There is an extensive calendar of forthcoming Combustion Meetings on the website of the head office of the Combustion Institute.
The Edinburgh Fire Research group maintain a list of forthcoming combustion meetings.
British Section
If you have any suggestions on topics for future meetings please contact any committee member
The Spring meeting of the British Section Combustion Phenomena In Fire Science will be held in Edinburgh on Friday 9th of April 2010.
Further details to follow.
Other Events
The University of Leeds (Prof Gordon Andrews) are holding two Short Courses at Weetwood Hall Conference Centre:
Ultra Low NOx Gas Turbine Combustion on Monday 18 - Friday 22 January 2010
Combustion in Boilers & Furnaces on Monday 8 - Friday 12 March 2010
Contact Joanne Kennedy 0113 343 2494 or cpd@engineering.leeds.ac.uk
The Sixth International Seminar on Fire and Explosion Hazards
will be held at Weetwood Hall, Leeds University, on April 11th to 16th, 2010
The plenary speakers are:
* Lord Newton of Braintree, 'The Buncefield Major Incident Investigation'
* David Purser, 'Fire Toxicity'
* Domingos Viegas, 'Forest Fires'
* Elaine Oran, 'Large Scale Transitions to Detonation'
* Sergei Surzhikov, 'Dynamics and Radiation of Burning Hydrogen Clouds'
* Lou Gritzo, 'The Influence of Risk Factors on Sustainability'
Call for papers (abstracts by 31 October 2009).
Past Meetings
List of past meetings of British Section and papers from European Combustion Meetings
Some of the presentations from the one-day meeting on "Soots" held on 16 September 2009 at Thornton Research Centre, Chester are available:
"Characterisation of in-cylinder soot in a high speed direct injection diesel engine using time resolved laser induced incandescence" Lionel Ganippa: Brunel University
"Measuring the shape and size of carbon nano-particles". Doug Greenhalgh: Herriott Watt
Modelling and Dinosaurs
"Soot, Dinosaurs and Life on Earth" Claire M. Belcher University College Dublin
"Soot Modelling" Markus Kraft University of Cambridge
"Impact of diesel fuel composition on soot oxidation characteristics" Renate Uitz, Shell Global Solutions Deutschland
"Real-Time Sampling and Analysis of Exhaust PM under Simulated Aero- Engine Conditions" Yura A. Sevcenco, University of Cardiff
"Operation of Diesel Particulate Filters" Chris Tighe University of Cambridge
The presentations from the meeting on Optical Measurements in Combustion on 8th January 2009 at Imperial College, London are available in pdf format.
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Combustion Diagnostics Using Polarization-Resolved Raman Scattering. Professor A Leipertz, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. |
| Flame Attached to a Laser Beam. Professor Robert Dibble, University of California, Berkeley, USA |
| Measurements on the structure of premixed and stratified turbulent flames. Professor Simone Hochgreb, Cambridge University. |
| Detailed Analysis of Diesel Jets combustion by Laser Induced Fluorescence Techniques. Dr Gilles Bruneaux, IFP, Rueil-Malmaison, France |
| Ancient lights and new interpretations Professor Alex Taylor, Imperial College |
| Measuring the shape and size of carbon nano-particles - previously known as soot. Professor Doug Greenhalgh, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. |
| New diagnostics for temperature and species using diode lasers and Super-continuum radiation. Dr Clemens Kaminski, Cambridge University. |
Some of the papers from the meeting held on 26 September 2007 at Imperial College are available here.
"Spray atomisation modelling for engines: RANS and LES approaches"
David Gosman, Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering Department
"Modelling ligament-forming instabilities in jet atomisation"
(and also)
Stéphane Zaleski, CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France
"Simulation approaches for spray combustion"
Julien Reveillon - CNRS and Université de Rouen, CORIA, France
"An examination of the limits of planar spray diagnostics for high pressures and high
temperatures"
Doug Greenhalgh - University of Cranfield, School of Engineering
"Optical methods for near nozzle spray characterisation"
Alex Taylor, Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering Department
"Near-critical atomization issues of cryogenic fluids: Experiments and Modelling"
Oscar Haydn & Michael Oschwald, DLR Lampoldshausen, Institute of Space Propulsion, Germany.
"Spray and combustion issues in gas turbine combustors"
Ken Young - Chief of
Combustion Research and Technology, Rolls Royce UK
"Automotive Sprays and combustion"
Morgan Heikal, University of Brighton, Engineering School
Combustion Technologies for reducing emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere
This meeting of The Combustion Institute (British Section) was held on Monday 18 December 2006 in Cambridge. Most of the presentations are available as pdf files.
PROGRAMME| "Experience with the Combustion of Biomass" by Dr Nigel Burdett, Drax Power Station |
| "Pathways to clean and green Hydrogen" by Dr Roger Cracknell, Shell Research |
| "Some aspects of removing CO2 when gasifying coal in the ZECA process" by Dr John Dennis, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cambridge |
| "Chemical looping - theory and practical experience" by Prof Tobias Proell, Vienna University of Technology |
| "Oxyfuels" by Prof Alan Williams, Leeds University |
| "Burning velocities and combustion characteristics of hydrogen-rich syngases" by Professor Barrie Moss, School of Engineering, Cranfield University. |
| "Some laboratory experiments on chemical looping" by Dr Stuart Scott, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. |
| "The production of hydrogen from coal in the ZECA concept" by Dr Nigel Paterson, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College. |
| "Some Fundamental Studies on Cofiring Coal and Biomass to Reduce the Emission of Carbon Dioxide " by Professor Alan Williams, Leeds University. |