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.
The conference will have a focus on the latest technologies in
operation in the global gasification industry and also includes an
overview of the up to date and prospecting activity. Discuss the
technical challenges faced while chasing the carbon reduction,
and the challenges faced during the commercialisation process
including the views from different end markets.
Registration is Simple
If you would like to register for this event or wish to find out more
information, you can contact Mohammad Ahsan by using any of the
following methods:
+44 20 3141 0606
[email protected]
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Postal
ACI Europe, 5/13 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0NS
Agenda Committee Members
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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
Who Should Attend
Silvio Arienti, Power Division Process Manager, Fos-
Leading power generation companies, oil refining and petrochemical
The two day conference will comprise of a series of informative
industry including: managers, directors & engineers of gasification, bio-
presentations combined with a number of IGCC case studies from
mass or clean coal technology, power generation, processing technolo-
senior industry executives and experts. There will be a roundtable
gies, R&D and new technologies, renewable strategy, sustainable tech-
session encouraging information exchange among you and other
nologies, environment and CO2 managers, CTOs, COOs as well as busi-
attendees. Furthermore, this two days event offers excellent net-
ness development executives from technical service providers, consult-
working opportunities in order to maximize the benefits from your
ants 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 com-
mercial opportunities, please contact Sylvester Gabriel on:
Join Our Panel of Speakers
+44 20 3141 0637
If you would like to submit an abstract and be considered as a speaker
at the event, please contact:
[email protected]
Stergios Zacharakis
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3141 0609
http://www.acius.net
Postal Address:
ACI Europe, 5/13 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0NS
Email: [email protected]
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Gasification 2015
Prague, Czech Republic
DAY 1
Wednesday 25th March 2015
08:00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
08:45
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING ADDRESS
12:15
Bra m va n der Drift
Innovation Manager Gasification
ECN
09:00
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
Government Approvals/Regulations
Stakeholder Engagement
▪ 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
&
▪ 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
09:45
PANEL DISCUSSION
Market Updates & Forecasts for Gasification
Focusing on Feedstock, Applications and
Technical & Commercial Challenges
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
Executive Director
Gasification Technologies Council
Chri s Higman
Principal
Higman Consulting GmbH
13:00
LUNCH
14:00
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 a l
in
ga s i fi ca ti on
14:00
Ma rc Perri n
International Markets Business
Manager
GDF Suez
Wa l ter Howard
CEO
Alter NRG / Westinghouse
Plasma Corp
11:30
Al i son Kerester
14:30
Project Manager Gasification
GoBiGas
Waste gasification as the Big Market
Opportunity
▪ 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
Ma l i n Hedenskog
15:00
EQTEC Waste Gasification Technology coupled
to IC engines power plant
Lui s Sanchez Angril
General Manager
Eqtec Iberia SL
Chri s tiaan Van Der Meijden
Process & Mechanical Engineer
Biomass Energy Engineering
15:50
AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS
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Gasification 2015
Prague, Czech Republic
16:15
CONFERENCE SESSION
Production of Biofuels, Status & Promising
Developments
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
▪ 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
Rei nhard Rauch
Senior Researcher
Bioenergy2020+/Technical
Cl a udio Allevi
University Vienna
Industrial Development Manager
17:30
Saras S.p.A.
CLOSE OF DAY ONE
Juergen Ka rg
DAY 2
Energy Sector
Power Generation Division
Thursday 26th March 2015
Siemens AG
08:30
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09:00
CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS
Al i son Kerester
Executive Director
Gasification Technologies Council
09:05
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
Identifying Gasification Project Opportunities
Outside Europe
▪ 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
Chri s Higman
Principal
Higman Consulting GmbH
09:50
LUNCH
14:00
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Table 1
Gasification for Chemicals
▪ Petrochemi s try ma rket a nd ga s i fi ca ti on
▪ The ca s e of na phtha cra cki ng. Wha t i s the
pl a n wi th exi s ti ng ga s i fi ers a nd wha t
opportuni ti es 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 producti on
Table 2
CCS as part of the gasification project
development
▪ Compa ri s on of ga s i fi ca ti on vs . conventi ona 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 ti ons of CCS i n i ndus tri a l s ectors
l i ke chemi ca l s , metha ne producti on, GtL
Table 3
Underground Coal Gasification
▪ UCG: The pa thwa y for commerci a l i s a ti on
a nd technol ogi ca l cha l l enges
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
11:05
12:50
Sponsorship and Exhibition:
For commercial opportunities please
contact:
Sylvester Gabriel
+44 (0) 20 3141 0637
[email protected]
MORNING REFRESHMENTS
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Gasification 2015
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15:15
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
Excellent Networking Opportunities
Da vi d Banitt
CEO
NewCO2fuels Ltd.
16:00
CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING REMARKS
16:10
END OF CONFERENCE & NETWORKING
REFRESHMENTS
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
[email protected]
Actively Participate with your
Questions
Knowledge Sharing During Informal Round Table
Discussions
In-Depth & Informative Formal Presentations
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