Spring Meeting in Cambridge: biomass power and carbon capture

British Section spring meeting, coinciding with an evening meal to celebrate the 75^th birthday of Allan Hayhurst.

  

Biomass Fuelled Power Generation with CO₂ Capture

Friday 24 May 2013

The Møller Centre, Cambridge

Click here for registration and full programme of speakers.

What is it about?

Biomass is a flexible resource, capable of conversion to heat, power and transport fuel energy vectors (as well as bio-materials). Biomass produced in the UK has the potential to provide 10% of UK Energy mix in 2050. Currently, on practical scales biomass co-firing has been implemented in several fossil-fired power plants. However, more effort in terms of realisation of large scale dedicated biomass combustion, gasification or pyrolysis plants is still required. Further, combined with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies, biomass conversion to heat and/or power could provide the UK with substantial net negative CO₂ emissions, with the potential to remove 50 to 100 MT of CO₂ from the atmosphere on an annual basis (depending on capture rates) and provide 80 to 120 TWhr of electricity annually.

The Conference

This conference focuses on the scientific developments and techno-economic issues related to realisation of biomass (both co-fired and dedicated) based power generation through combustion, gasification and pyrolysis, with or without the various pre-, post- and oxy-combustion CO₂ capture technologies.

This conference is suitable for industrial researchers, process engineers, technical managers, and the academic community interested in carbon-negative power generation. 

IOP High Impact Industrial-Academic Partnerships

The IOP Combustion Physics Group  is organizing the meeting ‘High Impact Industrial-Academic Partnerships: Delivering Future Combustion Technologies’. It will take place on Tuesday 23 October 2012 at the University of Lincoln. 

For registration, follow this link.

The aim is to show that combustion continues to be a challenge in both academia and industry in order to meet current and future requirements. Complexities include the demand for further fuel flexibility and operational flexibility to deliver environments and efficiency benefits. The programme with topics and speakers is attache below.

 

Programme

10:00    Registration and refreshments 10:30    Keynote Address: The University of Lincoln - New School of Engineering Project               Steve Middlesbrough, Director of Service Engineering, Siemens 11:00    Gas Turbine Combustion Research at Lincoln               Jill Stewart, University of Lincoln/Siemens 11:30    The role of university collaborations in developing advanced fuels               Roger Cracknell, Shell Global Solutions/Leeds University 11:50    Announcement of IOP/CPG Awards 12:00-13:30 Lunch and Poster Session 12:00-12:45 Tour of Siemens facilities and demonstrations 13:00-13:30 The IOP Combustion Physics Group AGM 13:30    Plenary: Burning Brightly?               John Loughhead, Director of UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) 14:00    Design Fires for Tall Buildings               Guillermo Rein, University Edinburgh/Built Environment Industrial Consortium 14:20    EON/University Collaboration 14:40    Lotus/ University Collaboration 15:00    Refreshments 15:20    CFD of Gas Turbine Combustors                Alexandre Neophytou, The University of Cambridge/Rolls-Royce 15:40    Impact of Combustion Research on Automotive Engines               Yannis Hardalupas, Imperial College/Honda 16:00    IOP/CPG Award Lecture 16:20    Closing remark

Future Internal Combustion Engines

Future Internal Combustion Engines and their Fuels
Department of Engineering Science
University of Oxford 12 September 2012

The Autumn Meeting of The Combustion Institute (British Section) will take place in the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford on 12 September 2012. The one-day meeting will review the challenges posed by engines with increased specific output and changing fuel supplies. The AGM for the Combustion Institute will also take place during the meeting, and all members are encouraged to attend.

Speakers include John Williams (BP), JWG Turner (Lotus and C Salamon, Jaguar Cars), Gautam Kalghatgi, (Aramco), Markus Kraft (Cambridge), Andreas Kolbeck (FEV), Roger Cracknell (Shell) and Denis Gill (AVL). See full programme here.

The registration form is here.

Poster Session
 A poster session will be held during the meeting, and a prize will be awarded to the best contribution. Poster abstracts for prize consideration should be emailed to richard.stone@eng.ox.ac.uk by 1 September, 2012.

Directions to the meeting
 The meeting is in the Department of Engineering Science Thom Building, LR1. The registration desk will be by Reception which is on the 1st floor level and accessible via an external staircase. Parking spaces are very limited and only available to those with a specific need. Visitors are recommended to use public transport. Watereaton Park and Ride is most likely to have spaces, and there is a bus stop immediately South of the Department.

IMechE conference on Internal Combustion Engines in Nov

Conference entitled  Internal Combustion Engines: Improving Performance, Fuel Economy and Emissions to be held by IMechE in London on the 29th and 30th of November.

Overview

The challenges facing internal combustion engine manufacturers are greater than ever. How can engineers reduce CO2 emissions and the dependence on oil-derivate fossil fuels? How will they meet the future emission limits? What is the vision of the engine and fuels industries?

This international biennial conference series continues to address these questions and more, providing an opportunity to learn about the latest technological developments and advances from the most recent research from industry and academia. There will be keynote presentations from senior representatives of Nissan, BP and Caterpillar.

The conference will look closely at developments for personal transport applications, though many of the drivers of change apply to light and heavy duty, on and off highway, transport and other sectors; this event is the perfect opportunity to examine, compare and debate responses.

Towards Clean Diesel Engines - Chester 8-9 June

The 8th International Symposium Towards Clean Diesel Engines (TCDE) 2011 will be held in Chester, UK on June 8th - 9th, 2011, The Queen Hotel, Chester, UK


The goal of the International Symposium "Towards Clean Diesel Engines" is to bring together researchers from academia and industry to share and discuss activities, working methods / achievements in the field of Clean Diesel engine technology and to establish new research goals resulting from progress in industry and legislation.


The programme and registration details are displayed on the website, and online registration is now fully operational.

European Combustion Meeting 2011 - Early Registration

The deadline for early registration for ECM 2011 in Cardiff is the 29^th of April.

Registration for the conference includes the book of abstracts, attendance to all technical sessions, lunch and refreshments each day and attendance at the Welcome Drinks Reception on Tuesday 28th June 2011. The registration fee does not include the Conference Dinner on Thursday 30th June.

Attendance at the Conference Dinner is optional and spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Please tick if you would like to attend.  Spaces are limited therefore once fully booked you will be informed.

There is also an Accompanying Person's Package.

IOP Spring meeting - Combustion Modelling for Challenging Applications

The IOP Combustion Physics Group Spring Technical meeting on “Combustion Modelling for Challenging Applications” is to be held in Southampton on the 23^rd of May.

Organised by the IOP Combustion Physics Group. Co-sponsored by the Combustion Institute British Section.
The meeting will present state of the art modeling activities for challenging applications in combustion, complemented by experimental work. Speakers include UK and international experts from academia and industry.

Venue: The Senate Room, Building 37, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton
University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ

Programme

09:15	Arrival, Registration, Coffee
09:50	Welcome by Professor Phil Bowen Morning technical session: Chaired by Prof Kai Luo
10:00	Continuous Wave Detonation Engines Dmitry Davidenko (CNRS, Orleans)
10:30	Modelling the Effects of Volcanic Ash on High Pressure Combustion Systems Dave Dunham and Ken Young (Rolls-Royce)
11:00	Large Marine Diesel Engine modelling Yuri Wright (ETH, Zurich)
11:30	Diesel Fuel Injection and Combustion: What Can Modelling & Simulation Offer? Xi Jiang (Lancaster University)
12:00	Experimental Studies of Model Gas Turbine Combustors and Links to Combustion Modelling Yannis Hardalupas (Imperial College London)
12:30	Discussions
12:45	Lunch
	Afternoon session: Chaired by Prof Epaminondas Mastorakos
13:45	Oxy-Coal Combustion Mohamed Pourkashanian (University of Leeds)
14:15	Modelling Multiphase Flow and Chemical Reactions in Bubbling Fluidised Beds Kai Luo (University of Southampton)
14:45	Slagging and Fouling Predictor for Biomass Combustion in Boilers Piotr Plaza and Tony Griffiths (University of Cardiff)
15:15	Modelling of Turbulent Premixed and Stratified Combustion N. Swaminathan (University of Cambridge)
15:45	Inverse Modelling to Forecast Enclosure Fire Dynamics Guillermo Rein (University of Edinburgh)
16:15	Discussions
16:30	Coffee, Departure

5th European Combustion Meeting (ECM2011)

Fifth European Combustion Meeting (ECM2011)
Cardiff University, Wales, UK
28 June – 1 July 2011
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This is to remind you that you can now register to attend ecm2011. Full
details are available on the website www.ecm2011.org

The cost of registration covers the book of abstracts, attendance at all technical sessions, lunch and refreshments each day, as well as the reception on Tuesday 28 June, but not the Conference Dinner. For members of The Combustion Institute, registration costs £280 (£200 for a student), but these costs rise to £330 (£220 for students) for late registrations.

NOTE: the British Section of The Combustion Institute invites applications from its members, who are also full-time research students, for travel grants to attend the ECM. See details here.

There will be five plenary lectures:

Prof. H. Bockhorn, Karlsruhe: Flame generated nano particles: Black magic or
towards knowledge based understanding

Prof. B. Johansen, Lund: Clean Combustion engines – what is that?

Prof. P. Bowen, Cardiff: Combustion Hazards posed by Hybrid Fuel
Systems

Dr. L. Gicquel, Toulouse: Modeling and analyzing large Eddy simulation
prédictions of complex turbulent reacting flows

Prof. T. Faravelli, Milan: Kinetics of solid fuel volatilization; a first step
in characterisation of renewable fuel gasification
and combustion

In addition, over 400 abstracts from 35 countries have been submitted, covering every
aspect of combustion. These include:

Combustion Chemistry
Flames
Turbulent Combustion - DNS and LES
Hetrogeneous Combustion and Gasification
Soot, Nano particles and Material Synthesis
Spray and Droplet Combustion
Fire Research and Heat Transfer Process
Detonations and Explosions
Stationary Combustion - Fluidised Beds and Gasifiers
Stationary Combustion - Oxyfuel, CCS and CLS
Stationary Combustion - Burners and furnaces
IC Engines and Gas Turbines
Combustion Diagnostics, Instabilities and Oscillations
Fuel Cells, Catalytic Combustion, Mild Combustion and Cool Flames

Modestly priced nearby accommodation is available in students’ rooms; in addition, there is a wide choice of hotels, which are to be booked through the website.

On Tuesday 28 June, there will be an all-day workshop on “Detailed Chemical Kinetic Models for Cleaner Combustion”.

Plenary talks will be given by Eliseo Ranzi (Milan) and Steven Klippenstein (Argonne Laboratory, Chicago). In the evening of 28 June, a drinks reception will be held before the main meeting starts the following day. On Friday 1st July there will be a free afternoon visit to Cardiff’s Gas turbine Research Centre – Limited places will be available and registration will next place
during the meeting. There will be a programme for accompanying visitors.

Looking forward to seeing you in Cardiff.

For all enquiries, contact Prof. Tony Griffith

Methods for model simplification, evaluation and improvement - Cardiff 28 Jun

The one-day workshop on “Methods for model simplification, evaluation and improvement” to be held in Cardiff on 28th June 2011 (prior to ECM2011). Submitted abstracts are required by the 15^th of January.

This is the 2st Topical Workshop of the COST Action CM901: Detailed Chemical Kinetic Models for Cleaner Combustion.  The main objective of the Action is to promote the development of cleaner and more efficient combustion processes through the design and implementation of better defined and more accurate chemical kinetic models.

IOP Conference: Emerging Technologies in Combustion, 29 Sept

IOP Fall meeting: Emerging Technologies in Combustion
29 September 2010
in Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

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The Autumn meeting of IOP Combustion Physics Group will take place at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, on 29 September 2010. This one-day meeting will cover current and emerging technologies in Combustion in industry and academia. The topics will include, Clean Combustion; Coal Combustion; Carbon Capture and Storage and biochar; Underground Coal Gasification; Methane Hydrate; and Soil contaminant remediation.

Organised by the IOP Combustion Physics Group
(co-sponsored by the Combustion Institute British Section)

For registration visit: https://www.eventsforce.net/iop/125/register

Programme, registration and map can be found here.

One-day meeting of the IOP on Combustion and NOx in the Environment, 21 April, Nottingham

Combustion and NOx in the Environment

(Formerly known as Low NOx Combustion)

21 April 2010, East Midlands Conference Centre, University of Nottingham, UK Organised by the IOP Combustion Group and the IOP Environmental Physics. This meeting is co-sponsor by the Combustion Institute British Section.

Nitrogen oxides are major pollutants from combustion and their emission is strictly regulated by law and technologically challenging to reduce. This meeting will focus on the fundamentals and practical aspects of low NOx technologies and will be of interest to academics and industrialists alike.

 

Programme

10:00 Registration and Coffee

Session 1 – Chair: to be confirmed

10:30 Professor R.P. Lindstedt (Imperial College)

Fundamentals of NOx Chemistry

11:10 Dr. Claire Holman (Peter Brett Associates)

Sources of NOx, trends and legislation

11:50 Professor David Fowler (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh)

Impacts of NOx in the Environment

12:30 – 13:30     Lunch

Session 2 Chair: Mike Welbourne (Welbourne Associates)

13:30 Professor Nick Collings (University of Cambridge)

Measurements of NOx

14:10 Professor Gordon Andrews (University of Leeds)

Transport and urban air pollution

15:50 – 15:10     Tea

15:10 Dr. K. Young (Rolls-Royce)

NOx from gas turbines (aero)

15:50 David Graham (E.ON)

NOx emissions from power generation (combined cycle gas turbines)

16:30 Close

Enquiries:
Dawn Stewart
Conference Organiser,
The Institute of Physics
76 Portland Place
London W1B 1NT
E-mail: dawn.stewart_AT_iop.org
Tel: +44 (0)20 7470 4910
Fax: +44 (0)20 7637 4266