The IFRF, in co-operation with the French Flame Committee, are pleased to announce that the programme for the next IFRF Industrial Combustion training, with a focus on modelling, has been finalised. This will be held on the 25-26th November 2026 at the ENGIE Lab Crigen in France, IFRF’s recently announced Preferred Research Partner. Details of the event, including early bird registration fees, will be provided soon on the IFRF Events webpage, with the programme details provided below. Places on the course are limited to 20, so please secure your place to avoid disappointment.

Programme (some titles to be confirmed)

Day 1

08:30 Welcome & refreshment

09:00 Introduction

09:10 Overview of industrial combustion processes – Louis Ricci, Fives Group

10:40 Break

11:00 Understanding and improving industrial combustion processes with modeling and experiments – Jörg Leicher, GWI

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Experimental platform: hands-on a natural gas/hydrogen/air burner – David Honoré, CNRS CORIA

15:15 Break

15:30 Advanced measurements in flames – David Honoré

16:30 High fidelity modeling of flames – Daniel Mira, BSC

17:30 End of day 1

 Day 2

08:45 Welcome & refreshment

09:00 Case study: Modelling of glass furnaces – Syntia Metchueng, Fives Stein

09:55 Case study: lab and process modelling – Air Liquide

10:50 Break

11:05 Case study : Modelling of diluted combustion of low calorific value steel gases with advanced radiative heat transfer from lab to industrial scale – Phuc Danh Nguyen, ArcelorMittal

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Experimental platform: hands-on demonstration of a 500 kW pilot furnace

15:00 Break

15:20 Practical insights for CFD modelling of industrial systems – Nicolas Meynet, Engie

17:00 Final summary and interactive Q&A session

17:30 Certificate presentation – End of the training

An event page has been set up here – watch this space for more information coming soon!