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Coal Conference THIR T Y - SECOND - ANNU A L INTERNATIONAL PITTSBURGH COALUniversity of Pittsburgh CONFERENCE - Swanson School of Engineering PRELIMINARY PROGRAM CO A L - ENERGY , ENVIRONMEN T A ND SU sta IN A BLE DEVELOPMEN T October 5 - 8, 2015 Pittsburgh, PA USA The David L. Lawrence Convention Center Hosted By: University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering GENERAL INFORMAT I ON TECHNICAL TOUR ACCOMMODATIONS Longview Power The Westin Hotel 966 Crafts Run Road 1000 Penn Avenue Maidsville, WV 26541 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Monday, October 5, 2015 7:15 - Bus Pickup from the Westin Hotel Lobby Recommended accommodations for the 2015 10:00 - 12:00 - Tour PCC are at the Westin Hotel in downtown 12:00 - Lunch Pittsburgh. The Westin Hotel is connected by 13:00 - Depart for the Westin Hotel a skywalk to the David L. Lawrence Conven- 16:00 - Arrive at the Westin Hotel tion Center. The conference rate is $182 per Cost: $50 (Lunch included) night in either a single or double room. There Please visit www.pccpitt.org to register. is an additional $10 charge per person for a room with more than two people. The Longview Power plant is the cleanest, most efficient coal-fired power plant in the mid-Atlantic region and one of the most efficient in Please note this group rate is available only the United States, producing 700 net MWs of electric power. Located until September 11, 2015 and is subject to near Morgantown, West Virginia, Longview is the newest and most availability. To receive this discounted confer- technically advanced pulverized coal plant in the region. The Longview ence rate, please make your reservations di- Power project cost approximately $2.0 billion, the largest private rectly with the hotel using the link provided investment in West Virginia’s history. With a nominal heat rate of 8,700 on our website. Btu/kWh, the Longview Power plant’s efficiency rivals that of natural gas fired combined cycle plants and far surpasses that of all other coal- fired power plants in the region. Longview’s advanced supercritical boiler, low cost fuel source, minimal water usage and other project efficiencies combine to produce the lowest cost dispatch (delivery of electricity) of any coal-fired plant in the region. The Longview Power plant includes a state-of-the-art $500 million air pollution control GATEWAY CLIPPER DINNER system with significantly lower emissions than its permit limits, which CRUISE are among the lowest in the nation. In addition, Longview emits 15% Tuesday, October 6, 2015 less CO than most other coal plants because of its high fuel efficiency. 2 17:45 - Meet in the Westin Hotel Lobby for a The Longview Power plant is designed to utilize run-of-mine coal, short walk to the boarding dock supplied by Mepco, an affiliated company, avoiding the cost and 18:00 - 18:30 - Boarding at the dock environmental impacts of fuel preparation. Mepco transports coal from by the Convention Center its underground mine to Longview by a 4.5 mile conveyor that reduces 18:30 - 21:00 - Dinner and cruising transportation costs and avoids the significant environmental impacts 21:00 - Return to dock for a short walk to the of trucking coal. This innovative plant meets all of today’s rigorous environmental requirements, while providing electricity economically hotel to residential, commercial and industrial users. Longview and Mepco provide excellent job opportunities to over 600 Please join us for a dinner cruise on Pittsburgh’s highly skilled employees. Longview and Mepco are dedicated to three rivers! Back by popular demand, this cruise maintaining the health and safety of their employees and consistently is complimentary for conference attendees, but do better than national industry safety standards. Longview and Mepco there is a charge of $45 to bring a spouse or strive to be good corporate neighbors and responsible stewards of the friend. However, you MUST RSVP to the environment and stand behind their core values and mission which PCC secretary to be included on the cruise. For include commitments to produce electricity economically and on an more information and to RSVP, please visit our environmentally sustainable basis website. Dress Code: The plant is a functioning power plant. Visitors should wear clothes that are more like work clothes than business attire. GENERAL INFORMAT I ON PLENARY SPEAKERS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015 Dr. Grace M. Bochenek CONFERENCE OVERVIEW Director National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015 “Backbone of the energy future” Mr. Richard A. (Dick) Winschel Director, Research & Development Technical Tour 07:15 - 16:00 CONSOL Energy Inc., USA Registration 15:00 - 19:00 “U.S. coal – an Industry in transition” Reception 18:30 - 20:30 Mr. Vann Bush Managing Director, Energy Supply and Conversion Gas Technology Institute, USA “Finding coal’s future” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2015 Mr. Norman Kettenbauer Vice President - Engineering & Contracting Registration 07:00 - 17:00 GenPower Services, LLC and Longview Power, LLC, USA Opening Ceremony 08:00 - 08:20 “Longview Power – Reliable, Economic, Clean Coal” Plenary Session – 1 08:20 - 10:05 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015 Concurrent Tech. Sessions 10:20 - 12:00 Dr. Lesley Sloss Conference Luncheon 12:00 - 13:30 Principal Environmental Consultant IEA CCC, UK Concurrent Tech. Sessions 13:30 - 17:05 Lead - Coal Partnership area at UN Environment Programme Advisory Board – Center for International Energy Policy, Gateway Clipper Dinner Cruise 18:00 - 21:00 SCOTLAND “Coal - its future in an increasingly legislated environment” Prof. Frans Waanders WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015 Professor and Director School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering North-West University, SOUTH AFRICA Registration 07:00 - 17:00 “Coal utilization in an uncertain economic world” Plenary Session – 2 08:20 - 10:05 Concurrent Tech. Sessions 10:20 - 12:00 Prof. Farid A. Malik Professor Conference Luncheon 12:00 - 13:30 Forman Christian College (American University) Concurrent Tech. Sessions 13:30 - 17:05 Lahore, PAKISTAN Poster Session 18:00 - 21:00 “Use of coal in the energy mix of Pakistan” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015 Prof. James Van Nostrand THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015 Director, Center for Energy and Sustainable Development West Virginia University College of Law, USA “Response of the Coal Industry to the EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Litigate, Registration 07:00 - 17:00 Legislate, Retaliate, or Innovate?” Plenary Session – 3 08:20 - 10:05 Concurrent Tech. Sessions 10:20 - 12:00 Mr. John Pippy CEO Awards Luncheon 12:00 - 13:30 Pennsylvania Coal Alliance, USA Concurrent Tech. Sessions 13:30 - 17:05 “The State of the PA coal industry under federal regulations” Advisory Board Meeting 18:00 - 20:00 Dr. Daman S. Walia President and CEO. ARCTECH Inc., USA “Coal biotechnology: a creative approach for carbon reduction, environmental foot print, while moving coal up the value chain” PREL I M I NARY PRO G RAM SCHEDULE Monday, October 5, 2015 7:15-16:00 Technical Tour – Longview Power 15:00-19:00 Registration – Room 306 18:30-20:30 Reception – Rooftop Terrace Tuesday, October 6, 2015 7:00-17:00 Registration – Room 306 8:00-8:20 Opening Ceremony – Ballroom 8:20-10:05 Plenary Session – Ballroom 10:05-10:20 Coffee Break ROOM 301 302 303 304 305 310/311 Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Clean Coal Demonstration and Coal Mining: Gasification Technologies: Combustion Technologies: U.S. EPA CMOP Coal Science: 10:20-12:00 Commercial Projects: DOE Projects Optimization of Mining Operations Advanced Technologies Flue Gas Cleanup General - 1 General - 1 12:00-13:30 Conference Luncheon - Ballroom Session 7 Session 8 Session 9 Session 10 Session 11 Session 12 Clean Coal Demonstration and Coal Mining: Gasification Technologies: Combustion Technologies: U.S. EPA CMOP Coal Science: 13:30-15:10 Commercial Projects: Environmental Technologies for General - 1 Mercury Removal General - 2 Rare Earth Elements - 1 Combustion Projects Mining 15:10-15:25 Coffee Break Session 13 Session 14 Session 15 Session 16 Session 17 Session 18 Clean Coal Demonstration and Coal Mining: Gasification Technologies: Combustion Technologies: U.S. EPA CMOP Coal Science: 15:25-17:05 Commercial Projects: Gas Management in Mining General - 2 Oxy Combustion- 1 General - 3 Rare Earth Elements - 2 Industrial Processes Operations 18:00-21:00 Gateway Clipper Dinner Cruise Wednesday, October 7, 2015 7:00-17:00 Registration – Room 306 8:20-10:05 Plenary Session – Ballroom 10:05-10:20 Coffee Break ROOM 301 302 303 304 305 310/311 Session 19 Session 20 Session 21 Session 22 Session 23 Session 24 Clean Coal Demonstration and Coal Mining: Gasification Technologies: Combustion Technologies: U.S. EPA CMOP Coal Science: 10:20-12:00 Commercial Projects: Geological Characterization and Biomass Co-Gasification Oxy Combustion- 2 General - 4 General - 2 Gasification and Combustion Ground Control 12:00-13:30 Conference Luncheon - Ballroom Session 25 Session 26 Session 27 Session 28 Session 29 Session 30 Clean Coal Demonstration and Coal Mining: Gasification Technologies: Combustion Technologies: U.S. EPA CMOP Coal Science: 13:30-15:10 Commercial Projects: Clean Coal and Mining Technology - 2 Modeling - 1 Co-Firing General - 5 General - 3 CBTL 15:10-15:25 Coffee Break Session 31 Session 32 Session 33 Session 34 Session 35 Session 36 Sustainability and Environment: Carbon Management: Post Gasification Technologies: Combustion Technologies: U.S. EPA CMOP Coal Science: 15:25-17:05 General - 1 Combustion Capture General - 3 General General - 6 General - 4 18:00-21:00
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