In September of last year the IFRF, in conjunction with Air Liquide, held its 17th Topic Orientated Technical Meeting (TOTeM) - The Use of Oxygen for Industrial Combustion. The meeting was held just outside Paris and was chaired by Jacques Dugué of Air Liquide.

TOTeM 17 provided an up-to-date review of several aspects of oxygen enriched or pure oxygen combustion, provided by internationally recognized experts. Main aspects dealt in this topic were effects on efficiency, radiative heat transfer, emissions in combustion processes, commercial issues, measurement techniques and probes, modelling and predictive techniques and oxygen enrichment technologies. Furthermore the meeting provided a review of the applications of oxygen enrichment and oxy-combustion in the metallurgy, glass and cement industries. The fuels considered were natural gas, fuel oil and coal.

A total of 76 people registered for the TOTeM, covering 12 countries. There was a certain academic contingent, but the majority of the participants (58) came from Industry or from industrial laboratories. 

The meeting opened with a short presentation from the Chairman, Jacques Dugué, followed by presentations from eight speakers.

1. The Challenge of Kyoto to the Combustion Engineer - Peter Roberts, IFRF NET
2. The Effect of Oxygen Enrichment on Radiative Heat Transfer, Fuel Efficiency and NOx Emissions - Prof. Hans Kremer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
3. Technology and Economics of Oxygen Production and Supply - Francois J. Jackow - Air Liquide
4. Measurement and Modelling of Oxy-Natural Gas Flames: Results from the OXYFLAM Programme - Roman Weber – IFRF Research Station
5. The Status of Oxycombustion in the Metallurgical Industries - Jean-Luc Roth – Paul Wurth SA
6. Oxygen Combustion in the Glass Industry - Hiroki Yamazaki – Asahi Glass TV
7. Oxygen Enrichment in the Cement Industry - Barrie Jenkins – Consultant
8. Recent Developments and Future Trends in Oxy-Combustion Applications - Olivier Charon – Air Liquide

There was discussion after each contribution and in addition there were a number of poster presentations with on-location discussion.

At the end of the meeting there was a detailed discussion during which a significant number of conclusions were reached about the status of “The Use of Oxygen for Industrial Combustion”.

Today IFRF NET publishes the presentations, discussions, results and conclusions of TOTeM 17 as part of the ‘Combustion Trends for the Future’ service. This information is available to IFRF Members only at the following website http://www.trends.ifrf.net/totems/totem17/index.html

A PDF version of each presentation made at the TOTeM may be downloaded from this site as well as a HTML summary of each presentation. In addition abstracts of poster presentations made are also available.

The discussions made and conclusions reached at the end of the meeting, with respect to problems, research needs, future potential and expected trends in the area of oxygen enriched combustion, are also available for IFRF members to read at - http://www.trends.ifrf.net/totems/totem17/conclusions.html

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The IFRF Monday Night Mail is published by:
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Edited: Peter Roberts
ISSN 1562-4781