European Conference on Coal Research and Its Applications (ECCRIA)
The first UK National Meeting on Coal Research and its Applications was held at Loughborough University in 1996. This event has now grown into a well established biennial conference with an international attendance.
The next (9th) ECCRIA Conference
University of Nottingham 10th-12th September 2012
Building on the success of the previous ECCRIA conferences, the ninth conference is to be held at The University of Nottingham. Situated in the East Midlands region of England on the edge of Sherwood Forest, the legendary home of Robin Hood, Nottingham has had a colourful past of legend and lace and caves and castles. Beneath the bustling city streets is a unique labyrinth of man-made caves, and above the ground, Nottingham Castle stands high on the city skyline. Nottingham also has an abundance of restaurants, cafes, pubs and bistros. This friendly and vibrant city provides an excellent base for the conference and a showcase for the English East Midlands, where it is hoped that delegates from outside the UK will continue to support this event and will thoroughly enjoy their stay in Nottingham.
Scope and purpose
The purpose of this conference is to bring together coal utilisation researchers in universities with participants from industry, who are also carrying out such research or are interested in the application of the research in industry. Papers are invited which describe applications in coal utilisation and preparation with particular reference to the following areas: improving efficiency and reducing emissions for clean coal technologies in conventional combustion power generation, including co-firing with biomass and wastes, ash and slag issues; advanced power generation, including enabling technologies; industrial combustion; gasification; CO2 removal, transport and storage technologies, including oxyfuel combustion and chemical looping; coal characterisation and plant diagnostics; all emissions issues, including alternative NOx reduction techniques to meet 2016 NOx limits; carbonisation and other metallurgical uses; coal-derived products; coal preparation and handling; underground coal gasification and coal bed methane, and all other coal conversion processes, including coal to liquids.
Research students are also strongly encouraged to submit papers, attend and give presentations. There will be a reduced fee for students.
How to submit an abstract
To submit an abstract, you should go to the ECCRIA Conference website, 9.eccria.org and submit your details*.
1. Go to "Login/Pre-register" page, accessible from the button on the main conference system page.
2. Fill in your details and select a Password and click the Submit button (your email address will become your Username).
3. Next go to the "Submit Abstract" page, accessible from the button on the main conference system page. You will then be able to submit your abstract(s).
*If you have previously entered your details for an IEA CCC meeting, login and then go to the Submit Abstract page – your details will be transferred to that page automatically
Proceedings
All authors of accepted papers are invited to submit, by 30 September 2012, a full paper for inclusion in a Special Issue of Fuel. The papers should be prepared in accordance with the instructions to authors and MUST be submitted electronically through http://ees.elsevier.com/jfue Authors should clearly indicate that the paper is for the 9th ECCRIA Special Issue. All full papers will be subject to the normal refereeing requirements of Fuel.
Conference Organising Committee
Prof. John Patrick, University of Nottingham (Conference Chairman).
Miss Sian Green, E.ON UK plc (Committee Secretary).
Dr. David McCaffrey, McEnergy Consultancy (Committee Finance Officer).
Mr. Robert Davidson, IEA Clean Coal Centre (Programme Co-ordinator).
Dr. Alan Thompson (Consultant).
Mr. Robert Ghent, Drax Power Ltd (Industrial Representative).
Mr. Mark Roberts, Scottish and Southern Energy Ltd (Industrial Representative).
To be nominated, Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd (Industrial Representative).
Prof. Ed Lester (Local Organiser).
Dr. Trevor Drage (Local Organiser)
Timetable
Submission of abstracts and preliminary registration 2 March 2012
Acceptance of submitted abstracts 6 April 2012
Provisional programme complete 4 May 2012
Last date for discounted registration 31 July 2012
Final submission of papers for Fuel 30 September 2012
Previous Conference
8th ECCRIA University of Leeds
6th-8th September 2010
The 8th European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications was the eighth in this series of three day Conferences organised by the Coal Research Forum, which are held every two years. This Conference has continued the success of the previous Conferences in this series, which have continued to grow in size and popularity since the inaugural Conference in 1996. This last Conference continued this success and attracted an increasing representation from delegates from organisations worldwide. The Conference was held at the University of Leeds in September 2010 and covered all aspects of coal utilisation research currently being carried out in the UK and had many contributions from presenters worldwide. There were participants from all of the major UK organisations, both from industry and academe, carrying out coal R&D and the Conference was attended by just over 130 participants. More than a third of the participants were from overseas, representing 18 countries worldwide. The conference had almost 80 oral presentations, which were presented in two parallel sessions, as well as over 30 poster presentations. Overall, this Conference was one of the most successful in this series of conferences held so far and preparations are currently beginning for the 9th ECCRIA in 2012
Previous conference
7th ECCRIA University of Cardiff
3-5 September 2008
The seventh biennial coal research conference organised by the Forum was held in Cardiff in early September. The event was preceded, as usual, by a workshop organised by Robert Davidson of the IEA Clean Coal Centre. The conference was held from Wednesday 3rd to Friday 5th September and was hosted by Cardiff University, Wales. A late flurry of registrations resulted in the conference numbers being the highest of any CRF conference. Once again there was representation from a number of European countries such as Spain, Italy, France and Greece with some long distance travellers from Colombia, South Africa, Japan and Australia.
A full programme of oral presentations covered two and a half days in which 68 papers were given in nine parallel sessions. There were no 'no-shows', which is at least in part due to the willingness of some presenters to step forward at the last moment - thanks are due to them. In addition there was a full poster session held on Wednesday evening in conjunction with a buffet dinner. The Conference Dinner was held on Thursday night in the convivial surroundings of Aberdare Hall. This once women-only hall of residence provided a pleasant atmosphere in which an excellent meal was enjoyed, we hope, by all. Unfortunately, the warm welcome which we received from the local organisers did not extend to the weather, which was particularly memorable for its almost incessant rain! We will remember this conference as "The Wet One" remarked one of the attendee towards the end of the week.
The impression of the organising committee was that, although there were a number of minor technical problems, these did not detract too much from the overall enjoyment of the attendees and the conference was on balance a success. The committee would also like to place on record their thanks for the continuing support received from INCAR in Spain, the University of Nottingham and Imperial College London. As a footnote for anyone who did not enjoy the conference, the secretary and treasurer will be different for the 8th ECCRIA and any past shortcomings should be directed to the as yet unformed organising committee!