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2008 GTC Conference Program

Gasification Technologies Conference 2008

Updated: 9/23/08
Note: Conference attire is business casual; ties are optional
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Sunday, October 5 Monday, October 6 Tuesday, October 7 Wednesday, October 8


Sunday, October 5

1:30 - 4:30 pm Meeting of GTC Board of Directors
 
4:00 - 7:00 pm Conference Registration
5:00 - 7:00 pm Opening Reception
Exhibit Hall


Monday, October 6

7:00 am - 5:00 pm Conference Registration and Check-In (on-going)
Registration Desk
8:00 am Opening Sessions & Introductions
8:30 am Keynote Address
  Honorable Newt Gingrich
Former Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
9:00 am Roundtable Discussion: Energy, Environment & Public Policy: What Direction, What Trends?
Moderator: Monica Trauzzi, Managing Editor/Host, E&E TV
  Kipp A. Coddington
Alston + Bird LLP
  Kevin Book
FBR Capital Markets Corporation
  Chiara Trabucchi
Industrial Economics, Inc.
10:00 am Break
Exhibit Hall
11:00 am CO2 Management, Session 1
  The Risks, Costs & Uncertainties of Geologic CO2 Storage
John Tombari, Schlumberger Carbon Services
  Well-to-Wheels Limited Life-cycle Greenhouse Emissions from Coal and Biomass Synthetic Fuel Production
Thomas Tarka, U.S. DOE, NETL
  GE's Carbon Island: A Solution to Public Policy Uncertainty
Keith White, GE Energy
  Feedstock Impact on an IGCC Plant with CO2 Capture
Ron Herbanek, ConocoPhillips
12:30 pm Lunch
Exhibit Hall
1:45 pm CO2 Management, Session 2
  Industry IGCC Technology Demonstration Projects with CCS
Ron Schoff, EPRI
  ZeroGen Low Emission Technology
Dr. Anthony Tarr, ZeroGen Pty., Ltd.
  Evaluation of Possible Installation of CO2 Capture Facilities in an Existing IGCC Plant
Claudio Allevi, Sarlux
  Reducing the Carbon Footprint with Combined Carbo-V® and CCG Gasification Technologies
Tom Blades, Choren Industries
  IGCC and Its Role in Advancing Coal Carbon Policy
Norman Shilling, GE Energy
3:30 pm Break
Exhibit Hall
4:30 pm Fuels Production: Substitute Natural Gas
  Factors Affecting SNG Economics
Oliver Morgan, Fluor
  South Heart SNG Project
Rhem Wooten, Allied Syngas Corporation
  Lurgi's Methanation Technology for Production of Substitute Natural Gas from Coal
Max-Michael Weiss, Lurgi GmbH
5:30 pm Adjourn
6:00 - 8:00 pm Reception — sponsored by Veolia Water Solutions
Exhibit Hall
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Tuesday, October 7

7:00 am Conference Registration and Check-In (on-going)
Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:00 am Power Generation – Update on Plant Performance & Projects in Development
  Wabash River Operations Update
Richard Payonk, ConocoPhillips
  PRENFLO PSG and PDQ: Latest Developments based on 10 years Operating Experience at Elcogas IGCC, Puertollano, Spain
Karsten Radtke, Uhde GmbH
  First Year Operation Results of CCP’s Nakoso 250 MW Air-Blown IGCC Demonstration Plant
Yoshitaka Ishibashi, Clean Coal Power R&D Co., Ltd.
  An Update on the Edwardsport IGCC
Rex Sears, Duke Energy
  Update on Mesaba IGCC Project
Richard Stone, Excelsior Energy
  Somerset Power Plant Refueling Through Plasma Gasification
Rick Bower, Alter NRG
10:00 am Break
Exhibit Hall
11:00 am Gasification Market Opportunities & Challenges
  North American Petroleum Coke Gasification Opportunities
Michael Culligan, ConocoPhillips
  Siemens Gasification & IGCC Update
Harry Morehead, Siemens Energy
  Shell Global Update & Outlook
Michiel Mak, Shell Clean Coal Energy
  Large Capacity IGCC for the U.S. Market
Koichi Sakamoto, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
12:30 pm Lunch
Exhibit Hall
1:45 pm Industrial Gasification & Polygeneration
  Shanghai Coking & Chemicals Coal to Chemicals Project
Minda Ho, Praxair
  Innovative Integration & High Availability at Air Products' Baytown, TX Polygeneration Syngas Plant
Chuck Higdon, Air Products and Chemicals
  Gasification for the Combined Production of Electric Power & Chemicals
Rosa Domenichini, Foster Wheeler Italiana
  Commissioning and Operation of Yun Tianan Chemical Company Ammonia Plant
Jiang Ling, Yun Tianan
3:30 pm Break
Exhibit Hall
4:30 pm Fuels Production: Motor Fuels
  An Alternative Route of Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Applying the ExxonMobil Methanol-to-Gasoline (MTG) Technology
Samuel Tabak, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
  A Transport Fuel Option for a Supply Sensitive Market
John C. Doyle, DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC
5:30 pm Adjourn (evening open)
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Wednesday, October 8

7:00 am Conference Registration and Check-In (on-going)
Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:00 am Plant Performance, Cost & Reliability, Session 1
  Technology and Operational Experience: The Shell Perspective
Evert Van Holthoon,, Shell Global Solutions International B.V.
  Fueling Change: Higher Capacity Coal Gasification
Pratima Rangarajan, GE Energy
  Optimizing Capex and Reliability of Gasification Facilities
Anthony Alderson, Jacobs Consultancy
  Handling of Trace Components in Rectisol Wash Units
Ulvi Keresteciogulu, Linde Process Plants, Inc.
10:00 am Break
Exhibit Hall
11:00 am Plant Performance, Cost & Reliability, Session 2
  Engineering Estimates for Gasification Projects
Leo Bonnell, SNC-Lavalin
  EPRI IGCC Study Cost and Performance Results
George Booras, EPRI
  Cost and Performance Baseline for Fossil Energy Power Plants – Volume 3: Low-Rank Coal to Electricity,
Jeffrey Hoffmann, U.S. DOE, NETL
12:00 pm Lunch
Exhibit Hall
1:30 pm Research, Development and Demonstration of New, Emerging Technologies, Session 1
  Status of RTI/Eastman Warm Gas Clean-up Technology & Commercialization Plans
Raghubir Gupta, RTI International
  OMB Gasification: New Developments and Update of Applications
Fucheng Wang, East China University of Science and Technology
  Powering Potential: Building a Global Center of Excellence at the University of Wyoming
William Gern, University of Wyoming
  Compact Gasification System Development
Jim Hartung, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
  Status of Hydrogen Membrane Development Program
Paul Grimmer, Eltron Research & Development
3:30 pm Break
Exhibit Hall
4:30 pm Research, Development and Demonstration of New, Emerging Technologies, Session 2
  Reduction of Energy Consumption in Methanol Distillation
Ashok Rao, University of California, Irvine
  Syngas Chemical Looping Process in a Coal-to-Liquids Configuration
Fanxing Li, The Ohio State University
  Technologies for the Design and Operation of Coal Gasification Processes
Paul Talley, AspenTech
  NETL IGCC Dynamic Simulator Research & Training Center Project
Stephen Zitney, U.S. DOE, NETL
6:00 pm Conference Adjourns (evening open)
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