[Gasification] Program, speakers and poster session REGATEC 2014

[Jörgen Held]

Dear Gasification list subscribers,

 

REGATEC 2014 takes place 22-23 May in Malmo, Sweden.

50+ speakers and poster presenters  from 15 countries make REGATEC 2014 to a
true international hotspot for the  gasification and biogas community. 

Deadline for registration is on the 30th April. 250+ participants are
expected. 

 

For more info please visit:  <http://www.regatec.org> www.regatec.org 

 

Program, speaker list and poster session are attached below.

 

Best regards,

 

Jörgen Held

REGATEC 2014

 

PROGRAM 22 MAY 


11:00-12:00 

Registration 

 


12:00-13:00 

LUNCH 


13:00-13:30

Dr. Jörgen Held & Prof. Frank Scholwin 

Welcome and conference introduction


13:30-14:00

Prof. Hermann Hofbauer, Technical university of Vienna

Introduction to indirect gasification and a novel CO2 separation process


14:00-14:30

Prof. Guanyi Chen, Tianjin university

Gasification and anaerobic digestion activities in China and at Tianjin
university 

 


14:30-15:00 

Coffee break 

 


15:00-16:30 

Biogas cleaning R&D and experiences

Gasification R&D 


 

Dr. Doris Schmack

MicrobEnergy GmbH

Biological methanation and its role in the future energy system

Dr. Luc Rabou

ECN

Biomethane in the EDGar program and at ECN


 

Dr. Erik van Zessen

Paques bv

20 years of experience with Thiopaq – a cost effective technology for biogas
desulphurization

Dr. Olivier Guerrini

GdF Suez

The GAYA project – towards industrialization of 2nd generation bioSNG
pathway


 

Dr. Ralf Boback

UFZ

Advances in biogas purification for efficient biomethane supply

Dr. Matteo Prussi

University of Florence

RE-CORD – experiences in the use of small scale biomass gasification
technologies


19:00

Welcome drink


19:30-20:30

Conference dinner


20:30-23:00

Mingle

				

 

PROGRAM 23 MAY 


09:00-10:00 

Biogas upgrading R&D and new technologies

Product gas cleaning R&D


 

Dr. Tobias Persson

Swedish Gas Technology Centre

Biogas upgrading – a technical review

Prof. Henrik Thunman

Chalmers

Advanced gas cleaning using chemical-looping reforming


 

Prof. Virendra Kumar Vijay

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Developments in biogas upgrading & bottling for transportation and cooking
applications and its prospects in India

Dr. Pekka Simell

VTT

Techno-economic study on bioSNG and hydrogen production and recent advances
in high temperature gas cleaning

 


10:00-10:30 

Coffee break 

 


10:30-12:00 

Advances in biogas upgrading

Methanation


 

Juha Luostarinen

Metener

Water scrubbing technology suitable for small scale biogas plants

Dr. Tilman Schildhauer

Paul Scherrer Institute

SNG processes and technical challenges related to methanation of biomass
derived syngas


 

Dr. Götz Baumgarten

Evonik Industries AG

High selective membranes for biogas upgrading – technical features and
perspectives in the international market 

Dr. Thoa Thi Minh Nguyen

Haldor Topsøe A/S

Topsøe’s synthesis technology for SNG with focus on methantion in general
and bioSNG in particular


 

Toine Toten

Haffmans BV

Biogas upgrading with a combined membrane/cryogenic process

Marta Azahara Calero Navarro

CNR-ISFoM

Combined FT-synthesis and methanation of olive waste derived syngas

 


12:00-13:00 

Lunch 


13:00-14:30 

Industrial biogas projects

Industrial gasification projects


14:30-15:00

MSc. Zoltan Elek

Landwärme GmbH

Criteria for the choice of upgrading technologies in practice – which
technology for which application?

MSc. Rolf Ljunggren & Prof. Klas Engvall

Cortus Energy AB & Royal Institute of Technology

Flexibility and robustness of WoodRoll system – tests results from a 500kW
plant


15:00-15:30

MSc. Björn Halldorsson

SORPA

Industrial experiences of landfill gas upgrading

MSc. Robert Zwart

Royal Dahlman

MILENA and OLGA technology at industrial scale


15:30-16:00

Dr. Jochen Tilger

NAWARO Energie AG

Biogas from residual biomass – technical and economical feasibility of
different paths of application

MSc. Ingemar Gunnarsson

Göteborg Energi AB

The GoBiGas project: Industrial scale demonstration of bio-SNG production
from gasification of forest residues

				

 


14:30-15:00 

Coffee break 

 


15:00-16:00 

Poster session 

 


16:00-16:30 

Dr. David Baxter, European Commission Joint Research Centre

European policy and targets for the production and utilization of biomethane
in Europe 


16:30-17:00

Dr. Arthur Wellinger, Eropean Biogas Association c/o Triple E&M 

Biogas trading, markets and certification


17:00-17:15

Prof. Frank Scholwin & Dr. Jörgen Held

Conference summary

 

POSTER SESSION

Predicting carbon conversion in biomass gasification

Presenting author: MSc. Roshan Budhathoki, University of Jyväskylä

 

LTU Biosyngas Program – experiences from co-gasification of pyrolysis oil
and black liquor and syngas upgrading

Presenting author: Prof. Rikard Gebart, Luleå University of Technology

 

Renewable CO2 production for power to gas concept by calcium looping process

Presenting author: Ass. Prof. Tyro Tynjälä, Lappeenranta University of
Technology

 

Microchannel plate heat-exchanger reactors for the improved heat management
of the reaction of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to methane

Presenting author: Prof. Gunther Kolb, Fraunhofer ICT-IMM

 

A novel dual fluid gasifier at Vienna university of technology

Presenting author: Prof. Hermann Hofbauer, Technical University of Vienna

 

Experimental and theoretical studies of wet biomass gasification in the
small scale downdraft reactor

Presenting author: Prof. Dariusz Kardas, Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery,
Polish Academy of Sciences

 

Concepts for future biomethane production

Presenting author: Sabine Strauch, Fraunhofer Umsicht

 

Comparison between methanation of CO and CO2 from a catalytic point of view

Presenting author: Prof. Anne-Cécile Roger, University of Strasbourg

 

Digestate gasification – Investigations on fuel characteristics and
thermochemical gasification behaviour

Presenting author: MSc. Markus Huemer, MCI Management Center Innsbruck

 

Improving Bio-SNG production process performance using integration methods

Presenting author: Dr. Stefan Heyne, CIT Industriell Energi AB

 

Catalytic steam reforming of indirect biomass gasification gas

Presenting author: Dr. Ilkka Hiltunen, VTT Technical Research Institute of
Finland

 

Catalytic methanation of CO, CO2, and synthesis gas mixtures – experimental
comparison of fixed bed and slurry reactor systems

Presenting author: MSc. Sebastian Fendt, Technical University of Munich

 

Development of robust analytical methods to survey vehicle gas quality

Presenting author: Dr. Karine Arrhenius, SP Technical Research Institute of
Sweden

 

Oxygen removal from biogas streams

Presenting author: Dr. Sebastian Wohlrab, Leibnitz Institute for Catalysis

 

Technical review of adsorptive methane upgrading

Presenting author: Masato Kawai, Office K-Techno

 

An innovative way to optimize the fermentation process by pretreatment of
sewage sludge with a hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process

Presenting author: MSc. Benjamin Hupfauf, MCI Management Center Innsbruck

 

Status quo: Biocatalysis for biogas processes

Presenting author: Dr. Ulrike Schimpf, A.S.P. e.V.

 

Increased biogas production from manure and industrial waste by continuous
addition of a complex trace element solution

Presenting author: MSc. Erik Nordell, Tekniska Verken i Linköping AB

 

Status quo: Biocatalysis for biogas processes

Presenting author: Dr. Ulrike Schimpf, A.S.P. e.V.

 

Introduction of novel biogas upgrading processes with innovative sorbent
regeneration

Presenting author: MSc. Barbara Klein, University of Stuttgart

 

Evaluation of the technical and economical development of existing and
future biomass-to-biomethane conversion processes – intermediate results

Presenting author: MSc. Eric Billig, German Biomass Research Centre, DBFZ

 

Regenerative de-sulfurization of biogas

Presenting author: Dr. Marco Linders, TNO

 

Biogas upgrading system with membranes – first operating experiences and
further development

Presenting author: Mr. Carsten Steentjes, EnviTec Bioas AG

 

BIOMETHER Project: Biomethane as an alternative source for transport and
energy renaissance

Presenting author: Dr. Nicola Labartino, Centro Richerche Produzioni Animali

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