Curriculum
For each semester, you will find below the offered core courses, with ECTS, content and intended learning outcomes.
Please note that some (minor) changes may occur to enhance the educational line and comply with various institutional constraints. The website will be updated accordingly.
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Physics of fluids, micro-, meso- and macroscale, transport phenomena, constitutive equations, complex fluids, rheology, conservations laws (local and global), turbulence, boundary layer, RANS, LES, k-epsilon models, combustion and reactive flows, liquid-gas or liquid-vapor flows, flow regimes map and correlations, suspension flows
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Transport phenomena (momentum, mass, heat), homogeneous reactors (CSTR, plug flow), heterogeneous reactors (catalytic or not), crystallization, germination, growth, agglomeration, reaction kinetics and thermodynamics
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Radiation-matter interaction, X-ray diffraction, Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Elementary surface analysis, specific surfaces, porosity, thermal stability,
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Physics of granular matter, mechanical, thermal and chemical transformations, size reduction (grinding, abrasion, attrition) and enlargement (agglomeration, granulation, caking), compaction and sintering, pneumatic transport and fluidization, ..
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Event driven, soft sphere and hard sphere approaches, algorithmic implementation for soft spheres, contact laws and calibration, scale-up, coarse graining and homogeneization
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Mesh-based methods (FDM, FVM, FEM), Particle-based methods, Explicit vs. Implicit solvers, CFL stability condition, algorithm, time stepping methods, visualization
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Impact of sustainability of anthropogenic activities, multiphase production systems, optimization matter and energy consumption, use of renewable materials, Energy Sustainability Index (ESI), Energy Return On Investment (EROI) and Energy Payback Time
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Carbon cycle, main greenhouse gases, CO2 sequestration and conversion processes, synthesis of urea, dry reforming, conversion of CO2 into inorganic carbonates, power-to-X, photo-catalytic, electro-catalytic and photo- synthetic processes
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Gas-liquid and liquid-liquid reactors, catalytic heterogeneous reactors, porous catalysts, modelling of multiphase chemical reactors, three-phase chemical reactors, mixing and scale-up
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Energy transition, hydrogen economy, production, storage and use of H2 through electrolysers and fuel cells. Basic theory on electrochemistry. Momentum, mass, heat, charge transport phenomena.
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Definition of population balances, application of population balances to multiphase systems for sustainable engineering applications, solution methods and coupling with CFD
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Systematic overview of the developments and challenges in multiscale modeling with emphasis on fundamental principles and overaching issues
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Linear FEM for elasticity with volume locking, error estimators and non-linear analysis, discussion of limits for phase transition and fracture problems
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Overview of fundamental numerical methods used in thermo-fluid dynamics and introduction to high-level programming
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Introduction to state-of-the-art numerical
methods for multiphase flow simulations using sharp- and diffuse-interface models
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Introduction on theoretical basics of Particle- Simulation Methods for Fluid Dynamics ranging from molecular dynamics (MD), Monte-Carlo methods (MC) over Lattice-Gas automata (LGA)/Lattice-Boltzmann methods (LBM) to continuum methods (Navier-Stokes)
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A deepened understanding of the basic techniques in artificial intelligence and its application for engineering problems
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The Internship will last 5 months, during which the student will work on his/her Master Thesis. It is the opportunity for
the students to apply the knowledge and know-how delivered during the 3 first semesters of the MULTIPHASE master
to a challenge which is both involving a multiphase system and an application oriented towards sustainable
engineering.
Students will have the choice to join an academic laboratory, especially among the full partners and the
academic Associated Partners, or to go for an internship in an industrial environment.
It will be the opportunity to establish a durable and interactive relationship with an industrial Associated Partner and:
The different phases of the GLiP are synchronized with the overall curriculum:
Students will have the possibility to go in the industrial partner buildings during two periods of 6 weeks each.
The results of the GLiP will be presented during the September week, just before the graduation, in presence of the industrial Associated Partners and the incoming cohort.
Students will present their results in the form of a scientific article, that will be critically reviewed and published in the internal “MULTIPHASE master Journal”. This will be a good preparation for students willing to engage in a PhD after the Master.
Two Applications seminars are proposed to students every semester. An application seminar consists of 3-to-5 days focused on an application field.
Morning presentations are given by renowned researchers and/or invited scholars. They will giveinsight in a specific theory related to multiphase systems and describe novel methods and applications published in the field.
Afternoon presentations will be delivered by industrial representatives explaining the practical and technological challenges they are facing.
Below is the provisional planning for the first three semesters. Attention has been brought to present scientific state-of-the-art challenges and their impact on society. Provisional agenda includes:
In a mountain village, two successive cohorts of students will spend a few days.
The program is:
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