The mastery of energy has enabled the advent of every major technological advance: from industrialization to the transport revolution, to the improvement of living conditions… Our ability to produce and use it has been decisive for our humanity. Today, the focus is on efficiency, decarbonized energy, sobriety and balance in the energy mix. Our founders worked in nuclear research before joining forces to create DAES. They have taken part in major international projects at major institutes with which we continue to collaborate through engineering studies or programs such as CERN K
On a daily basis, DAES teams contribute to the definition of advanced engineering solutions through the simulation of equipment and components: targets, cyclotrons, pumps, supports, lifting equipment, seals, etc. In close collaboration with customer and end-customer project teams, we take charge of model definition, studies, iterations for optimization, scenario analysis and the development of specific tools or methods that can be used for future evolutions. Our teams are involved in the study of all physical / multiphysical phenomena: mechanics, fluidics, thermics, optics, electromagnetism, dynamics, seismics…
The civil nuclear industry remains an important source of electricity production in the European Union (around 22.1% of total production in 2022 according to the European Commission). Permanent Representation of France to the European Union with an installed capacity of almost 1,024 GW, compared with 38.5% for renewable energies and 39.4% for fossil-fired).
In Switzerland, according to the SwissFederal Office of Energy, nuclear power will account for around 19% of electricity production in 2021, with an installed capacity of almost 3 GW, compared with 68% for hydroelectric power, 11% for solar power and 2% for fossil-fired power. In France, it will account for around 67% of total production in 2020, according to RTE, with an installed capacity of almost 61 GW, compared with 13% for hydroelectric dams, 8% for wind power, 7.5% for fossil-fired, 2.5% for solar and 2% for biomass.) Its low impact in terms of greenhouse gas emissions (such as CO2) is currently one of its main advantages over fossil fuels.
DAES is also working with renowned international partners to develop ambitious R&D projects across a broad spectrum of nuclear technologies, including fusion.
DAES has been contributing to the ITER project for over 5 years. It has expertise in the development of mechanical systems specific to a Tokamak such as the one under construction at the ITER site. The aim of ITER is to demonstrate that it is possible to convert the energy of the stars (thermonuclear fusion energy as it occurs within the stars, including our Sun) for the benefit of mankind, to produce a renewable, sustainable and inexhaustible source of energy to replace fossil fuels and thus limit global warming. The aim of ITER is to extract the energy from this fusion (hydrogen isotopes producing helium) which, once the process has been industrialized, will be used to produce heat and electricity.
DAES supports the design and dimensioning of such systems.
DAES also supports private efforts towards commercial fusion, and is actively involved with private players developing these technologies, enabling them to benefit from its experience gained on ITER.
Gas pedal technologies require a great deal of study, often involving numerical simulations to predict the behavior of objects that can and should interact with particle beams. Here are just a few examples of the studies carried out by DAES:
