TECHNICAL CONTENT

Whilst the detailed range of technical topics, which will be covered, will depend on the accepted papers, contributions are invited in any fundamental and applied area of interest in furnace and boiler technology, including:

Carbon neutral processes

• Use of alternative fuels: hydrogen, biomass, ammonia, metals fuels
• Carbon capture and usage;
• Oxy-fuel and oxygen-enhanced combustion
• Electrification

Fundamentals

• Convective and radiative heat transfer in furnaces and boilers
• Pollutant formation and reduction, NOx, SOx, dust, heavy metals,
• Mathematical modelling of industrial processes and plant systems;
• Simulation and modelling of fundamental processes in gaseous, liquid and solid fuel combustion;

Technologies

• Advanced power generation, including combined generation of process heat and electricity;
• Recovery of waste heat from flue gases of process heaters, boilers and incineration plants;
• Novel heating strategies and techniques in industrial high-temperature processes;
• Incineration and gasification of fuels and wastes;
• Fixed bed, fluidised bed and pulverised suspended combustion of solid fuels;

Design and Operation

• Technical design and efficient, economic operation of furnaces and boilers;
• Burner design concepts for gaseous, liquid and pulverised solid fuels;
• Furnace refractories, and refractory lining design for combustion chambers;
• Condition monitoring, advanced measurement technologies and innovative control strategies for boilers and furnaces; safety
• Field reports on boiler and furnace commissioning and operation.