About ISF

ISF aims at improving the understanding of the formation of carbon-based particles at technical conditions. The biennial workshop series provides a forum for open discussions and interaction between delegates around the following two research programs:

Laminar flames - Chemical kinetics (PAH, inception, growth and oxidation), particle dynamics (moment methods, sectional models, coalescence vs. aggregation) shock tubes and pressurised.

Turbulent flames - Jet flames, bluff body flames, swirl flames, pool fires, influence of scale, pressurised.

To participate in the forum, researchers should contact the Program Leaders for the field of greatest relevance to their research. In addition to workshop participation the series offers ongoing interaction between the meetings via teleconferences. Unlike a regular conference, data is presented by the program leaders in a consolidated manner to maximise time for discussion and learning. Delegates can also participate via posters.

Aims of the workshop

  • To identify common research priorities in the development and validation of accurate, predictive models of flames with soot and to coordinate research programs to address them.
  • To identify and coordinate well-defined target flames that are suitable for model development and validation, spanning a variety of flame types and fuels in each of the research programs.
  • To establish an archive of the detailed data sets of target flames with defined accuracy; and to provide a forum for the exchange and dissemination of these data.

All members of the research community are invited to participate in the process of contributing either experimental data or modelling calculations for one of the target flames through the Program Leaders.

The workshop sets new targets for each successive meeting, at which the performance of different models are compared against detailed measurements. Comparisons are performed in simplified flames that are carefully designed for the development and validation of numerical models, while being relevant to practical environments. Different types of flames, spanning laminar, turbulent and pressurised, are also linked together through fuel type, residence time regime and pressure, so that models can be validated in a greater range of conditions.

The workshop addresses the coupling between the formation, oxidation and emission of soot, together with their role in radiation heat transfer, in the context of practical flames. Relevant research in all of these fields is welcome.

Target flames

The workshop advances understanding of current predictive capability through comparison of the predictions of different models against others and against experimental data, in well characterised flames. A number of particular data sets are therefore chosen within each program as target flames for each workshop. Further information about targeted flames can be found on the data sets page.

Workshop committees

  • Organising committee

    Professor Gus Nathan

    Professor Gus Nathan
    成人大片, Australia

    Professor Bassam Dally

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    Dr Klaus-Peter Geigle

    German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

    Professor Heinz Pitsch

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    Dr Chris Shaddix

    Sandia National Laboratories, USA

    Prof Tiziano Faravelli

    Politecnico di Milano, Italy

    A/Prof Hope Michelsen

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Professor Michael Mueller


    Princeton University, USA

  • Scientific advisory committee

    Dr Meredith Colket

    Dr Meredith Colket
    United Technologies Research Center (Retired), USA

    Professor 脰mer G眉lder


    University of Toronto, Canada

    Professor William Roberts


    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

    Professor Hai Wang


    Stanford Unversity, USA

    Professor Henning Bockhorn

    Karlsruher Institut f眉r Technologie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Germany

    Professor Andrea D'Anna

    Universit脿 degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (University of Naples Federico II), Italy

    Professor Peter Lindstedt

    Imperial College, UK

    Prof Christof Schulz

    University of Duisburg, Essen

    Prof Murray Thomson

    University of Toronto, Canada

    Mr Roscoe Taylor

    Mr Roscoe Taylor

    Global Operational Excellence Director, Orion Engineered Carbons

    Dr Enoch Dames

    Dr Enoch Dames

    Manager, Reactor R&D, Monolith Materials

    Prof Angela Violi

    University of Michigan

  • Program leaders

    Prof Reza Kholghy


    Carleton University, Canada

    Laminar Flames
    Numerical

    Dr Chiara Saggese

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Laminar Flames
    Numerical

    Dr Georgois Kelesidis

    ETH Zurich

    Laminar Flames
    Numerical

    Dr Joaquin Camacho

    San Diego State University

    Laminar Flames
    Experimental

    Dr Zhiwei Sun

    Dr Zhiwei Sun
    成人大片, Australia

    Turbulent Flames
    Experimental

    Dr Benedetta Franzelli


    CentraleSupelec, France

    Turbulent Flames
    Experimental

    Dr Federico Ferraro

    Technical University of Braunschweig

    Turbulent Flames
    Numerical