2015 Gasification Systems and Coal & Coal-Biomass to Liquids (C&CBTL) Workshop

Workshop Summary 

Additional materials will be added when they are received from the author.

Presentations

Monday, August 10, 2015

• Welcome and Introduction
  Jenny Tennant, Technology Manager for Gasification and C&CBTL
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Wyoming Coal’s Role in the World–Recent Past, Present and Future
  Don Collins, CEO of the Western Research Institute

SESSION I

• Chemical Looping Gasification for Hydrogen Enhanced Syngas Production
  Liang-Shih Fan, The Ohio State University
• Limestone Chemical Looping
  Armand Levasseur, Alstom Power, Inc.

SESSION II

• Radically Engineered Modular Systems
  Christopher Matranga, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Praxair’s Oxygen Transport Membrane Technology for Syngas and Power Applications
  Juan Li, Praxair, Inc.
• Advanced Reactor Design for Integrated WGS/Pre-Combustion CO₂ Capture
  Gokhan Alptekin, TDA Research, Inc.

SESSION III

• Sorbent-Based Oxygen Production for Energy Systems
  Vijay Sethi, Western Research Institute
• Cost-Effective Air Separation System
  Gokhan Alptekin, TDA Research, Inc.
• A Cost-Effective Oxygen Separation System Based on Open Gradient Magnetic Field by Polymer Beads
  Raghuvir Singh, ITN Energy Systems, Inc.
• Production of High-Purity Oxygen via Membrane Contactor with Oxygen Carrier Solutions
  Shiguang Li, Gas Technology Institute
• Intermediate Temperature Nano-Structured Ceramic Hollow Fiber Membranes for Oxygen Separation
  Xingjian Xue, University of South Carolina

SESSION IV

• Advanced Gasifier and Water Gas Shift Technologies for Low-Cost Coal Conversion to High Hydrogen Syngas
  Don Stevenson, GTI
• Scale-Up of High Temperature Syngas Cleanup Technology
  Raghubir Gupta, RTI International
• Dry Solids Pump Coal Feed Technology
  Timothy Saunders, GTI
• Breakthrough Hybrid CTL Process Integrating Advanced Technologies for Coal
  Gasification, NG Partial Oxidation, Warm Syngas Cleanup, and Syngas-to-Jet Fuel
  John Carpenter, RTI International

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

• Introduction
  Heather Quedenfeld, Division Director, Advanced Energy Systems Division
  U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Coal Conversion – A Global Perspective
  David Denton, Gasification Technologies Council and RTI International

SESSION I

• Indirect Liquefaction of Coal-Biomass Mixtures for Production of Jet Fuel with High Productivity and Selectivity 
  Santosh Gangwal, Southern Research Institute
• Technology for Cost-Competitive Jet Fuel Production Using CTL
  Joseph Hartvigsen, Ceramatec, Inc.
• New Advances for Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis 
  Christopher Matranga, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

SESSION II

• Application of Chemical Looping with Spouting Fluidized Bed for Hydrogen- Rich Syngas Production From Catalytic Coal Gasification 
  Kunlei Liu, University of Kentucky-Center for Applied Energy Research
• Development of Coal to Liquids Pilot Facility and Lessons Learned
  Andrew Placido, University of Kentucky-Center for Applied Energy Research
• Coal to Desired Fuels and Chemicals
  Maohong Fan, University of Wyoming
• Bio Gasification Panel 
  MODERATOR: Djuna Gulliver, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
  Yael Tucker, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
  Yanna Liang, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  Matthew Fields, Montana State University
  Taylor Sparks, University of Utah

SESSION III

• Design/Cost Study for Synthetic Jet Fuel Production at a Mississippi Site from Lignite Woody Biomass with CO₂ Capture and Storage via EOR
  Eric Larson, Princeton University
• Multiphase Flow Science at The National Energy Technology Laboratory
  William Rogers, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

SESSION IV BREAK OUT DISCUSSIONS

• Radical Reactor Concepts
  Jenny Tennant, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
  George Richards, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Performing a Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA)
  James Fisher, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• New Coal and Biomass to Liquids Concepts
  Dushyant Shekhawat, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Biogasification Field Site Deployment Goals and Challenges
  Djuna Gulliver, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Poster Presentations

• Design and Fabrication of Novel Mixed Ion-Electron Conducting Membranes for Oxygen Separation
  Jiwen Wang, HiFunda, LLC.
• Economic and Environmental Analyses of Coal Biomass to Liquids: A Case Study In West Virginia
  Weiguo Liu and Jingxin Wang, West Virginia University
• Slag Management in Entrained Bed Gasification
  James Bennett, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Greenhouse Gas-Reduced Coal-and Biomass-to-Liquid-Based Jet Fuel (GHGR-CBTL) Process
  Mehdi Namazian, Altex Technologies Corporation
• Breakthrough Hybrid CTL Process Integrating Advanced Technologies for Coal Gasification, NG Partial Oxidation, Warm Syngas Cleanup, and Syngas-to-Jet Fuel
  John Carpenter, RTI International
• Microwave-Assisted Coal Gasification
  Dushyant Shekhawat, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Synthesis of the Encapsulated Porous Kaolinite Proppant with Spherification
  Kyu-Bum Han, University of Utah
• H S-Resistant Steam Reforming Catalysts for Upgrading Coal Derived Syngas for Coal-to-Liquids Production
  Andrew Lucero, Southern Research Institute
• Gasification and Pre-Combustion CO Capture Testing at the National Carbon Capture Center
  John Carroll, National Carbon Capture Center–Southern Company
• A Cost-Effective Oxygen Separation System Based on Open-Gradient Magnetic Field by Polymer Beads
  Raghuvir Singh, ITN Energy Systems, Inc.
• Synergy and Inhibition During Co-Gasification of Biomass-Coal Blends
  Pradeep Agrawal, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Wave Liquefaction™: The Novel Coal-Biomass-to-Liquids Process
  George Skoptsov, H Quest Vanguard, Inc.
• Direct Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) for Jet Fuel Using Biomass-Derived Solvents
  Satya Chauhan, Battelle
• NETL Crosscutting Technology Research for Sensors Applicable to Harsh Environments
  David Stopek, LTI and Robert Romanosky, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• NETL Crosscutting Technology Research for High-Performance Materials
  David Stopek, LTI and Robert Romanosky, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• NETL Crosscutting Technology Research for Simulation-Based Engineering
  David Stopek, LTI and Robert Romanosky, U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Producing Methane from Coal Through Biogasification Identifying Suitable Nutrient Solutions for Enhancing Methane Yield
  Yanna Liang, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
• Poison Resistant Water-Gas-Shift Catalyst for Coal and Biomass Co-Gasification
  Gokhan Alptekin, TDA Research, Inc.
• Unconventional, Novel Coal-to-Liquids Process
  Francois Botha, Thermaquatica