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Loïc FAVERGEON

  • Email favergeon@mines-stetienne.fr
  • Phone +33 4 77 42 02 93
  • Capacity Responsable du département PTSI (SPIN)
  • Centre Centre for Chemical Engineering -
  • Department Procédés de Transformations des Solides et Instrumentation (PTSI)
  • Site Campus of Saint-Étienne
    158, cours Fauriel, Saint-Étienne
  • Office C1-04
  • Responsibilities and Duties

    Head of PTSI department, SPIN centre
    Head of the SURF group, Georges Friedel Laboratory (CNRS UMR 5307)
    Elected member of the Executive Committee of AFCAT

  • Research Topics

    Solid-gas reactivity
    Heterogeneous kinetics
    Thermal analysis
    Multi-scale modeling
    Reactor design

  • Teaching Areas

    I teach at undergraduate and graduate levels the following courses: thermal reactivity of solids and kinetic modelling, nuclear physics and nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel cycle.
    I’m co-responsible for “energy transition” course where students find keys to understand the production and use of different types of energy and be presented with the elements necessitating energy transition and possible ways of organizing it.
    I’m also in charge of a multi-disciplinary project called workshop skills, where the students learn the basic culture and to use and manage tools and techniques made available to them in a given field.

  • Biography

    After a PhD thesis devoted to chemical transformation of solids, I’ve started my research activities at Mines Saint-Etienne in the field of heterogeneous kinetics applied to chemical engineering. Especially I developed an original multi-scale expertise applied to solid-gas reactors by coupling heterogeneous kinetics with heat and mass transfer inside a porous medium.
    Based on experimental skills (thermal analysis, divided solids characterization) and theoretical concepts (heterogeneous kinetics). It was applied to several industrial fields such as the nuclear fuel cycle, ore processing, building materials, materials reprocessing, SCR, heat storage, CO2 capture…
    I have coordinated the teaching activities dedicated to Chemical Engineering at Mines Saint-Etienne during four years, including ICM, Masters of Science and Apprenticeship Continuing Education master degrees. I’m now co-responsible of the education program for the Nuclear Engineering Master’s degree delivered by Mines Saint-Etienne in connection with ISTP.

  • Education

    Habilitation degree in Chemical Engineering from Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France (2015)
    Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Saint-Etienne, France (2006)
    M.Sc. in Nanotechnology from Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France (2002)
    B.Sc. in Chemical Physics from Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France (2001)

  • Career History

    Visiting researcher 3 months at Univ. Hiroshima (Japan), 2 months at Univ. Bath (UK), 6 months at Univ. Knoxville, TN (USA)

  • Main Publications

    Kinetics and mechanisms of solid-gas reactions, Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Volume 6, 2nd Edition, Recent Advances, Techniques and Applications, chapitre 5, Elsevier Science, ISBN: 9780444640628, 2018.

    French Activity on High Temperature Corrosion in Water Vapor, Materials Science Foundations 76, Eds. S. Chevalier, J. Favergeon, Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Zurich, 2014.

  • Distinctions

    ICTAC International Grant Program for Young Scientists 2012
    AFACT-Setaram “Jacques Mercier” Award 2012
    NATAS Student travel award 2006

105 documents

  • Loïc Favergeon. Diffusion in solids: a key process in heterogeneous kinetics. Symposium on Surface and Bulk Diffusion in catalytic and adsorption process, IFP Énergies nouvelles, Oct 2017, Lyon, France. ⟨hal-02124027⟩
  • Larysa Okhrimenko, Loïc Favergeon, Kevyn Johannes, Kévyn Johannes, Michele Pijolat, et al.. Modèle cinétique de deshydratation du sulfate de magnesium pour le stockage d’énergie thermique par composite à sorption. JCAT 48 – 48è édition des Journées de Calorimétrie et d'Analyse, IFP Energies nouvelles, May 2017, Rueil-Malmaison, France. ⟨hal-02103406⟩
  • Loic Favergeon, Michele Pijolat, Michel Soustelle. Surface nucleation and anisotropic growth models for solid-state reactions. Thermochimica Acta, 2017, 654, pp.18-27. ⟨10.1016/j.tca.2017.05.004⟩. ⟨hal-01523651⟩
  • David Chiche, Laure Neveux, Vincent Girard, Taha Hlayhel, Karin Barthelet, et al.. Novel insights on H2S and COS removal for gas purification applications. 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering- WCCE10, Anque; Enginyers Industrials de catalunya; SEQUI A; A IQS, Oct 2017, Barcelone, Spain. pp.363. ⟨hal-01895542⟩
  • Larysa Okhrimenko, Loïc Favergeon, Kevyn Johannes, Frederic Kuznik, Michèle Pijolat. Thermodynamic study of MgSO4 − H2O system dehydration at low pressure in view of heat storage Author links open overlay. Thermochimica Acta, 2017, 656, pp.135 à 143. ⟨10.1016/j.tca.2017.08.015⟩. ⟨hal-01585099⟩
  • Lénaïc Desfougeres, Éléonore Welcomme, Maelig Ollivier, Nicolas Clavier, Loic Favergeon. Modélisation phénoménologique de la décomposition thermique d’oxalates d’actinides. Journée scientifique du Codegepra 2017, Nov 2017, Le Bourget du Lac, France. . ⟨hal-01685685⟩
  • Larysa Okhrimenko, Loïc Favergeon, Michèle Pijolat, Frédéric Kuznik, Kevyn Johannes. Etude thermocinétique du système MgSO4-H2O pour le stockage de chaleur par un composite à sorption. 47èmes Journées d’Etudes sur la Cinétique Hétérogène (JECH 47), Laboratoire SPCTS (Science des Procédés Céramiques et de Traitements de Surface) - Centre Européen de la Céramique (CEC)., Mar 2016, Limoges, France. ⟨emse-01303750⟩
  • Larysa Okhrimenko, Loïc Favergeon, Kevyn Johannes, Frederic Kuznik, Michèle Pijolat. Etude du système MgSO4-H2O pour le stockage de l’énergie thermique par un composite à sorption. Journées de Calorimétrie et d'Analyse Thermique 2016, JCAT47, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'ADOUR AFCAT (UPPA); Association Française de Calorimétrie et d'Analyse Thermique (AFCAT); membres du Laboratoire des Fluides Complexes et Reservoirs (LFCR); membres du Laboratoire de Thermique Energétique et Procédés (LaTEP), May 2016, Anglet, France. ⟨hal-01323900⟩
  • Larysa Okhrimenko, Loïc Favergeon, Frederic Kuznik, Kevyn Johannes, Michèle Pijolat. Etude cinétique de la déshydratation de MgSO4·6H2O pour le stockage de l’énergie thermique par un composite à sorption . Journée Scientifique du CODEGEPRA 2016, Nov 2016, Saint-Martin d'Hères, France. . ⟨hal-01415662⟩
  • Loïc Favergeon, Michèle Pijolat. Why reaction rate does not always obey Arrhenius law during gas-solid reactions?. International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry congress (ICTAC 2016), International Confederation for Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Aug 2016, Orlando, United States. pp.99 / KIN-3. ⟨hal-01916410⟩

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