Welcome
The
4th International Workshop on Flame Chemistry will be held on July 28-29,
2018 at Trinity College Dublin,
Dublin, Ireland.
The goal of this workshop is to assemble
experts in combustion chemistry, flames, kinetic modeling, engines, and
diagnostics to identify the gap of knowledge and pathways for the
development of predictive high pressure and low temperature flame chemistry
and to establish framework of collaborative research.
Scope
With increasing concerns of energy security and climate
change, development of alternative fuels and advanced engine technologies
using high pressure, low temperature, thermal and compositional stratified
flow, homogeneous charge compression ignition, cool flames, flameless combustion,
pressure gain combustion, supercritical combustion, and plasma assisted
combustion at near flammability limit and even non-equilibrium conditions
provide potential approaches to increasing energy conversion efficiency and
reducing air pollutant emissions. For a foreseeable future, combustion with
renewable fuels will remain as a major energy conversion methodology for
even a more extended period than previously forecast. New combustion
technologies at extreme conditions often lead to new flame regimes,
increased flame instability, incomplete combustion, and strong chemistry
and transport couplings. Biofuels will significantly change the engine and
emission performance. As such, it is of great importance to advance
fundamental understanding of ignition and flame chemistry at extreme
conditions to enable new fuels and to achieve accurate control of ignition,
heat release rate, combustion instability, and flame flashback, and
emissions.
Theme
The program of the
workshop consists of several sessions covering a wide range of interesting
flame chemistry research:
1. Large Scale Computing and a
priori Mechanism Generation
2. Transformative Experimental
Tools
3. Warm Flame and Plasma- and
Ozone-assisted Combustion Chemistry
4. Dual Fuel Combustion Chemistry
at Low-Temperatures
5. Collisional and Transport
Effects
In
order to engage in lively discussions, the workshop will consists of
invited talks, contributed highlight presentations, and plenty of time for
discussions and the end of each sessions. You are encouraged to contact me
by email (nhansen@sandia.gov) if you wish to contribute a short
presentation to any of these 5 topical areas.
Policy
The
Flame Chemistry Workshop is a satellite meeting that should complement the
Combustion Symposium Program of the Combustion Institute and avoid
conflicts. Accordingly, our policy is that materials presented at the
workshop should not duplicate information in formal Symposium papers and
oral presentations, although some results may be used in common.
Sessions
The
Workshop Program includes invited lectures, highlight
presentations, and volunteered presentations, and
panel discussion sessions.
Registration
The registration
is now open for the 4th International
Workshop on Flame Chemistry (click the link below).
Registration fee is 125 US$, which covers the cost of the meeting and
includes breakfast on both meeting days as well as a group lunch and dinner
on Saturday.
https://flamechemistry.regfox.com/flame-chemistry-workshop-2018
Publication
The Workshop Proceedings will be made available at this website, and
will include presentation slides, a summary of the major discussion topics,
research topic recommendation, and directions for collaborative research.
Sponsors Acknowledgment
TBD
