2006 Environmental Controls Conference Pittsburgh, PA May 16-18, 2006
Preliminary Agenda [PDF-42KB] TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from Thomas A. Sarkus [PDF-14KB] Call for Papers Conference Objective Who Should Attend Registration [PDF-128KB] Things to do in Pittsburgh Hotel & Transportation Information [PDF-33KB] Local Attractions & Restaurants near Hotel [PDF-9KB] Foreign National Visitor Notice Foreign National Visitor's Form (NETL F142.1) [PDF-103KB]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Session 1 : Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) for NOx Control

Session 2 : Techniques for Managing Sulfur Trioxide (SO₃)
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will sponsor the Environmental Controls Conference on May 16-18 2006, at the Holiday Inn Select (soon to be renamed Crowne Plaza ) in Pittsburgh, PA. Session 1 of the Conference is scheduled for May 16 and 17, 2006 and was formerly known as the SCR/SNCR Conference, last held in 2003. The SCR/SNCR session will be followed this year by the SO3 session on May 18, 2006.

Session 1: SCR/SNCR for NOx Control
Technical, economic and regulatory ramifications of post-combustion NOx reduction technologies will be discussed. Presentations on NOx control for all fossil fuels and all types of combustors are welcome. We invite you to submit a request to present on potential topics, such as, but not necessarily limited to:

Please submit an electronic abstract of approximately 100 words by March 17, 2006 in either Word or PDF format. You will be notified by March 27, 2006 of the status of your submittal. Upon acceptance by DOE, we will request a results-oriented, 500-1,000 word summary of your presentation (hard copy and electronic format), which will be due a few weeks before the Conference. The summary is not an abstract, and must not contain figures or tables. These summaries will be published in the proceedings (distributed at the Conference) and placed on the National Energy Technology Laboratory's website ( http://www.netl.doe.gov ). This Conference is low-cost and informal. To keep the presentations vigorous, up-to-date, and informal, no further documentation, such as a complete text of the paper, will be required.

You may request to present your paper orally or by a poster presentation. Please state your choice with your 100-word abstract submittal and include the street address, email address, and telephone number of the primary author, or the contact information for the presenter if it is different from the author. Time limitations may make it necessary to place some requests for oral presentations in the poster sessions.

Viewgraphs, Power Point presentations, slides, etc. are not included in the published Proceedings. However, the presenters are welcome to make visual materials available in handout form at the Conference. Power Point presentations will be posted on the NETL website if submitted at the time of the presentation. Members of the audience wishing to follow-up on a presentation will be asked to communicate directly with the presenter.

These NETL Specialty Conferences are generally attended by several hundred professionals representing numerous power generating companies with several foreign companies represented as well. Historically, the audience consists of largely industrial and utility engineers and managers, state regulators, federal and state government personnel, entrepreneurial companies, individual consultants, and academia.

Please send your abstract to Pam Stanley at:

National Energy Technology Laboratory
Event Management
P.O. Box 880 , MS A09
Morgantown , WV 26507-0880
Phone: 304/285-4108
Fax: 304/285-4459
Email: pamela.stanley@eg.netl.doe.gov

Conference Objective
The 2006 Environmental Controls Conference consists of two sessions. Session 1, Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) for NOX Control, will provide a forum for attendees to address various issues, including emissions regulations, commercial implementation of SCR and SNCR for both coal and non-coal applications, and chemical reagent considerations. SCR and SNCR are the two major post-combustion technologies capable of meeting NOX emissions standards required by Title I of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. Session 1 is the only conference in the world that focuses solely on this topic, and is recognized by many attendees as the premier meeting of its type each year.

Session 2, Techniques for Managing Sulfur Trioxide (SO3), will focus on problems associated with SO3 formation, measurement and impacts on process and control equipment utilized in both coal-and oil-fired boilers.

The main objective of the 2006 Conference is to bring together a wide range of representatives of the power generation industry, the research community, and governmental regulatory agencies to learn about the latest developments on these subjects, along with projections of future activities.

Who Should Attend
Everyone is welcome; however, this conference is aimed toward engineers, scientists, educators, power plant owners and operators involved in combustion and pollution control, with particular emphasis on catalytic and non-catalytic processes for post-combustion NOX reduction and SO3 control.

Foreign National Visitor Notice
NETL supports an active program of unclassified visits and assignments by foreign nationals for the benefit of its programs. The program is essential to ensure that these visits and assignments are conducted under prescribed conditions in a manner consistent with programmatic, U.S. and DOE national security policies, requirements, and objectives, including export control laws and regulations.

For the purposes of DOE Policy 142.1 and DOE Notice 142.1, a foreign national is any person who is not a U.S. Citizen and includes permanent resident aliens. Non U.S. citizens wishing to attend this meeting must submit a Foreign National Visitor's Form (NETL F142.1) [PDF-103KB] at least 45 days prior to the meeting. Any forms submitted to NETL less than 45 days will be submitted for review with an understanding that approval to participate at this event may not be granted. If approval is not granted, the foreign national attendee will not be permitted to attend. There are no exceptions. It is the responsibility of any foreign national planning to attend this event to coordinate with NETL Event Management.

Please submit the NETL Foreign National Visitor Form F142.1 [PDF-103KB] as soon as possible to NETL Event Management.

NETL Event Management
P.O. Box 880 , MS A09
Morgantown , West Virginia 26507-0880
Telephone: (304)285-4108
Fax: (304)285-4459
E-mail: pamela.stanley@eg.netl.doe.gov