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Colloquium: Sadi Carnot's Legacy
Presentation
When Sadi Carnot published his "Reflections on the motive power of fire" in 1824, there was no sign that one of the greatest scientific revolutions was about to take place, in a world then dominated by mechanics and optics. Yet, by bringing a conceptual analysis to the practical problem of the steam engine, Sadi Carnot wrote the birth certificate of thermodynamics, and, in particular, its second principle.
Today, thermodynamics has branched out into a multitude of fields and applications, from industrial processes to microscopic systems, and continues to renew our view of science.
Since its origins, thermodynamics has raised as many questions as it has answered.
To celebrate the bicentenary of the "Réflexions", the colloquium Sadi Carnot's Legacy - "Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the 2nd law of thermodynamics" was organized from September 16 to 18, 2024.
This colloquium aimed to bring together members of the thermodynamics community and to invite them to take a critical look at modern thermodynamics and the open questions it raises. The colloquium has been structured around pedagogical presentations introducing the various fields of the discipline. Poster sessions allowed participants to share their work.
Sponsors
The Colloquium Sadi Carnot's Legacy was supported by École polytechnique, Fondation de l'École polytechnique, Centre interdisciplinaire Energy For Climate (E4C), Société Française de Physique, Société Française de Thermique, Société Française de Génie des Procédés (SFGP), Femto ST, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Energies de Demain, and Académie des sciences.
Videos & slides
The colloquium was filmed: the videos will be uploaded below. You can also find the presentations projected by the speakers during their conferences.
- Colloquium Introduction by Daniel Suchet → Vidéo
- History : "Reflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu", Sadi Carnot, 1824 by Raffaele Pisano (HOPAST at IEMN, Department of Physics) → Vidéo
- Physics : The many faces of entropy by Christophe Goupil (Université Paris Cité, LIED, France) → Vidéo
- Axiomatic & pragmatic approaches to thermodynamics by Erik Aurell (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden) → Vidéo
- Out of equilibrium thermodynamics by Pierre Gaspard (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) → Vidéo
- Stochastics thermodynamics by Christopher Jarzynski (University of Maryland, US) → Vidéo
- Panel round table (moderated by D. Lacoste & J.E. Wegrowe) → Vidéo
- Thermodynamics of demons by Felix Ritort (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain) → Vidéo
- Quantum thermodynamics & coherences by Janet Anders (University of Exeter, UK) → Vidéo
- From classical thermodynamics to quantum energetics by Alexia Auffèves (MajuLab, Singapore) → Vidéo
- Panel round table (moderators C Goupil & D Suchet) → Vidéo
- Thermodynamics of complex systems by Remi Monasson (LPT, ENS, Ecole polytechnique, France) → Vidéo
- Climate thermodynamics by Didier Paillard (CEA, LSCE, France) → Vidéo
- Black hole thermodynamics by Éric Gourgoulhon (Observatoire de Paris, LUTH, France) → Vidéo
- Thermodynamics & living systems by Pablo Sartori (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal) → Vidéo
- Panel round table (moderated by B. Dubrulle & D Lacoste) → Vidéo
- Heat machines thermodynamics by Michel Feidt (Université de Lorraine, LEMTA, France) → Vidéo
- Engineering Thermodynamics: Fundamentals and Challenges by Milivoje Kostic (Northern Illinois University, US) → Vidéo
- Thermodynamics applied to Gas-Solid Materials Fabrication processes by Elisabeth Blanquet (TOP - SIMAP, Grenoble, France) → Vidéo
- From Carnot to thermodynamics of solar radiation, via Planck and photovoltaics by Tom Markvart (University of Southampton UK & Centre for advanced photovoltaics, Czech Technical University) → Vidéo
- Panel round table (moderated by J.N. Jaubert & F. Lanzetta) → Vidéo
Poster session
Invited talks were intended to provide an educational introduction to the major areas of modern thermodynamics.
Participants' research work were presented and shared in poster sessions. All participants were invited to take part in these sessions: their posters have been displayed according to the number of participants and the poster theme.