Finnish-Swedish Flame Days 2013 17th - 18th of April 2013 Jyväskylä, Finland IFRF test facilities and member services Tomasz Klajny IFRF Livorno, Italy The content • • • • • • • • • • Members interest (according to a report) IFRF strategic repositioning Rigs at Livorno (brochure) IFRF probes Current EU cofounded projects RELCOM project BRISK project BRISK / EFRI test rigs network Networking activities IFRF website (Some of the slides are hidden) 2 Members interests Research was done by independent consultant What is important for the IFRF Members? 1. experimentally based research at a reasonable scale (semi-industrial scale) 2. network activities 7 IFRF strategic repositioning 1. Focus on IFRF members´ needs and requirements • 2. Improved cooperation with NCs • • 3. We need to listen to you We need keep our dialogue running Improved transparency of our operations Improved access to technical materials for all members • • Revamp of the website Launch company website at LinkedIn and animation of discussion forums 8 Rigs at Livorno • FOSPER (FOrnace SPERimentale) (Furnace #1) • Isothermal plug flow reactor (IPFR) • Downdraft Gasifier and biorefinery (University of Pisa) • 500 KWT Furnace • Atomisation rig/ spray characterisation • Aerodynamic lab. for “cold” characterisation • Optical Diagnostic lab. • CASPER (6.5 MWt boiler for liquid/gas burners) • SPLIT (0.5-2 MWt gas turbine combustor, atmospheric) • TAO (Turbina Accesso Ottico) 10 IFRF probes • Review in-flame and in furnace measurement techniques IFRF probes: • • Based on early ‘60s design Still widely used for industrial combustion tests Today needs: • • • • Quantify uncertainties Update/upgrade instrumentation (HW/SW) Adapt probes to new combustion concepts (oxy-combustion, FLOX) Develop new concept measurements- example.: • Suction probe for in-flame FTIR – minor species • Flame fluctuations - ODC • , 13 Current EU cofounded projects • DEBCO DEmonstration of large scale Biomass Co-firing and supply chain integration http://www.debco.eu/ • RELCOM Reliable and Efficient Combustion of Oxygen/Coal/Recycled Flue Gas Mixtures http://www.relcomeu.com/about.php • BRISK Biofuels Research Infrastructure for Sharing Knowledge http://www.briskeu.com/ 14 RELCOM project – Oxy/fuel combustion The programme of the experimentation is conceptually divided in two phases: • i) Experiments with the existing low-NOX burners (IFRF AASB, TEA C), with the objectives to obtain a characterization of the combustion process with oxygen and recycled flue gas, with both natural gas and coal as fuels, and to produce data sets for modelling validation; • ii) Tests with new designed oxy-coal burners with the objectives to verify the criteria adopted in the design phase and to develop a better understanding in the procedure of designing an oxy-coal burner 15 BRISK project – biomass utilisation • Characterisation of biofuels • Establish protocols for solid fuels combustion characterisation • Characterise solid (and liquid) fuels • to agreed protocols • to fill data gaps for numerical model validation & application • includes fuels that are environmentally and economically significant • Biomass, Wastes, Blends with coals • In atmospheres that reflect O2/RFG approach, temperatures and pressures of current interest to members and other sponsors IFRF Solid Fuel Database- http://sfdb.ifrf.net (Collaboration with Åbo Academy for data analysis) 16 BRISK / EFRI test rigs network Share test rigs between partners • • BRISK partners Also others via Transnational Access Propose Protocols for sharing experimental data • • Create inventory of ‘shareable’ data (IFRF, Members, Others) Populate the IFRF on-line Archive and solid fuel database Establish Multi-partner programme to: • • Develop and agree criteria for validating (quantify uncertainties) mathematical models Apply the criteria across a range of models, processes and fuels Link: http://www.efri.ifrf.net/ 17 Networking activities MNM http://www.mnm.ifrf.net/mnm/articles.html LinkedIn company website: http://www.linkedin.com/company/international-flame-research-foundation---ifrf LinkedIn discussion forum: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4158272&trk=anet_ug_hm&goback=.bzo_*1_*1_*1_*1_*1_%2Finternational*5flame*5research*5foundation*5*5*5ifrf Wikipedia website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Flame_Research_Foundation 19 20 New website – sneak peek 21 Paljon kiitoksia Tack så mycket Thank you