Yves Le Guer

Responsabilities

Teaching :

• In charge of internships in companies since 2015
• Director of 2nd year Studies in 2014 and 2015
• Director of the Professional Bachelor's Degree in Energy and Climatic Engineering 2007-2008
• In charge of the DUT and LP Technology Projects from 2002 to 2007
• Creation of the Energy and Climatic Engineering Professional Degree - opened in 2003
• Member of the Board of Directors of the IUT des Pays de l'Adour from 1998 to 2001.

Research :

• In charge of the Multiphase Transport Axis of SIAME from 2011 to 2015
• Elected member of the Council of IPRA (Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherches Appliquées) since 2017
• Elected full member of the 60-62nd Commission of Experts since November 2015.
• Elected member of the Laboratory Council from 2012 to 2017

Skills

Experimental in Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfers and Dispersed Systems, Numerical Simulation of Flows

Research interests

• Chaotic mixing of complex fluids with heat transfer
• Multiphase flows (pyroclastic and tsunami, curtain ...)
• Magmatic flows
• Unstable flows with heat transfer
• Emulsification of highly viscous oils for viscosity reduction
• Biomaterials with phase change material inclusions (for energy storage)

Supervision

PhD Thesis :

• Amine Kacem (2017) " Experimental and numerical study of a liquid table in gravitational flow " Dir. Y. Le Guer andK. El Omari
• Lahcen Bammou (2012 co-supervision Morocco) " Thermoconvective instability of the Poiseuille-Rayleigh-Bénard-Marangoni flow in an open channel with free surface " Dir. Y. Le Guer and B. Benhamou Co-encad. S. Blancher, K. El Omari, T. Médiouni
• Rachid Es Sakhy (2012 co-tuelle Maroc) " Convection of Rayleigh-Bénard-Marangoni in a cylindrical container with a conductive bottom subjected to a localized heat flow " Dir. Y. Le Guer and T. Médiouni Co-encad. S. Blancher and K El Omari
• Sylvain Caubet (2010) " Low-energy processes for the production of highly concentrated oil-in-water emulsions: characterization, intensification and applications " Dir. Y. Le Guer, K. El Omari and B. Grassl.
• Cécile Boesinger (2002) " Diffusive and reactive mixing in tubular reactors with complex trajectories " Dir. Y. Le Guer and M. Mory
• Lionel Lalanne (2000) " Study of the oscillating dynamics of a plane jet opening into a cavity containing an obstacle " Dir. Y. Le Guer and R. Creff
   

Post-doctoral students and contract researchers :

• Yann Moguen (2018-2019) ANR NaiMys project
• Aurora Mejia (2013-2014) Polycurtol project financed by CC Lacq for Rolkem - in partnership with IPREM UPPA
• Dorra Saïdane (2013) Biocomp-active project financed by the Aquitaine Region -in partnership with IPREM UPPA

Projects

- Project leader of the ANR NaiMys project "Novel active inline Mixer for Yield Stress fluids: from fundamental science to industrial processing optimization" (2017-2020) - partners: SIAME and Labo LTeN UMR CNRS Univ. Nantes (C. Castelain, T. Burghelea).

- Participates in the ANR RAVEX project "Développement d'une approche intégrée pour la réduction des Risques Associés au Volcanisme EXplosif, de la recherche sur l'aléa aux outils de gestion de crise : le cas de la Martinique" (2016-2020) - partners : SIAME and Magmas and Volcanoes Laboratory of the University of Clermont-Ferrand -IRD, Institute of Earth Physics (IPGP Paris), ICEE (Integration and Cooperation in the European Space, University Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle), Sciences Po Paris (Politics of the Earth programme).

- Leader of the Biocomp-active project "Elaboration, thermal and mechanical characterizations of eco-panels loaded with phase change materials (PCM): application to sustainable housing" financed by the Aquitaine Regional Council (2013-2014) with IPREM.

Partners: SIAME (carrier Y. Le Guer) and IPREM (S. Reynaud and B. Grassl) at UPPA and ISM (U. Bordeaux, H. Deleuze).

- Sponsor of the Rid-I project " Curtain flow instability of complex liquids " - Financing Conseil Général des Pyrénées Atlantiques period 2014-2017 - collaboration LMAP P. Bruel.

- Polycurtol project 2013-2014 (financing CC of Lacq) "Polymers for the control of the stability of curtain flow of phenolic resins" - IPREM (carrier S. Reynaud) - SIAME (Y. Le Guer) - Rolkem company. Also cross-border financing Aquitaine-Aragon.

- Project leader with IFP from 2005 to 2008: "Mixture applied to the emulsification of heavy oils".

- Project leader with Elf Aquitaine Production "Thermal principle flow indicators project" between 1996 and 1998.

- Project leader with Gaz du Sud Ouest between 1995 and 2001: "Fluidic oscillators" and funding from ANVAR and ADEME.

- Aquitaine Region financing in 1997 and 1998 for the Hydrodynamic Loop and Ultrasonic Doppler Velocimeter.

Publications

• Petrelli M., El Omari K., Spina L., Le Guer Y., La Spina G., Perugini D., 2018

Timescales of water accumulation in magmas and implications for short warning times of explosive eruptions. Nature Communications, 9, Article number: 770. IF 2017/2018 = 12.3

• H. Aref, J.R. Blake, M. Budisic, S.S.S Cardoso, J.H.E. Cartwright*, H.J.H. Clercx, U. Feudel, R. Golestanian, E. Gouillart, Y. Le Guer, G.F. van Heijst, T.S. Krasnopolskaya, R.S. MacKay, V.V. Meleshko, G. Metcalfe, I. Mezic, A.P.S. de Moura, K. El Omari, O. Piro, M.F.M. Speetjens, R. Sturman, J.-L. Thiffeault, I. Tuval, 2017

Frontiers of chaotic advection.

Reviews of Modern Physics, 025007 - 69 pages. IF 2017/2018 = 36.3.

• El Omari K., Le Guer Y., P. Bruel, 2016

Analysis of a micro-dispersed PCM-composite board behavior in a building's wall for different seasons.Journal of Building Engineering, 7, 361-371.

• Petrelli M., El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Perugini D., 2016

Effects of chaotic advection on the timescales of cooling and crystallization of magma bodies at mid crustal levels. G-Cubed (Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems), Paper #2015GC006109R, February. IF 2017/2018 = 2.98.

• El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Perugini D. and Petrelli M., 2015

Thermal chaotic mixing during the cooling of a magmatic system. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 172(7), 1835-1849. IF 2017/2018 = 1.65.

• Blancher S., Le Guer Y. and El Omari K., 2015

Spatio-temporal structure of the ”fully developed” transitional flow in a symmetric wavy channel. Linear and weakly non linear stability analysis. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 764, 250- 276. IF 2017/2018 = 2.9.

• Es Sakhy R., El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Blancher S., 2014

Rayleigh-Bénard-Marangoni convection in an open cylindrical container heated by a non-uniform flux. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 86, 198-209. IF 2017/2018 = 3.36.

• Bammou L., Blancher S., Le Guer Y., El Omari K., Benhamou B., 2014

Linear stability analysis of Poiseuille-Bénard-Marangoni flow in a horizontal infinite liquid film.

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 54, 126-131. IF 2017/2018 = 4.46.

• Forgacz C., Caubet S., Le Guer Y., Grassl B., El Omari K., Birot M., Deleuze H., 2013

Synthesis of porous emulsion-templated monoliths using a low-energy emulsification batch mixer.

Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 21(3), 683-691. IF 2017/2018 = 1.97.

• Es Sakhy R., El Omari K., Le Guer Y., Blancher S., Feddaoui M., Mediouni T., 2013

Simulation of the Bénard-Marangoni convection in cylindrical containers heated by non-uniform flux. Physical and Chemical News, 67, 108-112.

• Bammou L., El Omari K. Blancher S., Le Guer Y., Benhamou B., Médiouni T., 2013

A numerical study of the longitudinal thermoconvective rolls in a mixed convection flow in a horizontal channel with a free surface. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 42, 265-277. IF 2017/2018 = 2.1.

• El Omari K. and Le Guer Y., 2012

Laminar mixing and heat transfer for constant heat flux boundary condition. Heat and Mass Transfer, 48 (8) 1285-1296.

• Le Guer Y. and El Omari K., 2012

Chaotic advection for thermal mixing. Advances in Applied Mechanics. In: E. van der Giessen and H. Aref Series Ed. Guest Ed. H.J.H. Clercx and M.F.M. Speetjens, vol. 45, 189-237, San Diego: Academic Press; ISBN: 978-0-12-380876-9.

• El Omari K., Kousksou T. and Le Guer Y., 2011

Impact of shape of container on natural convection and melting inside enclosures used for passive cooling of electronic devices. Applied Thermal Engineering, 31(14-15):3022-3035.

• Kousksou T., Jamil A., El Omari K., Zeraouli Y. and Le Guer Y., 2011

Effect of heating rate and sample geometry on the apparent specific capacity: DSC applications.

Thermochimica Acta, 519(1-2):59-64.

• Rigolini J., Bombled F., Ehrenfeld F., El Omari K., Le Guer Y. and Grassl B., 2011

2D-Infrared thermography online monitoring of ultrasound-assisted polymerization of acrylamide in gel process. Macromolecules, 44(11), 4462-4469.

• Jamil A., Caubet S., Kousksou T., El Omari K., Zeraouli Y., Grassl B. and Le Guer Y., 2011

Thermal properties of non crystallizable oil-in-water highly concentrated emulsions. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical & Engineering Aspects, 382(1-3):266-73.

• Caubet S., Le Guer Y., Grassl B., El Omari K. and Normandin E., 2011

Low-energy emulsification batch mixer for concentrated oil-in-water emulsions. AIChE Journal, 57, 1, 27-39.

• Kousksou T., Jamil A., El Omari K., Zeraouli Y. and Le Guer Y., 2010

Heat transfer in salt solutions enclosed in DSC cells. Thermochimica Acta, 507, 8, 15-20.

• Kousksou T., El Rhafiki T., El Omari K., Zeraouli Y. and Le Guer Y., 2010

Forced convective heat transfer in supercooled phase-change material suspensions with stochastic crystallization. Int. J. of Refrigeration, 33, 8, 1569-1582.

• El Omari K. and Le Guer Y., 2010

Thermal chaotic mixing of power law fluids in an alternate rotating walls mixer. Int. J. of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 165, 11-12, 641-651.

• El Omari K. and Le Guer Y., 2010

Alternate rotating walls for thermal chaotic mixing. Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 53, 123-134.

• El Omari K. and Le Guer Y., 2009

A numerical study of thermal chaotic mixing in a two rod rotating mixer. Computational Thermal Sciences, 1, 55-73.

• Fournanty S., Le Guer Y., El Omari K. and Dejean J-P., 2008

Laminar flow emulsification process to control the viscosity reduction of heavy crude oils.

J. of Dispersion Science and Technology, 10, 1355-1366.

• Gibout S., Le Guer Y. and Schall E., 2006

Coupling a mapping method and a genetic algorithm to optimize mixing efficiency in periodic chaotic flows. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 11, 3, 413-423.

• Boesinger C., Le Guer Y. and Mory M., 2005

Experimental study of reactive chaotic flows in tubular reactors. AIChE Journal, 51, 8, august, 2122-2132.

• Le Guer Y. and Schall E., 2004

A mapping tool using anisotropic unstructured meshes to study mixing in periodic flows. Chemical Engineering Science, 59, 1459-1472.

• Le Guer Y., Reghem P., Petit I. and Stutz B., 2003

Experimental study of a buoyant particles dispersion in a pipe flow. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 81, part A, october, 1136-1143.

• Boesinger C., Le Guer Y. et Legentilhomme P., 2003

Etude expérimentale du mélange réactif au sein d'un réacteur torique ondulé (RTO). Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 81, 6, december, 1171-1181.

• Lalanne L., Le Guer Y. and Creff R., 2001

Dynamics of a bifurcating flow within an open heated cavity. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 40, 1, 1-10.

• Castelain C., Mokrani A., Le Guer Y. and Peerhossaini H., 2001

Experimental study of chaotic advection regime in a twisted duct flow. European Journal of Fluid Mechanics/B Fluids, 20, 2, 205-232.

• Peerhossaini H., Castelain C. and Le Guer Y., 1993

Heat exchanger design based on chaotic advection. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 7, 333-344.

• Peerhossaini H. and Le Guer Y., 1992

Effect of curvature plane orientation on vortex distorsion in curved channel flow.

Ordered and Turbulent Patterns in Taylor-Couette flow, C.D. Andereck and F. Hayot Eds., Plenum Press, New York, 263-272.

• Le Guer Y. and Peerhossaini H., 1991

Order breaking in Dean flow. Physics of Fluids A3, 1029-1032.