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25th– 26th
March
2015
Gasification 2015
Prague, Czech Republic
ACI’s 4th annual Gasification summit will once again bring together senior executives from industry and academia to discuss the
latest commercial and technical developments, challenges and
research breakthroughs throughout the entire gasification market.
Registration is Simple
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information, you can contact Mohammad Ahsan by using any of the
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The conference will have a focus on the latest technologies in
operation in the global gasification industry and also includes an
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overview of the up to date and prospecting activity. Discuss the
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technical challenges faced while chasing the carbon reduction,
and the challenges faced during the commercialisation process
including the views from different end markets.
Agenda Committee Members
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http://www.acius.net
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ACI Europe, 5/13 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0NS
Kelvin Halliwell, Global General Manager Upstream
Licensing, Shell Global Solutions
Bram van der Drift, Gasification & Clean Gas Expert,
ECN
Juergen Karg, Head of Business Development IGCC,
Siemens Energy Sector
John Griffiths, Senior Consultant, Gasification Matters
Claudio Allevi, Planning & Technology Development
Manager, Saras S.p.A
Christiaan van der Meijden, Process & Mechanical
Engineer, Biomass Energy Engineering
Juhani Isaksson, Director, Gasification, Pulp, Paper
and Power, Valmet
Silvio Arienti, Power Division Process Manager,
Amec Foster Wheeler
The two day conference will comprise of a series of informative
presentations combined with a number of IGCC case studies from
senior industry executives and experts. There will be a roundtable
session encouraging information exchange among you and other
attendees. Furthermore, this two days event offers excellent networking opportunities in order to maximize the benefits from your
Who Should Attend
Leading power generation companies, oil refining and petrochemical
industry including: managers, directors & engineers of gasification, biomass or clean coal technology, power generation, processing technologies, R&D and new technologies, renewable strategy, sustainable technologies, environment and CO2 managers, CTOs, COOs as well as business development executives from technical service providers, consultants and regulators.
participation.
Sponsorship and Exhibiting Opportunities
Companies can gain direct access to our senior level audience and
have an increased level of visibility through branding and networking
at the conference. For information on available sponsorship and commercial opportunities, please contact Victor Kinlock on:
Join Our Panel of Speakers
If you would like to submit an abstract and be considered as a speaker
at the event, please contact:
Stergios Zacharakis
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3141 0609
+44 20 3141 0626
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Gasification 2015
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DAY 1
Wednesday 25th March 2015
08:00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
08:45
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING ADDRESS
11:30
▪ Wa s te ga s i fi ca ti on technol ogy overvi ew
▪ Pl a s ma ga s i fi ca ti on, technol ogy s ta tus ,
el ectri ci ty cons umpti on
▪ Project exa mpl es
Bra m va n der Drift
Innovation Manager Gasification
ECN
09:00
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
Government
Approvals/Regulations
Stakeholder Engagement
Chri s tiaan Van Der Meijden
Process & Mechanical Engineer
&
▪ Cha l l enges i n the Europea n ma rket: Low
CO2 a nd regul a ti ons uncerta i nty
▪ EU NER 300 progra m upda tes a ffecti ng
ga s i fi ca ti on i ndus try
▪ Impa ct of envi ronmenta l s a fety s ta nda rds
on ga s i fi ca ti on technol ogi es
Biomass Energy Engineering
12:15
PANEL DISCUSSION
Market Updates & Forecasts for Gasification
Focusing on Feedstock, Applications and
Technical & Commercial Challenges
▪ Coa l vs . non-coa l technol ogi es : Wha t a re
the s i mi l a ri ti es a nd wa ys for overcomi ng
ba rri ers
▪ Repoweri ng of fos s i l fuel fi red boi l ers
▪ Movi ng beyond the power s ector: Focus on
chemi ca l s a nd bi ofuel s
▪ Techni ca l a nd economi c cha l l enges of
downs trea m ga s cl ea ni ng
▪ Performa nce a nd pl a tform chemi ca l s i n a
tra di ti ona l oi l refi nery. Combi na ti on of
proces s es ,
e.g.
thermochemi ca l
a nd
bi ochemi ca l or combi na ti on of renewa bl es
Pa vl ína Kulhánková
Director of Environmental Department
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Czech Republic
Roma n Portužák
Manager For Contact With Industry
ENET - VŠB
& Past director of Power Engineering
department, Ministry of Industry and Trade
09:45
Waste gasification as the Big Market
Opportunity
CONFERENCE SESSION
Gasification Project Finance & Economics
▪ Fi na nci ng: a va i l a bi l i ty of pri va te &
government funds
▪ The cha l l enge of project fi na nce, due
di l i gence for the contra ct wi th the EPC
compa ny, ROI a nd the pa yba ck peri od. Wha t
i s the i ns ura nce potenti a l ?
▪ The runni ng cos ts of ga s i fi ca ti on fa ci l i ti es ,
pa s s i ng the economi c tes t
10:30
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
11:00
CONFERENCE SESSION
Plasma Gasification; Waste as the Big Market
Opportunity
▪ Pl a s ma ga s i fi ca ti on: how a ttra cti ve a nd
ea s y of a technol ogy i s i t? The ca s e of
pa ra s i ti c power cons umpti on
▪ On-goi ng
projects , UK
a cti vi ty. The
compa ri s on to combus ti on/i nci nera ti on?
▪ Pl a s ma ga s i fi ca ti on vs . other wa s te
ga s i fi ca ti on technol ogi es : the di fferent
feeds tocks a nd tempera tures
▪ Compa ri ng the rel i a bi l i ty of wa s te
ga s i fi ca ti on a ga i ns t the cos t of coa l
11:00
Wa l ter Howard
CEO
Alter NRG / Westinghouse
Plasma Corp
Al i son Kerester
Executive Director
Gasification Technologies Council
Chri s Higman
Principal
Higman Consulting GmbH
Juha ni Isaksson
Director, Gasification And Pyrolysis
Systems
Valmet
13:15
LUNCH
14:20
CONFERENCE SESSION
Challenges in Biomass Gasification Projects
▪ Rema i ni ng cha l l enges
a nd emergi ng
opportuni ti es
▪ SNG a s a product from bi oma s s : Future
opportuni ti es i n Europe
▪ Bi oma s s torrefa cti on potenti l a i n
14:20
Ma rc Perri n
International Markets Business
Manager
GDF Suez
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DAY 2
Thursday 26th March 2015
14:50
Petri Vesanto
Senior adviser, thermal energy
production
08:30
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09:00
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS
Novox Oy
15:20
Al i son Kerester
Executive Director
EQTEC Waste Gasification Technology coupled
to IC engines power plant
Lui s Sanchez Angril
General Manager
Gasification Technologies Council
09:05
Eqtec Iberia SL
16:10
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS
16:40
CONFERENCE SESSION
Production of Biofuels, Status & Promising
Developments
▪ Competi ti ve regi ona l ma rket focus : Chi na ’s
ga s i fi ca ti on devel opments
▪ The expa ns i on of ga s i fi ca ti on i n As i a a nd
more s peci fi ca l l y i n Chi na for producti on of
l i qui d fuel , SNG a nd chemi ca l s from coa l
▪ The potenti a l of producti on of H2 a nd
power from refi nery res i dues (petcoke,
hea vy oi l , a s pha l t) i n As i a n countri es
▪ The ca s e of regi ons or countri es l i ke Indi a
wi th a dequa te but l ow qua l i ty coa l
res erves , hea vi l y dependent on i mport of
coa l s
▪ 2nd genera ti on bi ofuel s vi a ga s i fi ca ti on;
overvi ew of pi l ot a nd commerci a l projects
i n Europe
▪ Ma rket opportuni ti es ; how to s ta rt new
i ndus try wi thi n bi ofuel s
▪ New devel opments i n bi ojet
▪ Syncrude a nd GTL upda tes
16:40
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
Identifying Gasification Project Opportunities
Outside Europe
Rei nhard Rauch
Chri s Higman
Senior Researcher
Bioenergy2020+/Technical
Principal
Higman Consulting GmbH
University Vienna
17:10
The GoBiGas Project – Gasification of forest
residues in a large demonstration scale
09:50
CONFERENCE SESSION
Unlock the Power of Coal Through Gasification
▪ Adva ncements i n technol ogy devel opments
dea l i ng wi th very l ow qua l i ty coa l s
▪ The cha l l enge of power producti on from
wet l i gni te i n Germa ny
▪ Ga s i fi ca ti on of l ow ra nk / hi gh a s h coa l s
a nd l i gni te
▪ Wha t i s the GoBi Ga s project a bout
▪ Techni ca l s ol uti on
▪ Project s ta tus a nd opera ti ona l progres s
Ma l i n Hedenskog
Project Manager Gasification GoBiGas
Goteborg Energi
Ja n Eurlings
17:55
Conceptual Design Manager
CLOSE OF DAY ONE
Sponsorship and Exhibition:
For commercial opportunities please
contact:
Victor Kinlock
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[email protected]
Essent/RWE
11:05
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
11:35
PANEL DISCUSSION
Lessons Learned in Large Scale IGCC
▪ Innova ti ons i n IGCC technol ogy
▪ Energy effi ci ency i mprovements
▪ Commi s s i oni ng a nd s ta rt-up of pl a nts ; ti me
for s ta rt-up; s ta nd-by condi ti on
▪ Addres s i ng the bi oma s s co-ga s i fi ca ti on
▪ Ga s i fi ca ti on of refi nery res i dues
▪ Co-producti on of H2 a nd power i n IGCC to
s upport IGCC economi cs
▪ Cos t of power producti on i n IGCC
▪ Hi gh hydrogen, l ow ca rbon ga s turbi ne
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15:15
Ja n Eurlings
Conceptual Design Manager
Essent/RWE
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
Alternative Ways to Progress in Gasification
Technology & Small Scale Developments
▪ Producti on of SNG from ga s i fi ca ti on (coa l or
bi oma s s to SNG)
▪ Uti l i za ti on of a l terna ti ve fuel s through
ga s i fi ca ti on i n proces s i ndus try furna ces
▪ Bi oma s s & wa s te ga s i fi ca ti on for s ma l l er
s i ze uni ts
▪ Cros s over
technol ogi es
a nd l es s ons
l ea rned from the compa ri s on of l a rge a nd
s ma l l s ca l e devel opments
Cl a udio Allevi
Industrial Development Manager
Saras S.p.A.
Juergen Ka rg
Energy Sector
Power Generation Division
Siemens AG
Da vi d Banitt
CEO
NewCO2fuels Ltd.
12:50
LUNCH
14:00
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Table 1
Gasification for Chemicals
▪ Petrochemi s try ma rket a nd ga s i fi ca tion
▪ The ca s e of na phtha cra cki ng. Wha t i s the
pl a n wi th exi s ting ga s i fi ers a nd wha t
opportuni ties a ri s e? How ca n thi s be
combi ned wi th recycl i ng a nd reduci ng CO2
footpri nt cha l l enges ?
▪ Bi o-Metha ne production
16:00
CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING REMARKS
16:10
END OF CONFERENCE & NETWORKING
REFRESHMENTS
Table 2
CCS as part of the gasification project
development
▪ Compa ri s on of ga s i fi ca tion vs . conventiona l
power pl a nts wi th & wi thout CCS
▪ CCS i n UK a nd Europea n s upport mecha ni s m
for CCS projects (NER300)
▪ Appl i ca tions of CCS i n i ndus tri a l s ectors
l i ke chemi ca l s , metha ne production, GtL
Excellent Networking Opportunities
Table 3
Underground Coal Gasification
▪ UCG: The pa thwa y for commerci a l i s a tion
a nd technol ogi ca l cha l l enges
Krzys ztof Sta ńczyk
Head of Dept. of Energy Saving and Air
Protection,Central Mining Institute
& HUGE2 Project coordinator
Panel Discussions Covering Key
issues
For Speaking Opportunities
If you would like to give a 30-45 min presentation at
the conference please contact:
Stergios Zacharakis
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3141 0609 or
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Actively Participate with your Questions
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