VENUE CHANGE NOTICE: Due to overwhelming demand, a venue change has been made to accommodate the record number of submissions. This has also resulted in a change to the dates of the event to 7-10 April 2025.
 
The British Section of the Combustion Institute is organizing the 12th European Combustion Meeting (ECM), which will take place in Edinburgh from 7th to 10th April 2025. The ECM is a forum of knowledge transfer in the field of combustion science and related scientific disciplines.
 
The three-day conference will include five invited lectures and five poster presentations that will cover a wide variety of combustion-related topics. This conference provides a wonderful opportunity for academics and those in industry to gather for insightful discussions in combustion science. The ECM anticipates welcoming over 600 participants from countries across Europe and beyond. The ECM 2025 will reach its maximum capacity at 750 delegates.
 
Each poster submission will require an abstract submission. Poster abstracts will be reviewed by the organizing committee, and upon acceptance, authors will be asked to submit an 8-page manuscript, which can be submitted to the ECM Track or ECM-PROCI Track. Both tracks are intended to facilitate poster discussions. ECM Track manuscripts will not be published, while ECM-PROCI Track manuscripts will undergo consideration for publishing in the Special Issue of PROCI.
 
Please see the ECM 2025 website (www.ecm2025.eng.ed.ac.uk) for further information about the conference including registration, venue, accommodation, and more. We look forward to welcoming you to Edinburgh in April 2025!

Date: 11 April 2025, 13:00-14:00 CET

Title: Iron Powder Reduction and Cyclability for a Sustainable Energy Future

Speaker: Giulia Finotello, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven Netherlands

Abstract: The transition to a sustainable energy system requires innovative solutions for energy storage and reuse. Iron powder is a promising energy carrier that can store renewable energy in a dense, stable and transportable form. By reducing iron oxides using clean energy sources, metallic iron can be regenerated and later combusted to release heat on demand. Unlike fossil fuels, iron burns without producing CO₂ and its combustion products—solid iron oxides—can be collected and recycled, enabling a fully circular energy cycle.

At Eindhoven University of Technology, we are pioneering research on the efficient and carbon-free regeneration of iron oxide. Our work focuses on three key reduction technologies: hydrogen reduction in fluidized beds, electrochemical reduction and flash reduction. Hydrogen reduction offers a large-scale, fossil-free regeneration route, electrochemical reduction provides a direct and renewable electricity-driven process and flash reduction is an emerging technique that achieves fast iron oxide conversion at high temperatures with improved efficiency. Our experiments demonstrate that iron powder can undergo multiple combustion-reduction cycles while maintaining stable performance. Over ten cycles, particle size distribution remains consistent and the energy storage efficiency reaches approximately 86%, highlighting the feasibility of iron powder as a durable energy carrier. However, challenges such as particle sticking and morphology changes during high-temperature reduction must be addressed to enhance process stability.

By refining iron powder regeneration techniques and improving cyclability, we are driving the development of a scalable and circular energy system. Our research contributes to the decarbonization of industrial processes and offers a reliable solution for bridging the gap between intermittent renewable energy production and continuous energy demand.

You can join the webinar here.

Registration is recommended by sending an email to combustioninstituteNL@gmail.com in case updates have to be sent out.

• "Women in Combustion" (WiC) Networking Event – For the first time, in alignment with initiatives promoted by the International CI, we will introduce a dedicated space for discussion and mentoring for young female students and researchers in combustion science.
• Poster Session for Ongoing Research Projects – Participants will have the opportunity to showcase posters dedicated to ongoing projects (e.g., PRIN2022, PRIN2022 PNRR, EU projects). Those interested are invited to indicate the title and type of project in the registration form.

• March 29, 2025 – Registration opens
• April 19, 2025 – Final papers due
• April 19, 2025 – Last day for early bird registration

1. Sustainable fuels combustion
   • Explore innovative strategies and technologies for sustainable fuels in a way that achieve decarbonization while maximizing efficiency, such as ammonia, hydrogen, methanol, and sustainable aviation fuels.
2. Propellants combustion and propulsion
   • Delve into the combustion kinetics of propellants and their implications for aerospace propulsion systems, including solid propellants, liquid and gas propellants, and novel propellants.
3. Combustion in extreme conditions
   • Examine the unique challenges and solutions associated with combustion in high-pressure, low-oxygen, and other extreme environments.
4. AI in combustion
   • Discover how artificial intelligence and machine learning are revolutionizing the prediction, control, and optimization of combustion processes, with focuses on combustion modeling and experiment.
5. Novel experimental techniques in combustion
   • Discuss the latest experimental approaches and tools used to analyze combustion processes, enhancing our understanding and capabilities in this critical field.

• Fees: SGD 250 for teachers and postdocs, SGD 150 for students.
• Registration Links:
  • 15th ASPACC registration: https://client.conf-manage.com/aspacc-2025/aspacc2025reg/Site/Register
  • Workshop Only Registration: https://client.conf-manage.com/aspacc-2025/aspacc2025workshops/Site/Register

• Schedule: Allocate the whole day for poster sessions with interaction times during breaks.
• Submission Deadline: 30 April 2025

• Combustion fundamentals
• Reaction kinetics
• Combustion diagnostics
• Computational methods
• Laminar flames
• Turbulent combustion
• Droplets and spray combustion
• Solid fuels combustion
• Pyrolysis and gasification
• Engines, gas turbines, boilers and furnaces
• CO2 capture and sequestration
• Pollutants formation and control
• Alternative and low-carbon fuels
• New combustion concepts
• Machine learning applications to combustion
• Detonations, fires and explosions

The Mediterranean Combustion Symposium (MCS) has become one of the primary regional conference series in combustion science and application. Combustion is a useful, beautiful, complex and interdisciplinary phenomenon, that has provided heat and power for ages and fascinated humans since the dawn of history. It now plays a prime role in decarbonisation of our energy system with the combustion of new low-carbon fuels, is important for wildfires and battery fires, and is a major research and development topic worldwide. 

The 13th MCS will be held from 1-5 June 2025 in Corfu, Greece, and will feature a technical program of research and presentations, as well as a social program that includes a welcome reception, tour of Corfu and the Old Fortress, a gala dinner, and more!

Plenary Lecturers:

• Dr. Mario Commodo (STEMS, Italy)
• Prof. Andreas Dreizler (University of Darmstadt, Germany)
• Dr. Daniel Mira (Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Spain)
• Dr. Paul Papas (RTX Technology Research Center, United States)

• Thomas Berkemeier, Max Planck Institute, Germany
• Annemie Bogaerts, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Linda Broadbelt, Northwestern University, USA
• Mathew Evans, University of York, UK
• Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Princeton University, USA
• Ronald Hanson, Stanford University, USA
• Frank Keutsch, Harvard University, USA

On 17-19 June 2025 the International Flame Research Foundation will hold its first full, in-person conference since 2018.

The IFRF Conference 2025 will be the 20th conference since the IFRF was founded in 1948. As a world-renowned centre for steelmaking and high-temperature industries, as well as the current IFRF headquarters, Sheffield is an ideal venue to bring together delegates from across the world.

Who should attend?

The conference theme – ‘sustainable and safe industrial combustion’ – echoes the key objective of IFRF and has direct relevance to practitioners across a wide range of industrial sectors, including:

• Power generation
• Iron, steel and aluminium production
• Oil and gas
• Refining and petrochemicals
• Glassmaking
• Ceramics production
• District heating and cooling
• Cement production
• Lime and minerals processing

Lecturers (in alphabetical order):

• Henry Curran, University of Galway, Ireland
• Moshe Matalon, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Venkat Raman, University of Michigan, USA
• Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Peter Sunderland, University of Maryland, USA
• Angela Violi, University of Michigan, USA

• Dynamics of Flames and Detonations in Premixed Gas
• Combustion Chemistry
• Turbulent Combustion
• Advanced Laser Diagnostics for Chemically Reacting Flows
• Applications of Combustion Science to Fire Safety

The 10th International Combustion Institute-Winter School (10th CI-WS) is an event that is being organized by the Combustion Institute (CI), the Brazilian National Combustion Network (RNC) and the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM). This event has become a cornerstone for advancing combustion research and fostering collaboration.

The School provides a unique opportunity for researchers and students in the combustion field to gather for an enriching educational experience. Designed to strengthen the global combustion research community, the program of the event offers an educational experience led by esteemed biofuels and biomass combustion experts.

Our primary goal is to equip graduate and undergraduate students from Latin America and worldwide with in-depth knowledge of combustion science and energy technologies. To encourage international collaboration, all sessions will be conducted in English. The School will feature lectures, masterclasses, poster sessions, technical visits and vibrant social activities, fostering a promising environment for learning, networking and exchanging ideas.

• Prof. Kareem Ahmed, University of Central Florida, “Detonations from hypersonic propulsion engines to exploding stars’‘
• Dr. Pascale Domingo, CORIA-CNRS, “Fast and capricious: combustion at high speed”
• Prof. Aamir Farooq, KAUST, “New perspectives on multi-mode and multi-scale shockwave dynamics”
• Dr. Andrzej Pekalski, Shell U.K., “Learnings and advancements in understanding Vapour cloud explosions since Buncefield accident” 

• Role of non-equilibrium effects in detonation waves (Prof. Xian Shi, University of California, Irvine)
• Liquid phase detonations (Prof. Hai Wang, Stanford University)
• Diffusive processes in gaseous detonations (Prof. Matei Radulescu, University of Ottawa)