RESEARCH TOPICS
CO2 Utilisation by mineral carbonation
2024-2031 PRECIZE : PRocédé ÉCologique et Innovant de liants de spécialité Zéro Émission
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- 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
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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
2024-2027 Fragmentability of ores and innovative comminution technologies
- Objectives : Building a bridge between the elementary fragmentation properties of an ore and the performance of comminution machines through a bottom-up methodology
- Partners : ENSMSE, BRGM
- Funding: ANR (French National Research Agency) / France 2030 plan > PEPR “Sous-sol, bien commun » > target project PC5
2022-2024 ECOCARB : Development of a concrete demolition waste recycling process https://www.toulouse-tech-transfer.com/fr/actualites-et-evenements/ecocarb
- Partners : HOLCIM INNOVATION CENTER
- Funding: Toulouse Tech Transfer – HOLCIM
- Actu Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7176608057819299840/
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 :
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- 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
Industrial risk analysis
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
2023-2026 REVIWEE
- Objectives : Analysis of sampling methodology and calculations for quantitative characterization of electronic wastes
- Partners : BRGM
- Funding: ANR (French National Research Agency) / France 2030 plan > Recyclability, recycling and reuse of recycled materials » > target project “REVIWEE: Pour une chaine des valeurs Française viable sur le recyclage des DEEEs”
Application & Teaching
Teaching activities
Process and Industrial Engineering undergraduates (Toulouse INP-ENSIACET): multilinear and nonlinear regression modelling, applied statistics and data mining, statistical process control, scientific computing (VBA, R), particulate sampling.
Education and Degrees
HDR in Geosciences, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, France.
Graduate Certificate in Education Specialising in Tertiary Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia
Ph.D., Extractive Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, U.S.A.
Bachelor of Engineering – Materials Science, École Supérieure de l’Énergie et des Matériaux, Orléans, France.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- 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.
Other
- 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.