See also the Combustion Calendar page, which is under development. There is an extensive calendar of forthcoming Combustion Meetings on the website of the head office of the Combustion Institute.
British Section
If you have any suggestions on topics for future meetings please contact any committee member
Other Events
Alternative Fuels and Combustion Strategies For Internal Combustion Engines
A one-day meeting organised will be held on 18th September in Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge by the IOP Combustion Physics Group.
The AGM of the British Section of the Combustion Institute will be held during this meeting
20th International Symposium on Gas Kinetics (GK08)
will be held at the University of Manchester from Sunday 20th July to Friday 25th July 2008.
There are plenary speakers on Atmospheric Chemistry, Reaction Dynamics, Energy Transfer, Extreme Environments, Heterogeneous Chemistry and Combustion (Shaun Carl, University of Leuven).
9th IAFSS Symposium on
Fire Safety
will be held on 21-26 September 2008 in Karlsruhe, GERMANY
Submission deadline for manuscripts is 14th January, 2008
Seventh European Conferenceon Coal Research and its Applications at Cardiff University on 3rd-5th September 2008
Past Meetings
List of past meetings of British Section and papers from European Combustion Meetings
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. |