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Modeling condensation and solidification of air gases on a cold wall: application to the simulation of t


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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-25-0019  

Thesis topic details

Category

Engineering science

Thesis topics

Modeling condensation and solidification of air gases on a cold wall: application to the simulation of the Loss of Vacuum of a liquid hydrogen tank

Contract

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Job description

The increasingly widespread use of liquid hydrogen (LH2), particularly for low-carbon mobility, raises safety issues given its highly flammable nature. One of the major accidents involving cryogenic systems is the air ingress following a rupture of the outer shell of a vacuum-insulated tank. In such an event, the gases in the air liquefy and solidify on the cold walls, resulting in a high heat deposit and sudden system overpressure. The discharge line and the safety devices must be sized to evacuate the cryogenic fluid safely and avoid any risk of explosion. The aim of this thesis is to develop a model to simulate this type of scenario using the CATHARE code. A particular effort will be made to model heat exchange by liquefaction and solidification through the tank wall. This work will benefit from the loss of vacuum experimental campaign to be carried out in LH2 by CEA as part of the ESKHYMO ANR project. In addition, the use of a CFD local-scale simulation tool such as neptune_cfd could help in the construction of models in CATHARE by up-scaling. Finally, the methodology developed will be applied to simulate a system representative of an industrial facility.

University / doctoral school

Sciences Mécaniques et Energétiques, Matériaux et Géosciences (SMEMaG)
Ecole Centrale Paris

Thesis topic location

Site

Saclay

Requester

Position start date

01/01/2025

Person to be contacted by the applicant

STUDER Etienne etienne.studer@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DM2S/STMF/LIEFT
CEA Saclay, bat 460 DM2S/STMF/LE2H
0169088392

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

PODVIN Bérengère berengere.podvin@centralesupelec.fr
CNRS
Laboratoire EM2C - Centrale Supelec
Laboratoire EM2C, CNRS UPR 288
École CentraleSupélec
8-10 rue Joliot-Curie
91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
0175316092

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