The intermittent nature of renewable energy sources highlights the need for diversification and optimization of energy recovery and conversion systems to ensure a stable and secure energy supply. Among potential energy sources, solar radiation, biomass combustion or gasification, geothermal heat, and industrial waste heat all play critical roles. One promising solution for harnessing these energy sources is the supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Brayton cycle, which offers high thermodynamic efficiency, compact equipment, and adaptability to a wide range of heat sources, including next-generation nuclear reactors and industrial waste heat.
This PhD thesis is part of the PEPR REVCO2 project, a massive collaborative effort among four research laboratories (CETHIL, Lafset, LMFA and LUSAC) to fully develop a versatile reversible sCO2 Brayton cycle targeted to harvest industrial waste heat. In this project, LMFA focuses on global design of the turbomachinery stages.
For more details about the PhD offer, please see the attached document.
