Presentations from past meetings
Copies of some presentations from past Forum meetings are available below, with the names and affiliations of the presenters. The PDF files may be quite large. The expressions of views and descriptions of facilities in these presentations are those of the presenters, not the Forum. You must obtain permission directly from the presenter if you wish to use the content of any of these presentations.
The European Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)
Thursday 22nd September 2011
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Coal Research Forum (Environment Division) joint seminar with the Combustion Engineering Association and the Royal Society of Chemistry Energy Sector
Introduction: David Gent, Vice Chairman of the CEA.
Keynote Address, An Overview of the Industrial Emissions Directive,
Mr. Richard Vincent, Head of Industrial Pollution Control, DEFRA.
The IED/ELVs as seen through the Eyes of a User of Combustion Plant,
Dr. Tim Rotheray, Head of Policy, the Combined Heat and Power Association, (CHPA).
The CEA Technical Working Group, the IED and BREF,
Ms. Anthea Day, Sembcorp Utilities.
The IED and the Paper Industry,
Mr. Steve Freeman, Confederation of Paper Industries.
The IED and Large Combustion Plant,
Mr. John Henderson, The Environment Agency.
The IED and the Implications for a Power Generator,
Dr. Ian Rodgers, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, RWEnpower plc.
IED Relating to Oil and Gas Burners for Industrial Use,
Mr. Nigel Webley, Hamworthy Combustion Engineering Ltd.
The IED and the Steel Industry,
Mr. Peter Quinn, Manager, Environment Policy and Strategy, Tata Steel Europe.
The IED and the Work of British Sugar plc.,
Mr. Paul Hardy, British Sugar plc.
The CRF Annual Meeting 13th April 2011
CRF Annual Meeting Report 2001
Policy, Needs and What Needs to be Done Prof. John W. Patrick, University of Nottingham.
SESSION 1 : MEETING OF THE COAL CONVERSION DIVISION, A REVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COAL CONVERSION.
Up-date on Carbon Capture and Storage Policy from a UK Government Perspective, Mr. Matthew Billsom, Department of Energy and Climate Change.
IGCC - Current Projects and Technology Status Mr. Stuart James, E.ON New Build & Technology Ltd.
Coal to Oil, Gas and Chemicals : Recent Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Andrew J. Minchener, Andalin Consultants.
Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies EngD Centre Activities Dr. Anup Patel, University of Nottingham.
SESSION 2 : MEETING OF THE COAL CHARACTERISATION DIVISION, WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT COAL
Coal Suitable for Burning at UK Power Stations Mr. Richard Plumb, EDF Energy plc.
What We Need to Know About Coal : The View of a Utility Mr. Robert Ghent and Mr. Ian Wright, Drax Power Ltd.
What We Need to Know About Coal : The View of an Equipment Manufacturer Mr. Jake Roberts, The Greenbank Group Ltd.
An Overview of Coal Characterisation Research at the University of Nottingham Dr. Trevor Drage, University of Nottingham.
Joint Meeting of the Coal Research Forum, Combustion Division and the Royal Society of Chemistry Energy Sector with the RSC Energy Sector AGM
'Technical and Economic Aspects of Co-combustion of Biomass'
Wednesday 10th November 2010
University of Leeds, Leeds.
Biomass Policy and Industrial Applications Dr. Jeremy Tomkinson, National Non-Food Crops Centre, York.
RO 2011 BioFuel Sustainability Regulation and Reporting Mr. Steve Critchley, Renewable Energy Association.
Emissions from Biomass Co-firing in Full-scale Coal-fired Power Plants, Dr. Lesley Sloss, IEA Clean Coal Centre.
Biomass co-firing research at the University of Nottingham EngD Centre on Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies, Prof. Colin Snape, University of Nottingham.
The Development of the 500MW Co-firing Facility at Drax Power Station, Dr. Nigel Burdett, Drax Power Ltd.
Biomass Firing and Co-firing in Large Utility Boilers, Dr Bill Livingston,
Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd.
Biomass use in the UK and related research at the University of Leeds, Prof. Jenny Jones, University of Leeds.
A Joint Symposium Organised by the Minerals Engineering Society and supported by the Coal Research Forum and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Who Will Keep the Lights on?
Thursday 14th and Friday 15th October 2010
held at the Hilton Hotel, Nottingham.
Keynote Presentation
The UK Energy Store, Jeremy Nicholson, Energy Intensive Users Group.
Ratcliffe Power Station Environmental Upgrade Project
Anthony Landers, E.ON UK Ltd.
Retrofitting Commercial Scale Carbon Capture at Longannet Power Station
Derek Hastings, Scottish Power plc.
Nuclear Energy for the UK? Malcolm Grimston, Chatham House.
Who Will Keep the Lights On? Dr. Jacob Roberts, The Greenbank Group UK.
Biofuel Opportunities in the UK Electricity Market
Bob Kennedy, Hargreaves Rocfuels.
A New Era in Gasification Tony Fordham, ITI Energy Ltd.
Marine Energy Neil Kermode, European Marine Energy Centre.
Wind Power Generation not confirmed.
Scaling up Renewables Prof. Seamus D. Garvey, University of Nottingham.
Nuclear Energy for the UK John McNamara, Nuclear Industry Association.
Nuclear Generation in the UK Mark Salisbury, Horizon Nuclear Power.
Radioactive Waste Management Dr. Nick Evans, Loughborough University.
The Decommissioning Challenge Andrew Scargill, Jordan Nuclear Ltd.
CRF Annual Meeting and joint Combustion/Environment divisional meeting
Wednesday 14 April 2010 E.ON Engineering, Ratcliffe Power Station
- Report on the CRF AGM 2010 (shortened), Dr David McCaffrey - Coal Research Forum
- Update on by-product legislation, Dr Richard Busby - E.ON UK
- Boiler and combustion systems impact on FGD plant operation, Mark Roberts and Guy Sharp - Scottish and Southern Energy
- Applications for high carbon pulverised fuel ash, Maythem Mahmud - University of Nottingham
- LaFarge Plasterboard Ltd - Products, processes and technical issues, Andrew Cliff - LaFarge, Ferrybridge
- Overview of UK university research on ash utilisation, Professor Ravindra Dhir - University of Dundee
- An overview on UK ash production, utilisation and beneficiation, Dr Lindon Sear, UK Quality Ash Association
Joint Meeting of the Coal Research Forum, Environment Division and the Royal Society of Chemistry Energy Sector
Tuesday 15 September 2009 University of Nottingham
- Fluidised bed combustion of mixtures of coal and high moisture content biomass, Dr Roy Garwood - University of Glamorgan
- PF combustion efficiency and ash properties during coal/biomass co-combustion (26MB), Dr Ed Lester - University of Nottingham
- Biomass residues as power station fuels, Dr Leilani Darvell - University of Leeds
- Combustion of single particles of Balsa, European Ash and Oak, Mark Flower - Imperial College London
- Reuse of spent mushroom compost and coal tailings for energy recovery, Karen Finney - University of Sheffield
- Combustion of coal with waste, Dr Bill Nimmo - University of Leeds
- E.ON's experiences of methods for measuring biomass purity of mixed fuels, Patrick Cook - E.ON Engineering
- Fuel, biomass and waste analysis and characterisation for co-combustion, Cliff Mullins - Minton, Treharne and Davies
CRF Annual Meeting and joint Divisional Meetings
Wednesday 22 April 2009 University of Leeds
- Report on the CRF AGM 2009 (shortened), Dr David McCaffrey - Coal Research Forum
- Oxyfuel combustion for coal-fired power generation with CO2 capture - opportunities and challenges, Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian - University of Leeds
- Towards large eddy simulation (LES) of pulverised coal combustion, Dr Oliver Stein - Imperial College London
- Advanced monitoring and characterisation of combustion flames, Dr G Lu - University of Kent
- Doosan Babcock oxyfuel R&D activities, Dr Revata Seneviratne - Doosan Babcock
- Ambitions for near zero emissions fossil fuel power plant - based on supercritical PC, Dr Mike Farley - Doosan Babcock
- Hatfield 900MW IGCC Power Station with CCS, Grant Budge - Powerfuel Power
- Underground coal gasification technology overview and UK initiatives, Kenneth Fergusson - UCG Partnership
Coal Preparation Division Seminar
Wednesday 26 November 2008 The University of Nottingham
- The design, construction and commissioning of Tabas coal preparation plant, Paolo Bozzato - Ecomin
- Development and recent applications of Wemco HMS and flotation cells, Keith Wilkes - FLSmidth DOE
- International coal markets, Mr Nigel Yaxley - Federation of Coal Importers
- Rock mechanics research, Dr Rod Stace and Dr David Reddish - The University of Nottingham
7th European Conference on Coal Research and its Applications
Wednesday 3 - Friday 5 September 2008 Cardiff University, Wales
- Opening address: An industrial perspective on coal R+D, Dr Mike Farley - Doosan Babcock Energy
BCURA/CRF Research Event
Wednesday 4 June 2008 Imperial College London
- The selection of low cost sorbents and process conditions for mercury capture from flue gases (B73), Dr Revata Seneviratne - Imperial College London
- Mercury oxidation by fly ash constituents and flue gases and its optimisation for the development of mercury control technologies (B83), Mr Junru Li - The University of Nottingham
- The properties and combustion characteristics of coal-derived fuels for industrial gas turbine applications (B74), Professor Barrie Moss - Cranfield University
- Coal mineral transformations under oxy-fuel combustion conditions (B81), Mr Fraser Wigley - Imperial College London
- Coal-biomass ash deposition during deeply-staged combustion (B78), Mr Fraser Wigley - Imperial College London
- Co-firing coal/biomass and the estimation of burnout and NOx formation (B79), Professor Alan Williams - University of Leeds
- Characterising biomass particle behaviour under co-combustion conditions (B80), Mr Mark Flower- Imperial College London
CRF/CUSG Annual Meetings together with a joint Combustion/Coal Characterisation/Coal Conversion Divisional Meeting
Thursday 10 April 2008 University of Nottingham
- Report on the CRF AGM 2008 (shortened) - Dr David McCaffrey, Coal Research Forum
- Current oxyfuel combustion activities at Doosan Babcock Energy - Dr David Fitzgerald, Doosan Babcock Energy
- IGSC: A pressurised oxyfuel cycle that uses water as a coolant - Mr John Griffiths, Jacobs Engineering
- Experience with biomass co-firing - Mr Dafydd Wynn, Ferrybridge Power Station, Scottish and Southern Energy
- Coal/biomass combustion prediction using image analysis methods - Dr Ed Lester, University of Nottingham
- Coal-derived material characterisation - Dr Alan Herod, Imperial College London
- Advancements in coal gasification - Mr Stuart James, E.ON UK
- Recent developments in coal liquefaction - Mr Gordon Couch, IEA Clean Coal Centre
Understanding the Low Carbon Economy
14 November 2007 IERP, University of Birmingham
- Global climate change: an account of the scientific background - Dr John Murlis, former Chief Scientist, The Environment Agency
- Strategic pathway to a low carbon future - Professor Roland Clift, University of Surrey
- Emissions trading - A financial instrument - Dr Rob Gemmill, The Environment Agency
- Helping Scotland realise its energy potential - Mr Brian Nixon, Scottish Enterprise
- Carbon reduction by smarter appliances - Dr David Slater, RLtec
- The economics of alternate fuels for power generation - Professor Richard Green, University of Birmingham
- Efficient use of energy, the management process and technology - Mr Trevor Floyd, Tenby Consultancy Group
- Guidelines for energy efficiency in the design of process plant - Mr Adrian Finn, Costain Oil, Gas & Process
- Fuel gas from waste - Dr Paul Hamley, The University of Nottingham
- Hydrogen and magnets: Partners in the drive to sustainability - Professor Rex Harris, University of Birmingham
- Demonstration project of a carbon-neutral energy system - Dr Rupert Gammon, Bryte Energy
Zero Emissions Power Plant, with Annual Meetings of the Coal Research Forum and the Coal Utilisation Subject Group
20 June 2007 Rugeley Power Station, International Power plc
- Report on the CRF AGM 2007 (shortened) - David McCaffrey, Coal Research Forum
- European fossil fuel initiatives - Peter Sage, AEA Energy & Environment
- International Power's CCS initiatives - Andrew Sinclair, International Power
- Near zero emission clean coal technology - Greg Kelsall, ALSTOM Power
- Oxyfuel CO2 capture for pulverised coal - an evolutionary approach - Gnanapandithan Sekkappan, Doosan Babcock Energy
- E.ON's activities on IGCC and zero emissions plant - Robin Irons, E.ON-UK
- CCS from coal-fired power plants - some of the challenges and RWE npower's responses - Richard Hotchkiss, RWEnpower
Recent Developments in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
17 April 2007 Imperial College London
- Coal combustion plant with carbon dioxide capture and storage - Richard Hotchkiss, RWE npower
- 1 MW oxyfuel combustion test facility - Ben Goh, E.ON UK
- Experiences with direct injection of biomass in PF fired boilers - David Waldron, Alstom
- Future UK power generation in a carbon constrained world - Mike Farley, Doosan Babcock Energy
- DTI carbon capture and storage cost curve study - Phil Hare, Pöyry
- UK CCS policy areas: The CCS competition, overseas links - Jon Gibbins, Imperial College London
- IGCC with CCS for power generation - Mike Gibbons, Powerfuel Power
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