Internship Engineer Role In Pet Recycling Innovation F - M H/F Axens

Context:

Plastic Circular Economy department is part of the Axens Business Division New Development & transformation. It aims at launching new plastic recycling technologies, from the R&D development stage, industrialization up to the global commercialization of these technologies.

The intern will join the technology team of this department, which is in charge of developing the technologies and preparing technical proposals for clients willing to develop plastic recycling projects.

Among several technologies that Axens is developing in chemical plastic recycling, the intern will focus on Axens PET recycling technology. This technology is jointly developed with IFPEN, Jeplan and Axens.

Tasks and activities:

Her/his main tasks can be organized as follows:

Literature survey

· PET chemical recycling technologies : relevant scientific & marketing publications review, patents study & write up of synthesis document

· PET polymerization : focus on polymerization main parameters/ product properties/ PET grades specifications depending on final application & write up of synthesis document

Proposal Tools improvement

· Simulation of the process with simulation software (Pro II / Hysys)

· Improve the proposal tools including preliminary equipment sizing, energy consumptions estimation, cost estimate...

Development of the technology

· Data analysis of demonstrator unit operation : Mass balance consolidation / Main operating parameters impact on unit performances

· Technical Economic studies