32nd International Symposium on Combustion, McGill University, Montreal
3rd - 8th August, 2008
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
The 32nd International Symposium on Combustion was held between 3rd and 8th August at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. The symposium, organised by Combustion Institute, is the principle forum for presenting combustion results, attracting speakers and delegates from around the world. From the Computational Modelling Group, Markus Kraft, Sebastian Mosbach, Neal Morgan, Jonathan Etheridge, Weerapong Phadungsukanan, Abhijeet Raj, Markus Sander, Raphael Shirley and past group members, Richard West and Rehan Hussain participated.
The Computational Modelling Group is extensively involved with Combustion related research. Current projects include automated chemical mechanism generation, quantum chemical calculations to determine reaction rate constants, advanced techniques for simulating soot and other nanoparticles along with world-leading engine modelling.
Group head, Dr Markus Kraft, was invited to be the colloquium co-chair for the session on soot, PAH and other large molecules. Markus also can an oral presentation on 'Modeling soot formation in a premixed flame using an aromatic-site soot model and an improved oxidation rate', which was based upon the material contained in Preprint 53:
ref: Technical Report 53, c4e-Preprint Series, Cambridge, 2007 by Matthew S. Celnik, Markus Sander, Abhijeet Raj, Richard H. West, and Markus Kraft
Posters
Abhijeet Raj, Raphael Shirley and Richard West were presenting posters at the symposium. In addition, the group presented nine 'work in progress posters', including three detailing recent work developing applications based on the PrIMe database. All these posters can be downloaded by following the links below.
A statistical approach to develop a detailed soot growth model using PAH characteristics.
by Matthew S. Celnik, Abhijeet Raj, Robert I. A. Patterson, Richard H. West, and Markus Kraft
A detailed kinetic model for combustion synthesis of titania from TiCl4.
by Richard H. West, Raphael A. Shirley, Markus Kraft, Claude F. Goldsmith and William H Green
Modelling gas-phase carbon nanotube synthesis on iron nanoparticles from carbon monoxide.
by Matthew S. Celnik, Richard H. West, J. Z. Wen, Neal M. Morgan, Markus Kraft, A. M. Moisala,, William H Green and H Richter
A multicycle stochastic model for simulating spark ignition engines.
by Jonathan E. Etheridge, Sebastian Mosbach, Markus Kraft, H. Wu and N. Collins
by Jonathan E. Etheridge, Sebastian Mosbach, Markus Kraft, H. Wu and N. Collins
by Ali M. Aldawood, Sebastian Mosbach and Markus Kraft
Towards a detailed soot model for internal combustion engines.
by Sebastian Mosbach, Matthew S. Celnik, Markus Kraft, H. R. Zhang, S. Kubo and K. -O. Kim
Combustion synthesized titanium dioxide nanoparticles in dye sensitized solar cells.
by Raphael A. Shirley, Oliver R. Inderwildi and Markus Kraft
by Richard H. West, Abhijeet Raj, Weerapong Phadungsukanan, Robert I. A. Patterson, Markus Sander, Matthew S. Celnik and Markus Kraft
PrIMe: Data model for internal combustion engines and its application to the prediction of soot.
by Rehan Hussain, Raymond M. R. Tsui, S. Schalit, Sebastian Mosbach, Amit Bhave and Markus Kraft
PrIMe: Soot model development for shock tube data.
by Weerapong Phadungsukanan, Markus Sander, Matthew S. Celnik, Richard H. West, Abhijeet Raj and Markus Kraft
Social Programme and Networking
Several members of the CoMo group attended official social events organised during the Symposium.
The Symposium opened with a Welcome Reception at the Chalet on Mont Royal, a picturesque location with the most spectacular view of Montreal. In the image on the left, group leader Markus Kraft is pictured with Professor Stephen Pope at this reception.
Other events included a Jazz Concert by Altsys, an award winning local Montreal jazz band, entitled A History of Jazz in the Twentieth Century. This took place in Pollack Hall at McGill's Conservatory of Music.
On an excursion to the Montreal Botanical Gardens, group member Neal M. Morgan witnessed the annual ringing of the peace bell (below). This bell, donated to the people of Montreal, is rung once a year on 8th August, the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The botanical gardens are also the location of the Montreal Insectarium — the largest insectarium in North America with an entomological collection of 140,000 specimens, with 4,000 on public display. The symposium delegates were treated to an outdoor barbeque surrounded by a collection of 22,000 plant species and cultivars, 10 exhibition greenhouses.
The Symposium Banquet was held at the Bonsecours Market, (pictured below). This is recognized as one of Canada's finest heritage buildings and is located in the heart of the "Old Port" of Montreal, just steps away from Place Jacques Cartier and the historic City Hall.
