curious and analytical.
• 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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