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-26-0306
Thesis topic details
Category
Technological challenges
Thesis topics
development of a NET (Negative Emission Technologie) process combining CO2 capture and hydrogenation into synthetic fuel
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Until recently, CO2 capture technologies were developed separately from CO2 utilization technologies, even though coupling the CO2 desorption stage with the chemical transformation of CO2, which is generally exothermic, would yield significant energy savings.
The first coupled solutions have recently been proposed, but they are mainly at moderate temperatures (100-180°C) [1], or even recently close to 225°C [2].
The objective of this doctoral thesis is to study, both experimentally and theoretically, a coupled system in the 250-325°C temperature range that allows via Fischer-Tropsch-type catalytic hydrogenation the direct production of higher value-added products
University / doctoral school
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2026
Person to be contacted by the applicant
BORGARD Jean-Marc 
jean-marc.borgard@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DRMP//LM2T
BAT450 SE
bP 41
CEA/Saclay
91191 Gif sur Yvette cedex
0169088086
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
PARICAUD Patrice patrice.paricaud@ensta-paris.fr
ENSTA Paris
Unité de Chimie et Procédé
Unité de Chimie et Procédé
ENSTA Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris. 828 boulevard des Maréchaux
91120 Palaiseau.
+33 (0) 1 81 87 20 26.
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