Research interests:

  • Combustion chemistry of oxygenated biomass-derived fuels.  Influence of these fuels on the formation of toxic products and ultrafine soot nanoparticles.
  • Reduction of pollutant emissions and their chemical risks. Development of clean fuels and cleaner combustion technologies with alternative fuels.

The research of Luc-Sy TRAN has been focused on combustion processes with the purpose of solving two essential problems for the future, energy demand and environmental protection, both of which are strongly related in this case since better combustion implies an energy gain and a limitation of pollution. He has pursued studies directed to understanding combustion chemistry and developing combustion kinetic models, especially for advanced oxygenated fuels.

Involvement in research projects: 
Since his integration into PC2A, Luc-Sy TRAN has involved in the following research projects.
 

Regional:

  • 2026-2030: CDP “LILLEGNIN” (Cross-Disciplinary Project: “Lignin valorization: Pushing further the concept of biorefineries”). Funded by the Initiative of Excellence of the University of Lille. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Leader for WP5 “Lignin for Sustainable Fuels”; co-direction for a PhD thesis.
  • 2025-2029: CDP “AREA” (Cross-Disciplinary Project “Aerosol at the heaRt of the Earth/Atmosphere system”). Funded by the Initiative of Excellence of the University of Lille. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Participation to WP1, properties of aerosols including soot.
  • 2021-2027: CPER “ECRIN” (Contrat Plan État Région “Environnement Climat – Recherche et Innovation”). Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Participation to WP1 and Co-animation for the Sub-Task 1.4, urban climate change adaptation and mitigation pathways.
  • 2022-2023: IRePSE “GC×GC-OPAHs” (“Identification of OPAHs using comprehensive 2D-GC”). Funded by IRePSE via “international inter-laboratory” call for projects. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Principal Investigator.
  • 2021-2023: I-SITE “BIOFUEL-SOOT” (Initiatives for Science, Innovation, Territories and Economy programme “Combustion of BIOFUELS: contribution to identification of unknown formation mechanism of small SOOT particles”). Funded by I-SITE Université Lille Nord-Europe via the Investments for the Future Programme. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Principal Investigator; supervision for a Post-doc.
  • 2019-2020: I-SITE “OXO” (“Oligomeric Oxymethylene Ethers, OMEn, as renewable diesel additive from CO2”). Founded by I-SITE ULNE via joint call to strengthen collaboration between Ghent and Lille/HdF region. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Participation to flame chemistry of OME3
  • 2017-2024: Labex “CaPPA” (Laboratory of Excellence “Chemical and Physical Properties of the Atmosphere”). Funded by funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), Hauts-de-France (HdF) region, and FEDER. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Participation to WP5, interactions Aerosols-Clouds-Climate.
  • 2017-2020: CPER “CLIMIBIO” (Contrat Plan État Région “Changement climatique Dynamique de l'atmosphère Impacts sur la biodiversité et la santé humaine”. Funded by MESR and FEDER. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Participation to WP5, limiting pollutant and GHG emissions at source.

National:

  • 2023-2027: PEPR “OXY3C” (Programmes et Equipements Prioritaires de Recherche “Carbon capture by eco-efficient oxycombustion processes”). Funded by ANR under France 2030 program. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Scientific leader for WP1.6 and WP2.3, formation of soot precursor/particles under oxycombustion; co-direction for a PhD thesis.
  • 2021-2025: ANR “OFELIE” (ANR “Oxygenated fuels impact on spark ignition engine emissions”). Funded by ANR. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Participation to WP1, chemistry of oxygenated fuels, co-supervision for a PhD thesis.
  • 2020-2023: ADEME-HdF “Biofuel-OPAHs” (thesis contract with Agence De l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie and Hauts-de-France region). Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Conceptualization, co-supervision for the PhD thesis.
  • 2019-2024: Measurement campaign projects at Synchrotron SOLEIL, with LRGP and PC2A combustion teams, for detection of reactive species in combustion. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Participation to data acquisition and valorization.

International:

  • 2023-present: Collaborative project with Dr. Shunsuke SUZUKI at AIST Tsukuba and Prof. Kotaro TANAKA at Ibaraki University (Japan). Funded by “Exploration Japon 2023” programme and then Multi research exchange programmes, for joint study of OPAH formation kinetics. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Coordination, methodology, and data valorization. Luc-Sy TRAN is a Specially Appointed Researcher at Ibaraki University from 2023 to 2027.
  • 2022-2023: Hubert Curien Alliance Programme with Pr. Saurav GOEL at London South Bank University to study the interaction between soot particle surface and aromatics. Funded by French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, MHER, and British Council. Luc-Sy TRAN's role: Coordination and methodology.
[Tran et al. CnF 2017, 181, 251-269] Comparison of mole fractions of selected undesirable and hazardous compounds for DMF, MF, and furan oxidation.
[Tran et al. CnF 2017, 175, 47-59] Joint reactions of n-butane (NC4H10), DEE, and n-butanol (NC4H9OH) in the mixture flames.
[Sood et al. ECM 2023] Examples of chromatograms (middle panel) obtained by 1D and 2D GCs in the doped anisole flame at 1.5 mm above the burner. The nomenclature of some important species is given. Some mass spectra (MS, top and bottom panels) for the selected oxygenated aromatics obtained by GC-MS are presented.