The American Flame Research Committee have completed the preparation of a CD containing the presentations made at:

2005 American Flame Research Committee International Symposium
“Dynamics and Control of Industrial Combustion Processes – Taming the Beast”
Held at the Georgia Institute of Technology on November 7-8, 2005
Conference Chair – Prof. Ben T. Zinn.  School of Aerospace Engineering

Presentations and Speakers at the Plenary Sessions were:

“In Recognition Of Professor Hoyt C. Hottel ‘Progress And Challenges In Simulating Large Scale Fires: From Hottel’s Seminal Model To Current Multiscalar Approaches’”,  presented Dr. Adel F. Sarofim, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

“The Changing Energy Picture – The Role For Advanced Sensors and Control”, presented by Geo A. Richards, Ph.D. U.S. Department of Energy,  The National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, West Virginia.

“Use of Modeling to Solve Industrial Combustion Problems”, presented by Dr. Bradley R. Adams, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, UT.

“Combustion Trends for the Future – An IFRF Perspective”, presented by Dr. Neil Fricker, IFRF Interim Director, International Flame Research Foundation, Velsen-Noord, The Netherlands

The sessions dealt with:

• Alternate Combustion Approaches (4 presentations),
• Oscillatory / Vortical Combustion (8),
• Sensing / Controls (6), Computational Combustion (3),
• Combustion Controls (5).

High quality papers included some spectacular demonstrations of CFD real-time simulations of unsteady flow situations such as flares in crosswinds. Despite the obvious power and capability of the CFD models described, many speakers exercised a sense of proportion and realism about the limitations of the CFD approach.

The CD contains copies of the Plenary papers and the session papers / presentation in PDF format and are available for sale at a cost of:

• US$225 per copy plus shipping, handling and all wire fees, to purchasers affiliated with IFRF or;
• US$275 per copy plus shipping, handling and all wire fees – for Non-IFRF affiliated purchasers.

Note: Cost of the CD is net to AFRC treasury plus shipping, handling and all wire fees.

Your cost will be emailed to you by request to afrcjl@earthlink.net.  Be sure to identify your organizational address for shipping, and your IFRF affiliation.

List of contents:

F05-01 Sarofim.pdf
“In Recognition Of Professor Hoyt C. Hottel ‘Progress And Challenges In Simulating Large Scale Fires: From Hottel’s Seminal Model To Current Multiscalar Approaches’”,
Dr. Adel F. Sarofim, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

F05-02 Daw.pdf
“A Theoretical Assessment of ‘Flameless’ combustion for Increasing Energy-to-Work Conversion Efficiency in Internal Combustion Engines”,
Kalyana Chakravarthy,  James C. Conklin, Ron L. Graves and Stuart C. Daw,
National Transportation Research Center, Knoxville, TN

F05-03.1 Fricker.pdf
“Investigation of High Air Preheat Flameless Combustion with Natural Gas and Coke Oven Gas”, Neil Fricker, IFRF, Velsen-Noord, The Netherlands

F05-03.2 Fricker.pdf
“Towards Industrial Application Of High Efficiency Combustion”
B.T. Burggraaf¹, B. Lewis¹, P.D.J. Hoppesteyn¹, S. Santos², B.K. Slim³ and Neil Fricker²,
Corus Technologie¹, IJmuiden, The Netherlands,
IFRF², Velsen-Noord, The Netherlands,
Gasunie³, Groningen, The Netherlands,

F05-04 Zinn_ppt.pdf
“Ultra Low Emissions Stagnation Point Reverse Ultra Low Emissions Stagnation Point Reverse Flow (Flow (SPRFSPRF) Combustor) Combustor with Non-Premixed Reactants Injection with Non-Premixed Reactants Injection”
Yedidia Neumeier, Yoav Weksler, Ben T. Zinn, Jerry Seitzman, Jeff Jagoda and Jeremy Kenny, Schools of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332-0150

F05-05 Lieuwen_ppt.pdf
“Correlation of Flammability Limits of a Fuel Flexible Swirl Burner”,
Tim Lieuwen, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA- NA

F05-06 Petersson_ppt.pdf
“Characterization of a Pulsating Combustion Process for Bio-Fuels”,
Jan Hrdlicka, A. Lindholm, S-I. Moller and Per Petersson, Lund Institute of Technology, Division of Combustion Physics, Lund, Sweden

F05-07 Meier_ppt.pdf
“Experimental Analysis of a Pulsating Swirl Stabilized Flame by Laser Spectroscopic Techniques”,
R. Giezendanner-Thoben, U. Meier, P. Weigand, M. Aigner and Wolfgang Meier, Institute of Combustion Technology, Stuttgart, Germany

F05-08.1 Steele_doc.pdf
F05-08.2 Steele_ppt.pdf
“Advanced Vortex Combustion”,
Ryan Edmonds, Joe Williams and Robert Steele, Ramgen Power Systems, Inc., Bellevue, WA

F05-09 Richards.pdf
“The Changing Energy Picture – The Role For Advanced Sensors and Control”
Geo A. Richards, Ph.D. U.S. Department of Energy The National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, West Virginia

F05-10.1 Bergmans_doc.pdf
F05-10.2 Bergmans_ppt.pdf
“Accuracy of a Tunable Diode Laser Sensor in Large Scale Furnaces: Initial Test Results”,
T.P. Jenkins,  MetroLaser, Inc. Irvine, CA;
C.E. Baukal, John Zink Company, LLC (Tulsa, OK) and
J.L. Bergmans, Bergmans Mechatronics LLC,Costa Mesa, CA,)

F05-11 Ballester.pdf
“Identification of Combustion Conditions Using Flame Sensors”,
A. Sanz, R. Hernandez, A. Smolarz, M. Gonzalez and  Javier Ballester,
University of Zargoza / LITEC, Spain

F05-12 Sappey_ppt.pdf
“Preliminary Results from a Multiplexed TDLAS Sensor Installed on a Coal-fired Boiler”,
Al Etheridge, Pat Masterson, Patrick, McCormick, Jim Howell, Henrik Hofvvander and Andrew D. Sappey, CTO,  Zolo Technologies, Inc., Boulder, CO and,
Hejie Li, Gregory Rieker, Xiang Liu, Jay B. Jeffries, and Ronald K. Hanson, Stanford University

F05-13 Seitzman_ppt.pdf
“Optical Absorption and Emission based Sensing for Combustor Emissions and Temperature Profile Control”,
Jerry Seitzman, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA and
Tudo Palaghita, Venkata Nori, Muruganandam Thiruche, Randy Oslen, Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering

F05-14 Parameswaran.pdf
“Multi-burner Monitoring with Flame Emission Spectroscopy”,
P.M.J. Hughes and Thangam Parameswaran, Canmet Energy Technology Center, Natural Resources Canada

F05-16 Yoon.pdf
“The Effect Of Acoustic Oscillation On Emissions Of Nitrogen Oxide In Turbulent Hydrogen Non-Premixed Flames”,
Munki Kim, Jeong Jae Han, Sang Wook Yun and Youngbin Yoon, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, KOREA,

F05-17 Bourque_ppt.pdf
“Dispersion Of Fuel/Air Equivalence Ratio Under Forced Fuel Oscillation”,
Gilles Bourque, Ken Young, Rolls Royce Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ; and,
Ibrahim Yimer, Leiyong Jiang, Gas Turbine Laboratory, Institute for Aerospace Research, National Research Council Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

F05-18.1 Cygan_doc.pdf
F05-18.2 Cygan_ppt.pdf
“Investigation of Thermoacoustic Instability in Burner Development”,
Mehmet Tartan, Vincent Gard, Joseph Rabovitser and David Cygan, Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, and,
Tim Lieuwen  School of Aerospace Engineering  Georgia Institute of Technology  Atlanta, Georgia

F05-19 Geigle_ppt.pdf
“Phase Resolved Optical Measurements of a Fuel Staged Gas Turbine Combustor at Medium and High Pressure”,
W. Meier, M. Aigner, B. Schuermans and K.P. Geigle, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Combustion Technology, Stuttgart, Germany

F05-20 Wang_ppt.pdf
“The Sub- And Supercritical Behavior Of Fuel Droplets “A Study of the Droplet Gasification and Combustion Characteristics of Hydrocarbon Fuels”,
Zhicheng Wang, Emmanuel K. Karikari, Yaw D. Yeboah  Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA 30314; and,
Julian Tishkoff, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Directorate of Aerospace and Materials Science

F05-21 Grandmaisson_ppt.pdf
“Effect of Excess Air Level on Oxide Scale Formation on Steel”
E. Poirier, H.A. Becker and E.W. Grandmaison, Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada

F05-22 Adams_ppt.pdf
“Use of Modeling to Solve Industrial Combustion Problems”,
Dr. Bradley R. Adams, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, UT

F05-23 Smith.pdf
“Using LES to Understand the Dynamics of Industrial Flare Performance”,
Philip J. Smith, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

F05-24 El-Asrag.pdf
“Turbulence Effect on Soot Formation in Premixed Flame“.
H. Asrag and S. Menon, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, and,
T. Lu and C. K. Law, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, NJ 08544

F05-25.1 Tang_doc.pdf
“Numerical Simulations of Turbulent Bluff-body Flames using Multi-environment Presumed PDF Method with  Realistic Chemistry“
Qing Tang a, Wei Zhao, Michael Bockelie,  Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; and,
Rodney O. Fox, Department of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

F05-25.2 Tang_ppt.pdf
“Multi-Environment Method for Modeling Turbulent Combustion Using Detailed Chemistry”, Qing Tang, Wei Zhao and  Mike Bockelie,  Reaction Engineering International and,
Rodney Fox, Iowa State University

F05-26 Boral.pdf
“Numerical Assessment of Extended Surfaces in the Radiant Section of a Vertical Cylindrical Fired Heater”,
Jayanti Sinha, Howard B. Mason and Anindya A. Boral, TIAX LLC, Cambridge, MA

F05-27 Fricker.pdf
“Combustion Trends for the Future – An IFRF Perspective”,
Dr. Neil Fricker, IFRF, Velsen-Noord, The Netherland

F05-28 Von Drasek.pdf
“Application of a New Optical Sensor for Monitoring and Control of an Electric Arc Steel Melting Furnace”, Anna Pubill Melsio and  Dr. William Von Drasek, American Air Liquide, Countryside, Illinois

F05-29 K Qiu.pdf
“Increasing Efficiency of Radiant Burners using Oxygen-Enrichment Membranes”, A.C.S. Hayden and K. Qiu, CANMET Energy Technology Centre, Ontario, Canada

F05-30 Shinjo.pdf
“Secondary Fuel Injection Control of Lean Premixed combustion in a Gas Turbine Combustor”,
S. Tachibana, L. Zimmer, Y. Mizobuchi, S. Ogawa and J. Shinjo, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, Japan

F05-31 Jagoda_ppt.pdf
“Avoiding Lean Blowoff”,
Jeff Jagoda, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

F05-32 Corwin_ppt.pdf
“Process Control with Radiation Thermocouple”,
Donald Corwin, Therm-A-Cor Consulting, Phoenixville, PA

The papers and/or presentations, mainly current state of works, given at this meeting were produced from electronic files provided by the authors. They have been neither refereed nor extensively edited. They are offered as private communications with all publication rights remaining with the authors.