Workshop on
Advances in Combustion and Transportation

 January 10-12, 2010

Combustion as a science has developed remarkably over the last  few decades and has helped in improving the efficiencies of various processes like power generation, automobile engines, gas turbine, rocket engines and various other industrial processes. However, looking at the rapidly increasing energy demand, limited supply of fossil fuels and increased concern over global warming due to emissions, lot more needs to be done to further improve the system efficiencies, identification/invention of alternative sources of energy, development of reusable technologies and development of cleaner technologies. Fundamental research on combustion has made significant advances in modeling and diagnostics. Use of CAD & CFD models is fast emerging as an avenue for improved design of combustion systems and to validate new design concepts and ideas. Another important emerging area in combustion engineering is design of control systems for combustion processes. These techniques have helped in improving the system efficiencies, reduce emission levels and to prevent catastrophic failures. Although significant advances have been achieved in all these fields in recent times, the synergy between these different activities needs to be properly highlighted. In particular, the new emerging technologies combustion modeling, diagnostics and control as well as the advances in renewable energy and clean combustion technologies deserve a focused attention to form guideline for future research in these fields.

 

This workshop discusses the new emerging technologies for combustion modeling, diagnostics and control as well as the advances in renewable energy and clean combustion technologies and brings together active contribution of researchers from academia, industries and research institutions. The directions of future research are identified that will greatly help the combustion community.

1. Flames/ Fire Science and Safety

2. Emissions (Regulated and Unregulated)

3. Gas turbine combustion and power generation

4. Internal Combustion Engines and Power Generation

5. New/ renewable Fuels (Synthesis and Characterization)

6. Novel Combustion and Sprays

7. Combustion modeling

8. Alternative fuels for surface transportation

9. Alternative fuels for aviation

10. Combustion dynamics

11. Energy and Environmental nexus

12. Panel discussion

Poster from Researchers are welcome. There will be prizes for best posters.

Poster submission deadline: 15th December, 2009

Posters may be sent to Dr. A. K. Agarwal (akag@iitk.ac.in)

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Shri Jeet Bindra, Chevron Corporation

Prof. Ernst Winter, University of Vienna, Austria

Mr. Dove Longman, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago

Dr. S. K. Aggarwal, University of Illinois, Chicago

Dr. Anuradda Ganesh, IIT Bombay

Dr. A. Ramesh, IIT Madras

Dr. S. S. Thipse, ARAI, Pune

Dr. R. V. Ravikrishna, IISC, Bangalore

Dr. A. K. Agarwal, IIT Kanpur

Dr. A. Kushari, IIT Kanpur

Dr. A. K. Runchal, ACRI – CFD, CA, USA

Mr. Anirudh Gautam, RDSO, Lucknow

Prof. Kalyan Annamalai, Texas A & M University

Dr. Steve Ciatti, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago

Dr. Razi Nalim, Purdue University

Dr. Amitava Dutta, Jadavpur University

Dr. R. I. Sujith, IIT Madras

Dr. S.R. Chakraborty, IIT Madras

*Tentative list: to be confirmed

Outreach Auditorium, IIT Kanpur

Visitors Hostel, IIT Kanpur

Dr. A. K. Agarwal, Dr. Abhijit Kushari, Dr. A. K. Runchal

www.iitk.ac.in/comb

 To be included