2014 International Sooting Flame (ISF) Workshop

The second ISF Workshop attracted 102 delegates.

The key features of the program are summarised below and you can also download the 2014 ISF proceedings.

Workshop programmes

The workshop was organised around the following three Research Programs:

  • Laminar flames: Chemical Kinetics (PAH, inception, growth and oxidation); particle dynamics (moment methods, sectional models, coalescence vs. aggregation)
  • Turbulent flames: Jet flames, bluff body flames, swirl flames, pool fires; influence of scale
  • Pressurised flames and sprays: Simplified IC engines, pressurised jet flames, shock tubes

Invited industrial speaker for the second workshop

  • Randy McKinney, Pratt & Whitney

Invited scientific reflections

  • Professor Andrea D’Anna, University of Naples Federico II
  • Professor Pascale Desgroux, University of Lille 1/CNRS
  • Associate Professor Fabrizio Bissetti, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Organising committee

    Professor Gus Nathan Professor Heinz Pitsch Professor Hai Wang
    Professor Bassam Dally Dr Chris Shaddix Dr Klaus-Peter Geigle
    Professor Murray Thomson    
  • Scientific Advisory Committee

    Professor Ömer Gülder Professor Michael Frenklach Dr Meredith Colket
    Professor Andrea D’Anna Professor Henning Bockhorn Professor Peter Lindstedt
    Professor Mitch Smooke    
  • Program leaders and co-leaders

    Laminar flames Dr Seth Dworkin Dr Guillaume Blanquart
    Turbulent flames Professor Venkat Raman Professor Bassam Dally
    Pressurised flames Professor Dan Haworth Dr Klaus-Peter Geigle