The Coal Research Forum was formed in 1989 to encourage, promote and co-ordinate basic research on coal, coal characterisation, coal products and coal utilisation in the UK.  Particular emphasis is given to the promotion and co-ordination of contact between academia and industry and the assessment and co-ordination of resources and needs concerned with coal utilisation and conversion.

The first National Meeting on Coal Research and its Applications was held in the UK in 1996 and is now an established biennial event. The seventh meeting held in 2008 at the University of Cardiff, attracted almost 100 abstracts, the majority being given as oral presentations, with around 25 poster presentations. A special publication of FUEL was subsequently prepared which included a number of the presentations as full papers.  Building on this success, the eighth meeting is to be held at the University of Leeds.

SCOPE AND PURPOSE

The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers in universities with participants from industry who also carry out research or are interested in the application of the research in industry.  Papers are invited which describe applications in coal utilisation and preparation with particular reference to the following areas: improving efficiency and reducing emissions in conventional power generation, gasification, fluidised bed technology, CO2 removal and storage technology, advanced power generation, modelling, sensors, instrumentation and control, emissions issues - including mercury, VOC's and fine particulates, co-firing of coal, particularly with biomass and wastes, carbonisation and other metallurgical uses, coal preparation and handling and other coal conversion processes. Research students are also strongly encouraged to submit papers, attend and give presentations and there will be a reduced fee for students.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION

Prospective authors are asked to make a preliminary registration, then submit one or more abstracts at the conference website www.eccria.org by 29th January 2010.  Abstracts MUST be submitted via the website. For papers accepted, one author must present the paper at the conference either as an oral presentation or as a poster. 

PROCEEDINGS

All authors of accepted papers are invited to submit, by 30th September 2010, a full paper for possible inclusion in a Special Issue of FUEL. The papers submitted should be prepared in accordance with the instructions to authorsand MUST be submitted electronically through http://ees.elsevier.com/jfue. Authors should clearly indicate that the paper is for the 8th ECCRIA Special Issue.  All full papers will be subject to the normal refereeing requirements of FUEL.

FURTHER INFORMATION 

Further information concerning the conference will be posted on the About Event page on the conference website.