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Electrified Mobility

Electrified Mobility Overview and challenges Electrification represents one of the major levers to decarbonize the transport sector. IFPEN is a key player in the process, developing technological and software solutions aimed at increasing the energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impacts of transport propulsion systems. IFPEN’s approach consists of defining
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Pollutant emissions: better knowing them to fight them better

Vehicle approval certifies that the emissions of said vehicle meet the specifications imposed by existing standards. Although current regulations only concern a limited number of chemical species, the
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Ignition simulation

In order to reduce fuel consumption in gasoline engines, manufacturers are focusing their efforts on turbocharging and downsizing. However, this option leads to an increase in the knock phenomenon
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Life and death of soot: a model to control the phenomenon

Vehicle approval standards require increasingly high levels of engine performance (low fuel consumption and low emissions) over a broad working range. It is for this reason that new engine
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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. However
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LES moves to rapid transients for cleaner powertrains

Gasoline direct injection engines emit soot particles during rapid transients. This still poorly understood phenomenon is taken into account during new WLTCs a, aimed at more accurately reproducing
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Observation of soot in a diesel flame

The reduction in IC engine particle emissions requires a detailed knowledge of the physicochemical processes at work during combustion. While fuels have long since been considered as a constant for
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Journey to the center of a droplet

THÈSE DE CHARLOTTE GALLOIS
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How wet is a flow?

THÈSE DE ZLATKO SOLOMENKO, PRIX YVES CHAUVIN 2017