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Fundamental Research
News 11 May 2020

Spectroscopy and quantum calculations uncover the secrets of alumina supports

Using quantum calculations and the first molecular model of the edges of gamma alumina crystallites, a material widely employed in catalysis, teams from IFPEN and the CRMN revisited the NMR spectrum assignment established in the literature up until now.

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Damien HUDEBINE

Research Engineer
Damien Hudebine obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering (ENSIC) in 1999 before completing his PhD in the kinetic modeling group of IFPEN in collaboration with ENS Lyon until 2002. He then joined
Issue 40 of Science@IFPEN
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In trickle bed reactor simulators, hydrodynamics count!
Improvements in chemical processes are regularly achieved as a result of the introduction of new internal geometries within reactors. Conventionally, fixed bed reactor models use an overly simple
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Gerhard PIRNGRUBER

Gerhard Pirngruber
Research scientist, Project Leader
I studied Technical Chemistry at the TU Vienne, Austria (1990-1995). After my graduation I moved to Twente University, Netherlands, as a PhD student (1995-1999). Under the supervision of Prof. Lercher
Issue 39 of Science@ifpen
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Faujasite zeolite: a new generation is born
THESIS OF CÉLINE PAGIS, YVES CHAUVIN PRIZE 2019
Numéro 38 de Science@IFPEN
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The ROAD4CAT chair one year in
The 1 st industrial chair within the IdexLyon project a , ROAD4CAT (RatiOnAl Design for CATalysis), launched in June 2018, brings together IFPEN and the Chemistry Laboratory at École Normale
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Céline CHIZALLET

Project Leader, ab initio calculations for Catalysis
PhD position open in the group: https://theses.ifpen.fr/en/thesis/contribution-machine-learning-atomic-scale-simulations-dehydration-butanols-catalyzed-acidic After a PhD in heterogeneous catalysis
Catalyse
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Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou : Scientific Woman of the Year – The 2014 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize
Scientific Woman of the Year – The 2014 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize: Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou, Head of research in the field of molecular catalysis at IFPEN
Science@ifpen n°35
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Catalyst selectivity: spectral investigations
THESIS BY FABIEN CARON
Issue 31 Science@ifpen
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HTE in a milli-fixed bed reactor boosts the development of slurry catalysts
THÈSE DE CHARLES BONNIN
Issue 28 Science@ifpen
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Extrusion: playing the SAXS for success!
Alumina , the archetypal material used for hydrotreatment catalyst supports, has a porous structure at supramolecular scales, determining the transport of oil feeds within it. This structure is