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11 May 2020
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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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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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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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Benoit NOETINGER
Dr B Noetinger, editor-in-chief STET https://www.stet-review.org/, 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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Carlos NIETO-DRAGHI
Research Engineer / Project Manager
Carlos Nieto-Draghi (born in 1975) is a researcher and project manager in the Department of Thermodynamics and Molecular Simulation at IFPEN. He has been working for many years on the development of
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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 Supérieure
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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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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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Improving the simulation of the transport process in nanopores using molecular dynamics
THESIS BY PAULINE SIMONNIN
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IFPEN Catalysis Rewarded
July 2015 The Edith Flanigen Award is presented annually to an exceptional young female scientist, in the eight years following graduation. The 2015 Awards have honored Celine Chizallet, researcher at