Combustion and engine technologies

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Lasers to optimize the dual-fuel engines of tomorrow

Fundamental Research

News 19 October 2020

Lasers to optimize the dual-fuel engines of tomorrow

Fundamental Research

News 06 January 2020

System Simulation of Combustion in Direct-Injection Spark-Ignition Engines

Future constraints on pollutant emissions pushed car manufacturers towards Direct-Injection Spark-Ignition (DI-SI) technologies to improve engine performances and reduce both fuel consumption and emissions.

Fundamental Research

News 28 October 2019

An original modeling approach to help improve engine energy efficiency

Research conducted at IFPEN has led to the development of an original approach to overcome persistent challenges in the field of injection processes, based on a combination of CFD and real-fluid thermodynamics.

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Chaouki HABCHI

Researcher
HDR-Associated with the SMEMaG Doctoral School of CentraleSupelec at the University of Paris-Saclay

PhD from the University of Paris-VI obtained in 1990 in the field of Computational Fluid Mechanics. HDR (habilitation à diriger des recherches) from the Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse

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Stéphane RAUX

Project manager / PhD in process engineering and advanced technologies

Stéphane Raux, graduated from the ESTACA engineering school and holder of a PhD in process engineering and advanced technologies from Sorbonne University-UPMC, works at IFP Energies nouvelles since

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Gilles Bruneaux

Head of department, PhD in Energetics,
Optical Diagnostics for Engine Combustion specialist

Engineering degree from Ecole Centrale Paris in 1992. PhD on combustion modeling in internal combustion engines at IFPEN/Ecole Centrale Paris, 1996. National accreditation to supervise research (HDR)