The International Flame Research Foundation – IFRF (Fondazione Internazionale per la Ricerca Sulla Combustione – ONLUS) is a non-profit research association and network created in 1948 in IJmuiden (Netherlands), established in Livorno (Italy) since 2005. Meredith Thring was one of the founders.
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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, with a focus on flame studies.
History
The IFRF can be traced to a proposal written in 1948 by Meredith Thring, head of the Physics Department in the newly formed British Iron and Steel Research Association (BISRA). Entitled Proposals for the Establishment of an International Research Project on Luminous Radiation, the document resulted in the formation of the International Flame Radiation Research Committee with representatives of the steel, fuel and appliance making industries in France, Holland and England - specifically the British Iron and Steel Research Association (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:
Theses publications are freely available on-line.
Structure
The IFRF is organized in 8 national committee plus the Associate Member Group (AMG) where no national committee exists.
Committees
Governance
The IFRF in managed by a Joint Committee 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 facilities in Livorno (Italy), the measurement program was restarted November 27, 2006. In 2015 a relocation of the IFRF headquarters process was initiated. Leading to the designation of University of Sheffield and its PACT laboratory as the new IFRF location from 2016.