History of TOTeMs

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IFRF’s Topic Oriented Technical Meetings (TOTeMs) have been running since 1989, disseminating information to members, non-members and students on key topics for the combustion industry and beyond.

TOTeMs can be organised either by the IFRF itself or one of its national committees, ensuring the reach of the information is global for all of our stakeholders.

The events are characterised by keynote talks, paper and poster presentations, visits and dinners to help our community connect and share information.

Find out about all of our TOTeMs below.

List of TOTeMs organised by the IFRF and national committees
TOTeM n° Topic Year Location Country
51 Green hydrogen: advances in CFD simulations of industrial hydrogen flames (announced)[7] 2024 Calgary Canada
50 Decarbonising combustion in hard-to-abate sectors[8] 2023 Piacenza (Politecnico di Milano) Italy
49 Chemical energy carriers for long-term storage and long-distance transport of renewable energies[9] 2023 Mulhouse (LGRE) France
48 Hydrogen for decarbonisation[10][11][12] (European Hydrogen Week 2022 side event[13]) 2022 Jouy-en-Josas (Air Liquide) France
47 Additive manufacturing for combustion application[14] 2020 Paris (Fivesgroup) France
46 Waste-to-energy – Status and perspective of technologies[15] 2019 Pisa Italy
45 Gas turbines for future energy systems[16] 2018 Cardiff UK
44 Gaseous fuels for industry and power generation: challenges and opportunities[17] 2017 Essen (GWI Gas- und Wärme-Institut) Germany
43 Fired equipment safety and its associated instrumentation and control requirements[18] 2016 Sheffield UK
42 Industrial heating: furnaces, process heaters, kilns, design of safe and environmentally efficient thermal equipment[19] 2014 IJmuiden Netherlands
41 Optimisation of OXY/COAL/FGR systems – state of the art for scaling and modelling[20] 2014 Warsaw Poland
40 Gasification, a versatile technology converting biomass to produce synfuels, heat and power[21] 2015 Delft Netherlands
39 Oxy-coal Combustion[22] 2013 Pisa Italy
38 Tar & sulphur sampling and analysis[23] 2013 Copenhagen Denmark
37 Innovative and Advanced Coal Co-Firing Technologies[24] 2012 Warsaw Poland
36 Industrial Flares[25] 2010 Hawaii USA
35 Co-firing secondary fuels in power generation: from fuel characterization to full scale testing[26] 2010 Pisa Italy
34 Gas Turbine Research: Fuels, Combustion, Heat Transfer and Emissions[27] 2010 Cardiff University and the Gas Turbine Research Centre, Port Talbot UK
33 Challenges in Rotary Kiln Combustion Processes[28] 2009 Pisa Italy
32 Efficient solid fuel utilisation: How to overcome ash related restrictions[29] 2008 Freising Germany
31 Oxy-combustion technologies and applications[30] 2008 Pisa (Enel) Italy
30 Computational Fluid Dynamics – Simulation of Combustion Processes[31] 2007 Waikoloa (HI) USA
29 Characterisation of biofuels for co-combustion[32] 2006 Munich Germany
28 Mercury, trace metals and fine particulates – Issues and Solutions[33] 2008 Salt Lake City (UT) USA
27 Process heating in petroleum, petrochemical and chemical industries: Identifying trends and satisfying needs through leveraged external research[34] 2003 Birmingham UK
26 CO2 control, capture, sequestration, storage and emissions trading[35] 2003 Birmingham UK
25 Quest for Zero Emission in Industrial Furnaces -State of the Art and Future Development of High Temperature Air Combustion[36] 2003 Stockholm Sweden
24 Challenges in the development of high efficiency combustion – The Excess Enthalpy Combustion Project[37] 2003 Velsen Noord Netherlands
23 Efficiency and flexibility of energy use in the Iron and Steel industry: Minimise costs and CO2 emissions[38] 2003 Velsen Noord Netherlands
22 Combustion Trends in Power Generation Industries[39] 2002 Linkebeek (Laborelec) Belgium
21 Combustion Trends in Cement and Mineral Processing Industries,[39][40] 2002 Linkebeek (Laborelec) Belgium
20 CFD for Combustion Engineering[41] 2002 Akersloot Netherlands
19 Combustion oscillation and hum: Problems and opportunities[42] 2002 Akersloot Netherlands
18 Intelligent Combustion Control[43] 2000 Cernay-la-Ville France
17 The Use of Oxygen for Industrial Combustion[44] 2000 Cernay-la-Ville France
16 Toxic Metals and Fine Particulates from Combustion Processes[45] 2000 Lyngby Denmark
15 Ash and Deposit Formation in Utility Boilers[46] 2000 Lyngby Denmark
14 Bio-fuels – Fuel preparation, Combustion Technologies and Scope for Utilisation[47] 1999 Växjö Sweden
13 High Temperature Combustion Research for Industry – Results from the IFRF Research Station[48] 1999 IJmuiden Netherlands
12 Application of Mathematical Modelling of full Scale Industrial Processes: Status and need for Sub-Models[49] 1999 Guernsey UK
11 Liquid Fuels: Heavy oils wastes and slurries[50] 1995 Biaritz France
10 Advanced Power Generation[51] 1994 Veldhoven Netherlands
9 IFRF triennial planning 1995-1997 and future flame research[52] 1994 Haarlem Netherlands
8 High temperature combustion – High air preheat/oxygen enrichment[53] 1993 Loughborough UK
7 Scaling and mathematical modeling of combustion systems[54] 1993 Chicago (GRI) USA
6 Measurement and control diagnostics[55] 1992 Karlsruhe Germany
5 Waste incineration technology[56] 1991 Bari Italy
4 IFRF Triennial Planning 1992-94[57] 1991 Haarlem Netherlands
3 In-furnace NOx reduction techniques[58] 1990 Leeds UK
2 Fuel combustion characterisation[59] 1990 Rueil Malmaison (IFP) France
1 Capabilities and limitations of mathematical models of flares[60] 1989 Amsterdam Netherland