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The IFRF The IFRF –– past, present and futurepast, present and future

70 years of the International Flame Research Foundation – a new phase

11th ECCRIA, University of Sheffield, Sept 2016

Philip SharmanIFRF Sheffield UK

Neil FrickerIFRF Livorno Italy

Roger DudillBritish FlameIFRF, Sheffield, UK IFRF, Livorno, Italy British Flame

Contents• The past:

• Early days

• Building a firm Foundation

• IFRF through the decades

• The present:p• Established membership

• IFRF activities and servicesIFRF activities and services

• The future:S ff• Move to Sheffield, 2016

• Priorities for ‘new IFRF’

• Longer-term strategy for IFRF2

“Bring the past only if you

are going to build from it.”

Doménico Cieri Estrada

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Early days at IJmuiden, NL1955 – IFRF established1948 – R&D

FurnaceFurnace,KNHS

No. 1 Furnace (oil & gas)

i i dcommissioned in 1954

Building a firm Foundation...

• Foundation (‘not-for-profit’)( p )• Managed by its members’ representatives• IFRF vision:• IFRF vision:

To be the international reference point for clean, efficient and safe industrial combustionand safe industrial combustion

• Our mission:To advance applied combustion research andTo advance applied combustion research and promote cooperation and information transfer throughout the international combustion communitythe international combustion community

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…for its Members

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IFRF through the decades – 1950s

• 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid g y,mechanics and mixing; coal combustion

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• 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid g y,mechanics and mixing; coal combustion

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• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling, y ( g,swirling) and flows

• 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid mechanics and mixing; coal combustion

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• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling, y ( g,swirling) and flows


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• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical x modelling; contract research

• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling, swirling) and flows

• 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid mechanics and mixing; coal combustionand mixing; coal combustion

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• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical x modelling; contract research


• 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid mechanics and mixing; coal combustionand mixing; coal combustion

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• 1980s: Coal combustion research and near-field aerodynamics

• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical modelling; contract research1960 C b ti d i ( i li• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling, swirling) and flows

• 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity fluid mechanics1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid mechanics and mixing; coal combustion

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• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical modelling; contract research1960 C b ti d i ( i li• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling, swirling) and flows

• 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity fluid mechanics1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid mechanics and mixing; coal combustion

Isothermal Plug Flow Reactor (IPFR)

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Isothermal Plug Flow Reactor (IPFR) 80mm dia. x 2m (commissioned 1983)


• 1990s: Combustion system scaling and y gnumerical simulations; specialised facilities


• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical modelling; contract researchcontract research

• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling, swirling) and flowsg)


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• 1990s: Combustion system scaling and y gnumerical simulations; specialised facilities

• 1980s: Coal combustion research and near-field ‘Scaling 400’ Study (1991 1995) [GRI UMaerodynamics

• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical modelling; contract research

Scaling 400 Study (1991-1995) [GRI, UM, BERL, John Zink Co., BG, IFRF]

contract research• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling,

swirling) and flows 4MW (IFRF)

12MW (JZ/IFRF)

300kW

1.3MW(BG)

g)• 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid mechanics

and mixing; coal combustion300kW (UM)1.3MW (IFRF)

4MW (IFRF)300kW(BERL)

‘Line of thought’30kW (UM) of applied scaling

approach

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• 2000s: Solid fuel characterisation; validation of2000s: Solid fuel characterisation; validation of combustion modelling; move to Italy

• 1990s: Combustion system scaling and numerical y gsimulations; specialised facilities

• 1980s: Coal combustion research and near-field aerodynamicsaerodynamics




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• 2000s: Solid fuel characterisation; validation of2000s: Solid fuel characterisation; validation of combustion modelling; move to Italy

• 1990s: Combustion system scaling and numerical y gsimulations; specialised facilities

• 1980s: Coal combustion research and near-field aerodynamicsaerodynamics




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Move to Livorno/Pisa, IT, 2006

D d ft G ifiFOSPER Experimental Downdraft Gasifier (200kWth max)

FOSPER Experimental Furnace (5MWth max)

IPFR (4.5m,60kWth max)CASPER Experimental

Boiler (6.5MWth max)

TAO Optical Test Rig for GTs

(400kWth max)Test Furnace

(500kWth max)

Plus other specialist rigs (atomisation, aerodynamics, SCR, etc.)

IFRF through the decades – 2010s • 2010s: Biomass characterisation; oxy- and novel

combustion; CFD validation; move to UKcombustion; CFD validation; move to UK • 2000s: Solid fuel characterisation; validation of

combustion modelling; move to Italycombustion modelling; move to Italy• 1990s: Combustion system scaling and numerical

simulations; specialised facilities• 1980s: Coal combustion research and near-field

aerodynamics1970 NO d ti d th ti l d lli• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical modelling; contract research

• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non swirling, swirling) and flows


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IFRF through the decades – 2010s • 2010s: Biomass characterisation; oxy- and novel

combustion; CFD validation; move to UKcombustion; CFD validation; move to UK • 2000s: Solid fuel characterisation; validation of

combustion modelling; move to ItalyEC collaborationscombustion modelling; move to Italy• 1990s: Combustion system scaling and numerical

simulations; specialised facilities• 1980s: Coal combustion research and near-field

aerodynamics1970 NO d ti d th ti l d lli

Commercial contracts

• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical modelling; contract research

• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non swirling, swirling) and flows


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“Don’t let yesterday use up tooDon t let yesterday use up too

much of today ”much of today.

Old Cherokee saying

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Established membership structure

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125 organisations in 22 countries

IFRF websiteOnline access to:• Searchable archive Sea c ab e a c e

5,000+ technical/other reports• IFRF conferences and workshops

library of presentationslibrary of presentations• ‘Monday Night Mail’

email subscription for Members is automatic‘Industrial Combustion’ Journal• Industrial Combustion Journal

IFRF online peer-reviewed journal • ‘Combustion Handbook’

library of 318 combustion files on variety of topicslibrary of 318 combustion files on variety of topics• ‘IFRF Members' Exchange’

a private and secure email system linking IFRF members worldwide• Technical events • Career and training opportunities• Databases: Solid Fuels Database; European Facilities Database ; p

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IFRF meetings

• Topic-Orientated Technical Meetings (TOTeMs)• #43 on ‘Safe Design & Operation of Fired

Equipment in the O&G Industry’, Sheffield, 3 June 2016 (75 attended)June 2016 (75 attended)

• #44 on ‘Use of Gaseous Fuels in Industry’, Essen, 17-18 November 2016

• National Committee Meetings (‘Flame Days’)• Member Conferences• Member Conferences

• MC18 on ‘Flexible and Clean Fuel Conversion in Industry’, Freising, Germany, June 2015 g, y,

• Specialist Workshops• ‘FTIR Owners and Users Roundtable’ Livorno March 2016FTIR Owners and Users Roundtable , Livorno, March 2016

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Other member services

• ‘Monday Night Mail’ (MNM) e-newsletter:• 25-35 issues per year

• Toolbox:• Combustion Handbook• Solid fuel database

• Training courses:• ‘Clean Industrial Fuel Conversion’

Sept 2008, Livorno• ‘Clean Industrial Fuel Utilisation’

April 2011 GliwiceApril 2011, Gliwice

• ‘Industrial Combustion’ Journal

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“It is said that the present is

pregnant with the future.”

VoltaireVoltaire

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Move to Sheffield, UK, 2016

• University of Sheffield to ‘host’ yIFRF from September 2016

• New business model• ‘IFRF Ltd’ to be established as

distinct not-for-profit organisation• Office on UoS campus• IFRF to focus on ‘networking’

ffunction• PACT to be ‘preferred research

t ’ IFRF tpartner’ – IFRF access to facilities and researchers

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Priorities for ‘new IFRF’

• Strengthen IFRF Members’ Exchangeg g• Maintain meetings (TOTeMs, MCs, etc.)• Focus on Asia for growth – i.e. China, g ,

India, Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.• Look to establish ‘Asia Flame Committee’• Use key events to promote (e.g. ECCRIA!)• Work with PACT on existing collaborative

programmes, developing new R&D as appropriate, Member Services, etc.

• Boost membership

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Longer-term strategy for IFRF

• Future for PACT – ‘PACT-2’

• Wider base of ‘preferred research partners’ (e.g. GWI, Laborelec, VTT, Doosan Babcock, etc.)

• Broader definition of “combustion” (e.g. EPSRC)

Broader capability Relevance to current/future R&D needs

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Broader capability… Relevance to current/future R&D needs…

“Yesterday is gone. y g

Tomorrow has not yet come.Tomorrow has not yet come.

We have only today – Let usWe have only today Let us

begin ”begin.Mother Teresa

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Thank youThank youyy

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New member servicese.g. On-site emission and radiation measurements:

• SSV (Italy) – in-field temperature measurements in glass furnace

• CIUDEN (Spain) – in-flame radiation and gas composition

measurements on 20MWth test rig

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IFRF probesProbes development and manufacturing:

St d d ti t• Standard suction pyrometer• Ellipsoidal radiometer• Total heat flux meterTotal heat flux meter• 5-hole Pitot• Standard gas/solid sampling probe• Deposition/corrosion probes

New probes development:• FTIR analyzer and quartz tip probe

O ti l Di ti f C b ti• Optical Diagnostic of Combustion

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IFRF through the decades • 1950s: Oil and gas flame emissivity, fluid mechanics and

mixing; coal combustiong;• 1960s: Combustion aerodynamics (non-swirling, swirling)

and flows• 1970s: NOx reduction and mathematical modelling;

contract research1980s: Coal combustion research and near field• 1980s: Coal combustion research and near-field aerodynamics

• 1990s: Combustion system scaling and numerical1990s: Combustion system scaling and numerical simulations; specialised facilities

• 2000s: Solid fuel characterisation; validation of b ti d lli t It lcombustion modelling; move to Italy

• 2010s: Biomass characterisation; oxy- and novel combustion; CFD validation; move to UKcombustion; CFD validation; move to UK

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