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26 March 2019
Molecular simulation and CO2 storage
Pour limiter le réchauffement climatique et respecter les engagements pris au niveau de l’Accord de Paris (COP21), la réduction des émissions des gaz à effet de serre anthropogéniques est un enjeu majeur
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20 March 2019
Issue 36 of Science@ifpen
Pilot-scale experimentation supplies the performance data necessary for industrial extrapolation. It requires pilot plants in which thermal and matter transfers are fully controlled given extrapolation factors
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09 October 2018
Céline Pagis, PhD researcher at IFPEN/IRCELYON, recipient of the L’Oréal-Unesco “For Women in Science” fellowship
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01 June 2017
Catalysis: Kim Larmier, a PhD researcher at IFPEN, receives the highly prestigious EFCATS Best PhD Thesis Award 2017
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01 May 2017
ESAT 2017 / Saifuddin Ahmed, a PhD researcher was awarded the Helmut Knapp prize
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Processes are converting to microfluidics
The diversification of resources (atypical oil feeds or bio-based feeds) is leading to the development of new conversion processes a or to the upgrading of flexibility for existing ones. These
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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
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Improving the simulation of the transport process in nanopores using molecular dynamics
THESIS BY PAULINE SIMONNIN
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In silico design: digital materials here we come!
Proposing innovative technological products often requires recourse to simulation approaches in order to boost our capacity to evaluate original concepts. This is particularly true in the field of
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Stored heat
Energy storage, one of the major challenges within the context of the energy transition, can take a variety of forms. For heat storage , one of the solutions developed at IFPEN is based on a fixed
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Semi-crystalline polymers: clays that are ignored?
In the energy sector, semi-crystalline polymers a are primarily used within structures located in aggressive environments, to form coatings (waterproofing, thermal or electric barriers) . These
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A hydro-mechanical model for underground naturally fractured rocks
Natural underground fractures in rocks provide fluids with preferential flow pathways. The resulting global permeability is exploited for energy production ( geothermal energy and oil and gas recovery
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More efficient flow simulations inspired by optimal control
Multiphase mixture (gas and liquid) flow simulation in porous media has a variety of applications in the field of geosciences a but also in the fields of engineering and chemical processes . In
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Where aviation fuels are concerned... compromise is the name of the game
In the aviation sector, fuels derived from hydrotreated vegetable oils (HEFA a ) are seen as an alternative to petroleum based Jet A-1 b to reduce the environmental footprint of air transport .