On April 25, a workshop of the IFRF (International Flame Research Foundation) with the topic “From Lab scale to industrial combustion: challenges for the scale up of experimental and simulation approaches” took place. There, Dr.-Ing. Nico Schmitz, group leader at IOB and member of the scientific & organizing committee of the workshop, presented specific challenges in the steel industry as an expert during a panel discussion. Following the workshop, the 11th European Combustion Meeting (ECM) was held from April 26–28 with 650 participants. The ECM serves as a forum for knowledge transfer in the field of combustion and related scientific and technological disciplines between researchers, students and professionals with the aim of promoting combustion research in Europe.
Over three days, five keynote lectures and five poster sessions (450 posters) highlighted and discussed various aspects of combustion. Some examples of the topics of this year’s conference are combustion reaction kinetics, laminar and turbulent flames, (pollutant) emissions, oxyfuel combustion and new trends in combustion technology. Our colleagues presented the following posters:
- Giesler, L.; Schmitz, N.; Pfeifer, H.; Cresci, E.; Wünning, J. G.: „Characterization of primary combustion in multistage flameless oxidation”, 11th European Combustion Meeting, 26.–28. April 2023, Rouen, France
- Busson, E.; Mühlbach, M.; Schmitz, N.; Wünning, J. G.; Pfeifer, H.: „An experimental study on the flexible use of hydrogen as fuel in radiant tubes for steel annealing lines”, 11th European Combustion Meeting, 26.–28. April 2023, Rouen, France
- Philipp, M.; Schmitz, N.; Pfeifer, H.: „Development of a low-emission combustion concept for hydrogen in multi-fuel-burners“, 11th European Combustion Meeting, 26.–28. April 2023, Rouen, France
- Sankowski, L.; Wünning, Ch.; Schmitz, N.; Pfeifer, H.: „Experimental investigations of a prototype high-velocity burner in flame and flameless operation for different H2-admixtures to natural gas”, 11th European Combustion Meeting, 26.–28. April 2023, Rouen, France
In addition to the thematically very interesting conference, a varied social program was offered. The highlights were the Welcome Reception at the Rouen City Hall, a cocktail evening at the Musée des beaux arts, a guided tour through the old town of Rouen and the conference dinner at the Halle aux toiles. We would like to thank the IFRF and the French section of the Combustion Institute for the great organization!
