At the scale of the interface, our objective is to highlight and characterize the complex coupling that can exist between
diffusion, convection and chemical reactions, during the absorption of CO2 in a liquid. We combine an experimental approach, based on
interferometry, and theoretical (stability analysis) and numerical approaches.

At the scale of the device, our goal is to integrate the results obtained at the scale of the gas-liquid interface into
classical chemical engineering approaches, in order to contribute to the optimization or the design of different kind of processes for the
capture of CO2, based on absorption in amine solutions or on the formation of CO2 hydrates.
 

Selected publications :

Wylock, C., Rednikov, A., Colinet, P., & Haut, B. Experimental and numerical analysis of buoyancy-induced instability during
CO2 absorption in NaHCO3-Na2CO3 aqueous solutions. Chemical Engineering Science, 151, 232-246. 2017

Douieb, S., Fradette, L., François, B., & Haut, B. Impact of the fluid flow conditions on the formation rate of carbon
dioxide hydrates in a semi-batch stirred tank reactor. AIChE Journal, 61(12), 4387-4401. 2015

Wylock, C., Rednikov, A., Haut, B., & Colinet, P. Nonmonotonic Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities driven by gas-liquid CO2
chemisorption. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118(38), 11323-11329

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