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.

The closing date for abstract submission was 26th January 2018

Although the Call for Abstracts for this programme has now closed one or more further abstracts may be submitted for consideration as poster presentations at any time up to 27th July 2018. Such abstracts, which must conform to the specified format (see template), should be submitted by E-mail, where for such abstracts to be considered, the prospective authors must simultaneously register to attend this Conference via this website.

Although the Conference Programme is currently full, prospective authors of such abstracts may ask for an oral presentation, and such consideration will be given should a suitable slot appear in the Conference Programme.

Call for Abstracts.

Abstracts are now invited which describe the current academic and industrial research into cleaner fuel and energy research on fossil fuels, biomass and waste 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.
• CO2: Pre and post combustion capture, transport, storage and utilisation techniques, including oxyfuel combustion, chemical looping, fuel characterisation and plant diagnostics.
• All emissions issues including alternate NOx, SOx, particulates and trace elements reduction techniques to meet more stringent emissions standards throughout the world.
• Pre-treatment of biomass and waste feedstocks, (torrefaction, washing), and issues associated with the safe storage, processing, handling and feeding of biomass and waste into process systems.
• Hydrogen: Its potential use as a fuel.
• Energy storage, thermal storage, mechanical storage and integration with power generation processes.
• Case studies on the challenges facing the users of biomass and waste.
• 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 studies, including legislation towards power from carbon-based fuels, government policy, legislative framework, both UK and international.

Research students are also strongly encouraged to submit papers, attend and give presentations - there is a reduced conference fee for students

Prospective authors are asked to submit one or more abstracts by 26th January 2018. Abstracts must conform to the format specified in the template below, 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 before 27th July 2018 in order for their paper/poster to be confirmed in the programme.

Important Dates.

26th January 2018 - Closing date for abstract submission
9th March 2018 - Authors informed of acceptance
6th April 2018 - Provisional Programme published
13th July 2018 - Last date for 'early bird' registration fees
27th July 2018 - Last date for registration by oral and poster presenters
28th September 2018 - Closing date for full paper submission to 'FUEL' special issue
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