Process intensification by:

• the use of continuous miniaturized technologies (microreactors, micromixers…)
• the use of multifunctional technologies (heat exchangers-reactors, reactors for two-phase flows…)
• transposition from batch to continuous process

 Development of numerical and experimental methodologies and tools for:

• data acquisition in flow chemistry
• characterization of miniaturized devices in terms of hydrodynamics, heat and mass transfer
• reactor modeling
• optimal process design

Keywords: process intensification, microreactors, flow chemistry, reactor characterization and modeling

Applications:

exothermic reaction, liquid or liquid-liquid reaction, liquid-liquid extraction

Research supervision:

• 7 PhD students: Maxime Moreau (2014), Kevin Lachin (2016), Hanbin Shi (2019), Florian Corné (2019), Alexandre Boutoute (ongoing), Antoinette Maarawi (ongoing), Yousef Al-Maqaleh (ongoing)
• 1 post-doc: Marwa Saïd (2018)

Teaching activities:

Teaching activities in the Chemical Engineering department of the Technology Institute:

• Sustainable processes
• Process simulation (ProphyPlus, ProsimPlus)
• Practical classes in separation and reaction operations
• Flow diagram, Computer assisted design (AutoCAD)
• Crystallization

Collaborators:

• Academics: Michel Cabassud, Christophe Gourdon, Laurent Prat, Nathalie Le Sauze (LGC), Pascale de Caro, Sophie Thiebaud-Roux (LCA, Toulouse), Jean-Marc Commenge, Laurent Falk, Jean-François Portha (LRGP, Nancy), Régis Philippe, Claude de Bellefon (LGPC, Lyon), David Fletcher (University of Sydney)
• Industrialists: Elkem (Saint-Fons), CEA (Marcoule and Grenoble), Processium (Villeurbanne)