Director

General Information

• Staff of about 150 people including approximately 60 permanent members and 40 PhD students
• Yearly budget of about 3,5 M Euros
• Scientific production of about 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals or conference proceedings per year

Expertise

Research at CETHIL covers many fields in the area of thermal and energy sciences.
Its strength is to treat simultaneously a wide range of length and temperature scales:
from nanostructures to buildings, from ice slurry to combustion.
The Centre develops new cutting-edge scientific knowledge and technology from a balance between

• High level research in its field
• Training of young researchers
• Strong and structured partnership with industries

Objectives

Understand heat exchange phenomena: convection, conduction, radiation and phase change in order to make characterisation, prediction, control.
Applications
Aeronautics, automotive, building, electronics, renewable energy, nuclear and space technologies…

6 Research Groups

- Micro and nano scale heat transfer - TS1
- Phase change heat transfer and application to thermal systems - TS2
- Thermo physical and radiative properties - TS3
- Heat transfer in fluids - TS4
- Solar Energy Systems - TS5
- Thermo-Aeraulics in Buildings - TS6

Preferential partners

Brochure in pdf format
- Joint laboratory EDF-CETHIL "High Energy Efficiency Buildings"
- INSA/EDF Chair "Habitats and energy innovations"