Conferences & Events

2009 GTC Conference Presentations

Gasification Technologies Conference 2009
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Monday, October 5 Tuesday, October 6 Wednesday, October 7


Monday, October 5
7:00 am Conference Registration and Check-In (on-going)
Registration Desk
8:00 am Opening Sessions & Introductions
8:30 am Keynote Address
  Honorable Dave Freudenthal
Governor of Wyoming
9:00 am Roundtable Discussion: Securing Project Financing in a Challenging Economic Environment
Moderator: Herb Kosstrin, R.W. Beck
  Bart Ford
Tenaska, Inc.
  Paul Mitchell
Eastman Chemical Company
  Michael Pantelogianis
West LB
  David Siever
Capital Technology, Inc.
10:00 am Break
Exhibit Hall
11:00 am Plant Performance, Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
  Project Designs fot IGCC & SNG with CO2 Sequestration
Ron Herbanek, ConocoPhillips
  RAM Development for Gasification and IGCC Plants
Dr. Ariane Sutor, Siemens AG
  Gasification to Meet Refinery Hydrogen, Electricity, and Steam Demands: Availability vs Costs
Silvio Arienti, Foster Wheeler Italiana S.p.A
  ASU/IGCC Integration Strategies
David McCarthy, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
  Delivering performance in Chinese operations
Michiel Mak, Shell Clean Coal Energy
12:30 pm Lunch
Exhibit Hall
2:00 pm Carbon Management 1 - Gasification Power Projects with Carbon Capture in Development
  Rebirth of FutureGen at Mattoon
Dave Brown, FutureGen Alliance
  Hydrogen Energy California – Project Update
Craig Skinner, BP
  ZeroGen Project Update
Dr. Chris Greig, ZeroGen
  GreenGen - Near Zero Emission Coal Based Power Demonstration Project in China
Dr. Xu Shisen, Thermal Power Research Institute
3:30 pm Break
Exhibit Hall
4:30 pm Project Updates - Power, Chemicals, and Fuels
  Kentucky NewGas Permit Development and Progress
Cliff Keeler, ConocoPhillips
  Edwardsport IGCC – Moving Forward
Dennis Zupan, Duke Energy
  ExxonMobil Methanol to Gasoline (MTG) Technology - An Alternative for Liquid Fuel Production
Mitch Hindman, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co.
  Mitsubishi IGCC Project Updates
Koichi Sakamoto, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
  Startup of the 2000TPD OMB Gasifier at Jiangsu Linggu Chemical and Other Activities Updates
Dr. Zhijie Zhou, East China University of Science & Technology
6:00 pm Adjourn
6:00 - 8:00 pm Reception — sponsored by Veolia Water Solutions
Exhibit Hall
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Tuesday, October 6
7:00 am Conference Registration and Check-In (on-going)
Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:00 am Carbon Management 2
  Prospects for Gasification in a Carbon Constrained World: A European Perspective
Fausto Ferrari, Saipem S.p.A
  The Electric Power Research Institute's Large-Scale Demonstration Program for a Low-Carbon Future
Ron Schoff, EPRI
  Comparison of CO2 Capture Costs for Coal Power Plants: What Scenarios Favor IGCC?
Bob Slettehaugh, Black & Veatch
  Purification of CO2 for Sequestration and Low Emissions Venting
Leo Bonnell, SNC Lavalin
9:30 am Break
Exhibit Hall
10:30 am Diversifying the Resource Base with Biomass & Secondary Materials
  Pulp Mills - The Optimum Location for Biorefineries
Ingvar Landälv, Chemrec AB
  An Overview of the Thermoselect Technology
Frank Campbell, Interstate Waste Technologies
  Alter NRG Plasma Gasification System for Waste and Biomass Gasification
Pieter van Nierop, AlterNRG
  Deploying the PEM Waste Conversion System
Jeffrey Surma, S4 Energy Solutions
12:00 pm Lunch
Exhibit Hall
1:30 pm Project Updates 1
  Siemens IGCC and Gasification Activities: North America & China
Harry Morehead, Siemens Energy, Inc.
  PRENFLO PSG and PDQ: Update on Operation & Projects
Karsten Radtke, Uhde
  GE: Current Projects & Policy Needs
Monte Atwell, GE Energy
  Shell Coal Gasification – Leading Technology Across Multiple Applications
Evert van Holthoon, Shell Global Solutions International
3:00 pm Break
Exhibit Hall
4:00 pm Project & Technology Updates
  Second Year Operation Results of CCP's Nakoso 250MW Air-blown IGCC Demonstration Plant
Yoshitaka Ishibashi, Clean Coal Power R&D Co., Ltd.
  Commercial Development of the SES U-GAS Gasification Technology
Francis Lau, Synthesis Energy Systems
  Air-blown Gasification for Ammonia Poly-generation Using Low-rank Coals
David Wakefield, Econo-Power International Corporation
  Southern California Edison - Clean Hydrogen Power Generation Project Status & Technology Overview
Jenifer Hedrick, Southern California Edison
Satish Gadde, WorleyParsons Group, Inc.
  Lurgi Clean Coal Technology - A New Name, but a Well-Proven Technology Back to Lurgi
Max-Michael Weiss, Lurgi GmbH/Air Liquide Group, Germany
5:30 pm Adjourn (evening open)
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Wednesday, October 7
7:00 am Conference Registration and Check-In (on-going)
Continental Breakfast & Exhibits
8:00 am Improving the Technologies: What's on the Horizon
  Building on History - The Next Generation of Technology
Joe Zuiker, GE Energy
  Meeting Staged CO2 Capture Requirements with the UOP SELEXOL Process
Raj Palla, UOP
  RTI/Eastman Warm Syngas Clean-up Technology: Integration with Carbon Capture
Raghubir Gupta, RTI International
  Gasification for the Next Generation: Zero Emissions Energy Plants
Bruce Bernard, Zero Emissions Energy Plants
9:30 am Break
Exhibit Hall
10:30 am Advances in Technologies, Addressing Challenges of Cost, Efficiency, and Climate Change
  Compact Gasification System Development Status
Alan Darby, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
  ITM Oxygen: Taking the Next Step
VanEric Stein, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
  Performance and Cost Comparisons of Alternate IGCC Based CO2 Capture Technologies
John Plunkett, Noblis
  The Potential of Advanced Technologies to Reduce IGCC Carbon Capture Costs
Kristen Gerdes, U.S. DOE/NETL
  Fossil Energy Cost and Performance: Western Coal Baseline Study
Jeff Hoffman, U.S. DOE/NETL
  Monitoring Pilot-Scale Coal Gasifier Flames with UV-VIS Spectroscopic Sensor
Serguei Zelepouga, Gas Technology Institute
12:30 pm Conference Adjourns
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