Thursday, November 11, 2010


2010 Gasification Technologies Council
Annual Conference Papers Now Available On Line


The 2010 GTC conference is now history, and quite an event it was. It took place November 1-3 in Wash DC and there were plenty of important project updates and technology developments that highlighted jam-packed program.

The event attracted more than 600 attendees from all over the world, and from a myriad of industries related to the growing application of gasification technologies as a preferred way to utilize a variety of energy feedstock.

With permission of the GTC, we are providing a copy of the conference program and direct links to all of the presentations.

Look for special coverage of the conference highlights in the upcoming issue of Gas Turbine World Magazine.


Jump to a date:
Monday, November 1 Tuesday, November 2 Wednesday, November 3


Sunday, October 31

1:00 - 3:30 pm GTC Fall Membership Meeting
4:00 - 7:00 Conference Registration - Registration Desk
5:00 - 7:00 Opening Reception - Exhibit Hall
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Monday, November 1

7:00 am Conference Registration and Check-In - Registration Desk
Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
8:00 am Opening Sessions & Introductions - Marriott Ballroom
8:30 am Keynote Address
Matthew L. Wald
The New York Times
9:00 am Project & Technology Updates I
Session Chair: Lee Schmoe, Bechtel Corporation
E-Gas Technology 2010 Outlook
Phil Amick, ConocoPhillips
Updates on Key Projects on Three Continents
Keith White, GE Energy - Gasification
Heavy Residue Gasification in Today's World
Michiel Mak, Shell Gasificaion & Clean Coal Energy
Siemens Technology Advances and Project Development Activities
Harry Morehead, Siemens Energy, Inc.
KBR’s Transport Gasifier - Technology Advancements & Recent Successes
Siva Ariyapadi, Kellogg Brown & Root
10:30 am Break - Exhibit Hall
11:30 am Project & Technology Updates II
Session Chair: David Denton, Eastman Chemical
Further Developments and Commercial Progress of the BGL Gasification Technology
Hans Hirschfelder, Envirotherm GmbH
Update on New Projects & Design Development with the Lurgi FBDB Gasifier
Max-Michael Weiss, Lurgi GmbH
Technical Update of the MHI Air Blown and Oxygen Blown Gasifier
Hiromi Ishii, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Overview of the Kemper County IGCC Project Using Transport Integrated Gasification
Randall Rush, Southern Company Gasification
OMB Gasification - Industrial Application Updates of Slurry Feeding and Developments of Dry Feeding
Prof. Haifeng Liu, Institute of Clean Coal Technology
1:00 pm Lunch - Exhibit Hall
2:30 pm Emerging Biomass & Secondary Materials Gasification Opportunities I
Session Chair: R.A. Olliver, Aplethora Energy Services
PRB Coal and Coal/Biomass Gasification Activities at Emery Energy Company's New Pilot Facility
Benjamin Phillips, Emery Energy
Uhde Biomass and Coal Gasification: Applying Fluidized Bed and Entrained Flow Gasification
Karsten Radtke, Uhde Corporation
Biomass Gasification for the Production of SNG: A Practical Route through Available and New Technologies
Rosa Domenichini, Foster Wheeler S.p.A.
4:00 pm Break - Exhibit Hall
5:00 pm Emerging Biomass & Secondary Materials Gasification Opportunities II
Session Chair: R.A. Olliver, Aplethora Energy Services
Plasma Gasification: Integrated Facility Solutions for Multiple Waste Streams
Pieter van Nierop, Alter NRG Corp.
Poornima Sharma, Technip USA, Inc.
TPRI Technology and Future Fuels Projects Updates
William Douglas, Future Fuels LLC
Coskata's Syngas-to-Ethanol Platform
Ralph Corley, Coskata, Inc.
6:00 pm Adjourn
6:00 - 8:00 pm Reception - Exhibit Hall
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Tuesday, November 2

7:00 am Conference Registration and Check-In - Registration Desk
Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
8:00 am Keynote Address
Donald Hodel
Chairman and Senior Vice President, Summit Power
8:30 am Energy Market & Environmental Gasification Drivers
Session Chair: Neville Holt, EPRI
Coal to SNG via Gasification: Efficiency, Environmental and Economic Benefits
Dale Simbeck, SFA Pacific
Implications of Greater Reliance on Natural Gas for Electricity Generation
Catherine M. Elder, Aspen Environmental Group
POSCO Gwangyang SNG Project
Cliff Keeler, ConocoPhillips
A New Look at Lignite: A Central European Perspective
Wojtek Ksiazkiewicz, SNC Lavalin
A Strategic Fuel Switch From Natural Gas to Local Lignite: Development of the Komsomolsk Gasification Project
Marco Kanaar, Gasification Solutions
10:00 am Break - Exhibit Hall
11:00 am Gasification's Carbon Management Advantage
Session Chair: Michael DeLallo, WorleyParsons
Overview of the DOE Industrial Carbon Capture & Storage Program
Darren Mollot, U.S. Department of Energy, Fossil Energy
Pathways to Improved IGCC Performance and Economics with Carbon Capture and Storage
Ron Schoff, EPRI
Advanced Hydrogen and CO2 Capture Technology for Sour Syngas
Jeff Kloosterman, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
CCS Options & Cost Reductions with New SELEXOLTM Flow Schemes
Raj Palla, UOP LLC
Wandoan IGCC with CCS Project - Development Challenges & Opportunities
Chris Walker, Stanwell Corporation
12:30 pm Lunch - Exhibit Hall
2:00 pm In Situ Coal Gasification
Session Chair: George Gruber, Black & Veatch
Update on the Linc Energy Chinchilla UCG Project
Don Schofield, Linc Energy
Swan Hills in Situ Coal Gasification and Power Generation
Doug Shaigec, Swan Hills Synfuels
3:00 pm Break - Exhibit Hall
4:00 pm Addressing Project Economics
Session Chair: Doug Todd, Process Power Plants LLC
Coal Gasification: Delivering Performance in Chinese Operations & Developing Technology Deployment Solutions
Jim Volk, Shell Gasification & Clean Coal Energy
The Cost Estimating Process for the Taylorville Energy Center
Jim Welniak, Tenaska
Revving Up Reliability, Availability & Maintainability: Applying Experience to Improve Plant Performance
DeLome Fair, GE Energy - Gasification
New Technologies and Projects Based on Topsoe's Knowledge of Downstream Gasification Technologies
Jens Perregaard, Haldor Topsoe A/S
Cleanly Unlocking the Value of Low Rank Coal
Carrie Thompson, Synthesis Energy Systems
Reduction of CAPEX in Coal Milling and Drying Units
Tobias Korz, Loesche GmbH
5:30 pm Adjourn (evening open)
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Wednesday, November 3

7:00 am Conference Registration and Check-In - Registration Desk
Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
8:00 am Advances in Gasification Technologies I
Session Chair: Jenny Tennant, U.S. DOE/NETL
ConocoPhillips E-STR Technology Development for Lignite Gasification
Albert Tsang, ConocoPhillips
Scale-up of the RTI Warm Syngas Cleanup Process at the Polk Power Station IGCC
Raghubir Gupta, RTI International
Accelerating Commercialization and Deployment of Advanced Gasification Technology Through Multiphase Modeling
Chris Guenther, U.S. DOE/NETL
Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Technology for Lower-Cost Oxygen Production
Robert Steele, EPRI
Building on History: the Next Generation of Technology
Joe Zuiker, GE Energy, Gasification
9:30 am Break - Exhibit Hall
10:30 am Advances in Gasification Technologies II
Session Chair: Phil Amick, ConocoPhillips
Compact Gasification Development & Test Status
Alan K. Darby, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Results and Evaluations of the 5,000 Hour Durability Test at the Nakoso Air Blown IGCC Plant
Tsutomu Watanabe, Clean Coal Power R&D Co., Ltd.
Low-Swirl Combustion Technology for Advanced IGCC Systems
David Littlejohn, U.S. DOE/LBNL
Rectisol Wash Acid Gas Removal for Polygeneration Concepts Downstream of Gasification
Thomas Haberle, Ulvi Kerestcioglu, Linde Engineering
12:00 pm Conference Adjourns
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