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Events 28 June - 01 July 2020

ESAT 2020 - 31st European Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics

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News 01 July 2019

Issue 37 of Science@ifpen

Porous media have in common to develop a large interface that divides the space with a varying degree of complexity, potentially with hierarchical structuring. Such environments are central to IFPEN’s research on geological formations and certain industrial materials.

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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

From July 2018 to June 2019, IFPEN-Lyon hosted Edson Soares, Professor from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Brazil).

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News 03 April 2019

New EleTher thermodynamic modeling JIP

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News 26 March 2019

Molecular simulation and CO2 storage

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News 20 March 2019

Issue 36 of Science@ifpen

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News 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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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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Adsorption, a key factor for geological storage

Low permeability geological layers, already known within the context of oil exploration, are once again becoming a focus of interest for energy (compressed air), gas (CO 2 , H 2 , CH 4 ) and waste

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Foam rheology in porous media

For processes involving gas injection, such as enhanced oil recovery (EOR a ) and CO 2 storage operations, the use of foam makes it easier to control gas mobility . Improving these processes requires

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Phase equilibria in confined media

In many geological reservoirs, pore size distribution is highly heterogeneous (from 2 to 50 nm). While the molecular size of the confined fluids is between 0.5 and 10 nm, their interaction forces with

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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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Catalyst selectivity: spectral investigations

THESIS BY FABIEN CARON

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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