The International Flame Research Foundation – IFRF is a non-profit research association and network created in 1948 in
IJmuiden
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IJmuiden () is a port city in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality ...
(Netherlands), established in
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
(Italy) between 2005 and 2016 ''(Fondazione Internazionale per la Ricerca Sulla Combustione – ONLUS)'', and in
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire ...
(UK) since 2017.
Meredith Thring
Meredith Wooldridge Thring (17 December 1915 – 15 September 2006) was a British inventor, engineer, futurologist, professor and author.
Education and career
Thring was born in Melbourne, Australia, but moved to England when he was four years o ...
was one of the founders.
[Rob Thring''The Independent'', 30 September 2006]
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The IFRF Membership Network unites some 1000 combustion researchers from 130 industrial companies and academic institutions worldwide, around a common interest in efficient and environmentally responsible industrial combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combus ...
, with a focus on flame
A flame (from Latin '' flamma'') is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction taking place in a thin zone. When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density the ...
studies.
History
The IFRF can be traced to a proposal written in 1948 by Meredith Thring
Meredith Wooldridge Thring (17 December 1915 – 15 September 2006) was a British inventor, engineer, futurologist, professor and author.
Education and career
Thring was born in Melbourne, Australia, but moved to England when he was four years o ...
, head of the Physics Department in the newly formed British Iron and Steel Research Association
The British Iron and Steel Research Association or BISRA, formed in 1944, was the research arm of the British steel industry. It had headquarters in London, originally at 11 Park Lane, later moved to 24 Buckingham Gate, with Laboratories in Shef ...
(BISRA).British Iron and Steel Research Association
The British Iron and Steel Research Association or BISRA, formed in 1944, was the research arm of the British steel industry. It had headquarters in London, originally at 11 Park Lane, later moved to 24 Buckingham Gate, with Laboratories in Shef ...
(BISRA), the Iron and Steel Research Association of France (IRSID) and the Royal Dutch Iron and Steel Company (KNHS).[
]
Publications
The IFRF is the publisher of technical reports and regular publications:
* Th
Industrial Combustion Journal
() since 1999, named ''IFRF Combustion Journal'' between Sept. 1999 and Aug. 2009 (),
* Th
Monday Night Mail
- MNM - () since 1999, in 1998 a few numbers of th
IFRF Newsletter
were also published,
* Th
Combustion Handbook
() since 2001.
Theses publications are freely available on-line.
Events
The IFRF organises events to disseminate knowledge on combustion.
Topic Oriented Technical Meetings (TOTeM)
TOTeMs are organized since 1989, once or twice a year:
IFRF Conferences
IFRF Conferences (formerly Members Conference) are organized approximately every two or three years:
Structure
The IFRF is organised in 9 national committee plus the Associate Member Group (AMG) where no national committee exists.
Committees
* American Flame Research Committee - AFRC
* British Flame Research Committee - BFRC
* Chinese Flame Research Committee - CFRC
* Finnish Flame Research Committee - FFRC
* French Flame (Comité français) - CF
* German Flame (Deutsche Vereinigung für Verbrennungsforschung e.V.) - DVV
* Italian Flame (Comitato Italiano) - CI
* Dutch Flame (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Vlamonderzoek) - NVV
* Swedish Flame Research Committee - SFRC
Governance
The IFRF in managed by a Council and an Executive Committee.
Locations
From 1948 to 2005 the IFRF facilities were located in the CORUS R&D centre at IJmuiden (Netherlands).
In 2005, the research station was relocated at ENEL
Enel S.p.A. is an Italian multinational manufacturer and distributor of electricity and gas. Enel, which originally stood for Ente nazionale per l'energia elettrica (National Electricity Board), was first established as a public body at the ...
facilities in Livorno (Italy), the measurement programme was restarted November 27, 2006.
In 2015 a relocation of the IFRF headquarters process was initiated. Leading to the designation of University of Sheffield
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– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
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and it
PACT
laboratory as the new IFRF location from 2017.
See also
* The Combustion Institute, a network of researchers specialised in combustion mainly from academia.
References
External links
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International scientific organizations
Research institutes in Italy
Scientific organizations established in 1948
Combustion