ISF Workshop

8th International Workshop on the Measurement and Computation of Reacting Flows with Carbon Nanoparticles

Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto)

25 to 26 July 2026

The ISF Workshop for the Measurement and Computation of Reacting Flows with Carbon Nanoparticles is an ongoing, biennial forum. The next meeting will be held from 25 - 26 July 2026 in Kyoto, Japan, together with other satellite workshops of the 41st International Combustion Symposium.

Organised by researchers, for researchers with specialist industry advisors, to develop improved predictive capability of pyrolysis processes in practical reactors and flames through international collaboration between experimentalists and modellers. It is an open forum held immediately prior to each of the International Symposia on Combustion.

The ISF is not a traditional conference, but is an open, international forum to coordinate research.

Invitation to Participate

Attend the ISF-8 as delegate and participate in the discussion;

Contribute numerical or experimental data into the laminar or turbulent reacting flow programs, please contact the relevant program leaders, listed below;

Present a poster on topics related to the scope and focus of ISF.

Registration

Aims of the ISF Workshop

To advance understanding of the evolution of carbonaceous particles and of the predictive modelling tools to characterise this in practical environments, including:

combustion-generated environments, such as flames and fires,
high-temperature hydrocarbon pyrolysis and carbon nanoparticle synthesis environments

To identify gaps in current understanding and coordinate research programs to address them, particularly via joint investigations in well-defined target flames or reactors purpose-designed for the development and validation of predictive models.
To coordinate and foster the advancement of the underpinning experimental and numerical methods needed to support the above objectives.
To establish an archive of detailed data sets of target flames and reactors with defined accuracy and provide a forum for the exchange and dissemination of these data.
To advance understanding by establishing clear and consistent definitions and terminology.
To foster the professional development of PhD students and emerging researchers in the field.

Objectives and Targets for ISF-8

To advance understanding of the mechanisms governing the evolution of carbon materials, with a particular focus on the following challenges and environments:
- Turbulent high-temperature reacting flows
- Laminar high-temperature reacting flows
- Pyrolysis and synthesis of carbon nanoparticles
- Soot evolution in fires
To advance understanding of the strengths and limitations of various modelling approaches for sooting flames and reactors by detailed comparison of predictions with experimental/Reference numerical data of the following environments:
- Turbulent high-temperature reacting flows
- Laminar high-temperature reacting flows

To review progress in experimental and numerical methods and coordinate programs to continue their advancement.

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.