Finnish Flame Research Committee
Annual Meeting
Tampere, January 23rd, 2008
International Flame Research Foundation:
Moving Forward from Tuscany
Leonardo Tognotti
IFRF Headquarters, Livorno
and
University of Pisa, Italy
Outline
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The transition 2004-2006
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Organisation
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The experimental area
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The Member Research Programme
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Web site and services
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Perspectives
Mission of the IFRF
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Mission set by statutes:
 the attainment of knowledge and experience bearing
upon combustion in an efficient and environmentally
acceptable manner;
 to accumulate this knowledge within an international
centre of excellence;
 to place this knowledge at the disposition of others for
further development and industrial application.
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A “not for profit” Foundation
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Managed by its Members’ representatives
Triennial Report 2004/2006
• What happened 2004 – 2006 ?
• Time of changes
• Achievements
Triennial Report 2004/2006 –
The big challenge
• IFRF had to face the biggest challenges of it’s history
• decrease of members funding
• lower interest
• limited capabilities
• difficult to operate the networking and research activities of
the Foundation
• In 2004 the manpower had reached a critical mass, which
endangered the future of the IFRF
Triennial Report 2004/2006
Surveys
• What is important for the IFRF Members?
• Network activities and experimentally based research
at a reasonable scale
• Were the members in a position to redevelop and
recapitalise the IJmuiden Facility on an institutional basis?
• No
• This was the situation at the end of 2004
Triennial Report 2004/2006
Decisions and Actions
• Termination of research activities and return of Ijmuiden
facilities to CORUS (2005) –
• This created an opportunity for redevelopment
• Decision in 2005 to
• search for a new home with access to appropriate
facilities
• search for a new directory
Triennial Report 2004/2006
Selection/ Decision Procedure
• Expressions of Interest requested from European
Members (6/2005)
• Positive response by 9 research organisations
• Decision of JC to start negotiations with ENEL/ University
of Pisa consortium (12/2005)
• Decision 6/2006
• to move from the Netherlands to Italy
• to elect Gennaro De Michele as new General Secretar
• to elect Prof. Leonardo (Leo) Tognotti as director
• Reopening of IFRF research station at Livorno (Tuscany)
in October 2006
IFRF Move to Livorno - concept
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‘Not for profit’ foundation (ONLUS) established in
Italy and the Dutch Foundation (Stichting
Internationaal Vlamonderzoek – Stichting IVO)
closed
The new ONLUS has the same objectives as the
former Stichting IVO
IFRF Joint Committee to retain statutory control
of the new ONLUS in a similar fashion to its control
of Stichting IVO
Two separate ‘hosting’ agreements signed
between the IFRF ONLUS on the one hand and
University of Pisa and ENEL Ricerca on the other
IFRF – New Structure -2006
Technical
Advisors
National
Committees
Joint Committee
Stichting
Executive
Internationaal
Director
Vlamonderzoek
SIVO
(IFRF)
Executive
Committee
ONLUS FIRC
President
SoR/DSoR
Vice-President,
JC Rep,
General
Secretary
Director IFRF
(IFRF)
Agreements
UniPi
People, Academic activities
ENEL Ricerca
Office building, Rigs PAYG
IFRF Officers- Executive Committee
•President: Dr. Richard Waibel John Zink Co., USA
•Vice President: . Mr. Jacques Duguè, TOTAL, France
•General Seretary: Dr. Gennaro De Michele, ENEL Ricerca, Pisa, Italy
•Superintendent of Research:Prof. Helmut Spliethoff, Technical University of
Munich, Germany
•JC Representative: Dr. Susumo Mochida, Nippon Furnace Co., Japan
• Deputy Superintendent of Research: Dr. Neil Fricker, Glamorgan
University, UK
•Past President,, Prof. Mikko Hupa, Abo Akademie, Finland
The IFRF – International: 146 member organisations
American Flame
Research Committee
(AFRC)
IFRF is a
Network
of
Combustio
n Related
People
Around
1200
people in
23
countries
British Flame
Research Committee
(BFRC)
Australian Flame
Research Committee
(AusFRC)
Finnish Flame
Research Committee
(FFRC)
German Flame
Research Committee
(DVV)
International Flame
Research Foundation
(IFRF)
Italian Flame
Research Committee
(CI)
Japanese Flame
Research Committee
(JFRC)
French Flame
Research Committee
(CF)
Dutch Flame
Research Committee
(NVV)
Associate Members
Group
(AMG)
Swedish Flame
Research Committee
(SFRC)
Join Committee members
A members: National Committes representatives
z Philip Smith, AFRC (USA)
z Roger Dudill , BFRC (UK)
z Willi Nastoll, CF (France)
z Giovanni Cinti, CI (Italy)
z Frank Sowa, DVV (Germany)
z Erkki Valimaki, FFRC (Finland)
z Susumu Mochida, JFRC (Japan)
z Jochem Groot, NVV (Nederland)
z Truls Liliedahl, SFRC (Sweden)
B Members: technical advisors
z Klaus Hein,
z Christian Mueller,
z Tsuneaki Nakamura,
z Mikko Hupa
Liaison with National Committees
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Joint Committee to meet annually under normal
circumstances
Executive to meet circa 3 to 4 times annually
Each National Committee to be ‘linked’ to one
Member of the Executive to provide an additional
and well informed channel of communication –
shared geographical location and language
The move to Livorno
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Complete Inventory made of all IFRF Physical and intellectual assets
All IFRF Physical assets moved to the new IFRF Offices in Livorno
All IFRF Intellectual Assets transferred to Livorno
Most of IFRF financial assets transferred from SIVO to ONLUS FIRC
Some experimental rigs re-acquired and moved to Livorno
 IPFR
 Moving Block Swirl Burner
 OxyFlam high temperature Suction Pyrometer calibration rig
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IFRF Research Station bv dissolved
IFRF Research Station at IJmuiden demolished
IFRF Communications Centre Office at Velsen Noord vacated
All IFRF staff contracts terminated
N. Fricker remained as Executive Director Stichting IVO to achieve zero
balance sheet and dissolve the Stichting
Status of IFRF ONLUS
Statutes, form and operation of ONLUS:
z New Statutes approved by JC and distributed to NCs
z IFRF- ONLUS has the Bank Account, VAT, etc.
z The staff of the IFRF is now housed at the new IFRF building
close to ENEL Ricerca in Livorno Italy
z Livorno offices are fully operating
z The archive and furniture have been successfully relocated
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IFRF staff
Staff
 Director (part-time) (LT)
 Investigator (GC)
 Administration and Communication (TB)
 Consultant : (NF)
 A second investigator (JH) from Oct.07
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 Accountant (dr. L.Bonaccorsi)
 Internal auditor (dr. A. Irilli)
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ENEL Experimental Area- Engineers and Technicians (12 )
ENEL and UNIPI support for MRP- (Agreements in force)
- Mario Graziadio (ENEL reference)
- One PhD student, two MSs, other students for project works
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT services: IVIN (Dutch) , CPR (Pisa, It)
- Editing and web insertions: (P.Lavery)
- Editor of Journal (Pat Hughes)
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Capabilities of the IFRF
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At its new location the IFRF has access to a number of test facilities of
ENEL, Livorno Research Station, which will form the basis for the coming
research activities in 2007 and beyond.
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IFRF has access for fixed periods to these state-of-the-art experimental
facilities, from lab to industrial scale, operated by dedicated personnel and
with large availability of strategically important fuels.
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The facilities are available for undertaking the IFRF Members Research
Programme and Members' test work over the whole range of industrial
process sectors, and on a confidential basis as well.
Livorno test station – Combustion of Different Fuels
Capabilities of the IFRF
The use of facilities is convenient for IFRF Members Research
Programmes or for individual member organizations since prices
applied by ENEL will be based on:
zCost of Personnel;
zCost of consumables (fuels, electricity, compressed air….) for
operation and normal maintenance;
zIFRF
and ENEL personnel will operate the selected rig and/or
instruments.
zMembers of the staff of the IFRF and/or employees of the funding
Companies will be allowed to attend the agreed trials.
Temporary modifications of the combustion facilities for installing
IFRF or members-designed equipment or using particular fuels are
possible.
Livorno test station – Test Furnaces
500 kWth furnace
2-8 MWth single
burner
test rig “CA.SPER.”
5 MWth single burner
test furnace
“FO.SPER”
FOSPER
FOSPER (FOrnace SPERimentale – Experimental Furnace)
is a replica of the former IFRF furnace number 1
• Dimensions: 2 m x 2 m x 6,25 m
• Fuels: solid fuels (coal, sec. fuels), oil and gas
• Refractory lined with external cooling
• Internal cooling loop and cooling pipe
BURNER
Other windows
Pneumatic windows
Semi-Industrial Scale Boiler Furnace Simulation – IFRF Nr 1
Input –output measurements
Temperature
Composition
Ash samples
Characterised AASB
Coal parameters
Prim and Sec:
Air flow -Temp
In furnace arrays:
Temperature
Gas composition
Solid samples
Flame Structure
Velocity…..
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2.5 MW pulverised coals – single burner - AASB
2*2*4.6m furnace volume – simulates boiler furnace – τ –
Livorno test station – FO.SPER. Test Furnace
Existing measurements
• Flow fields (IFRF 5-hole pitot tubes) and LDV
• Gas temperatures (suction pyrometers, optical systems) • Gas emissions (NOx, CO, O2, SO2)
• Fly ash iso-kinetic sampling and on line UBC measurements (MITER)
MITER on-line carbon-in-ash analyzer
UBC trend obtained with FO.SPER.
IFRF Isothermal plug flow reactor: from IJmuiden
to Livorno
natural Gas
Pre-combustion
Coal inlet
Reactor
Capabilities of the IFRF
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Isothermal plug flow reactor (IPFR)
100 KWT Furnace, 500 KWT Furnace
CASPER (6.5 MWt for liquid/gas burners)
FOSPER (FOrnace SPERimentale) (Furnace #1)
CIRO (100 kWt circulating fluidized)
SCR (Catalytic Denitrifier 10-300 Ncm/h of flue
gas)
Bagfilter, Electrostatic Precipitator
SPLIT (0.5-2 MWt gas turbine combustor,
atmospheric)
Hitac/Flameless Combustors
Aerodynamic lab.
Optical Diagnostic lab.
IFRF probe development
Probe development
z Five holes Pitot tube
z Gas and particulate sampling probes
z High temperature measurement techniques (water cooled
suction pyrometers for temperatures up to 2500 C)
z Narrow angle radiometer
z Ellipsoidal radiometer
z Black body furnace for calibration
Optical techniques
z Laser sheet visualisation
z Laser Doppler Velocimetry (water cooled LDA probe)
z PDPA-Malvern
Probes/Diagnostics
-IFRF
is re-manufacturing probes:
- Suction pyrometers
• Heat flux meter
• Radiometers
9 Narrow angle radiometer
9 Ellipsoidal Radiometer
-Marketing
and selling of probes
- A new rig for the fine/remote control of the probe
movements in flame is under development.
•Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) in addition to all the
benefits with the normal probes.
•Advanced (optical) diagnostics in industrial flames and
systems
Capabilities of the IFRF
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A number of different probes for measuring high temperatures
in flames and for sampling reactive species in flames are
available. Anyway, particular emphasis will be devoted to
rebuild IFRF measurement probes, and to develop new
diagnostic equipment;
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At ENEL and University of Pisa laboratories, physical and
chemical characterisation of fuels, fuel mixtures, residues and
deposits are also available for Member Research Programme
and for member services.
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Advanced computing capabilities (CRAY XD1 with 48 AMD
Opteron processors, CRAY SV1, CRAY HPC cluster) and CFD
software (commercial and in-house developed) are available
IFRF activities
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Member Research Programme
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Training- courses
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Members’ services
Members’ Research Programme
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The IFRF research in the past
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The current MRP
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Organisation and status of Projects
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ENEL funded projects
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Funding, Definition and Reporting of IFRF Research
MRP Biennial Plan – SoR/DSoR – Members’ Workshops
Members Research Fund allocated
by Joint Committee
D report
Specific project plan by funders
in Working Groups
E report
Research execution
F/G Report
Further evaluation of raw data
by IFRF and/or funders
F/G Report
IFRF Publication of private reports
K Report
Open publications / IFRF Journal/
Combustion Files
Funding, Definition and Reporting of IFRF Research
Private funds
Specific project plan by funders
in Working Groups
H report
Research execution
H report
Further evaluation of raw data
by IFRF and/or funders
F/G Report
IFRF Publication of private reports
K Report
Open publications / IFRF Journal/
Combustion Files
H Report
Funding, Definition and Reporting of IFRF Research
MRP Biennial Plan – SoR/DSoR – Members’ Workshops
Members Research Fund allocated
by Joint Committee
Private funds
D report
Specific project plan by funders
in Working Groups
H report
E report
Research execution
H report
F/G Report
Further evaluation of raw data
by IFRF and/or funders
F/G Report
IFRF Publication of private reports
K Report
Open publications / IFRF Journal/
Combustion Files
H Report
IFRF Online Library
During 2006, the IFRF on line library has been ‘closed’ for
redevelopment. During this time, a major effort has gone in to:
z Cataloguing over 3500 IFRF Numbered documents.
z Developing and populating a searchable on line index of all
IFRF Documents
z Preparing PDF images of all 60,000 Pages of archived
documents. The majority of IFRF Documents created over the
last 50 years still exist as hard copy in our archives.
These three elements form the basis of a new Library facility.
Development is complete, and IFRF opened the Report
Archive to Members
Reports database
IFRF REPORTS POLICY
Current reports are available FREE to members (www.research.ifrf.net)
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Member organisations may access up to 5 archived reports per
annum free of charge. The orders must be made through and
authorized by the Main Contact Person.
z Additional reports will be available at €20 per report against an order
raised by the MCP.
z Non-members may buy archived F, G reports at €200 each.
The development of the new web site will allow a help yourself-direct
download
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Application to Current CRP funded MRP
Member Survey – Members’ Workshops (eg @ Members Conference)
Private funds (ENEL)
D report
Specific project plan by funders
in Working Groups
H report
E report
Research execution
H report
Further evaluation of raw data
by funders
F/G Report
IFRF evaluation of results
K Report
Open publications / IFRF Journal/
Combustion Files
H report
IFRF and mathematical modelling
M2 Trials (1974)
Generation of data for mathematical modelling
S.Michelfelder and T.Lowes, Doc No. F 36/a/4, 1974
Fuels; natural gas, propane, oil
3 MW thermal input
Oxygen enriched flames
Data used by
T.R. Johnson, J.Inst. Fuel, 47, 1974, 39
B.R. Adams and P. J. Smith, Combust.
Sci. Techn., Vol 88, 1993, 293-308.
A.Mbiock and R. Weber, Radiation in
Enclosures, Springer, 1999.
From The Spirit of Ijmuiden
(Ch.7-Math.Modeling) R.Weber 1998
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“Throughout the decade (90’), efforts were made to
improve capabilities to simulate flames, furnaces
and boilers
to develop and validate specific software packages
for numerical predictions of combustion systems
fired with coal, natural gas and coke oven gas.
for simulation of coal fired systems, the packages
were designed to be used together with the Coal
Characterisation experimentssub-models required for NOx prediction and char
burnout”
Mathematical modeling of flames (MMF) series
(1990-1998)
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MMF-4 Development of NOx post-processor – first
approach (A.F.Peters and R.Weber)
MMF-5-1: Modeling of boilers and burner scaling
(B.M. Visser, R.Weber)
MMF-5-2: Collection of data for model validation
(R.Weber et Al.)
MMF-6: NOx predictions in gaseous flames and pc
flames (A.F.Peters and R.Weber)
MMF-7: Residence time in flames of pulverised coal
(L.S.Petersen et Al)
MMF-8: Predictions of type-1 flames (F.Breussin et
Al.)
Project n.1: Validation of combustion modelling
for practical combustion systems
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“New” processes (oxy-fuel, Hitac/flameless, gasification, …. )
and new fuels (syngas, biofuels, wastes,..) are a challenge for
mathematical modelling at IFRF and co-operating institutes.
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Commercial CFD used in the industry needs reliable support. It
needs to be tested, benchmarked, and well written down
including the boundary conditions in which it is usable (from
TOTeM 20 (2002))
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Validation is an essential part of the
development of codes:
 collection of “in-flame” data
 ad hoc” experiments for sub-models
 Databases for fuel properties (fuel model)
Project n.1: inputs from MC15 and for TOTeM30
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Form a IFRF Stearing Group for managing the project
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Develop and agree with IFRF members a protocol for presenting data
sets and instigate section on IFRF website for easy access.
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Provide data sets based on existing trial data (from IFRF report
archive) using new protocol, if suitable.
Provide data sets based on new trial data always using agreed
protocol.
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Discuss undertaking specific trials/tests to provide insights into
unresolved modelling issues: can be both experimental and theoretical
activities
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Provide a platform for members to place validation data sets,
especially for full-scale plant, and establish quality control criteria &
police entries. Provide link with original data provider(s).
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Offer training opportunities for CFD modellers with limited practical
combustion experience and visa versa.
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Project n.1: generation of new data
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Access to the combustion facilities at Livorno enables the IFRF
to continue with the generation of in-flame measurements
required for developing mathematic models.
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In the past, Furnace #1 has served as a reference case for
numbers of mathematic modellers requiring validation of their
computer codes. Now the key facility will be the 3-5 MW
FOSPER, a replica of Furnace #1.
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Measurements include intrusive and non-intrusive technologies
for different burner configurations and different fuels.
Measuring commenced in 2006 with velocity profiles,
temperature, gas composition and solid distribution in the flame
and along the furnace, for a coal burner. The intention is to
give Members access to this facility so that they can test and
apply the most advanced non-intrusive measurement
technologies.
Planned activities for 2008- (ENEL Funding)
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Advanced diagnostics development (new moving systems, LDV,
particulate in flame)
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Tests on FOSPER (Furnace # 1): programme defined
• IFRF Aerodynamically Air Staged Burner (AASB) and TEA-C
burner;
• gas and coal; oxyfuel conditions
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Tests on hydrogen-rich mixtures combustion: HiTAC/flameless
burners and micro-turbines, with model validation (also for MPR3)
Activity at UNIPI/CPR
Modelling FOSPER (Furnace # 1), IPFR, H2-rich burners
Benchmarking of codes/approaches on new data
Experimental campaigns calendar
The 1st measurements campaign
(Phase 1- TEA-C) took place at the
end of November 2006,
the 2nd measurements campaign in
June 2007 (Phase 2- TEA-C)
Phase 3 (on AASB burner)
(October November 2007).
Oxy-flame from February
2008
Project n.2 :Development of a solid (coal and
he aim of this project
is to provide
engineers with a
secondary)
fuelcombustion
data base
database to be used in the design and operation of industrial solid
fuel fired combustors and gasifiers.
emands from Utilities and from Research
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eed of wide data of fuels’ properties for enhancing flexibility of
utilisation
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redict their impact on performance (e.g. efficiency, emission,
corrosion, slagging, etc.)
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efinition of quick and easy-to-use indices for design
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evelopment of tools for predicting behavior of fuel blends
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eed of more sophisticated and detailed data/properties for
modelling and model validation (e.g. NMR analysis, FTIR profiles,
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etc.)
Project n.2: objectives
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to bring together utilities/ operators and research
organisations
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to establish a data base and to extend the existing
one to collect fuel characterisation data
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to validate the data
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to define standard methods for fuel characterisation
Planned activities for 2008
. - Solid fuel database phase I
• Data mining (IFRF Archive on Isothermal Plug Flow Reactor-IPFR)
• Definition of “characterisation methods” (standardisation) for
puverised fuel firing (FB in future)
• Creation of a structure- Definition of relationships between data
and data base implementation
• Collect and include data from members, literature, reviews and
existing data bases, once defined the characteristics of data
• Experimental tests in Isothermal Plug Flow Reactor (IPFR)
( ENEL funding): detailed planning in preparation, including oxycombustion and gasification conditions on coals and biomasses).
The intention is to generate characterisation data at the IFRF Plug Flow Reactor, thus
continuing a long research tradition in this field. The experiments will extend the already
existing huge database to new traditional and unconventional solid fuels
Project n.3: Hydrogen/syngas Production and Utilisation
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The gasification technology for solid fuels is expected to be a key
technology for future power generation.
Integrated Gasification combined Cycles (IGCC) provide a unique
possibility for the development of power plants with CO2 capture.
Gasification is the key technology for the production of secondary
energy carriers like for example hydrogen.
The gasification technology on the one side is an old technology and
gasification technologies are commercially offered on the market.
On the other side the state of knowledge of gasification is by far lower in
comparison to combustion. Knowledge on pyrolysis, char reactions,
mineral matter transformations and thermodynamic data of ash
components up to high temperatures and pressures are hardly existing.
In order to exploit the potential of gasification and the IGCC technology,
a demand for fundamental research is evident. It is the intention of the
IFRF to address that demand.
MRP n.3: Hydrogen Production and Utilisation
The following items are under discussion and it is planned – depending on
the availability of funds - to set up research activities on the following
issues:
1. Hydrogen-syngas production from coal and alternative fuel
1.1 Investigations on devolatilisation/gasification kinetics of coal and
alternative fuel: modelling and basic experiments (IPFR + structural
models)
1.2 Model development for integrated process simulation of coal gasification
1.3 Experimental campaign on a coal-to-hydrogen pilot plant
2. Hydrogen- syngas utilisation
2.1 Low-NOx hydrogen combustion in gas turbine with injection of
inerts (CFD Modelling + Full-scale test)
2.2 Flameless hydrogen combustion (CFD Modelling + Pilot-scale test)
2.3 Micro-turbine and Catalytic combustion: experiments at full scale
Planned reports 2007-2008
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FOSPER/furnace n.1 : tests on low NOx burner (TEA C) with gas/coal
Modelling TEA C gas combustion in Furnace N.1
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FOSPER/furnace n.1 : tests on AASB burners with coal in
conventional and oxy-flame conditions
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Structure and content of the IFRF solid fuel database
The IFRF Isothermal Plug Flow Reactor: tests and exp. identification
Characterisation of selected coals and biomasses in IPFR
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Experimental tests on HiTAC/flameless combustion of methane and
H2 enriched mixtures
Modelling of HITAc/flameless combustion of H2 enriched mixtures
Training/mobility/education
Trained combustion engineers
 World wide
• over 80 former investigators – European, Japanese,
Americans, Australians, Canadians
 European Union:
IFRF – ENEL- Cardiff University (EuroFlam)
• 200 Graduates in 10 years – 30% women
Training/mobility/education
1. Agreement in force with Engineering Faculty in
Pisa: 1 PhD and 2 MSc students are working on
MRP.
2. FP7 People- proposal “CLEARGEN” to be
submitted (June 2008)
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Execution of a joint training program
Exchange of researchers between partners
3. Proposal of an advanced courses in
Combustion/energy for industrial and university
investigators and applied researcher discussed in
the last Executive Committee
Training/mobility/education
3. Advanced
courses in 2008-2009
IFRF is asked to organise a short course for EC funded Marie Curie
fellows in Summer 2008:
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Combustion technologies for an efficient and clean industry
• The course to be opened to IFRF Members and Non Members(?)
• The course can be the basis of a permanent school
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More specific:
Combustion measurements on industrial scale/furnace
design (British Flame suggestions)
CFD for industrial combustion (in collaboration with AFRC +
Commercial code developers)
4. Reactivation of mobility of investigators from
industry on the MRP and through courses
European Combustion
Laboratory Network
First step at
Members’Conference 15th
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Combustion Network - Opportunities
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Shared experimental data
• More data
• More fuels
• Less costs
• Quicker results
• Wide range of rig types and scales
Link to IFRF CFD Validation initiative
Closer links between people with measurement needs and those
developing new techniques
Test instruments at other scales
Access to really big rigs
Make detailed measurements not possible in house
Launch pad for European R&D Consortia
Extend IFRF work into
 fluidized beds
 gas turbines
Access FP7 funds
Combustion Laboratory Network (EFRI)
Capacities (n_wp_200701-en.pdf)
The Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3) model
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combine, in a closely co-ordinated manner:
z (i) Networking activities,
z (ii) Trans-national access and/or service activities
and
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All three categories of activities are mandatory as
synergistic effects are expected from these
different components.
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Members’ Services
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IFRF web site/ communications
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Meetings, Conferences
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Databases, reports and publication policy
Web site “refurbishment”
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Updating and improvement of some portals
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Communication: the Monday Night Mail
IFRF Activity - 2006-2007
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Technical Meetings
 TOTeM28
Mercury, Trace Metals and Fine Particulates – Issues and
Solutions.
The meeting was organised by Professor Jost Wendt and his team
at the University of Utah on behalf of the American Flame
Research Committee.
 TOTeM29
• Characterisation of bio-fuels for co-combustion
• Munich, Prof Hartmut Spliethoff
 15th Members’ Conference Pisa (IFRF Doc No
D122/y/01) (IFRF Doc No D122/y/02)
IFRF status and planned activities
Fondazione Internazionale per la Ricerca sulla
Combustione
L.Tognotti
IFRF headquarters
Topical Oriented Technical Meetings
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30: CFD – Simulation of
Combustion Processes
 C.Yjan, J.Zink, Waikoloa, Hawaii, Oct 2007- to be published shortly
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31: …Oxy-combustion
technologies and applications……
 Pisa, September 2008- Chairman G.De Michele
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32: …..Advances in rotary kiln
combustion process….
 Tuscany, January 2009- Chairmen R.Tran & M.Hupa
IFRF Activity- Publication policy
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Journal
ƒ 13 articles published in 2005-2006
ƒ 5 articles in 2007
ƒ 1 article in 2008
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Handbook
ƒ 297 Items/subjects
Concluding remarks
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There is no doubt that research will remain the core activity of
the IFRF.
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Main fields of activity have been delineated and Members
indicated clear tasks for the IFRF, suggesting specific
actions/initiatives to be pursued.
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New reports are on the way, to show the capability of
performing industrial scale tests and suitable modeling
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Specific planning reports will be periodically issued covering the
details of the general programmes , on the basis of technical
meetings (Stearing Groups), members inputs and availability of
additional funds.
Concluding Remarks
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It is fitting, therefore, that over the next triennial period and in
the future, a major amount of energy will be dedicated to
keeping Members informed of how research projects are
progressing, and of their results once the relevant reports have
been published.
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To this end, the IFRF website is currently under major review
and will be considerably revamped.
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The first of many improvements appeared on the site and is a
searchable database of the more than 3000 technical
documents in which the IFRF’s 50 year history has been
recorded.
Mission of the IFRF
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Mission set by statutes:
 the attainment of knowledge and experience bearing
upon combustion in an efficient and environmentally
acceptable manner;
 to accumulate this knowledge within an international
centre of excellence;
 to place this knowledge at the disposition of others for
further development and industrial application.
Mission of the IFRF
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When the IFRF was founded in 1955, its tasks were
to address open issues in industrial combustion and
to provide Members with technical services and
information.
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With the restructuring and the move to Tuscany
where it has access to a large number of ENEL’s
unique research facilities, and with the creation of
Facility Network , the IFRF is once again in a
position to continue successful research, to initiate
joint research programmes with Members and to
provide state-of-the-art web-based information
services.
IFRF Mission: Moving Forward from Tuscany
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The mission of the “New” IFRF thus remains
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to address and solve open questions in the industrial combustion of
solid, liquid and gaseous fuels,
to add value to the research activities of its worldwide membership
network by undertaking joint or individual research projects, and
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to provide information services.
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The combination of research and information will ensure that
the IFRF is not only a distributor of information but also a
generator of knowledge, and, as such, a centre of excellence
for industrial combustion in the international research
community.
See you in Tuscany…….