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Solar energy conversion and storage by Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technologies receive an increasing attention because the integrated thermal energy storage (TES) system enhances the reliability, the dispatchability (production of electricity on demand) and reduces the operational cost of CSP pl

The DYNEOL project proposed by the CORIA, LEGI, LML and PPRIME laboratories, is a fundamental research project, which aims at quantifying the dynamical behavior of the flow around a blade as a function of the turbulent upstream flow. This upstream flow may contain different families of coherent stru

In urban areas, the amount of electrical energy expenditure for water treatment and supply could reach up to 18%. Within wastewater resource recovery facilities (WRRF), oxygen supply to microorganisms for carbon and nitrogen biological removal remains the main source of energy consumption (up to 75%

This Young Researcher Project proposes to introduce Large Eddy Simulation (LES) in the field of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbine flow modeling. No prior study has been focused on the accuracy and relevance of current subgrid-scale (LES) or statistical (Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes or RANS) mo

The central objective of the project is to improve the geophysical imaging of clay formations and to detect the presence of mineralization that generates a complex resistivity response, from the earth surface to the cover of the targeted reservoirs. The complex resistivity presents an interesting se

Fossil resources are not inexhaustible and a source of pollution. The objective is then to replace them with one of the most important renewable sources of carbon, the cellulosic part of lignocellulosic biomass, which is inedible. However, nowadays high pressure and temperature and expensive materia

The presence of covalency in complexes of the 4f and 5f elements has been a source of intense research and controversy. This covalency have been probed by many spectroscopies, but there has been little use of NMR. The NMR shifts of paramagnetic substances have two contributions; the dipolar term ar

Global warming is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity and it is now essential to find solutions to limit the concentration of greenhouse gases, including CO2, in the atmosphere. To achieve this, chemistry provides solutions that allow CO2 to be regarded not as a waste product, but as a so

Heterogeneous catalysis is a crucial process for saving and producing energy. It often involves precious metals, the amount of which must be drastically reduced for a sustainable human development. Last-generation electron microscopes have recently enabled the emergence of so-called supported “singl

The aim of this project is to gain new basic knowledge on the dynamics and instabilities of vortex pairs having a large-scale helical geometry, which have relevance to applications involving flows around rotors. These applications include the wake generated by a helicopter and the flow behind a hori

Predicting occurrence of hydraulically induced damage in geological systems constitutes a major challenge in subsurface engineering. For instance, geo-resources completion, underground storage management or even building and maintenance of construction sites can all be affected by the progressive de

The goal of the project TACOT is to demonstrate the applicability of thermoacoustics for refrigeration in the automotive field. It brings together Groupe PSA and four CNRS research laboratories (Institut P’, LAUM, LIMSI, LMFA), and is organized into three challenges. The first challenge consists in

Carbon dioxide conversion into value-added chemicals through C-C bond-forming reactions has gained considerable interest, as it might constitute a conceivable solution to gradually relinquish the use of fossil fuels / resources in favour of more sustainable carbon resources. The use of CO2 as raw ma

Nuclear energy appears as an important actor to supply clean and sustainable electricity with low carbon dioxide emission. One of the main challenges facing this industry is related to the conditioning and storage of the generated radwastes. In this framework, ceramic “crystalline” matrices especial

Very often in thermodynamics, in order to have a good conversion efficiency, it is necessary to have a high temperature heat source and a low temperature heat sink. Now the space which has a temperature around 3 K is a very interesting heat sink ... if we are able to interact with it. However, the E

Transient, buoyancy-affected turbulent flows play a major role in many industrial and environmental applications, in particular for the sectors of the two industrial partners, automotive and nuclear industries. Therefore, the present project focuses on configurations representative of a wide range o

The PRECINANOMAT project aims at developing new nanomaterials with a well-controlled three dimensional structure and constituted of supported metal nanoparticles to assess their catalytic performance towards the transformation of CO2 into fuels and platform molecules. The research methodology propos

In the structure of oil and geothermal wells, a cement sheath is placed between the tubular and the formations for stability and sealing purpose. This project is related to the integrity of this cement sheath in high temperature zones (> 110°C, below 4km depth). The cement hydration under high tempe

The performance of many processes such as sewage treatment plants is highly related to the oxygen transfer from air bubbles, usually injected through diffusers, to microorganisms able to degrade pollutants contained in wastewaters. However, characterizing accurately the oxygen mass transfer in such

Combustion instabilities constitute a severe challenge in the development of efficient low-emission combustion systems, such as gas turbines for aeronautical and power generation applications. Previous work has shown the principle capability of nanosecond repetitively pulsed (NRP) plasma discharges