The latest General Assembly of the IFRF French Committee was held on 11th June in Valenciennes, kindly hosted by the LAMIH laboratory, a joint research unit between the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France. Sébastien Caillat, Chair of the IFRF French Committee, has provided the following update on the meeting and advises that, as usual, the presentations are available upon request by contacting the French Committee.

Further details of the event from the perspective of LAMIH as the host are provided on Linkedin, which acknowledges the “fantastic opportunity for our early-career researchers to immerse themselves in the high-level scientific discussions on combustion and the energy transition that defined the day”. 

The meeting was attended by representatives from CORIA (CNRS), ArcelorMittal, Fives, CERFACS, Air Liquide, KU Leuven, the Physico-Chemistry of Combustion and Atmospheric Processes Laboratory (PC2A, University of Lille) and Laboratoire de Gestion des Risques et Environnement (LGRE).

After discussions on current and upcoming IFRF activities, particularly the Industrial Combustion Training scheduled for late November 2026 at the ENGIE Lab CRIGEN and the 2027 IFRF Conference planned in Houlgate for May 2027, the meeting continued with several technical presentations.

Two presentations focused on biomass combustion in domestic appliances, given by François Delcourt (LAMIH) and Valérie Tschamber (LGRE). Mohammad Issa (PC2A) then presented his work on the investigation of pollutant emissions in toluene oxy-fuel combustion. Finally, Nicolas Jouret (KU Leuven) shared part of his PhD research on CO₂-diluted hydrogen flames.

The day concluded with a visit to the experimental facilities, including a biomass boiler, a cyclonic air pollution control system, a hydrogen mobility platform, and a large-scale wind tunnel.