Internship - Modeling Engineer - Energy F/H

Application

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Overview

Gas turbines, essential in global power generation due to their flexible operation, complement renewable energy sources by maintaining grid stability. Metroscope software supports the maintenance of these systems by diagnosing faults in combined cycle gas turbines (CCGTs), including their main components: gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators, steam turbines, and condensers. Metroscope’s process team has developed digital twins of CCGTs to enhance diagnostics for operators.

Internships

Internship 1 – Detailed Gas Turbine Modeling

Focuses on the detailed modeling of gas turbines, which is challenging due to their complexity and limited manufacturer information. The intern will explore a new modeling approach, emphasizing control logic and data‑driven methods to rebuild compressor and turbine maps and identify control modes.

Tasks include:

• Literature review.
• Methodology development for control mode extraction.
• Modification of existing components in Metroscope’s Modelica library.
• Testing on a complex gas turbine model.
• Assessment of fault impact and evaluation of the new method’s added value.

Internship 2 – CCGT Operational Mode Simulation

Aims to refine the CCGT model’s operational mode simulations, particularly at full and partial loads, by adjusting the modeling causalities to align with real site operations. This involves a review of CCGT operational modes, identification of key performance indicators (KPIs) for each, and potential adjustments to Modelica components for causality integration.

The intern will also test automatic causality switching to enhance fault detection and propose future software improvements for operator communication.

Supervisors

Nabil Youssef and Lucile Danion will guide these internships, advancing Metroscope’s capability to enhance diagnostics and performance analysis for CCGT operators.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an engineering school and seeking a 6‑month end‑of‑study internship.
• Some prior experience with modeling, ideally with Modelica or Python.
• Interest in the energy sector and in studying industrial processes in detail.
• Dynamic, autonomous, and eager to work in a team.
• Some background in data science and statistics.