Cinétique chimique et Aérothermodynamique pour des Propulsions et des Systèmes Energétiques Propres

LabEx CAPRYSSES is a major research player in Region CVL. It involves UPR 3021 CNRS ICARE, Orléans, EA 4229 PRISME, Orléans Univ. and INSA-CVL, Bourges, and UMR 7344 GREMI CNRS-Orléans Univ. The project total staff is ~160. The objectives are to promote interactions among its expertise areas (chemical kinetics, fluid dynamics, plasma) to better understand their coupling in energy production, propulsion, chemical explosions, and flow control to improve combustion efficiency and aerodynamic performance. CAPRYSSES plays a major role in the organisation of research in Region CVL and collaborates with the Labex EMC3 and VOLTAIRE. The CAPRYSSES teams have demonstrated their ability to raise external funds via the leverage effect of the Labex. CAPRYSSES has supported 35 doctoral projects, 30 posdoc projects, 3 research engineers and 29 projects of invited international researchers. Awards/Distinctions: 1 ERC Advanced Grant; 1 B. Gelfand Medal (Russian Acad. Sci.), 2014; Innovation Awards 1* France 2015 Prize of the MBDA group; 2030 World Innovation Competition Prize (Remetox), 2015; Public Research Energy-Environment-Climate Trophy 2015 (CO2 EnergiCapt); 1 CNRS Silver Medal, 2016; 1 Egerton Gold Medal, the Combustion Institute, 2016; 1 ERC Starting Grant, 2017; 1 Energy Transition Trophy in "Technologies", 2017; 1 P. Laffitte Prize for best combustion thesis 2017 (the Combustion Institute French Section), 1 Intl Prize from the Combustion Society of Japan, 2023, The first innovation prize (iPhD) by Bpifrance (B. Legros, 2023), 9 CAPRYSSES researchers became Fellow of The Combustion Institute. CAPRYSSES researchers are involved in several PEPR. In 2025, we published 12 papers in peer-reviewed intl journals and 18 communications. A CAPRYSSES researcher received “Palmes académiques” (2025). Members of CAPRYSSES participate in Chaire ACXEME. Our scientific production: hal-univ-orleans.archives-ouvertes.fr/CAPRYSSES/