FOURTH ANNOUNCEMENT FINNISH-SWEDISH FLAME DAYS 2013 Focus on Combustion and Gasification Research Paviljonki, Jyväskylä, 17 th and 18 th April 2013 The National Committees of Finland and Sweden of the International Flame Research Foundation (IFRF) are organizing the Flame Days with a Gasification Workshop on 17 th and 18 th April in Jyväskylä, Finland. All IFRF members and non-members around the world are welcome to participate. The registration to the Flame Days ends on the 1 st of April. PROGRAM The preliminary schedule of the conference has been published. Please note that the program is still subject to changes. The Flame Days begin on the 17 th of April at 11:00 with registration and lunch, after which the keynotes and presentations start. The first day is followed by a dinner at 19:00. On the 18 th of April, the Gasification workshop and the presentations start at 8:30. The sessions end at 14:00, after which there is an excursion to a Jyväskylän Energia power plant (480 MWth CFB CHP) and the research laboratories of the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT). The excursion ends at approximately 17:00. WEDNESDAY 17 TH OF APRIL Opening of Flame Days and Greetings from the city of Jyväskylä Ari Saario, chairman of the FFRC board and Timo Koivisto, deputy mayor Keynotes: Combustion in rotary kilns for iron ore pellet production at LKAB Dr. Christian Fredriksson, LKAB, Sweden www.ffrc.fi 1/1
Challenges in combustion of low grade biomasses Recent research Prof. Mikko Hupa, Åbo Akademi Experiences on co-firing peat with wood in BFB and CFB plants of Jyväskylän Energia and means to maximise the portion of wood in the fuel Tero Saarno, Jyväskylän Energia Oy The role of solid fuel conversion in future power generation Dr. Hartmut Spliethoff, IFRF Vice President, TU Munich, Germany Presentations: High temperature air-steam gasification of steam exploded biomass Duleeka Sandamali Gunarathne, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Aerosol Mass Spectrometer measurements in a heavy fuel oil-fired heating station in Helsinki Risto Hillamo, Finnish Meteorological Institute Industrial gasification demonstration plants by Metso Juhani Isaksson, Metso Power Oy CFD Simulation of Biofuel and Coal Co-Combustion in a Pulverized Coal Fired Furnace Perttu Jukola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Methods for Nox Emission Reduction in BFB Combustion: a CFD Study Perttu Jukola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Time-averaged Simulation of the Furnace of a Chinese 135MWe CFB Boiler Sirpa Kallio, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Gasification of biomass char particles Oskar Karlström, Åbo Akademi ParticleCam - Online System for Monitoring Ash Particles in Energy Boilers Mika Liukkonen, YM Modeling and Research Oy Modeling of fuel flow in commercial scale CFB furnace Markku Nikku, Lappeenranta University of Technology Optical detection of KCl vapor and atomic K releases from biomass fuels combusted in single particle reactor Tapio Sorvajärvi, Tampere University of Technology Simulation of the reduction of nitrogen species in air jets Emil Vainio, Åbo Akademi CFD simulation of biomass downdraft gasifier with highly preheated air and steam Yueshi Wu, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden www.ffrc.fi 2/2
THURSDAY 18 TH OF APRIL Gasification workshop: Modeling of pressurised entrained flow gasification of black liquor and comparison to pilot scale experiments Prof. Rikard Gebart, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Estimation of gas composition and char conversion in a fluidized bed biomass gasifier Prof. Alberto Gómez-Barea, University of Seville, Spain Role of gasification modelling in overall plant design Ilkka Hannula, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland CFD modelling of circulating fluidized bed gasification Prof. Timo Hyppänen, Lappeenranta University of Technology Carbon conversion predictor for fluidized bed gasification Prof. Jukka Konttinen, University of Jyväskylä TGA testing of biomass char gasification Dr. Antero Moilanen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Experiences from the first 5 years of operation in Chalmers gasifier Prof. Henrik Thunman, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Char gasification models for biomass fuels Assis. Prof. Kentaro Umeki, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Presentations: Hot ash treatment: Preliminary Experimental Results and Thermodynamic Insights Cyril Bajamundi, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Release of inorganic elements from biomass during oxidation and pyrolysis Anders Brink, Åbo Akademi Application of fuel wood chips for tea drying by mechanized feeding system for improved thermal conversion efficiency E.A.N.K. Edirisinghe, National Engineering Research and Development Centre of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka CFD Modelling of Combustion Inside Odorous Gas Burner Georgios Kanellis, Tampere University of Technology Pilot installation to the Thermal Plasma Treatment of Plastic Wastes Tadeusz Maczka, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Investigating Potential Problems and Solutions of Renewable Fuel Use in Steel Reheating Furnaces Pelle Mellin, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden On the design of biomass-fired heat-storing stoves for the heating of buildings Tuomas Paloposki, Aalto University www.ffrc.fi 3/3
The Extended Discrete Element Method (XDEM) for Multi-Physics Applications Bernhard Peters, Université du Luxembourg, Luxemburg Methods for controlling chlorine induced superheater corrosion Juha Roppo, Metso Power Oy Defluidization of a quartz bed due to potassium salts in a laboratory reactor Christoffer Sevonius, Åbo Akademi Partially Premixed Combustion (PPC) for low load conditions in marine engine using computational and experimental techniques Kendra Shrestha, Aalto University Modeling of sulfation of potassium chloride by ferric sulfate addition during gratefiring of biomass Hao Wu, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark CONFERENCE FEE The conference fee for the members of the IFRF is 300 euros per participant, 200 euros for (Ph.D.) students and 450 euros per non-member participant. The fee will include all conference activities, excursion, conference proceedings, coffee and lunch on both days and the conference dinner on the evening of the first day. Please note that accommodation or travelling costs are not included in the conference fee. REGISTRATION Registration to the event is made through the Finnish National Committee s website: http://www.ffrc.fi/. The presenters should also register through the registration form. The registration deadline is the 1 st of April 2013. Cancellation of participation is possible before the 8 th of April 2013. VENUE The conference will be held in Jyväskylän Paviljonki, Lutakonaukio 12, 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland. More details about the venue and the arrival to Jyväskylä and Paviljonki are presented at the Paviljonki website: http://www.jklpaviljonki.fi/eng/location.php http://goo.gl/maps/eoetf TRAVELLING AND ACCOMMODATION The venue website (links above) gives a complete guide for arrival to Jyväskylä and the venue. The booking quota for participants has been agreed with the local Sokos hotels Alexandra and Paviljonki. The participants are to book their own rooms; no bookings are made by or through the organisers. Please refer to the table below for information on www.ffrc.fi 4/4
the prices and quota. For the arranged quota, please book from the list of hotels below by using the booking reference: IFRF. The quota is available only with the given reference code until the 18 th of March 2013. Bookings can be placed through the hotel website, by email or by phone. Contact information and reservations: Sokos Hotels Alexandra & Paviljonki sales.jyvaskyla@sokoshotels.fi +358 20 1234 640 http://www.sokoshotels.fi/hotellit/jyvaskyla/ Please refer to the table below for quota information and room rates. Quota Sokos Hotel Alexandra Sokos Hotel Paviljonki 16.-17.04.2013 10 standard single 25 standard single 17.-18.04.2013 10 solo single 50 solo single Single 117 /night * 123 /night * Double 137 /night * 143 /night * * Breakfast included in the room rate For further information, please contact: FFRC secretary, Aino Leppänen, aino.leppanen@tut.fi, +358 40 849 0886 Flame Day organizer Markku Nikku, mnikku@lut.fi, +358 40 501 5201 FFRC member of board, Gasification Workshop organizer Jukka Konttinen, jukka.t.konttinen@jyu.fi, +358 400 247 445 FFRC chairman Ari Saario, ari.saario@metso.com, +358 50 590 2046 SFRC chairman Rikard Gebart, rikard.gebart@ltu.se www.ffrc.fi 5/5