RESEARCH TOPICS
- Activation of chemical reactions and intensification of physical processes by power ultrasound (catalyst regeneration, surface cleaning, biomass valorization, extraction of biomolecules…)
- Sonochemical engineering for the design of reactors / pilot under ultrasound at large scale
- Multiphase catalytic reactions (kinetic studies and reaction mechanisms) such as oxidation for water treatment (heterogeneous Fenton reaction and wet catalytic oxidation) as well as selective hydrogenations and hydroformylation in petrochemicals field
- Processes to produce nanoparticles and supported catalysts (wet and dry impregnation, polymerization)
Application & Teaching
Applications
wastewater treatment (water, sludge…), pharmaceutical and food industry (biomolecules production/extraction), petrochemical industry.
Research supervision
- 6 PhD students (Ngoc Tuan LE (2013), Imane BENHAMED (2015), Sandyanto ADITYOSULINDRO (2017), Vincent GROSJEAN (2019), Igor Kester GARCIA VARGAS (ongoing), Pauline DELRAN (ongoing))
- 5 post-docs fellows (Andres Fernando CARDOZO PEREZ, Emeline LOBRY, Imane BENHAMED, Yandi LAN, Antonin AZAIS)
Teaching activities
Chemical engineering; chemical reactor engineering; process conception and pilots sizing; thermal engineering; transport phenomena;
Collaborators:
Academic partners: LCC, LCA, TBI (ex-LISBP), IMT-RAPSODEE, LRP, ISCR
Industries and private organisms: SinapTec, Inalve, Alg & You, Polymem, Sairem
International: Ho Chi Minh City University of Science (Vietnam), Université des Sciences et Techniques d’Oran (Algérie), Universitas Indonésia (Indonésie), Instituto Superior de Ciencias y Tecnologías Aplicadas (Cuba)
Education and Degrees
Degree of accreditation to supervise research activities / Habilitation à diriger les recherches (HDR) in Chemical Engineering, Toulouse INP, « De la synthèse du catalyseur vers la réaction chimique : activation des réactions et des transferts sous ultrasons »
PhD in Process Engineering and Environment, Toulouse INP, « Synthèse et dépôt de nanoparticules métalliques dans un support poreux par imprégnation en voie sèche dans un lit fluidisé : élaboration de catalyseurs supportés »
Master of Science in Process Engineering and Environment (DEA), Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse
Engineering diploma in Chemical Engineering, ENSIACET, Toulouse INP
Associate Professor at Toulouse INP-ENSIACET / Laboratory of Chemical Engineering (LGC), Toulouse France
Department of Innovative Polyphase Reactor Engineering
Associate Professor at l’Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale / Unité de Dynamique et Structure des Matériaux Moléculaires, Dunkerque France
Attachée Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche (ATER) à l’IUT Génie Chimique – Génie des Procédés, IUT Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse
CNRS PhD in Chemical Engineering and Environment, co-supervision between the Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry (LCC) and the LGC, Toulouse INP
Directors: B. Chaudret and H. Hemati