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      TOTeM 49 - Chemical energy carriers for long-term storage and long-distance transport of renewable energies

Chemical energy carriers for long-term storage and long-distance transport of renewable energies

TOTeM 49 will be a two half-day event in Mulhouse, France, on 14-15th June 2023. 

The International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF) and its French Committee are organising a Topic-Oriented Technical Meeting (TOTeM) on carbon-free energy carriers for long-term storage and long-distance transport of renewable energy (in short powdered metals and ammonia). The objective of this IFRF TOTeM is to address the following questions:

  • How can these energy carriers be used safely and efficiently in process industries using direct flames applications: power plant, gas turbines, process industry, cement, glass, steel…
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of metal powder and ammonia in terms of technical and economic balance compared to hydrogen, even if they are all complementary?
  • What are the ecosystem, infrastructure and logistics already in place or to be developed?

Researchers, engineers, PhD students from industry and universities are encouraged to present their work in progress on any of these questions.

Please see below for all of the key details for those wishing to attend.

Venue

University of Mulhouse
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques (FST-UHA)
Building K, 1st floor, Amphi Gaston Berger (GB)
18, rue des Frères Lumière, 68200 Mulhouse
GPS: 47°43’41.9736”N 7°18’31.683”E

Nearest train station: Mulhouse + transfer from train station to the venue by tram or taxi (approx. 15 €).
Accommodations: it is recommended to stay in Mulhouse, the campus is easily reachable by public transports.

Location maps in Mulhouse here, and on the campus here.

Hotel suggestions

  • Mercure Mulhouse Centre, 4, pl. du Général de Gaulle, 68100 Mulhouse, 03 89 36 29 39
  • Best Western Hôtel de la Bourse, 14 rue de la Bourse, 68100 Mulhouse, 03 89 56 18 14
  • Hôtel Bristol, 18 av. de Colmar, 68100 Mulhouse, 03 89 42 12 31
  • La Maison Hôtel Mulhouse Centre, 15 rue Lambert, 68100 Mulhouse, 03 89 66 44 77

Programme

June 14
13:30 Registration and refreshments (Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, building K, 1st floor, Amphi Gaston Berger)
14:00 Welcome (Sébastien Caillat, IFRF Vice-President & Jean-François Brilhac, LGRE)
14:10 Introduction (Phuc Danh Nguyen, CF IFRF Treasurer)
14:20 Session on metals, chair: Bénédicte Cuenot, Cerfacs
Keynote lecture Powdered metals as clean circular energy carrier of renewable energies, Jeff Berthgorson, McGill University, QC, CA
15:00 Fast presentations

14-01 The potential of continuous burning iron powder for heating purposes, Willie Prasidha, Mohammadreza Baigmohammadi, Viktor Kornilov, Yuri L. Shoshyn, Tim Spee, Philip de Goey, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

14-02 Iron particle ignition in hot coflow, Muhammed Abdallah, Y. Shoshin, G. Finotello, L.P.H. de Goey, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

14-03 Towards modelling of iron particle combustion, Zakaria Bouali, Marcel Kuhmann, Ashwin Chinnayya, Vincent Robin, Institut Pprime, UPR 3346 CNRS, ISAE-ENSMA, Université de Poitiers, France

14-04 Characterization of temperature in a 200 kW iron power boiler, L.P.H.de Goey1, G.P. Willems2, A.C. van Genderen1, N.E. van Rooij1, 1 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 2 EMGroup BV, the Netherlands

14-05 Advances in circular industrial Iron fuel technology, Vincent Seijger, Mark Verhagen, Lex Scheepers, Marco Derksen, RIFT B.V., Eindhoven, the Netherlands

14-06 The effect of polydispersity on propagating iron-air flames, J. Mich, D. Braig, C. Hasse, A. Scholtissek, Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Simulation of reactive Thermo-Fluid Systems, Germany

14-07 The new iron age: feasibility of retrofitting existing coal power plants, A. Scholtissek1, P. Debiagi1, A. Dreizler2, B. Epple3, J. Janicka4, C. Hasse1, 1 Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Simulation of Reactive Thermo-Fluid Systems, 2 TU/D, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Reactive Flows and Diagnostics, 3 TU/D, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems and Technology, 4 University of Darmstadt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Energy and Power Plant Technology, Germany

14-08 The new iron age: opportunities and competitiveness of iron as an energy carrier, A. Scholtissek1, P. Debiagi1, J. Neumann2, R.C. Rocha1, F. Dammel2, J. Janicka3, P. Stephan2, C. Hasse1, 1 Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Simulation of reactive Thermo-Fluid Systems, 2 TU/D, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Technical Thermodynamics, 3 TU/D, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Energy and Power Plant Technology, Germany

14-09 Techno-economic analysis of iron fuel for energy storage and distribution, Samson Bowen-Bronet, Nicholas Pinkerton, Jeff Bergthorson, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

14-10 Techno-economic analysis of aluminum as a clean energy carrier, Pascal Boudreau, Jeffrey Bergthorson, Alternative Fuels Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

14-11 Numerical simulation through Fluent of the combustion of magnesium particles in a pilot combustion burner, Alain Brillard, Tomek Wronski, Cornelius Schönnebeck, Valérie Tschamber, Université de Haute-Alsace, Lab. LGRE, Mulhouse, France

14-12 Zero-carbon heat production from a magnesium flame: morphology, size, mass and number characterization of resulting magnesia particles, Alice Wittmann, Gwenaëlle Trouvé, Adeline Andrieu, Jean-François Brilhac, Olivier Allgaier, Cornelius Schönnenbeck, Gontrand Leyssens, Valérie Tschamber, Université de Haute Alsace, LGRE UHA UR 2334, Mulhouse, France
16:00 Break & Poster session – networking
17:20 Wrap up (future directions) on metal combustion, Philip de Goey, TU/e, NL
17:45 End of day one
18:00 LGRE laboratory visit (optional) or IFRF French Committee General Assembly (for Members, same room)
19:30 Diner at restaurant Le Pantographe for all participants. (walking distance from city center, see map.)
June 15
09:00 Registration and refreshments
09:15 Welcome day two (Sébastien Caillat, IFRF Vice-President)
09:20 Session on ammonia, chair: Phuc Danh Nguyen, ArcelorMittal
Keynote lecture Status of ammonia as energy carrier for long-term storage and long-distance transport, Assia Saker, Crigen/Engie, FR
10:00 Fast presentations

15-01 Local flame speed and curvature of turbulent premixed ammonia and blends with methane and hydrogen in a spherically expanding configuration, S. Zitouni, P. Brequigny, C. Mounaïm-Rousselle, Université d’Orléans, INSA-CVL, EA 4229—PRISME, Orléans, France

15-02 Experimental and numerical study of the laminar burning velocity of biogas–ammonia–air premixed flames, P. Brequigny1, A. Soule2, C. Mounaïm-Rousselle1, G. Dayma2, F. Halter2 1 Université d’Orléans, INSA-CVL, PRISME, EA 4229, 2 Univ. Orléans, CNRS-ICARE, France

15-03 New experimental data on ignition delays and laminar flame speed to improve ammonia oxidation kinetic mechanisms, Noé Monnier, Florian Hurault, Pierre Brequigny, Fabrice Foucher, Christine Mounaim-Rousselle, Univ. Orléans, INSA-CVL, PRISME, EA 4229, France

15-04 Stability of CH4-NH3 turbulent premixed swirling flame, T. Boushaki1, 2, S. Shanbhogue2, A. Ghabi1, A.I. Abd El-Rahman2, 3, A.F. Ghoniem2, 1 ICARE CNRS – University of Orléans, Orléans, France, 2 Reacting Gas Dynamics Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 3 Department of Mechanical Power Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

15-05 Chemiluminescence in premixed ammonia-air flames, Alka Karan1, 2, Guillaume Dayma1, 2, Christian Chauveau2, Fabien Halter1, 2, 1 ICARE-CNRS, Orléans, 2 Université d’Orléans, France

15-06 Design optimization of a rich-lean micro-Gas Turbine combustor fueled with ammonia: a numerical study, Marianna Cafiero1, 2, Lorenzo Giuntini3, Chiara Galletti3, Alessandro Parente1, 2, 1 Université Libre de Bruxelles, Ecole Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Aero-Thermo-Mechanical Laboratory, Belgium, 2 Université Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels Institute for Thermalfluid Systems and clean Energy (BRITE) Group, Belgium, 3 Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
10:30 Break & Poster session – networking
12:00 Wrap up (future directions) on ammonia combustion, Christine Rousselle, Univ. Orléans PRISME, FR
12:20 Closing talk, David Honoré, CNRS CORIA, FR
12:30 End of the event (and optional takeaway lunch)

Instructions for authors

Researchers, engineers, PhD students from industry and universities are encouraged to present their work in progress on any of these questions. Please submit any abstracts to Sebastien.Caillat@fivesgroup.com, using this template: IFRF-TOTeM-Author-Name-Abstract-Template

Posters and fast presentations

  • Poster format can be A0 or A1 vertical, binder clips will be provided, a pdf version of your poster is asked for the procedings, before 9 June.
  • Participant are welcome to bring a general poster on their lab activities related to the event, but please inform the organizers.
  • A fast oral presention (3-4 min) is also required, please send the files for the presentation, and pdf for the procedings, before 9 June.

We do not provide printing service, but if you want your poster to be delivered on site (using an online service such as copees.com), you can send it to the local contact person postal address:

Prof. Jean-François Brilhac
Laboratoire de Gestion des Risques et Environnement (LGRE)
Institut de recherche Jean-Baptiste Donnet,
3bis, rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France

Key dates

  • Registrations are possible until the day of the event but there is no guarantee of availability for diner.
  • Submission of abstracts: late abstracts still accepted.
  • Event: 14-15 June 2023.

Registration & Ticket prices

Organisation type IFRF member Non-IFRF member
Academia/students 100 € 200 €
Industry 250 € 350 €

Register on our Eventbrite page here! (please do not hesitate to contact us if you encounter any difficulties).

Sponsoring opportunities

IFRF is a research and networking hub of the global industrial combustion community. The IFRF network extends from the Americas through Europe to Central and East Asia, and to Australia, covering the power generation, petroleum refining, iron and steel, cement, glass, and chemical industries as well as combustion equipment manufacturers, fuels and industrial gas producers and distributors, research institutes and universities.

Space has been set aside at the workshop venue for permanent sponsor displays. Conference sponsorship will enable your organisation to:

Reach a highly focused group of industrial engineers and academics with direct involvement in the workshop

    • Strengthen your company image and profile at the event
    • Promote your company and its products through the IFRF’s website, newsletter and events calendar
  • Company logo displayed on official sponsor boards, on the workshop flyers and programme
  • Exhibition space 3 m x 1 m for posters, roll-up banners, brochures including power outlets and a table for computers, brochures and small items of hardware
  • Listing as official sponsor on IFRF’s website
  • An option to present your company through a short article in in our newsletter Monday Night Mail that can include a direct link to your company website
  • Two refreshment breaks and a long breach lunch in front of the exhibition space is planned, so participants will have lots of opportunities to exchange with sponsors

The sponsorship packages fees is 1000 €, which includes one ticket to the event.

Organizing committee

  • Philip de Goey (TU/e, NL)
  • Christine Rousselle (CNRS PRISME, FR)
  • Bénédicte Cuenot (Cerfacs, FR)
  • Toufik Boushaki (CNRS Icare, FR)
  • Jean-François Brilhac (LGRE, FR)
  • Sébastien Caillat (Fivesgroup, FR, sebastien.caillat@fivesgroup.com, main contact)
  • Phuc-Danh Nguyen (ArcellorMittal, FR)

Register on our Eventbrite page here!

Additional Event Info

University of Mulhouse

18, rue des Frères Lumière

Mulhouse

68200