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Special issue dedicated to “Cleaner Combustion 2011” conference
Energy 43 (2012) 2–3
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Editorial
Special issue dedicated to “Cleaner Combustion 2011” conference
We are honoured to present the special issue “Cleaner Combustion” on detailed chemical models for cleaner combustion. This issue includes, after invitation, 16 original, peer-reviewed articles, which were presented at Cleaner Combustion 2011, held in Zaragoza (Spain) from the 7th to 9th September 2011. The full list of the works presented at the conference as oral and poster communications, can be found in the book of abstracts of the meeting [1]. The conference, which attracted more than 100 researchers from about 25 countries, was hosted by the Aragón Institute of Engineering Research of the University of Zaragoza, with the Thermochemical Processes Group (GPT) as local organizer of the event. The conference was made possible with funding, additionally to the COST organization, of the University of Zaragoza, the regional government of Aragón and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Cleaner Combustion 2011 was the second international meeting held in the framework of the European COST Action, entitled “CM0901: Detailed Chemical Models for Cleaner Combustion”, a cooperation of more than 30 laboratories Europe-wide that aims to progress, and thus facilitates cooperation within five scientific areas: i) Enlargement of the range of families of initial reactants for which well-validated detailed combustion models are available ii) Writing models of the formation and consumption of oxygenated pollutants iii) Improvement of the models for formation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and soot iv) Improvement of the methods for mechanism reduction and uncertainty analysis v) Experimental and theoretical determination of thermochemical parameters and rate coefficients for elementary steps crucial for successful simulation, but for which important uncertainties exist. Around these areas were organized the five sessions of the conference. In addition, three plenary lectures, devoted to the next generation models for soot formation, to energy-related research and innovation in Europe, and to industrial interests in research of detailed kinetic models were also included in the program. Modelling of the basic issues of combustion is one of the requisites for progress in the development of cleaner and more efficient combustion processes. For reliable simulations, improved detailed 0360-5442/$ – see front matter Ó 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2012.04.033
chemical kinetic models are necessary which, in addition to remaining adequate for the description of the traditional processes included in combustion, need also to meet new challenges coming from the need to achieve a cleaner combustion, such as the use of biofuels or the minimization of soot formation. In this context, the present issue summarizes the results of a number of research groups participating in the collaboration within the EU COST program. The Guest Editors would like to use this opportunity to express their gratitude to all the people who contributed to the success of the meeting: speakers of plenary talks, session chairs, lecturers, participants in the conference and to those who helped to put together the present issue, the Energy staff, and in particular the authors for their important contribution and the reviewers, listed below, for their invaluable assistance in preparing it. Annex. Alphabetical list of reviewers María Abián María U. Alzueta Edward Blurock Heidi Böhm Marina Braun-Unkhoff Anders Brink Maria A. Callejas Nabiha Chaumeix Henry Curran Guillaume Dayma Sándor Dóbé Anthony Dufour Claudia Esarte Tiziano Faravelli Ravi Fernandes Rafael Font Maria Founti Alessio Frassoldati Pierre-Alexandre Glaude Alberto Gonzalo Eva Gutheil Olivier Herbinet Hervé Jeanmart Ralf Kaiser Christos Keramiotis Alexander A. Konnov György Lendvay
Editorial / Energy 43 (2012) 2–3
JM Mallikarjuna Fabian Mauss Angela Millera Patricia Minutolo Matthias Olzmann Jozef Peeters William J. Pitz Luis M. Serra John Simmie George Skevis János Tóth Tamas Turányi Kevin M. Van Geem István Gy. Zsély
Reference [1] Scientific Report. In: Abián M, Alzueta MU, editors. Cleaner combustion 2011. Zaragoza, Spain: University of Zaragoza; 2011.
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María U. Alzueta* Universidad de Zaragoza, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), Zaragoza, Spain Marina Braun-Unkhoff DLR, Stuttgart, Germany Pierre-Alexandre Glaude CNRS, Nancy, France György Lendvay Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Luis M. Serra University of Zaragoza, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research, Zaragoza, Spain * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ34 976 761876. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.U. Alzueta) Available online 15 May 2012
Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect
Energy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/energy
Editorial
Special issue dedicated to “Cleaner Combustion 2011” conference
We are honoured to present the special issue “Cleaner Combustion” on detailed chemical models for cleaner combustion. This issue includes, after invitation, 16 original, peer-reviewed articles, which were presented at Cleaner Combustion 2011, held in Zaragoza (Spain) from the 7th to 9th September 2011. The full list of the works presented at the conference as oral and poster communications, can be found in the book of abstracts of the meeting [1]. The conference, which attracted more than 100 researchers from about 25 countries, was hosted by the Aragón Institute of Engineering Research of the University of Zaragoza, with the Thermochemical Processes Group (GPT) as local organizer of the event. The conference was made possible with funding, additionally to the COST organization, of the University of Zaragoza, the regional government of Aragón and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Cleaner Combustion 2011 was the second international meeting held in the framework of the European COST Action, entitled “CM0901: Detailed Chemical Models for Cleaner Combustion”, a cooperation of more than 30 laboratories Europe-wide that aims to progress, and thus facilitates cooperation within five scientific areas: i) Enlargement of the range of families of initial reactants for which well-validated detailed combustion models are available ii) Writing models of the formation and consumption of oxygenated pollutants iii) Improvement of the models for formation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and soot iv) Improvement of the methods for mechanism reduction and uncertainty analysis v) Experimental and theoretical determination of thermochemical parameters and rate coefficients for elementary steps crucial for successful simulation, but for which important uncertainties exist. Around these areas were organized the five sessions of the conference. In addition, three plenary lectures, devoted to the next generation models for soot formation, to energy-related research and innovation in Europe, and to industrial interests in research of detailed kinetic models were also included in the program. Modelling of the basic issues of combustion is one of the requisites for progress in the development of cleaner and more efficient combustion processes. For reliable simulations, improved detailed 0360-5442/$ – see front matter Ó 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2012.04.033
chemical kinetic models are necessary which, in addition to remaining adequate for the description of the traditional processes included in combustion, need also to meet new challenges coming from the need to achieve a cleaner combustion, such as the use of biofuels or the minimization of soot formation. In this context, the present issue summarizes the results of a number of research groups participating in the collaboration within the EU COST program. The Guest Editors would like to use this opportunity to express their gratitude to all the people who contributed to the success of the meeting: speakers of plenary talks, session chairs, lecturers, participants in the conference and to those who helped to put together the present issue, the Energy staff, and in particular the authors for their important contribution and the reviewers, listed below, for their invaluable assistance in preparing it. Annex. Alphabetical list of reviewers María Abián María U. Alzueta Edward Blurock Heidi Böhm Marina Braun-Unkhoff Anders Brink Maria A. Callejas Nabiha Chaumeix Henry Curran Guillaume Dayma Sándor Dóbé Anthony Dufour Claudia Esarte Tiziano Faravelli Ravi Fernandes Rafael Font Maria Founti Alessio Frassoldati Pierre-Alexandre Glaude Alberto Gonzalo Eva Gutheil Olivier Herbinet Hervé Jeanmart Ralf Kaiser Christos Keramiotis Alexander A. Konnov György Lendvay
Editorial / Energy 43 (2012) 2–3
JM Mallikarjuna Fabian Mauss Angela Millera Patricia Minutolo Matthias Olzmann Jozef Peeters William J. Pitz Luis M. Serra John Simmie George Skevis János Tóth Tamas Turányi Kevin M. Van Geem István Gy. Zsély
Reference [1] Scientific Report. In: Abián M, Alzueta MU, editors. Cleaner combustion 2011. Zaragoza, Spain: University of Zaragoza; 2011.
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María U. Alzueta* Universidad de Zaragoza, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), Zaragoza, Spain Marina Braun-Unkhoff DLR, Stuttgart, Germany Pierre-Alexandre Glaude CNRS, Nancy, France György Lendvay Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary Luis M. Serra University of Zaragoza, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research, Zaragoza, Spain * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ34 976 761876. E-mail address: [email protected] (M.U. Alzueta) Available online 15 May 2012