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Mix between kinetic and machine learning models
Having access to increasingly precise and robust extrapolation models to be able to predict certain properties a remains a major challenge for chemical processes industry. For widely used models, be

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In trickle bed reactor simulators, hydrodynamics count!
Improvements in chemical processes are regularly achieved as a result of the introduction of new internal geometries within reactors. Conventionally, fixed bed reactor models use an overly simple

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A world first for energy integration: heat and gas at every level
In partnership with Arol Energy, a new methanization-based biogas purification technology has been developed to extract methane (CH 4) and inject it into the natural gas network. The process uses an


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SmartEole project: making better use of wind through smart rotors
The rapid development of wind energy production depends, to a great extent, on improving its energy efficiency and its economic profitability. To maximize performance and operating life spans, the

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Hybrid vehicle energy management optimization within the framework of the partnership with INRIA
The scientific cooperation agreement signed with INRIA in 2015 covers two fields: the “ digital and IT performance of simulators” and the “ control and optimization of complex systems”. A thesis

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Frederic BLONDEL
Research engineer
Frédéric graduated with a PhD diploma in Fluid Mechanics from Ecole Centrale de Lyon in 2014. Since then, he works as a research engineer at IFPEN. Frédéric’s reasearch focuses on both the

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Optimizing the electric cable of a floating wind turbine
Floating wind turbine technologies, such as those co-developed by SBM and IFPEN a , are designed to optimize the recovery of offshore wind energy. Optimization solutions are currently being sought to

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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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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