Bruno Savard, Polytechnique Montréal

Research

Hydrogen Autoignition Bio-diesel Compression ignition engines Diesel Direct numerical simulations Gas turbines Reheat combustion

Latest funding

High Pressure Hydrogen Micromix Combustion for Gas Turbines
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$973,334
Clean-fuel Efficient Rim-rotor Architecture MICroturbogenerator (CERAMIC)
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$900,000
Transitioning to hydrogen based power generation through a novel, fuel-flex, gas turbine injector concept
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$792,000

All 6 grants and awards

High Pressure Hydrogen Micromix Combustion for Gas Turbines

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Savard, Bruno B

Keywords: combustion; gas turbine; hydrogen; laser diagnostics; numerical simulations

$973,334

Clean-fuel Efficient Rim-rotor Architecture MICroturbogenerator (CERAMIC)

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Picard, Mathieu M

Keywords: additive manufacturing; aerodynamics; foreign object damage resistance; high-temperature recuperated brayton; high-temperaure composite; hydrogen and synfuels; inside-out ceramic turbine; low-nox micromix combustion; system-level performance; thermal barrier coating

$900,000

Transitioning to hydrogen based power generation through a novel, fuel-flex, gas turbine injector concept

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Chaudhuri, Swetaprovo SC

$792,000

Fire resistance improvements for batteries and composites (FRIBaCo)

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Robert, Etienne E

Keywords: battery; composites; fireproofing; fire resistance; lithium-ion; lithium-metal-polymer

$409,879

High-fidelity simulations of turbulent combustion relevant to gas turbines and compression ignition engines

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Savard, Bruno

$120,000

High-fidelity simulations of turbulent combustion relevant to gas turbines and compression ignition engines

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Savard, Bruno

Keywords: turbulent combustion; direct numerical simulations; gas turbines; compression ignition engines; hydrogen; bio-diesel; reheat combustion; diesel; turbulence-chemistry interaction; autoignition

$259,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Hydrogen Dear Professor Savard, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on hydrogen connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "High Pressure Hydrogen Micromix Combustion for Gas Turbines" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]