Emerging MOFs super-adsorbents present advantageous adsorption capacities, up to 60% higher than those of conventional activated carbons or zeolites. Consequently, for the two worldwide major issues of industry decarbonation and energy transition, those materials offer great perspectives such as CO2 capture and energetic gas (H2, CH4, NG) storage. Nevertheless, those enhanced storage capacities are related to equally important inhibiting thermal effects (exothermic under adsorption, endothermic under desorption). At industrial scale, those thermal effects would induce major reduction in performances (capacity, selectivity and charge/discharge kinetics) even hazard issues (hot spots). Up to date, whereas the literature on MOF for gas storage or capture is plethoric, only few research efforts were devoted to the thermal management of MOF. The project is fully devoted to it, gathering a complementary consortium of partner experts on the various multidisciplinary aspects from MOF elaboration to the targeted applications. We will especially focus our work on the development of MOF/graphite conducting composites, which will for example be of interest for isothermal-diabatic applications such as CO2 cpture in TSA processes. The 4 years research effort is shared between MOF and related composites elaborations and characterizations, comparison between raw MOF and composites, assessments of applications related performances, multi-scale modelisations (from composite material to industrial process) and lab-scale pilot tests. For all steps, from academic research to industrial concerns, environmental impacts are continuously considered.

In the field of cultural heritage, various data describe the state of the monument (survey data and scientific imaging, mappings of degradations, photographic collections, historical archives, analysis documents, coring, etc.). For the difficulty to collect, compare, analyze and validate data prior to restoration, this project aims to mobilize various disciplines (architecture, conservation, mechanics, informatics) to define a prototype of chain for the processing of information (including metrics and spatial analysis of surfaces, geometric models of structures, heterogeneous documentary sources, etc.). The objective is to design and develop an open and extensible software platform for the capitalization and the management of knowledge that enhances the comprehension and analysis of degradation phenomena affecting historic buildings. This project belongs to a highly multidisciplinary approach, and aims to support, in a rational way, the set of technical features (leaning on the "technological blocks" already developed by the consortium partners). Moreover, it aims to integrate them within a methodological reflection related to scientific questions raised by real objects of study. In terms of computational modeling, this project presents two innovative aspects: on one side, the idea of ??linking (and of bringing near) the phase of acquisition of spatial data to the one of data analysis and interpretation, on the other side, the ambition to develop analysis supports (morphology of the building, surface state, structural behavior) interconnected in a system conceived for the semantic characterization, based on mechanisms of distribution / spread (multiscale and multi-projection) of concepts structured according to an ontology specific to cultural heritage domain.

Energy efficiency is one of the key actions for the implementation of the energy transition in Europe and the world. The IONESCO laboratory is part of the development of tools for energy efficiency in industry. The aim of the IONESCO joint laboratory is to set up a "research and innovation" roadmap between the Automation and Systems (A & S) team of The Laboratory of Computer Science and Automatic Control for Systems (LIAS-University of of Poitiers) and Chauvin Arnoux to offer new functionalities to the measuring devices produced by the company including models of knowledge of the industrial environments in which they are used. This work aims at creating a break in the field of measuring instruments. Indeed, on the market, these materials provide information, potentially relevant, numerous, but for the most part not contextualized. Thus, identical information from different contexts can be provided without the apparatus being able to account for this change of environment. Consequently, it is the operator who must operate the three fundamental phases of the treatment, namely contextualization (taking into account the measurement environment), diagnosis and decision-making. The breakthrough envisaged is to initiate what the measurement should be in the industrial environment in the years to come.It consists of deporting all or part of the contextualization and diagnosis in the device, thus enabling the operator to make the best use of his cognitive resources and to make the decisions that are necessary in the circumstances. The project will: - For contextualization: the development and integration in the apparatus, models of knowledge of networks and energy uses. - For the diagnosis: the development and integration of specific processing algorithms making the best use of the future measurement and calculation capacities of the equipment. To achieve these objectives, UNESCO aims to share resources, technologies and knowledge between the A & S team and the Chauvin Arnoux company. The A & S team works on two major themes of automation, namely the identification and control of systems with energy and environmental efficiency as their main applications.In this team is carried out an activity of development of sensors software for the management of the energy which will be the main tool exploited in this project. The Chauvin Arnoux company offers a wide range of measuring instruments used by millions of professionals every day throughout the world. Its range covers the fields of general electrical measurement, electronic device test equipment and physical parameter measurement. The results of the laboratory will allow Chauvin Arnoux to broaden its offer and position itself favorably in the face of its competition by offering a new generation of devices designed on a new ergonomics.

The “Sarg As & Cld” project addresses the environmental impacts of Sargassum (Sar) piling up along shorelines or inland, in link with arsenic (As), a very toxic trace element naturally present in Sar, and chlordecone (CLD), known to accumulate in Sar washing ashore in places that connect with rivers flowing from banana plantation areas. The first task will be to develop analytical techniques for quantifying the various physico-chemical forms of As in Sar and in the leachates produced by dripping and rain falling on piles. The speciation of As in the soils below these piles will also be studied. The second task will be to determine the toxicity of these Sar leachates for test organisms, mainly representative of local wildlife (freshwater crustaceans and oysters from mangroves). Both As and CLD will be studied, whether separately or simultaneously present, to investigate possible synergic effects. The third task will be to develop a cost-effective, environmentally friendly process for removing As from Sar leachates. Laboratory development will be followed by a field trial in actual natural conditions. Activated carbon will be tested for CLD sorption. Treated leachates will be used in task 2. The fourth task will focus on the social acceptability of Sar stockpilings, investigating how the population feels about the management of the Sar washing ashore and especially about the real and assumed dangers of As and CLD, and assessing the inclinations of the population to come out in protest against Sar stockpiling. All results will be disseminated to the scientific community and stakeholders through task 5. The project is coordinated by the BRGM (Scientific and technical centre in Orléans, France, and its local Guadeloupe agency) with partners from the Universities of the Antilles, French Guiana, Orléans and TAMUG (USA), and the ADERA/UT2A association. The “Conservatoire National du Littoral, Guadeloupe” is the end-user associated with the project.

With the expansion of the proportion of renewable energy in the distribution network, managing the flows of energy in the grid is essential. To cope with the fast changes in the energy landscape, modernizing the electrical system is necessary. The French and European context, in which the electrical networks have been developed, leads to encourage the deployment of Smart Grid technologies (network instrumentation, automation, data enhanced value...). The integration of New Information and Communication Technologies will connect more and more networked objects and will allow more flexibility by taking into account the different actions of the stakeholders, while ensuring more efficient, secure and economically viable electricity delivery services. In this context, SRD and LIAS lab have decided to combine their expertise to jointly respond to the ANR call for projects to set up a common laboratory (LabCom) which will enhance the partnership that has already led to the development of a prototype called IMAGE (Smart system for energy management) which optimizes the grid over a period of time. This LabCom project is essential not only to accelerate the integration of the Distributed Energy Resources (DER), but also for the industrialization of IMAGE. The objective is to allow its use in SRD and increase its precision and deployment capabilities to any industrial environment by adding a stochastic approach that takes into account the variability of consumption on the one hand and the intermittency of DER production on the other.