The Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (Dynfluid) at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Paris and VALEO are joining forces to create a laboratory with the aim of developing digital and experimental tools. These tools will enable the development of innovative thermal components and systems dedicated to the thermal management of the electric vehicle of the future.
The creation of the joint laboratory by Dynfluid ( Arts et Métiers CNAM) and VALEO was made official on December 6, 2018, at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Paris, in the presence of Guillaume Devauchelle, Vice President of Innovation and Scientific Development at the VALEO Group, and Ivan Iordanoff, Deputy Director General of Research and Innovation at Arts et Métiers.
Co-directed by Dr. Kamel Azzouz, Director of Thermal & Thermodynamic Technologies at VALEO, and Prof. Sofiane Khelladi, Head of the Energy, Turbomachinery, and Flow Team at Dynfluid, this joint laboratory will focus on developing new advanced experimental techniques such as PIV (particle image velocimetry) and LDV (laser Doppler velocimetry).
The target products will be thermal components and systems dedicated to the thermal management of electric vehicles. Digital modeling approaches in a machine learning and artificial intelligence context will be integrated into the design and optimization loops for the products concerned.
The collaboration between Dynfluid and VALEO dates back several years, with joint work carried out on automotive cooling systems as part of theses and collaborative projects funded by the FUI (Fond Unique Interministériel) and the ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche).
All of the researchers contributing to the development of ISYTHERM share the ambition of achieving a genuine blend of scientific and technological cultures: thermal engineering, fluid dynamics, acoustics, vibrations, and materials. We know that tomorrow's innovations are born in the crucible of interdisciplinarity. In this respect, ISYTHERM is fully representative of modern research, and I am convinced that the studies conducted within it will help promote the reputation of our Arts et Métiers Cnam institutions. Prof. Farid Bakir, Director of Dynfluid.
The creation of this joint laboratory is part ofArts et Métiers scientific strategy, which on November 12 inaugurated another labcom between the Processes and Engineering in Mechanics and Materials Laboratory (PIMM, supervised by CNRS / Arts et Métiers CNAM) and Air Liquide. Arts et Métiers now Arts et Métiers nine labcoms created with industrial and academic partners.
Arts et Métiers to developing cutting-edge research linked to the major challenges facing the industry of the future, focusing on five main sectors: transportation, healthcare, energy, construction, and manufacturing. The creation of joint laboratories with the institution's strong partners, such as VALEO, in the four sectors mentioned above is therefore one of the main assets of research that is in line with the challenges of tomorrow's industry.
