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Impact of pollution on the dynamics of bubbly flows


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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-25-0057  

Thesis topic details

Category

Engineering science

Thesis topics

Impact of pollution on the dynamics of bubbly flows

Contract

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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

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