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COAL CONFERENCE University of Pittsburgh · Swanson School of Engineering FINAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM Clean Coal-Based Energy/Fuels and the Environment Thirty-Fifth Annual INTERNATIONAL PITTSBURGH COAL CONFERENCE University of Pittsburgh · Swanson School of Engineering FINAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM Clean Coal-based Energy/Fuels and the Environment October 15-18, 2018 New Century Grand Hotel Xuzhou Hosted by: The conference acknowledges the support of Co-hosted by: K. C. Wong Education Foundation, Hong Kong WELCOME! On behalf of the Conference Advisory Board, Conference Committees, and the University of Pittsburgh we welcome you to the Thirty-Fifth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, which will be held October 15-18, 2018 at the New Century Grand Hotel Xuzhou, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China, The Conference is hosted by China University of Mining Technology (CUMT) and University of Pittsburgh (PITT). The theme of this year’s conference “Clean Coal-based Energy/Fuels and the Environment” covers wide spectrum of important topics on energy and environmental issues and technologies, which are directly related to coal extraction and utilization and its byproducts. Over 350 technical papers and posters will be presented at the conference. The Poster Sessions will be held on Tuesday, October 16, 2017 from 17:15 to 20:30. For detailed information about the technical sessions, please turn to page 6 in the Technical Program. This year’s invited Plenary Speakers include: Prof. LI Yang, Chinese Academy of Engineering, China; Mr. Zhai Hong, Shanxi Yangquan Coal Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. China; Prof. GE Shirong, China University of Mining and Technology, China; Ms. Diane Madden, DOE-NETL, USA; Dr. LI Quansheng, Office for 2030 Project, China Energy Group, China; Dr. LI Wei, Yankuang Group Co., Ltd., China; Dr. Aleksander Sobolewski; Institute of Chemical Processing of Coal, Poland; and Mr. Francis Lau, Synthesis Energy Systems, USA. We express our sincere gratitude to the Plenary Speakers and Moderators for their support and involvement, to all the authors and co-authors of the technical papers and to all the members of the International Technical Program Committee. Special thanks go to the session speakers and co-chairs, and to the international delegates for their invaluable contributions to the 2018 technical program. As the chair of the Advisory Board of the Conference, I deeply appreciate your participation and interest in this year’s Conference and we invite you to join us next year for the Thirty-sixth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, which will be held at the Westin Convention Center Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 3-6, 2019. Sincerely, Massood Ramezan, Chair CONFERENCE THE INTERNATIONAL PITTSBURGH COAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: On-Site Registration will begin Sunday, October 14 from 12:00 - 20:00 and will Dr. Badie I. Morsi continue Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, from 08:00 - 20:00, and CONFERENCE OFFICE: Thursday from 08:00 until 10:30. University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering 940 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261 USA Please check in even if you have Tel: +1-412-624-7440 FAX: +1-412-624-1480 Pre-Registered! Email: [email protected] www.pccpitt.org GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNICAL TOURS ACCOMMODATIONS October 15 (Monday) 09:00-10:30 New Century Grand Route A: CUMT Campus Tour Hotel Xuzhou Including University Museum, State Key Laboratory for Coal Resources and Address: 1 Huxi Rd, Quanshan District, safe Mining, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, State Key Laboratory for Geomechanics and China, 221006 Deep Underground Engineering International Attendees October 15 (Monday) 13:00-17:00 Reserve before October 9, 2018 Route B: Pan'an Lake, Excursion Reduced rates for conference Attendees. Land reclamation site, roughly 25 KM 2 guests per room maximum. northeast of Xuzhou city center Payment will be collected by the hotel at check-in. SIGHTSEEING TOURS You can use Visa or Master Card. Make your reservation here: October 15 (Monday) 09:00-11:30 http://sesaf.cumt.edu.cn/Pcc/register? flag=en Route A: Han Dynasty Relics National Attendees Lion Hill Han Tomb and Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses (from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan): October 15 (Monday) 14:00-16:00 Please make your hotel reservations here: http://pcc2018.cumt.edu.cn/ Route B: Xuzhou Folklore Museum and Residential Quarter in Ming and Qing Dynasty GENERAL INFORMATION PLENARY SPEAKERS CONFERENCE OVERVIEW TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 Prof. GE Shirong China University of Mining and Technology Registration 12:00-20:00 “Robotic Mining Technology for MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2018 Underground Mines” Registration 08:00 - 20:00 Mr. ZHAI Hong Technical Tours (Route A) 09:00 - 10:30 Yangquan Coal Industry (Group) Co. Ltd., China “TBD” Technical Tours (Route B) 13:00 - 17:00 Spouses Sightseeing Tours 09:00 - 16:00 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018 Reception 18:30 - 20:30 Dr. LI Quansheng TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2018 Office for 2030 Project, China Energy Group, China Registration 08:00 - 20:00 “Innovations and Practices in Green Development of Coal Resources” Opening Ceremony 08:30 - 09:15 Plenary Session - 1 09:15 - 10:30 Ms. Diane Madden DOE-NETL, USA Concurrent Tech. Sessions 10:50 - 12:30 “Overview of U.S. DOE Coal Research Conference Lunch 12:30 - 13:30 Program” Concurrent Tech. Sessions 13:30 - 17:10 Prof. LI Yang Poster Sessions 17:15 - 20:30 Chinese Academy of Engineering “CCUS Technology and its Industrial Buffet Dinner 18:00 - 19:30 Development in China” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018 Registration 08:00 - 17:00 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018 Plenary Session - 2 08:45 - 10:30 Dr. LI Wei Concurrent Tech. Sessions 10:50 - 12:30 Yankuang Group Co., Ltd., China “Yankuang Group Implements ‘Five Pathways’ for Conference Lunch 12:30 - 13:30 Transformation and Upgrading with the Goal of Concurrent Tech. Sessions 13:30 - 17:10 Establishing a World-class Green Energy Supplier and an International Mining Banquet and Awards Program 18:00 - 21:00 Group” THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018 Dr. Aleksander Sobolewski Registration 08:00 - 10:30 Institute of Chemical Processing of Plenary Session - 3 08:45 - 10:30 Coal, Poland “Future of Coal - The Case Study from Poland” Concurrent Tech. Sessions 10:50 - 12:30 Conference Lunch and Closing Ceremony Mr. Francis Lau 12:30 - 13:30 Synthesis Energy Systems, USA “SES Gasification Technology from R&D to Concurrent Tech. Sessions 13:30 - 16:30 Commercialization” PROGRAM SCHEDULE Room 1 Room 2 Room 3 Room 4 Room 5 Room 6 8:30 Opening Ceremony 9:15 Plenary Speaker - 1 9:45 Plenary Speaker - 2 10:30 Morning Break 10:50 11:10 Combustion Rare Earth Elements - Value-Added Products Gasification Power Plants - 1 Coal Science - 1 11:30 Technologies - 1 1 from Coal - 1 Technologies - 1 (Session 1) (Session 6) 11:50 (Session 2) (Session 3) (Session 4) (Session 5) 12:10 12:30 Lunch Tuesday 13:30 Clean Coal (10-16-2018) 13:50 Combustion Demonstration and Value-Added Products Gasification Power Plants - 2 Coal Science - 2 14:10 Technologies - 2 Commercial Projects from Coal - 2 Technologies - 2 (Session 7) (Session 12) 14:30 (Session 8) - 1 (Session 10) (Session 11) 14:50 (Session 9) 15:10 Afternoon Break 15:30 Clean Coal 15:50 Combustion Demonstration and Value-Added Products Gasification Power Plants - 3 Coal Science - 3 16:10 Technologies - 3 Commercial Projects from Coal - 3 Technologies - 3 (Session 13) (Session 18) 16:30 (Session 14) - 2 (Session 16) (Session 17) 16:50 (Session 15) 17:15 POSTER SESSIONS 8:45 Plenary Speaker - 1 9:15 Plenary Speaker - 2 9:45 Plenary Speaker - 3 10:30 Morning Break 10:50 11:10 Carbon Combustion Coal Bed and Shale Value-Added Products Gasification Coal Science - 4 11:30 Management - 1 Technologies - 4 Gas - 1 from Coal - 4 Technologies - 4 (Session 24) 11:50 (Session 19) (Session 20) (Session 21) (Session 22) (Session 23) 12:10 12:30 Lunch Wednesday 13:30 (10-17-2018) 13:50 Carbon Combustion Coal Bed and Shale Value-Added Products Gasification Coal Science - 5 14:10 Management - 2 Technologies - 5 Gas - 2 from Coal - 5 Technologies - 5 (Session 30) 14:30 (Session 25) (Session 26) (Session 27) (Session 28) (Session 29) 14:50 15:10 Afternoon Break 15:30 15:50 Carbon Clean Coal and Gas Coal Bed and Shale Value-Added Products Gasification Coal Science - 6 16:10 Management - 3 to Fuels - 1 Gas - 3 from Coal - 6 Technologies - 6 (Session 36) 16:30 (Session 31) (Session 32) (Session 33) (Session 34) (Session 35) 16:50 18:00 BANQUET and AWARDS PROGRAM 8:45 Plenary Speaker - 1 9:15 Plenary Speaker - 2 9:45 Plenary Speaker - 3 10:30 Morning Break 10:50 11:10 Sustainability and Clean Coal and Gas Coal Bed and Shale Coal Mining and Gasification Coal Science - 7 11:30 Environment - 1 to Fuels - 2 Gas - 4 Beneficiation - 1 Technologies - 7 (Session 42) 11:50 (Session 37) (Session 38) (Session 39) (Session 40) (Session 41) 12:10 Thursday 12:30 Lunch and Closing Ceremony (10-18-2018) 13:30 13:50 Sustainability and Clean Coal and Gas Coal Mining and Gasification Coal Science - 10 Coal Science - 8 14:10 Environment - 2 to Fuels - 3 Beneficiation - 2 Technologies - 8 (Session 45) (Session 48) 14:30 (Session 43) (Session 44) (Session 46) (Session 47) 14:50 15:10 Afternoon Break 15:30 Sustainability and Clean Coal and Gas Coal Mining and Gasification 15:50 Coal Science - 11 Coal Science - 9 Environment - 3 to Fuels - 4 Beneficiation - 3 Technologies - 9 16:10 (Session 51) (Session 54) (Session 49) (Session 50) (Session 52) (Session 53) 16:30 GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNICAL PROGRAM Nakkgyun Kim, Hankook Technology; SOUTH SESSION 4 KOREA. ORAL SESSIONS VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM 11:50 Study on the Migration of COAL - 1 Tuesday, October 16 Chlorine in Co-Combustion Process of Medicine Dregs and Coal, Guo Yang, Sun Hesheng Yu and Chunshan Song 10:50 - 16:50 Shaojie , Wu Jianjun, China University of 10:50 Thermogravimetry Mass Mining and Technology, PR CHINA Spectrometry (TG-MS) Study of Pyrolytic 12:10 Mercury Removal by Biochar Characteristics of Two Different-maturation Lignites, Haibo Yan, Jie Wang, East China SESSION 1 Prepared Under Biomass Reburning in a Simulated Flue Gas, Ximing Hu, Jiateng Shi, University of Science and Technology, PR POWER PLANTS - 1 Ping Lu, School of Energy and Mechanical CHINA.
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