Ronan Vicquelin

Professeur

CentraleSupélec - Laboratoire EM2C (CNRS) - Université Paris-Saclay

Laboratoire EM2C - CNRS
CentraleSupelec - Bat. Eiffel
8-10, rue Joliot Curie
91192 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex
Tel. +33 (0)1 75 31 60 90

Email : ronan.vicquelin_at_centralesupelec.fr
HAL : cv.archives-ouvertes.fr/ronan-vicquelin
ORCID: 0000-0002-2055-5244

Appointments

2019- 2019- 2018-	Professeur des Universités Responsable de la Mention (3ème année) Aéronautique, Espace et Transports Co-supervisor of High Performance Computing Mésocentre Moulon@Paris-Saclay
2016-	Head of the Aerospace track (parcours Air-Espace), part of the last year specializing option Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (option MAE) in Centrale Paris engineer cursus.
2013-	Member of the executive board of CentraleSupélec’s Mésocentre (High Performance Computing center)
2011-2019	Maître des Conférences, CentraleSupélec
2013-2014	Elected member of CentraleSupélec’s Conseil d’Administration
2010-2011	Post-doctoral Fellow, Center For Turbulence Research, Stanford University, USA.
2006-2010	Engineer, GDF Suez, Centre de Recherche et d’Innovation Gaz et Energies Nouvelles, France.

Education

2018

2010

Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Rouen Normandie.

Ph.D. in Energetics, Ecole Centrale Paris.

2006

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace, Ecole Centrale Paris.

2006

Diplôme d’Ingénieur, Ecole Centrale Paris.

Teaching

Present appointments:

Responsable du parcours Air-Espace en option MAE, CentraleSupeléc
Sciences des Transferts, CentraleSupélec 1st-year students.
Mécanique des Fluides, CentraleSupélec 1st- and 2nd-year students.
Mécanique des Fluides Numérique, CentraleSupélec 3rd-year students.
Transferts Turbulents, CentraleSupélec 3rd-year students.
Radiative Heat Transfer in Combustion, Lecturer (3h), VUB Master degree, Brussels, Belgium.

Previous appointments:

Mécanique des Fluides Appliquée, CentraleSupélec 3rd-year students.
Méthodologie en transferts thermiques, CentraleSupélec 3rd-year students.
Traitement du Signal, CentraleSupélec 3rd-year students.
Numerical Methods in Engineering, CentraleSupélec 2nd-year students.

Gallery of images

Source: M. Philip, R. Vicquelin, M. Boileau, T. Schmitt, S. Candel (2013)

Source: J. Larsson, I. Bermejo-Moreno, J. Bodart, R. Vicquelin (2012)

Source : P. Rodrigues, R. Vicquelin, B. Franzelli, O. Gicquel, N. Darabiha (2018)

Source : Y.F. Zhang, R. Vicquelin, O. Gicquel, J. Taine (2013)

Source : C. Koren, R. Vicquelin, O. Gicquel (2016)

Source : T. Lancien, S. Candel, R. Vicquelin (2018)

Research interests

Turbulent reacting flows with a focus on numerical simulation and modelling:

Turbulent combustion modelling.
Reduction methods for chemistry: tabulated chemistry, flamelet models.
Large eddy simulations and direct numerical simulations
Uncertainty Quantification.

Ignition in gas turbines.
Reacting two-phase flows.
Reacting compressible flows.
High Performance Computing.

Coupled multi-physics simulations.
Conjugate Heat Transfer.
Radiative energy transfer.
Wall-bounded flows.

Publications

List of publications can be found here.

IdHAL : ronan-vicquelin
ORCID : 0000-0002-2055-5244
ResearcherId : M-7563-2018
Google Scholar : here

PhD students

Ongoing theses

Julie Ben Zenou, Méthodes et modèles pour la simulation aux grandes échelles couplée aux transferts radiatifs. Application à la combustion hydrogène/air diluée. Supervisors: R. Vicquelin. Bourse Université Paris-Saclay
Maxime Leroy, Analyse de la stabilisation, structure et des émissions de flammes hydrogène-air sur un injecteur co-axial pour la propulsion aéronautique. Supervisors: C. Mirat, A. Renaud, R. Le Dortz, R. Vicquelin. CIFRE Safran
Nicolas Vaysse, Analysis of direct hydrogen injection, flame stabilization and dynamics for energy and aeronautical applications . Supervisors: A. Renaud, S. Candel, R. Vicquelin. Bourse ANR

Graduates

Yufang Zhang, Coupled convective heat transfer and radiative energy transfer in turbulent boundary layers, 2013. Supervisors: R. Vicquelin, O. Gicquel, J. Taine. Bourse CSC
Chai Koren, Modeling conjugate heat transfer phenomena for multi-physics simulations of combustion applications, 2016. Supervisors: R. Vicquelin, O. Gicquel. CIFRE Air Liquide
Maxime Philip, Dynamique de l’allumage circulaire dans les foyers annulaires multi-injecteurs, 2016. Supervisors: R. Vicquelin, S. Candel. Bourse IDEX
Pedro Rodrigues, Modélisation multiphysique de flammes turbulentes suitées avec la prise en compte des transferts radiatifs et des transferts de chaleur pariétaux, 2018. Supervisors: R. Vicquelin, B. Franzelli, O. Gicquel, N. Darabiha. ANR OXYTEC
Théa Lancien, Etude numérique de l’allumage diphasique des les foyers annulaires multi-injecteurs, 2018. Supervisors: R. Vicquelin. ANR TIMBER
Lorella Palluotto, Multiphysics Large Eddy Simulation of a premixed swirled flame, 2019 . Supervisors: R. Vicquelin, A. Parente, O. Gicquel. EU Marie Curie Clean-Gas
Jan Mateu Armengol, Numerical study of Turbulence-Radiation Interaction in a turbulent jet, 2019. Supervisors: O. Gicquel, R. Vicquelin, R. dos Santos. Bourse Brésil
N. Dumont, Méthodes numériques et modèle réduit de chimie tabulée pour la propagation d’incertitudes de cinétique chimique, 2019, Supervisors: R. Vicquelin, O. Gicquel. Bourse Université Paris-Saclay
Arthur Degenève, Stabilisation des flammes swirlées enrichies en oxygène: Etude expérimentale et numérique, 2020. Supervisors: C. Mirat, R. Vicquelin, T. Schuller. CIFRE Air Liquide.
Kevin Torres, Prédiction des transferts radiatifs dans les flammes suitées, 2021. Supervisors: R. Vicquelin, O. Gicquel. EU SOPRANO
Matteo Gelain, Caractérisation aérothermique d’un échangeur surfacique intégré en veine secondaire, 2021. Supervisors: M. Errera, R. Vicquelin, O. Gicquel. CIFRE SAFRAN
Karl Töpperwien, Numerical analysis of light-round ignition in annular spray-flame combustors with realistic thermal wall conditions, 2022, Supervisors: R. Vicquelin. EU ANNULIGHT
Luc Lecointre, Hydrogen flame acceleration in non-uniform mixtures, 2022, Supervisors: E. Studer, S. Kudriakov, R. Vicquelin, C. Tenaud. Bourse CEA
Guilhem Lavabre, Quantification des incertitudes de la cinétique chimique dans les simulations aux grandes échelles, 2023, Supervisors: O. Gicquel, R. Vicquelin. Bourse Université Paris-Saclay

Funded research projects

Projects in addition to individual PhD fellowships:

2017-2021	European project ANNULIGHT Coordination: J. Dawson (NTNU). Global objective: Study of combustion dynamics in annular combustors. Partners: NTNU (Norway), CERFACS (France), CNRS (France), TUM (Germany), TUB (Germany), U. Cambridge (UK), ETH (Switzerland), SAFRAN, Ansaldo Specific task(s): Numerical simulations of ignition, extinction and instabilities in annular combustors.
2017-2019	One-year project MRIC funded by the LABEX LASIPS Coordination: R. Vicquelin (EM2C).? Global objective: Development of reduced models for combustion uncertainties. Partners: EM2C (CNRS) and LIMSI (CNRS) Specific task(s): Uncertainty quantification in reactive LES.
2017-2018	PRACE project CRITICal Coordination: R. Vicquelin (EM2C). Objective: Massively-parallel simulations to characterize two-phase ignition in combustors.? Partners: CERFACS and EM2C (CNRS) Specific task(s): LES of two-phase flow ignition in annular combustors.
2016-2019	European project SOPRANO Coordination: SAFRAN. Global objective: Deliver more accurate experimental and numerical methodologies for predicting the soot emissions in academic or semi-technical combustion systems. Partners: ONERA, General Electric, ROLLS- ROYCE PLC, MTU, UNIFI, RRD, KIT, CNRS, TURBOMECA SA, DLR, INSA Rouen, SAFRAN, GE AVIO, SAFRAN SA, FEL, CERFACS, Imperial Specific task(s): Soot radiation in multiphysics LES.
2015-2018	European project CleanGas Coordination: Politecnico di Milano. Global objective: Develop new experimental and numerical tools for improving natural gas combustion in innovative burners. Partners: Politecnico di Milano (Italy), CentraleSupélec (France), Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany), Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) Specific task(s): Enhance thermal radiation solver and its coupling with multiphysics LES.
2014-2019	ANR project TIMBER Coordination: R. Vicquelin (EM2C). Global objective: Combined experimental and numerical study of two-phase ignition in multi- burner combustors. Partners: CERFACS, CORIA (CNRS) and EM2C (CNRS) Specific task(s): Numerical simulations of ignition in annular combustors.
2012-2016	ANR project NEXTFLAME Coordination: M. Boileau & M. Massot (EM2C). Global objective: Experimental and numerical study of laminar two-phase flames. Partners: CNRS (EM2C), CERFACS Specific task(s): Enhancement of 1D code AGATH to simulate two-phase flames.
2012-2019	ANR project OXYTEC Coordination: T. Schuller (EM2C). Global objective: Experimental and numerical study of high-pressure oxy-combustion. Partners: CentraleSupélec Specific task(s): Multiphysics simulation of heat transfer with LES.