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The 8th European conference on coal research and its applications
Fuel 101 (2012) 1
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Preface
The 8th European conference on coal research and its applications
The latest in this series of biennial conferences organised by the Coal Research Forum, the 8th European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications, was held at the School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering at the University of Leeds from 6–8th September 2010. The attendance of over 130 attendees came from no less than 22 countries and whilst delegates from the United Kingdom naturally dominated the list, there was strong support from Germany and Spain, with other representatives from Australia, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Turkey, Serbia, Russia, India, Japan, China, Korea, South Africa and Brazil. Industry was once more well represented with over 30% of the delegates thereby ensuring that the meeting met its intention of bringing together researchers from both industry and the universities and those industries utilising coal and consequently interested in the applications of this research. The opening address, ‘‘Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) by Lionel Boillot of the European Commission, described the operation of the RFCS research programme, a research fund supporting the coal and steel industry through research covering production processes to applications and including utilisation, conversion, environmental aspects and safety issues. Past achievements were described together with some current flagship projects. The application procedures were outlined and this formed a sound and interesting basis for the following sessions. The 79 papers were presented in nine parallel sessions spread over two and a half days with some two dozen posters being presented at an evening session which included a buffet dinner. The sessions comprised three on oxyfuel combustion, three on gasification, two on CCS-solvent scrubbing, two on combustion, two on co-firing and single sessions on chemical looping, ash and slag studies, coal-derived products, carbon capture issues, emissions and characterization and diagnostics. This Special Issue contains 26 of the papers presented at the conference which were submitted for publication and survived the FUEL peer review process.
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The selection of Leeds University for the conference proved to be a very good choice, providing excellent facilities for the lectures and the poster session. The local organisers can be well satisfied with their efforts which helped to ensure the success of the conference and as Chairman of the Organising Committee, my thanks go to Professors Jenny Jones, Alan Williams, Mohamed Pourkashanian and to Alison Whiteley and her staff in the CPD Unit who ensured the smooth working of the entire programme. As regards the members of the Organising Committee, I have to record my special appreciation of work of the Programme Co-ordinator, Robert Davidson of the IEA Clean Coal Centre and Patrick Cook of E.ON, UK who assisted in this onerous task as well as acting as the Committee Secretary. I would also like to thank the Committee Treasurer, David McCaffrey, who kept a close control of the accounts to ensure the conference was successful financially as well as scientifically The Conference was sponsored by Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd, Drax Power, EDF, E.ON, IEA Clean Coal Centre, Scottish and Southern Energy and Scottish Power. Their support and generosity is also gratefully acknowledged. So we can now look forward to the 9th European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications which is scheduled to be held at the University of Nottingham, 10–12th, September, 2010 when I hope to see again many of the delegates who attended this meeting. John W Patrick Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK Tel.: +44 (0)115 951 4175; fax: +44 (0)115 9514115. E-mail address: [email protected]
Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect
Fuel journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/fuel
Preface
The 8th European conference on coal research and its applications
The latest in this series of biennial conferences organised by the Coal Research Forum, the 8th European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications, was held at the School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering at the University of Leeds from 6–8th September 2010. The attendance of over 130 attendees came from no less than 22 countries and whilst delegates from the United Kingdom naturally dominated the list, there was strong support from Germany and Spain, with other representatives from Australia, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Turkey, Serbia, Russia, India, Japan, China, Korea, South Africa and Brazil. Industry was once more well represented with over 30% of the delegates thereby ensuring that the meeting met its intention of bringing together researchers from both industry and the universities and those industries utilising coal and consequently interested in the applications of this research. The opening address, ‘‘Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) by Lionel Boillot of the European Commission, described the operation of the RFCS research programme, a research fund supporting the coal and steel industry through research covering production processes to applications and including utilisation, conversion, environmental aspects and safety issues. Past achievements were described together with some current flagship projects. The application procedures were outlined and this formed a sound and interesting basis for the following sessions. The 79 papers were presented in nine parallel sessions spread over two and a half days with some two dozen posters being presented at an evening session which included a buffet dinner. The sessions comprised three on oxyfuel combustion, three on gasification, two on CCS-solvent scrubbing, two on combustion, two on co-firing and single sessions on chemical looping, ash and slag studies, coal-derived products, carbon capture issues, emissions and characterization and diagnostics. This Special Issue contains 26 of the papers presented at the conference which were submitted for publication and survived the FUEL peer review process.
0016-2361/$ - see front matter Ó 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2012.07.045
The selection of Leeds University for the conference proved to be a very good choice, providing excellent facilities for the lectures and the poster session. The local organisers can be well satisfied with their efforts which helped to ensure the success of the conference and as Chairman of the Organising Committee, my thanks go to Professors Jenny Jones, Alan Williams, Mohamed Pourkashanian and to Alison Whiteley and her staff in the CPD Unit who ensured the smooth working of the entire programme. As regards the members of the Organising Committee, I have to record my special appreciation of work of the Programme Co-ordinator, Robert Davidson of the IEA Clean Coal Centre and Patrick Cook of E.ON, UK who assisted in this onerous task as well as acting as the Committee Secretary. I would also like to thank the Committee Treasurer, David McCaffrey, who kept a close control of the accounts to ensure the conference was successful financially as well as scientifically The Conference was sponsored by Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd, Drax Power, EDF, E.ON, IEA Clean Coal Centre, Scottish and Southern Energy and Scottish Power. Their support and generosity is also gratefully acknowledged. So we can now look forward to the 9th European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications which is scheduled to be held at the University of Nottingham, 10–12th, September, 2010 when I hope to see again many of the delegates who attended this meeting. John W Patrick Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK Tel.: +44 (0)115 951 4175; fax: +44 (0)115 9514115. E-mail address: [email protected]