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Events 04 - 07 July 2021

ESAT 2021- 31st European Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics

Fundamental Research

News 11 May 2020

Spectroscopy and quantum calculations uncover the secrets of alumina supports

Molecular simulation to support geological hydrogen storage

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News 11 February 2020

Molecular simulation to support geological hydrogen storage

For the past few years, IFPEN has been developing a methodology aimed at gaining a better understanding of physicochemical phenomena and calibrating empirical thermodynamic laws using in silico calculations based on a molecular simulation approach.

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News 28 October 2019

An original modeling approach to help improve engine energy efficiency

Fundamental Research

News 01 July 2019

Issue 37 of Science@ifpen

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News 20 June 2019

IFPEN-Lyon hosted Professor Edson Soares from Brazil, a specialist in non-Newtonian fluid rheology and mechanic

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News 03 April 2019

New EleTher thermodynamic modeling JIP

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Benoit NOETINGER

Dr B Noetinger, editor-in-chief OGST https://ogst.ifpenergiesnouvelles.fr/, expert in transport modeling in disordered media

Benoît Noetinger graduated from the École Polytechnique in Paris, and holds a thesis at UPMC (now Sorbonne University) in liquid state physics, the work of which was carried out at the PMMH laboratory

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Thibaud Chevalier

Research Engineer / Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering

Thibaud Chevalier graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan in 2010 and received his PhD in mechanical engineering in 2013 on the flow of yield stress fluids in confined geometries under the

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Carlos NIETO-DRAGHI

Research Engineer / Project Manager

Carlos Nieto-Draghi (b. 1975) completed a Chemical Engineer degree at the Simón Bolívar University (Caracas, Venezuela) followed by a DEA and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineer and Processes at the Rovira i

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Interactions between clay minerals and anionic surfactants

THESIS OF ARIANE SUZZONI

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Bubble fineness: the secret of successful reactions

THESIS OF LUCA GEMELLO

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ROLLAND Matthieu

PhD, HDR

After various experiences in mechanics, consulting and chemical engineering, Matthieu ROLLAND has been working in improving tools and methodologies for catalyst testing since 2002. He is interested in

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The ROAD4CAT chair one year in

The 1st industrial chair within the IdexLyon projecta, ROAD4CAT (RatiOnAl Design for CATalysis), launched in June 2018, brings together IFPEN and the Chemistry Laboratory at École Normale Supérieure

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Pascal RAYBAUD

Scientific Assistant Director
Researcher in Molecular Modeling applied to Catalysis

Pascal Raybaud is Researcher in molecular modeling applied to catalysis and Scientific Assistant Director in the Catalysis, Biocatalysis and Separation Division at IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN). He

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Céline CHIZALLET

Project Leader, ab initio calculations for Catalysis

After a PhD in heterogeneous catalysis (Paris 6 Univ., 2003-2006), during which I acquired skills in mineral synthesis, spectroscopies, catalytic testing and computational modelling, I chose to

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Foam rheology in porous media

For processes involving gas injection, such as enhanced oil recovery (EORa) and CO2 storage operations, the use of foam makes it easier to control gas mobility. Improving these processes requires