In 2024, we are celebrating the 200-year anniversary of the publication of Sadi Carnot’s Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire and on Machines Fitted to Develop that Power (“Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance”).
This book laid the foundations of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Although it encountered little success at the time of its publication, its content has been brought to light thanks to Clapeyron and Thomson. Subsequently, Clausius introduced entropy paving the way to the development of modern classical thermodynamics under a form that is still taught today to physicists and engineers.
From the examination of machines emerged macroscopic thermodynamics and it evolved throughout the 20th century into various subfields exploring, among others, microscopic scales and non-equilibrium processes.
Today, Thermodynamics is a discipline that is used and investigated by many scientists and engineers. Its applications are diverse encompassing power production, heating/air-conditioning/refrigeration, biology, climatology, material sciences (and the list can be extended).
2024 is therefore an opportune moment to bring together thermodynamicists linked to Belgium (in a broad sense), from both Academia and Industry. This meeting is the chance to discover and bridge different fields of thermodynamics and different applications, but also to share ideas, methods and technological developments… and to show how much thermodynamics is a useful and central discipline today, possibly combined with other disciplines.
In the current context of energy transition, we hope that this meeting will help highlighting the role of thermodynamics, combined with other disciplines, in the design and operation of energy system from elementary energy conversion devices to large energy systems.
Symposium Program
Day 1 (December 16th 2024) “Traveling between macroscopic and microscopic thermodynamics”
9:15 – 10:00 Introduction
Welcome speech – E. J.-M. Delhez, Université de Liège
Welcome speech – V. Lemort, Université de Liège
10:00 -11:00 Non equilibrium thermodynamics
From the thermodynamics of irreversible processes to dissipative structures and active matter – P. Gaspard, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics from molecules to ecosystems – M. Esposito, Université du Luxembourg
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 – 12:20 Chemical thermodynamics and material sciences
Thermodynamics for Materials Design / Materials Design for Thermodynamics – Nele Moelans, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Pascal Jacques, Université Catholique de Louvain
Correlating the transport properties of pure fluids using an equation of state and the entropy scaling concept – Jean-Noël Jaubert, Université de Lorraine
12:20 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Fluid mechanics
How thermodynamics did support fluid mechanics to unveil the secrets of ejectors physics – Yann Bartosiewicz, Université Catholique de Louvain
From Kinetic Entropy to Technological Innovations in fluid systems – Thierry Magin, Université Libre de Bruxelles
The pivotal role of entropy in the development of compressible computational fluid dynamics algorithms – Koen Hillewaert, Université de Liège
14:30 – 15:30 Poster session 1
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 18:00 Heat engines and power production
Recent and future developments in the field of steam power plants - Jean Snoeck, TBC
Past and future of Ericsson, Stirling and other air engines – Pascal Stouffs, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (France)
Alternative Micro Gas Turbine cycles – Cycle Humidification for Improved Efficiency and Flexibility) – Ward De Paepe, Université de Mons
From Oragnic Rankine Cycle and Heat Pumps to Carnot batteries – Vincent Lemort , Université de Liège
18:15 – 22:00 Welcome drink at the "Maison de la Science"
Sadi Carnot 's Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu, 1824-2024: Genesis in its Scientific and Historical Context -
Raffaele Pisano, Lille University
Day 2 (December 17th 2024) “Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration”
8:50 – 9:30 Introduction
Welcome speech by ATIC – Ivan Piette, Viessmann
Decarbonization of heating and cooling – a system of systems approach - Lieve Helsen and Jelger Jansen , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
9:30 – 10:30 Heating and cooling production [1]
Concepts for collective heating and cooling in buildings – Ivan Verhaert, Antwerpen Universiteit
Heat Pumps systems: design considerations for optimal control – Alessia Arteconi, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 Heating and cooling and water production [2]
Large-scale heat pumps: past, present and future – Steven Lecompte, Gent Universiteit
Atmospheric water harvesting with active refrigeration – Cristian Cuevas, Universidad de Concepción
Electrocaloric heat pumps – Emmanuel Defay, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Adiabatic cooling techniques – Vincent Lemort, Université de Liège
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Energy storage and Transport
Thermal energy storage : the importance of understanding the relation between heat and internal energy – Michel De Paepe, Gent Universiteit
Challenges with the control of low temperature thermal energy networks – Pierre Dewallef, Université de Liège
15:30 – 16:30 Poster Session 2
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:20 Industrial Session 1
Moving towards the Electrification of heating - Eric Winandy, Copeland
MITIS
Loop Heat Pipe (LHP) technology for enhanced cooling in automotive electronics – Antoine de Ryckel, Calyos
Qpinch Heat Transformer: Waste Heat Recovery with minimal electricity consumption – Simon Rousseau, QPinch
19:00 – 22:30 Gala Dinner
Day 3 (December 18th 2024) “Thermodynamics and the energy transition ”
9:00 – 9:30 Introduction
Carnot and the energy transition – François Maréchal, EPFL (Suisse)
9:30 – 10:00 Climatology
On the complexity of energy balance on Earth – Xavier Fettweis, Université de Liège
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 Carbon capture and Power-to-X
How thermodynamics can support the design and optimisation of chemical processes, application to the case of CO2 capture – Grégoire Léonard, Université de Liège
Decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries with renewable synthetic fuels: the role and limits of thermodynamics – Alessandro Parente, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Thermodynamic simulation of combustion engines on renewable fuels, Sébastien Verhelst, Universiteit Gent
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Energy transition scenarios
Going beyond energy in system planning: exergy, and life cycle analysis – Francesco Contino, Université Catholique de Louvain
Freeing energy systems from the Carnot limit: the role of electrification in the energy transition – Sylvain Quoilin, Université de Liège
Optimal use of biomass resources in the energy transition: challenges and emerging limits of thermodynamics - Julien Blondeau, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
14:30 – 15:30 Poster Session 3
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30 Fusion
A short introduction to magnetic fusion research – Philippe Lamalle, Ecole Royale Militaire
16:30 – 17:30 Industrial Session 2
John Cockerill development for Green Heat and Power solutions – Ridha Harzallah, John Cockerill
Sirona
Heat Management of More Electric Engine – Nicolas Raimarckers, Safran Aero Booster
17:30 – 18:00 Closing session
The final detailed scheduled can be downloaded here.
International Poster Sessions: Call for Abstracts and Papers
The Symposium offers international researchers an opportunity to present their current research during poster sessions.
All works that make use of thermodynamics (First and/or Second Laws) at different scales and for different applications (not limited to energy engineering), as well as all works leading to a better understanding of thermodynamics, are welcome to be presented.
Potential topics are listed below:
Air-conditioning and refrigeration |
Energy systems |
Heat pumps |
Carbon capture and thermodynamics |
Energy storage |
Materials and thermodynamics |
Combustion |
Fuel cells and thermodynamics |
Power-to-fuel and thermodynamics |
Compressors |
Heat and mass transfer, heat exchangers |
Turbines |
Cooling techniques (active and passive) |
Heat engines |
Working fluid thermophysical properties |
Energy communities |
Fluid mechanics and thermodynamics |
Modeling and simulation of thermal systems |
Nonequilibrium statistical physics |
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics |
Stochastic and quantum thermodynamics |
Thermal Energy Network |
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Two tracks are available:
Track 1 (full papers): This track is for completed work, and a full paper (maximum of 10 pages) is required.
Track 2 (short papers): This track is for planned and on-going research. Participants are expected to submit a short paper of maximum of 4 pages.
The papers template can be downloaded here. The poster template can be downloaded here. If you choose not to use the poster template, please ensure the design adheres to A0 dimensions. Abstracts and papers can be submitted here.
Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue of Applied Thermal Engineering. The best papers for both tracks will also be recognized with awards.
Important Dates
Track 1 (full papers):
- Abstracts submission: 31st of August
- Notification for abstracts acceptance: 15th of September
- Full papers submission: 15th of October
- Notification for papers acceptance and review: 31st of October
- Final papers submission: 30th of November
Track 2 (short papers):
- Abstracts submission: 15th of October
- Short papers submission: 15th of November
Committee
Local organizing committee
Lemort Vincent, Chairman, University of Liège
Gendebien Samuel, Conference coordinator, University of Liège
Zeoli Alanis, Scientific coordinator, University of Liège
Scheuer Anne, Secretary, University of Liège
Scientific committee
Arteconi Alessia, KU Leuven
Bartosiewicz Yann, UC Louvain
Bell Ian, NIST
Chamel Nicolas, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Contino Francesco, UCLouvain
Danel Quentin, Sarus
Dauby Pierre, University of Liège
De Paepe Michel, Ghent University
De Paepe Ward, University of Mons
Dewallef Pierre, University of Liège
Esposito Massimiliano, University of Luxembourg
Gaspard Pierre, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Gendebien Samuel, University of Liège
Helsen Lieve, KU Leuven
Hillewaert Koen, University of Liège
Jeanmart Hervé, UC Louvain
Lecompte Steven, Ghent University
Lemort Vincent, University of Liège
Magin Thierry, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Moelans Nele, KU Leuven
Quoilin Sylvain, University of Liège
Stouffs Pascal, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
Verhaert Ivan, University of Antwerp
Verhelst Sebastian, Ghent University
Conference Venue
The Symposium will be held in the Academic Hall of the University of Liège, also inaugurated in 1824.
Registration
Attendee fee: 350€
PhD student fee: 250€
One day of attendance: 150€
Master student fee: free
Gala dinner: 90€ per person
If not, the total amount of your registration must be transfered to the account :
- BE81 3400 9048 0224
- BIC code: BBRU BE BB
- Communication: Carnot 2024 + Name of the participants
You will receive an email when your payment is received.
Note:
- The registration deadline is 06/12 (payment must be made by 06/12)
- One payment per participant
- No payment will be accepted on the days of the conference
- Attendance certificates will be issued upon request by email to labothap@uliege.be AFTER the conference
- Payment notification will be issued upon request by email to labothap@uliege.be
- Internal billing (ULiège members) upon request to labothap@uliege.be
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