Research focus

Yoann Louvet is a member of the research group “Thermal Components and Systems”. As part of the EU project SolNet / SHINE, he is working on the development of innovative solar drainback system. His tasks include among others:

• design and construction of a test facility for a drainback system
• monitoring of existing large-scale systems: installation of measuring equipment, data analysis, suggestions for improvement
• drainback system modelling, for system optimization and performance comparison with conventional solar systems

Professional experience

• Sep 2012 - Feb 2013: Junior Project Manager at Adetef (France). Participated in the process of answering to call for tenders from international donors: strategic monitoring; identification and first contacts with partners and experts, support in writing and compiling offers.
• Feb - Jul 2011: Master thesis: Solar heating plants - Modelling and analysis of large scale solar heating systems at the DTU (Denmark). Carried out experimental studies and modelled a large scale solar heating plant in order to analyse the impact of several parameters on the performance of the plant.
• May - Aug 2009: Junior Project Officer at EIfER (Germany). Modelled and analysed the impact of energy demand management measures on the load curve of PACA (a French region).

Education

• 2011 - 2013: Master of Environmental Policy, Sciences Po Paris – Paris School of International Affairs
• 2009 - 2011: Master of Science in Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Lyngby
• 2007 - 2009: Engineering degree, École Centrale de Nantes, France
• 2005 - 2007: two-year intensive courses to prepare for the competitive national entrance exams into French engineering schools, Besançon, France

Publications

• Publication database