CO2 Utilisation by mineral carbonation

• Objectives : Study and assessment of the integration of CO2 mineralisation in a  waste-to-energy plant
• Partners : EDF
• Funding : ADEME (French Agency for Ecological Transition)

2018-2022 CARBOVAL : Product Valorisation and Life Cycle Analysis of Integrated Mineralisation – Application to New-Caledonian Ni Slag

Objectives: mineralisation of New-Caledonian pyrometallurgical Ni-slags by attrition-leaching; product valorisation in the construction sector; environmental and economic analysis of the integrated mineralisation process in the New-Caledonian context. Le projet en vidéo. Partners: LMDC, CNRT, BRGM, IFSTTAR, ESO, LEMNA (IRSTV) Funding: ADEME (French Agency for Ecological Transition – Grant #1894C0021

2018-2021 CARBOSCORIES 2 : production of construction materials by mineral carbonation of Ni mining waste in New-Caledonia

• Objectives: Development of a bench-scale continuous attrition-leaching pilot process; valorisation of mineralisation products in the construction sector
• Partners: LMDC, CNRT, BRGM
• Funding: ACE Caledonian Energy Agency No. CS17-3160-00.

2015-2016 CARBOSCORIES : mineral carbonation of Ni mining waste (http://www.cnrt.nc/carboscories/)

• Objectives: Validation of the attrition-leaching mineralisation process for valorisation of Ni pyrometallurgical waste.
• Partners: BRGM, IPGP
• Funding: National Centre for Technology Research – CNRT « Nickel and its environment“).

2009-2012 CARMEX : Ex-situ mineral carbonation of ultramafic ores and mining waste (http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/Projet-ANR-08-PCO2-0002)

• Objectives: proof of concept of the attrition-leaching process for mineralisation of silicate ores and mining waste.
• Partners: BRGM, BioIS, IPGP, Total E&P
• Funding: ANR French National Research Agency No. ANR-08-PCO2-002; Total E&P).
• PhD thesis: Benjamin Bonfils https://www.theses.fr/2012INPT0021

Mineral and waste processing

2021 ECOBET: Ecoconception of concrete for recyclability

• Partners: LMDC, LSPC
• Funding: Toulouse Tech Transfer – prematuration program

2016-2017 MSP-REFRAM: Multi-Stakeholder Platform for a Secure Supply of Refractory Metals (http://prometia.eu/msp-reframs-project-results-are-now-available/)

• Objectives: the project takes stock of the current value chain (production, use) of five critical refractory metals: tungsten, tantalum, rhenium, molybdenum and niobium.
• Partners: all members of the PROMETIA association (http://prometia.eu/members/)
• Funding: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 688993

2010-2012 COFRAGE (http://www.brgm.fr/projet/cofrage-nouvelle-technologie-fragmentation-betons-vue-leur-recyclage)

• Objectives: Integrated analysis of innovative technologies for selective fragmentation of concretes for recycling in the aggregates and cement industry.
• Partners: BRGM, IMS, SELFRAG AG, PICHETA (Colas Group)
• Funding: ANR French National Research Agency, Ecotech program
• PhD thesis: Nicholas Lippiatt https://www.theses.fr/2014INPT0021

2007-2010 PROPSED :

• Objectives: Development of physical processes for the recovery of sedimentation sediments.
• Partners: BRGM, CEREGE, EXTRACT-ECOTERRE (Vinci Group)
• Funding: ANR French National Research Agency, Ecotech program
• PhD thesis: Jean-Sébastien Kroll-Rabotin https://www.theses.fr/2010INPT0077

Industrial risk analysis

2021-2024 PAPILLON: Quantitative industrial risk analysis for decision-making under probabilistic and epistemic uncertainties

Objectives: Development of an industrial risk decision-making methodology based on the bowtie method under probabilistic and epistemic uncertainties.

Partners: TECHNIP ENERGIES

Funding: Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie (ANRT) – CIFRE PhD grant

Environmental Technology Verification

2018-2020 ETV4INNOVATION ( etv4innovation.eu)

• Objectives: Development of online training materials dedicated to SMEs to support and promote the development of Environmental Technology Verification
• Partners: INVENTYA, GREEN SYNERGY CLUSTER, CETEM, ITP, PurFil
• Funding: ERASMUS+ program – Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Fragmentation, embrittlement, texture and liberation of solids – Particulate sampling, QA/QC

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• 2006-present: Tenured professor in Chemical and Process Engineering– Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse – Laboratoire de Génie Chimique.
• 2001-2005 : Project Leader, French Geological Survey (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières), Environment and Process Department. Orléans, France.
• 1997-2000: Lecturer – Department of Mining, Minerals & Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology / Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Qld, Australia.
• 1994-1996: Research Fellow – Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Mining Technology and Equipment, Qld, Australia.
• 1991-1993: Ph.D. – Department of Metallurgical Engineering, College of Mines and Earth Sciences, University of Utah ,U.S.A.
• 1990: research engineer, National Cold Fusion Institute, University of Utah, U.S.A.

• Deputy Head of Innovative Multiphase Reactor Engineering (IRPI) Research Department (https://lgc.cnrs.fr/en/irpi-4/ )
• Member of European / African Editorial Board of KONA Powder and Particle Journal (ISSN 0288-4534)
• Toulouse INP / LGC (http://prometia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/INP-Toulouse.pdf) correspondant for the European PROMETIA association (http://prometia.eu), the largest European network on mineral processing and extractive metallurgy for mining and recycling innovation.