Ingénierie des Réacteurs Polyphasiques Innovants - IRPI (Innovative Multiphase Reactor Engineering)

IRPI in brief…
staff
Catalytic Reactors ; Chemical Reaction Engineering ; Fluidization ; Chemical Vapor Deposition ; Advanced Oxidation Processes ; Sonochemistry ; Treatment and Valorization of Effluents, Industrial Waste and Biomass ; Energy Production, Conversion and Storage ; Synthesis and Regeneration of Materials; Clathrates
Head of Department:
Carine Julcour
Deputy Head:
Florent Bourgeois
Overall objectives of
the IRPI department
The multi-scale approaches developed by the IRPI teams are invariably based on the complementarity between experimentation (local metrology, pilot scale contactors) and modeling (phenomenological models, computational fluid dynamics). The unifying scale of IRPI is the unit operation. Models at the “micro” and “meso” scales are used to derive “average” properties, closure laws and transfer models in order to optimize the performance of the technological solutions developed.
The department publishes its work in scientific journals on the following topics: Chemical Engineering (~ 30%), Materials Science & Powder Technology (~ 30%), Environmental Sciences & Engineering (~ 20%), Catalysis & Chemistry (> 10%) and Energy (~ 10%).
3 research topics
Industrial and
academic references
Academics:
- In France: LCC, LCA, CIRIMAT, IMFT, TBI (ex.LISBP), IMRCP, LAAS, CEMES, LMDC (Toulouse), RAPSODEE (Albi), LFCR (Pau), IPREM (Pau), PROMES (Font-Romeu Odeillo), ICG, IEM (Montpellier), UCCS (Lille), C2P2, ICBMS (Lyon), LRGP (Nancy), IPGP (Paris), CEMHTI (Orléans), COVACHIM-M2E (Antilles Guyane)
- International: BUCT Pékin (China), Sydney Univ. (Australia), Univ. Laval et Polytech. Montréal (Canada), Iowa State Univ. (USA), Univ. Concepción (Chile), INSTEC La Havane (Cuba), NIIC Novossibirsk (Russia), INP-HB Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast), Univ. Greenwich et Univ. Surrey (UK), IMDEA Energía (Spain), TU Hamburg (Germany), NTU Athens (Greece), KU Leuven (Belgium)
National Research Institutes: IFPEN, CEA, BRGM, ITERG, CNRT
Industrials: Solvay, Elkem-Silicones, INEOS, SGD Pharma, Tessenderlo, DSM, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Total, EDF, ENGIE, AREVA, Varta, Torresol Energy Investments, Airbus, EADS, Safran, Fiat, Saint-Gobain, Lafarge, Rio-Tinto, REEL Alesa, Comessa, Eurecat, EPPT, Veolia, Absoger, Bluewhale
Networks: SFGP (French Society of Chemical Engineering), Int. Ozone Assoc., Prometia European Association, GDR (French Research Network) Promethee and Thermobio, FERMaT Research Federation
A strong involvement
in student training
Researchers from IRPI (Innovative Multiphase Reactor Engineering)

Permanent staff:
- Caroline Andriantsiferana | Renaud Ansart | Laurie Barthe | Anne-Marie Billet | Florent Bourgeois | Brigitte Caussat | Hélène Chaumat | Audrey Devatine | Mehrdji Hemati | Carine Julcour-Lebigue | Nadine Le Bolay | Marie-Hélène Manero | Berthe Ratsimba | Romain Richard | Jean-Philippe Torré | Hugues Vergnes
Non-permanent staff:
- Wala Abou-Saoud | Murilo Arrais | Sana Aslam | Youssef Badran | Thibaud de Barnier (co-encadrement STPI/IRPI) | Feby Carmen (co-encadrement IRPI/GIMD) | Vivien Daligaux | Pauline Delran (co-encadrement IRPI/GIMD) | Dorian Dupuy | Guillaume Duthoit | Priyanka Gairola | Célia Gurdjos | Elsi Haddad | Alexandre Jaud | Amir Javidani| Ilyass Jellal | Igor Kester Garcia Vargas |Deus Msumange| Almir Guilherme Ritta | Elise Des Ligneris | Thomas NERON| Cristian Quintero | Oliver Scorsim | Michele Scotto Di Perta (co-encadrement STPI/IRPI)
Alumi:
- Henri Delmas | Aimé Bascoul