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Show n ro rm a tio n Membership of t h An e x t r e m e i w # i p o r t a n t aspect of the Foundation s t \ t'es s the pfovis-on of a fo ru m for informa* i exchange on all aspects of industrial comous‘ an. ^his is achieved mainly through conferences jnd seminars organized both by the National Comittees and the Joint Com m ittee o f the I FRF. Veetmgs are helid on a regular basis and allow the embers to present the results of their w ork to an ruem at onal audience and to hear the results of I r R F w o rk programme presented directly by " s e a r c h Station staff. Membership of the^Toundation is open to a dust rial companies, research institutes and universities. RF in- . 'O Advantages of membership: access to the results o f over t h ir t y years o ‘ research on large industrial immediate in fo rm a tio n on all new investi gations and trials * ■ participation in conference and nationally organized flame days active participation on fFR F technical and scientific right of representation during members trials right to send students to the Research Station to gain experience in the field of flame research n :'_i»"1 t on 'here are >i< technical scientific panels \ r -_h meet annually to review the* resuits of Rf-earcti Station investigations and to advise on ' i r j r e programmes All members have the right to ' d these meetings and advantage may be taken of the possibility, again to present results of their ,/ot k and to maintain valuable personal contact w ith co workers in other industries and countries. consultation w t h Research Station staff advice on the design of research facilities possibility of purchasing I FRF developed instrumentation at a discount possibility to place contracts at the Research Station for the execution of experimental investigations at cost price. Foundation Details of membership application procedures for d iffe re nt countries and further in fo rm a tio n con cerning the 1FRF and its activities may be obtained from the In fo rm a tio n Officer of the International Flame Research Foundation AN I N T E R N A T I O N A L M E M B E R S P.O. Box 10 000 1970 CA I Jmuiden The Netherlands tel. 02510 * 93064 tlx. 3521 1 flames O R G A N I Z A T I O N D E V O T E D TO RESEARCH IN T H E F I E L D OF The IF R F Research Results The IF R F ( founded in 1948 ) is a n o n -p ro fit ma king cooperative organization devoted to research into the com bustion of fuels as fired in industrial heating processes. Members * industrial organizations, research insti tutes and universities - are situated w orld -w ide in fifteen countries. The Research Station is equipped w ith semi-indus trial scale experimental furnaces and a wide va riety of instrumentation for the measurement of input and o u tp u t conditions. Over the years, in strumentation has been developed for the expiora tion of combustion phenomena - aerodynamics, chemistry and heat transfer - as they occur w ith in the flame. Early w ork was devoted to the improved u n d e ' standing of heavy fuel oil com bustion pam cu a* v in relation to flame radiation characteristics an.;ion w ith low excess air. Later the facilities were expanded to ir ciude the possibility of gas and pulverized coaj flame studies. Over the years, in fo rm a tio n has beer concerning the influence of aerodyna mics upon flame fo rm , heat transfer d is irib u t o r combustion efficiency and p o llu ta n t emissions Much of this work was supported by the European Community . A r 1 I X ! i t i ' t f i h v;,v./ F t <r t ; j <L' J I _ 4 Most t*vist«ng ndusti a f ue<? mav be ; v th " *hese f u • naces t y p ic a l v w p h ;n \ne < 3 nut 0 5 - 5 VIW Furnace coonnc mav be a i t e ^ o i-uch r r nt f"0 u riUat' 0 n provoes o to- jp"- f* •' jnfoi mation t * hange on ai aspects of ndusti .a combustion *1d supports b j esea 1ch p r og ram me w h 1ch is e x e uieci a1 i t r Research Stat-on m the Steeiwor i-s of j mu i den BV in The Net net lands o 1 t j * M <?ce b o u n C t i 1 * * - '* u r t o p s Investigations lanae fro m the 'elativeh ^<nc.ame! tiii ex pi 01 anon of c o m u u n un ijhenornena ti :ne uevelopment of directly applicable solution current industrial combustion ptchienis j ) i -mvp* : ja-'^ns are manaaeo by ar> nter national scihiv t:*ir team supported by a Dutch technical >Taf4 1 r ' r - r* D ! i - i i Government aaencies. The Researcr. Sta akes dC+ i.n.ves!iqations f(,r n £ i£ ^ * h i S ! *i p r * c: t y and qovet nme ' T igeoijs n view of fne t ‘me and ex ■ tn t '*-T- no '.a* ^n< j n a n n no of e^ bv nd'vidua bothies. opr * 3 * n 1 ■ % u 1 C 1 ^ v 6 3 d *- 1 1 4 - » * t 7 " t - 1 I ^ ^ t _ 1 ( r v , 1 J i i ♦ u ' 1 f 4 J 1 L f i t / * " 1 f f r t Recent w ork ' e je c ts the trend to w a rd g utilization 01 coc and o th e ; solid +ue's >pie o f maintaining high c o m b u s t1on eft'C with minima! environmental effect >s oi e w 'ncre3Stng importance The majo' chano^ nuaiity of fuel to L> fireu Nev fue s u c ^ example b y p ro d u ct gases h*gh asphaitene ( mng oils, oil snaies and high ash coa's 1. |