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Map showing the Roya Valley
Fundamental Research
News 28 May 2025

The hydro-sedimentary and geomorphological impact of storm Alex on the Roya catchment area (Alpes-Maritimes, south-east France)

The Tinée, Vésubie and Roya valleys in south-east France were exposed to the full force of storm Alex on 2 and 3 October 2020. This storm was triggered by a fast-developing low-pressure system over the Atlantic, which came into contact with a mass of warm, moist air from the Mediterranean, causing unprecedented rainfall in the hinterland of the Alpes-Maritimes region.

Science@IFPEN n°58
Fundamental Research
News 16 May 2025

Issue 58 of Science@ifpen - Experimentation and Processes

Performance data acquisition in representative industrial-scale conditions is a key step in the development of new processes. More often than not, it requires pilot-scale experimentation. IFPEN’s Process Experimentation Division is involved at all phases on both these scales: design, launch, production start-up, data processing and plant maintenance. It has a pool of 75 pilot units at the IFPEN-Lyon site covering all IFPEN applications involving catalytic and/or separation processes. On average, it works on one to four demonstrators per year located on industrial sites.

FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH, THE BUILDING BLOCK FOR FUTURE INNOVATION

Objectives pursued, scientific challenges to be overcome, partnerships proposed: watch a video on IFPEN’s fundamental research strategy.

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Research in a few figures

  • 1,095
    R&I engineers and technicians
  • 30%
    of budget dedicated to fundamental research
  • 9
    disciplinary fields
  • 15
    active fundamental research framework agreements