INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BOILER TECHNOLOGY & ENERGY TRANSITION

ICBT&ET is a cyclical conference, organized for 62 years in a four-year cycle as ICBT, and is considered by experts to be one of the most important boiler conferences in the world.
Over 400 participants attended previous editions. Beginning in 2026 with the 15th edition, the conference will change its name to ICBT&ET to maintain its well-known brand while expanding its scope to include issues of broadly defined energy transition.
ICBT&ET brings together a wide range of specialists from numerous companies and countries. Achievements and new solutions in the production and operation of equipment will be presented, combining research results from universities and research centers, as well as industrial experience.
In previous editions, approximately 100 papers and announcements were presented. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Papers of the highest scientific and technical value will be published in journals with an appropriate impact factor. The conference will be conducted in Polish and English. Simultaneous translation is planned.

Directions of development and conversion of boilers

Conversion of coal-fired boilers into gaseous and liquid fuels with low CO2 emissions, e.g., H2, NH3, methanol, biogas, biomethane
Conversion of coal-fired boilers for the combustion and co-combustion of biomass and waste, as well as municipal waste and RDF
Boilers for large fuels with a grate and furnace Fluidized bed boilers
Biomass, biogas, and waste incineration boilers, recovery boilers
Boiler operation in a Circular Economy environment
Boiler modernization to meet the requirements of directives
Coal and biomass mills, mill installations, co-grinding
Auxiliary equipment for boilers, environmental protection devices
Innovative heat exchangers for the energy sector
Thermal disposal of municipal waste
New combustion systems, oxygen combustion, CO2 emission reduction
Boiler materials

Boiler operation in transitional states
Operation in cooperation with renewable energy sources
Combustion by-product management
Technologies for preparing renewable and waste fuels
Problems related to efficiency, flexibility, and reliability
Material diagnostics and component wear assessment
Methods for monitoring and improving operation
Problems related to erosion, corrosion, slagging, or contamination of heating surfaces
Control and regulation systems
Legal regulations regarding harmful substance emissions

The role and challenges of fossil fuels (coal, fuel oil, natural gas) in National Power
Systems (NPS) with a high share of renewable energy in the period of green
transformation
Carbon footprint of energy systems and the optimal composition of the energy mix in the
NPS
Renewable energy sources (biomass, biogas, waste) for generating electricity and heat in
the period of transition away from coal technologies
Renewable energy sources in heating plants and combined heat and power plants CHP
Alternative energy sources (synthetic fuels, nuclear power plants)
Boilers for various technologies (power plants, CHP, heating plants, chemical technology,
waste incineration, heat recovery)
Turbomachinery, heat exchangers, electrical and auxiliary equipment for energy systems
Sustainable energy generation e.g. hydrogen and ammonia utilization in power plants
Problems of efficiency, flexibility, and reliability;
Methods of control and improvement of operation;
Energy storage and management
Integrated energy systems
Materials for energy systems
Energy policy, markets, planning
Artificial intelligence methods in the transition of NPS to zero-emission operation.