MEETING REPORT

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Annual Meeting of the French Section

The ~qnual meeting of the French Section was held September 9-10, 1971, at Lille under the auspices of the Universit( des Sciences et Tech- niques at V'dle3"euve d'Ascq. Professor M. Lucquin was respor~'ble for the local organization and hosted the meeting. The attendance totalled 95, out of which over one third came from industrial firms.

The first day was devoted to the relations between un~et~ity and industrial scientists work- ing in the field of combust/on. An opening address on this subject was given by Dr. A. Moirouxof the ]~ole Centrale de Lyon with a view to opening a discussion from the floor, exchanging ideas and information on possible cooperation, and obtain- ing an informal survey on "who does what".

The debate on the relations between university and industry which followed Dr. Moiroux's paper was moderated by the French Section Officers, namely d,~irm~n p. Laffitte and secretary R. Iklbomgo, aiming at the formulation of a tenta- tive resolution. A motion was passed that the Office of the French Section be used to obtain and circulate the information which would be made available. It was decided that the objective would be best served by preparing a questionnaire.to be sent out to al l the members of the section. The questions on this form will clearly state that the nature of the problems under investigation, the methods used or available, and the precise topics each party would like to see the other party investigate. The possible and projected form of cooperation would also be stated: contract, con- sultancy, etc.

Each individual member w~ be asked to investi- gate ins/de his own firm and organization the possible benefit to he drawn by the scientific community from the projected document, which would be expected to provide an answer to the following questions: Who, What, Why, How, Where.

The remainder of the meeting included the following general papers presented on a thirty

minute basis, allowing for a ten minutes dis- cus=on:

Thursday, September 9th, 1971

M. Serruys, Conservatoire National d~ Arts et Meters, Paris

-The purification, of exhaust g~es L. Tranie, Compagnie Frawais de Raffmage (Hag. fluer)

-Pollution reduction through the combustion of ~-water emulsions

G. de Soete, Institut Fran~ds du P~trole -On the influence of vessel diameter on the

limits, ignition delays and thermal spontaneous ignition of Hydrogen-Air and Methane- Oxygen-nitrogen mi~:tures

G. Dumas and R. Ben Aim, Laboratoire de Chimie C~n~le, Facultd des Sciences, Paris

-Method of determining the energy necessary to ignite a solid homogeneous propellant

M. L Bernard, J. L. Gustin and J. L. Martin, Laboratoire de Chimie Mindrale et de Cin~tique Chirnique (Poitiers)

-Combustion of composite solid propellants M. L. Bernad, M. Auzanneau, G. Rabouan and B. Sztal, Laboratoire de Chimie Mindrale et de Cindtique Chindque (Poitiers)

-Solid-liquid and solid-gas hypergolic ignition J. Combourieu and G. Moreau, Centre de Re- cherches sur la Chimie de la C0mbustiqn et des l~.utes Tem~ratures, CNR3, 0rldans

-Flame characteristics of C102-C2H2 mixtures R. Cheret, Con~aissariat :~ l'P~nergie Atomique, Sevran

-Divergent sphericat detona~on of nitro- methane

Friday, Sep*,~.-'mber ZOth, 1971

L. R. Sochet and M. Cartier, Labomtoire de Chin'tie de la Comb~fion, Lille -Development of electronic p~amagnetic reso-

nance (EPR) in the study of oxidation, reactior.s-the case of methane

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M. Destriau and G. Donhe, D~iun~ement de Chimie Physique, Facult~ des Sciences de Bor.

deaux

-Rapid se-.anning spectroscopy: explosive de- composition of H20

L Combo~eu, G. Le Bras, L Barassin and C.

Paty, C.R.C.C.H.T., CNRS and Facultd des Sci- ences, Orleans

-Elementary reactions in flame inh~ition by halogenated coml~unds: Hydrogen atom re- actions w/th CI, h 02

J. Chamboux and V. Viossat, Labemtoire de Chimie C, dn#rale, Facultd des Sciences, Pads

-Acetaldehyde tramforraation during its com- bustion

F. ~ - C u ~ and H. James, C.R.C.C.H.T., C N R S , ~

-The chain initiation process in the combustion of caxbon monoxide

C. ldarsal, C. I.alo and H. James, C.R.C.CXI.T.,

-The. wAibition of the explosive combustion of hydrogen by methyl chloride and methyl bromide in the high pre~x~ region

A. Feugier, Imtffat Francais de P~trole -lnh~ition of the combustion of hydrogen by

h y ~

T. Gueat, F. Gaymard and A. Venneglio, Labora- toi:e de Chimie Structur~e Organique, Nice

-Partial cldorination and oxychlodnation of the cydoalkanes and cydoalkenes: influence of olefins

J. F. Large, G. Scacchi, F. Barormet and R. Martin, Laboratoire de Chimie Gdn~nle, Nancy

-Influence of olefms on the radical pyrolysis of alkanes: inh~ition mechanism

F. Baronnet, J. A. Rondeau and M. Niclause, Laboratoire de Chimie C_,dndrale, Nancy

--The pyrolysis of isobutane in the presence of alkenes

J. P. Sawexvsyn and M. Lucquin, l.aboratoire de CIti~e de la Combustion, w me

-Behavior and fommtion of isobutene in the oxidation of~obutane

In dosing th-~ meeting it was announced that the 197.2 meeting w~l be held at the Institut Frangais du l~trole, near Pans, at Rueil-Malnmison, on September 7th and 8th, 1972. Fun particulars on program and local arrangements will be announced during the spring of 1972.

IL DELBOURGO Secretary, French Section