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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.

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Fundamental Research
News 12 May 2025

A numerical recipe for adapting the landscape map

The climate is changing and it is doing so too fast. The impacts on our environment are already visible in many regions of the world. In such a context, it is important to understand the dynamics of our environment in order to construct tools capable of anticipating the risks stemming from this climate disruption. Among these tools, numerical models offer a very effective solution for testing a wide range of climate scenarios, taking into account numerous physical, chemical and biological processes.

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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