Newsletter 2001-1 - Combustion Institute British Section

COMBUSTION CHEMISTRY: ELEMENTARY REACTIONS TO
MACROSCOPIC PROCESSES
Faraday Discussion number 119 to be held at the University of Leeds
on 9 - 11 July 2001
Programme
Chemical Kinetics has played a central role in experiment and theory in the development
of our understanding of combustion, at the same time deriving focus and impetus from
such a key area of application. The last few years have seen major advances in our
understanding of both elementary and complex reactions and in applying realistic
techniques to probe chemistry in combustion systems. The Discussion will draw on the
interplay between these developments, and new and unpublished work will be presented
in the following areas:
• Kinetics and dynamics of elementary reactions of importance in combustion and
especially the combination of experiment and theory in the characterisation of key
elementary reactions
• Modelling of combustion processes. The dynamics of complex chemical reactions
and approaches to incorporating realistic chemistry in combustion models.
• Diagnostic (especially laser) techniques applied to real combustion systems
especially in the evaluation of models
An introductory lecture will be given by Jürgen Wolfram (Heidleberg) and concluding
remarks will be by Jim Miller (Sandia). Papers from distinguished workers from many
countries, including Australia, France, Germany, Israel, Taiwan and the USA, are on the
programme.
Date and Location
The Discussion will be held from 9 - 11 July 2001 at the University of Leeds, UK. The
sessions will begin after lunch on Monday 9 July and will end at lunchtime on Wednesday
11 July. The scientific sessions will be held in the School of Chemistry and
accommodation will be available in Devonshire Hall.
Preprints
Preprints will be issued four weeks in advance of the meeting. The Discussion will be
conducted on the assumption that the papers have been read in advance and only five
minutes will be allowed for presentation. Most of the time will be devoted to discussion,
which will be recorded and then submitted for publication. The proceedings will be
published by the Society about six months after the conference.
Further Information
All enquiries concerning attendance at the Discussion should be addressed to:
Miss Christine Hall, Ref: FD 119, Conferences and Awards, Royal Society of Chemistry,
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J OBA UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7437 8656 Fax: +44 (0)20 7734 1227
e-mail: conferences@rsc.org Web: www.rsc.org/Iap/confs/faradischome.htm
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