General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DES-25-0057
Thesis topic details
Category
Engineering science
Thesis topics
Impact of pollution on the dynamics of bubbly flows
Contract
Thèse
Job description
In accident conditions, if the core of a nuclear reactor boils, the pollution of the water can have an important role in heat exchanges. The challenge of this thesis is to understand this impact and learn to simulate it, the aim being ultimately to provide reference data for boiling in reactor conditions. To achieve this, this thesis will focus on simulating the transport of a pollutant concentration within bubbly flow. The student will simulate the pollution of interfaces by surfactant molecules, a particular case of pollutant found in most hydraulic systems. This study will be carried out using Direct Numerical Simulations carried out with the TRUST/TrioCFD open-source code. The student will be hosted at the Laboratory of Modeling and Simulation in Fluid Mechanics (LMSF) within a group of researchers and numerous PhD students. In collaboration with the academic world, the student will publish his work and participate in international conferences. We are therefore looking for a student who has completed his studies in computational fluid mechanics (M2 or equivalent). Knowledge of modern C++ language would be a notable advantage. Carrying out an internship prior to the thesis is possible.
University / doctoral school
Mécanique, Energétique, Génie Civil, Procédés (MEGEP)
Toulouse III
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Bittard du Cluzeau Antoine
antoine.ducluzeau@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DM2S/STMF/LMSF
centre CEA Saclay
Bâtiment 451, pièce 60
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
01 69 08 72 20
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
Lalanne Benjamin
benjamin.lalanne@ensiacet.fr
Toulouse INP
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique
CAMPUS INP – ENSIACET
Laboratoire de Génie Chimique
4 allée Emile Monso
CS 84234
31 432 Toulouse cedex 4
05 34 32 36 35
En savoir plus
https://triocfd.cea.fr/
https://triocfd.cea.fr/