Presentations from past meetings
Copies of some presentations from past Forum meetings are available below. 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.
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
- On-line condition and safety monitoring of pulverised coal mills using a model based pattern recognition technique (B85A), Dr Jihong Wang - University of Birmingham
- 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
- Improvements in amine flue gas scrubbing systems for coal fired power plants (B82), Mr N MacDowell - 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 E.ON UK - Dr Ben Goh, E.ON UK
- 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
- Commercial coal analyses and the BCURA coal bank - Mr George Bradley, TES Bretby
- Advancements in coal gasification - Mr Stuart James, E.ON UK
- Recent developments in coal liquefaction - Mr Gordon Couch, IEA Clean Coal Centre
- Carbolite furnaces in coal analysis and coking research - Mr Ken Blackett, Carbolite
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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