LAPLACE LABORATORY ON PLASMA AND CONVERSION OF ENERGY UNIVERSITY OF TOULOUSE
Head: Christian Laurent* Senior researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) Deputy directors: Professor M. Fadel, Professor G. Zissis
*E-mail: christian.laurent@laplace. univ-tlse. fr Phone: 33 (0)5 61 55 77 91, Fax: 33 (0)5 61 55 64 52
Université Paul Sabatier 118, route de Narbonne 31062 Toulouse cedex 9, France
Internet site: http://www.laplace.univ-tlse.fr
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Brief presentation
Headed by Christian Laurent, Senior Researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), assisted by two Deputy Directors, Professor Maurice Fadel and Professor Georges Zissis, LAPLACE has 11 research groups gathering 266 people including:
- 106 full-time and part time researchers from the CNRS and the University of Toulouse;
- 48 engineers, technicians and administrative staff;
- 112 PhD and trainees.
General description
Scientific domains
Electrical technology, power electronics, plasmas, non equilibrium phenomena, energetics, complex system modelling, renewable energy, durable development, materials for energy, diagnostics, control, design methodology.
Application domains
Generation, transport, management, conversion and utilization of electrical energy, aeronautics and space, embedded systems, transports, health and environment.
Structure of the laboratory
Research groups
Research Group in Energetics, Plasma, and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena Jean-Pierre Boeuf, CNRS Senior researcher Non-equilibrium plasma sources, transport phenomena (radiation, plasma, phase transitions), instability and self-organization, diphasic systems, Monte Carlo, PIC, Fluid modelling and experimental validation.
Non-Equilibrium Reactive Plasma
Mohammed Yousfi, CNRS Senior researcher Basic data for plasma physics and chemistry, particle simulation and fluid modelling, reactive plasma flows, biotechnology and sterilization, air pollution control, dielectric barrier discharges, radiation-matter interactions.
Electric Arc and Thermal Plasma Processes
Jean-Jacques Gonzalez, CNRS Senior researcher Calculation of the thermo-dynamical properties of pure and mixed gases, study of the phenomena and characterization of the media: within electric arc processes by modelling (fluid/solid), and experiments (optical, inverse methods).
Materials and Plasma Processes
Patrice Raynaud, CNRS Researcher Low and atmospheric pressure cold plasma, plasma-fluidized bed, dusty plasma, plasma deposition processes, deposits and surface treatments. Diagnostics and physico-chemical studies of plasmas and surfaces.
Information
Light and Matter Pierre Destruel, Professor
From photon to electron, from electron to photon, the Light and Matter group studies the problems associated with the energy conversion in the electroactive devices: organic photovoltaic cells, discharge lamps, organic electroluminescent diodes.
Solid Dielectrics and Reliability Gilbert Teyssedre, CNRS Senior researcher Characterization, understanding and modelling of charge generation phenomena in insulators (under electrical stress or radiation), and identification of the mechanisms leading to ageing and breakdown.
Dielectric Materials in the Energy Conversion Thierry Lebey, CNRS Senior researcher Material processing, characterization, modeling, ageing, in view of: 3D hybrid integration in power electronics; high temperature, and high voltage component and electrical systems.
Research Group in Electrodynamics Bertrand Nogarede, Professor
Study of electromechanical coupling phenomenas in electromagnetic fields and electroactive materials, optimal design, piezoactuators, innovative electrical machines, "intelligent" structures (aerospace, medical...).
Static Converters
Philippe Ladoux, Professor
New topologies of high power converters, 3D integration for power conversion. Safety and reliability of converters, CVD Diamond for power electronics.
Research Group in Energy, Electricity & Systemics Xavier Roboam, CNRS Senior researcher Integrated design methods (synthesis, analysis, optimization), transport and embedded networks, alternative energies and new technologies of electrical energy, power converters for electrical discharge.
Electrical System Control and Diagnostics Pascal Maussion, Assistant professor Control, performance and reliability of electrical systems improvement , including converters, electrical machines, batteries, embedded actuators, alterno-starters, fuel cells in railways, aviation, automobile and other industries.
Transversal actions
Source - Discharge - Process Optimization Hubert Piquet, Professor
Design and optimization of a treatment or a process in its overall context, thereby taking into consideration all the source-object interactions.
Reliability and Diagnostics in Energy Conversion Frédéric Richardeau, CNRS Researcher Understanding the causes of ageing and failure under functional stresses, managing their effects on the surrounding system and developing methods for the detection and the management of failure.
Electromagnetism, Electrodynamics, Energetics and Plasmas
Jean-Pierre Boeuf, CNRS Senior researcher
Improve the relevance of complex physical models, to develop the synergy between specialists in electromagnetism, electrodynamics, energetics and plasmas, at the interface between the physics and the engineering.
International Scientific Journal for Alternative Energy and Ecology № 6 (62) 2008
© Scientific Technical Centre «TATA», 2008
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