Polytech’Nantes
Competences and expertises
Bruno AUVITY & Christophe JOSSET
Laboratoire de Thermocinétique de Nantes (CNRS-UMR 6607)
Jean-Christophe OLIVIER, Didier TRICHET & Mohamed MACHMOUM
Institut de Recherche en Electronique et Electricité de Nantes Atlantique
Organisation of the talk:
1. Presentation of the Graduate School of Engineering
2. Presentation of the research labs working in the energy field
3. Our achievements and current research activities
Organisation of the talk:
1. Presentation of the Graduate School of Engineering
2. Presentation of the research labs working in the energy field
3. Our achievements and current research activities
France
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Région : Pays de Loire
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Département : Loire Atlantique
Industrial area : ship building, aircraft industry, micro-electronic, polymers for car
industry…
400 km far from Paris
2 hours by TGV train
Saint
-Nazaire
POLYTECH’NANTES
Graduate School of Engineering
of the University of Nantes
University of Nantes
•
32 500
undergraduates and postgraduates
•
12 000
students in continuing education
•
1 760
permanent teaching staff
•
1 045
library, technical and administrative personnel
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1 400
part-time teachers including experienced professionals
20 Faculties, Schools ou Institutes300 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees based on European model :
Degree-Master-Doctorats
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Second biggest university in France by number of students
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The largest University and second most important centre for
. Polytech’Nantes
2000
. Polytech’Marseille
2001
. Polytech’Lille
2002
. Polytech’Orléans
2002
. Polytech’Tours
2002
. Polytech’Grenoble
2003
. Polytech’Montpellier
2003
. Polytech’Clermont-Ferrand (CUST)
2004
. Polytech’Nice-Sophia
2005
(by date of creation)
. Polytech’Savoie
2006
Polytech Group
12 leading French engineering schools :
. Polytech’Paris Sud - Orsay
2009
Undergraduate preparation
courses
4 semesters
Engineering Sciences
2 semesters
Specialization – 1 semester
Training placement in
industry – 1 semester
Master
degree
Ph. D
Job
Broad scientific education
2 semesters
Engineering
Program
Polytech'Nantes today
1000
Engineering
students
330
Graduates every year
120
Professors and
assistants professor
Master's and
250
PhD students
5000
6
engineering degrees at
2
sites
with interdisciplinary services
Polytech'Nantes today
Computer Science and Engineering
(
Business Intelligence and Softwares and Networks)Electronics Engineering and Numerical Technologies
Thermal and Energy Sciences
Electrical Engineering
Material Sciences and Engineering
ETN
INFO
MAT
TE
GE
GC
Civil Engineering
Labs involved
in ETRERA
Organisation of the talk:
1. Presentation of the Graduate School of Engineering
2. Presentation of the research labs working in the energy field
3. Our achievements and current research activities
LGMPA
Laboratoire Génie des Matériaux et Procédés Associés
(Polytech’ Nantes)
(Materials engineering)
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Two areas of expertise :
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Metallurgy and related processes (welding, …)
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Materials for energy production and storage
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Pr. Thierry BROUSSE, Director
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Hydrogen purification for automobile applications
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Materials for super capacitors.
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Battery Li-Ion, Ni/Zinc
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Hybrid system Carbon/Pb0
2Lead dioxide nanowires for hybrid carbon/PbO2 device
long term cycling ability of carbon/MnO2 hybrid supercapacitor
(over 200000 cycles)
silicon nanoparticles grafted on carbon surface for negative electrode in lithium ion batteries
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Hydrogen purification for automobile applications
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Materials for super capacitors :
- Development of multi-layer membrane architecture on porous metallic support - Process of membranes assembly
- Design and realisation of prototype
modified carbone, nanostructured oxyde: MnO2,Fe3O4; nitride
Framework :
IREENA
Research Institute in Electrical Engineering and Electronics
of Nantes-Atlantique
Main research activities in the energy field
Saint-Nazaire
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Design of electrical machines
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Modeling, control and diagnosis of electrical drives
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High performance power electronics
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Power network analysis and modeling
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Power quality: active filtering
and renewable energy
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Pr. MACHMOUM, Director
IREENA
Institut de Recherche en Electrotechnique et ElectroniqueDesign of electrical machines
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Low speed drives
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Direct drive applications (wind
turbines)
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Switched reluctance machine
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High speed drives
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High compactness
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Main problem : efficiency
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Solid rotor reluctance machine
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Special drives
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Automotive applications
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Poly-phase machine design
IREENA
Institut de Recherche en Electrotechnique et ElectroniqueIREENA
Institut de Recherche en Electrotechnique et Electroniquede Nantes-Atlantique
Modeling and control of electrical drives
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Modeling and control of double star or poly-phase machines
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Control of electric marine thrusters
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Hydrodynamic model of the thrust
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Non linear observer and control
High performance power electronics
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High performance current control and pulse width modulation
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Analog controller and modulator
IREENA
Institut de Recherche en Electrotechnique et Electroniquede Nantes-Atlantique
Power network analysis and modeling
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Complex power networks
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On board applications
(ships, aeronautics, vehicules
…)
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Non linear and intermittent loads
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Harmonic perturbations
Power quality : active filtering and renewable energy
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Multi source systems
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Control of doubly-fed
induction motors
LTN
Thermokinetics Laboratory of Nantes (CNRS-UMR 6607)
Heat transfer lab with two areas of expertise :
Heat transfer in materials and at their interfaces
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Heat transfer at nano-scale• Polymer caracterisation
• Molding of polymer material
• Heat transfer at interfaces
Heat transfer in complex and fluid flow
• Transitions and flow instabilities
• Heat transfer intensification in laminar flow : chaotic advection & micro-fluidic
• Heat and mass transfer in energy system
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D. DELAUNAY, Director
Liq/sol phase change
during polymer cristallisation Dedicated metrology
for investigation of heat transfer at material interfaces
Flow visualisation of chaotic mixing in «blinking» flow
Sortie coude 1 Sortie coude 3 Sortie coude 6 = 0 = 1 = 2
•Intensification of mixing in pulsating chaotic flow •Study of heat transfer in micro-heat exchanger
From fundamental studies ….
0,1 < Re < 10
Hydraulic diameter : 20 mm
Intensification of micro-organic
photosynthetic farming (photobioreactor)
Injector equipped with a micrometer traversing mechanism
Test section 1st tab array
Study of High Efficiency Vortex generator for multi-functional heat exchanger
Re= 7500 –o/w 15 % Re = 10000 - o/w 15 % Re= 15000 - o/w 5 % Hydrodynamic and thermal study
Realisation of the mixing of non-miscible fluids (!!!)
Organisation of the talk:
1. Presentation of the Graduate School of Engineering
2. Presentation of the research labs working in the energy field
3. Our achievements and current research activities
Our achievements
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Development of a high efficiency fuel cell power train
- Heat and water management of the fuel cell stack
- Hybridation with ultra capacitors
- Design and realisation of high efficiency DC/DC converters
- Energy management of the whole power train
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In 2010, the performance of the POLYJOULE Prototype was:
4,896 km
with the energetic equivalent of
1 liter of gasoline
Our current research activities
5. Development of novel electrodes for ultracapacitors
1. Heat and water management of PEM fuel cell
2. Diagnostic of fuel cell stack in unsteady regime
3. Fuel cell stack design