Fuel and Energy
Research Forum
Event Details
Scope and Purpose
The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers in universities and participants from industry who are also carrying out research or are interested in the application of the research in industry. Papers which describe the applications of research in fuel and energy characterisation, utilisation and preparation are now invited.
Call for abstracts
Abstracts were invited which described current academic and industrial research into cleaner fuel and energy research on biomass, waste and fossil fuels and their applications including but not limited to :-
• Improving efficiency and reducing emissions for carbon-based fuel technologies in conventional combustion power generation. This includes optimising the flexible operation of power plant and ash and slagging issues.
• Advanced Power Generation, (APG), based on thermal processes, including enabling technologies and innovative process design for APG.
• Industrial scale combustion, gasification and pyrolysis including issues associated with co-firing and with the combustion of biomass and waste.
• Biogas production and utilisation including landfill gas and anaerobic digestion.
• Decarbonisation : Pre and post-combustion capture, transport, storage and utilisation technologies, including oxyfuel combustion, chemical looping, fuel characterisation and plant diagnostics.
• All emissions issues, including alternative NOx, SOx, particulates and trace element reduction techniques to meet more stringent emissions standards throughout the world.
• Pre-treatment and processing of biomass and waste feedstocks, (torrefaction, washing, etc.), and issues associated with the safe storage, processing, handling and feeding of biomass and waste into process systems.
• Hydrogen : Its potential use as transport fuels and for stationary applications and their issues.
• Energy storage, thermal storage, mechanical storage, cold storage and integration with energy systems.
• Case studies on the challenges facing the users of biomass and waste.
• Carbon based fuel conversion process including, carbonisation and other metallurgical uses, fuel-derived products, fuel preparation and handling, underground coal gasification and coal bed methane, and all other carbon-based fuel conversion processes, including coal to liquids.
• Policy and technoeconomic studies, including legislation towards power from carbon-based fuels, government policy, legislative framework, both UK and international.
Research students were also strongly encouraged to submit papers, attend and give presentations - there is a reduced Conference fee for students.
All authors were asked to submit one or more abstracts by Friday, 16th April to the Professional Conference Organiser at cathy@cathyhillevents.co.uk. Abstracts must conform to the format specified in the website template, and must be submitted by the named presenter, (not a third party). For papers accepted, the named presenter/author will present the paper at the conference either as an oral presentation or as a poster. This author must register and pay his/her conference fee by Tuesday, 20th July in order for their paper/poster to be confirmed in the programme.
Important Dates
16th April 2021 Closing date for new abstract submissions
30th April 2021 Closing date for revised abstract submissions
7th May 2021 Current and new authors acceptance confirmed and informed
28th May 2021 Revised conference programme published
9th July 2021 Last date for “early bird” registration fees
20th July 2021 Last date for registration by oral and poster presenters
31st January 2022 Closing date for full paper submission to “FUEL” special issue