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| CONFERENCE DAY 1 – MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009 |
| 7:00 a.m. |
Registration Open – Continental Breakfast/Exhibits Open
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| 9:00-9:30 a.m. |
Introduction
Thomas Erickson, Associate Director for Research, EERC Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Welcome
Gerald Groenewold, Director, EERC Grand Forks, North Dakota
Dr. Gerald Groenewold, Director of the EERC, leads a multidisciplinary
science and engineering research team of over 330 people focused on energy
and environmental technologies. Since he became the Director in 1987 and
completely changed the culture of the organization, the EERC has had nearly
1100 clients from 51 countries and all 50 states, including many Fortune
500 companies. The EERC’s current research portfolio is over $227 million. The
EERC, with its long tradition of fossil fuel-related research and development,
has broadened its scope to include a wide array of strategic energy and
environmental issues and houses ten Centers of Excellence, including the
Center for Air Toxic Metals (CATM).
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| 9:30–10:00 a.m. |
Keynote Presentation
Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and
Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington D.C.
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Prior to her confirmation, Gina McCarthy served as the Commissioner of the
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. In her 25-year career,
she has worked at both the state and local levels on critical environmental
issues and helped coordinate policies on economic growth, energy, transportation,
and the environment. She also has extensive experience with the Regional
Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the nation’s first marketbased greenhouse gas
cap-and-trade system. In her new post at the Office of Air and Radiation,
Ms. McCarthy will be a leading advocate for win–win strategies to confront
climate change and strengthen our green economy.
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| 10:00–10:30 a.m. |
Break in the Exhibit Area
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| 10:30–11:00 a.m. |
Keynote Presentation
Carl Bauer, DOE NETL, Morgantown, West Virginia
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As Director of NETL, Carl Bauer oversees the implementation of major
science and technology development programs to resolve the environmental,
supply, and reliability constraints of producing and using fossil
resources. This involves technologies for advanced coal-fueled power
generation and hydrogen production, carbon sequestration, environmental
control for the existing fleet of coal-fired power plants, and
improving the efficiency and environmental quality of domestic oil
and natural gas exploration, production, and processing. Mr. Bauer
has more than
30 years of experience in technical and business
management in both the public and private sectors.
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| 11:00–11:30 a.m. |
Keynote Address
The Honorable Kent Conrad, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
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Senator Kent Conrad is Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and an expert
on the budget process who has earned a national reputation as a deficit hawk
for his efforts to impose discipline on the federal budget and safeguard
Social Security and Medicare. A longtime member of the Agriculture Committee,
Senator Conrad serves as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy, Science,
and Technology. He has introduced comprehensive energy legislation that would
make the United States more energy independent. As a senior member of the
Finance Committee, he is known for his special expertise on tax issues and
his advocacy for rural health care through the Medicare program.
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| 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
Lunch in the Exhibit Area |
| 12:30 p.m. |
Luncheon Keynote Address
John Felmy, Chief Economist, American Petroleum Institute
(API), Washington, D.C.
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Felmy is responsible for overseeing economic, statistical and policy
analysis of the API. He has over twenty-five years experience in energy,
economic and environmental analysis. He received Bachelors and Masters in
Economics from The Pennsylvania State University and a Ph.D. in Economics
from The University of Maryland. John is a member of several professional
associations including the American Economics Association and the
International Association for Energy Economics.
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| 1:00-2:45 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: Moving Carbon
Capture and Sequestration out of the Laboratory and into the Commercial
Marketplace
Panel Coordinators:
Thomas Erickson, Associate Director for Research, EERC, Grand
Forks, North Dakota
John Harju, Associate Director for Research, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Mr. Thomas Erickson, Associate Director for Research, EERC, Grand
Forks, North Dakota, oversees activities leading to the development of
future advanced energy systems for power and fuel production and the
environmental control technologies essential for those systems to
operate within future state and federal guidelines as well as
technologies and methods necessary to provide efficient, cost-effective,
and environmentally friendly power from existing utilities.
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Mr. John Stowell, Vice President of Environmental, Health, and
Safety Policy, Duke Energy Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, is responsible
for the development of Duke’s federal policies and programs relating
to climate change, renewable energy, environmental technology, mercury,
water, and solid waste. He has been with Duke or its predecessor
companies since 1986.
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Mr. Tom Olle, Vice President for Strategic Solutions, Encore
Acquisition Company, Fort Worth, Texas, has served on Encore’s management
team in numerous capacities since 2003. He also serves as Vice President
of Encore Energy Partners GP LLC. He has worked in the oil and gas
industry for over 30 years, beginning with Gulf Oil Company in 1976.
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Ms. Jackie Prince Roberts, Director, Sustainable Technologies,
Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., is a national expert on
business strategy related to environmental challenges. Her current
research focuses on green jobs, emerging business opportunities in
the green economy, especially related to climate solutions, and
strategies for reducing carbon emissions.
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Mr. Michael Moore, Vice President, Business Development and
External Affairs, Blue Source, LLC, Houston, Texas, focuses on the
development of commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities
as well as advocacy work related to climate change, energy resources,
and CCS legislation at the federal and state level. He has 28 years of
energy commodity and derivatives (oil, gas, power, carbon) experience
in brokering, marketing, business, and strategy development.
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Mr. John Harju, Associate Director for Research, and Director,
Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, EERC, Grand Forks,
North Dakota, oversees numerous activities including the PCOR Partnership
and the Northern Great Plains Water Consortium. His expertise includes
carbon sequestration, enhanced oil recovery, unconventional oil and gas,
waste management, environmental geochemistry, technology development,
hydrology, and analytical chemistry, especially as applied to the
upstream oil and gas industry.
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| 2:45-3:15 p.m. |
Break in the Exhibit Area
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SESSION A1 |
SESSION B1 |
| 3:15-5:20 p.m. |
Carbon Management
Session Coordinator: Ed Steadman,
Senior Research Advisor and Program Manager, PCOR Partnership, EERC,
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chair: John Litynski,
Division Director –Sequestration, DOE NETL, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Hg Policy, Regulations, and Health Issues
Session Coordinator: John Pavlish, Senior
Research Advisor, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chair: William Maxwell, Environmental
Engineer, Energy Strategies Group/Sector Policies and Programs Division,
EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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| 3:15-3:40 p.m. |
“The Change in Environmental and Climate Change Policy of the Obama Administration
and the Democratic-Led Congress, 2009,” Mitchell Baer, Director, Office of Oil and
Gas Analysis, Office of Policy and International Affairs, DOE, Washington, D.C.
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“UNEP – A Global Perspective on Mercury Policy,” Amy Fraenkel, Regional Director,
Regional Office for North America, United Nations Environment Programme, Washington, D.C.
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| 3:40–4:05 p.m. |
“CCS Technology Development for the Utility Industry – Perspective from a Large
Coal-Fired Utility,” Nick Irvin, Principal Research Engineer, Southern Company
Services, Birmingham, Alabama
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“Coal-Fired Generation: Next Steps on the Regulatory Horizon,” Robert Wayland, Leader,
Energy Strategies Group, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, EPA, Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina
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| 4:05–4:30 p.m. |
“Implication of the Choice of Technologies on Carbon Management: An Integrated
Modeling Approach,” Mei Yuan, Senior Associate, and Sugandha Tuladhar, Associate
Principal, with P. Bernstein, W.D. Montgomery, and A. Smith, CRA International,
Washington, D.C.
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“Mercury Emissions Policies: What Outcome?,” Michael Rossler, Manager, Environmental
Programs, Edison Electric Institute, Washington, D.C.
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| 4:30–4:55 p.m. |
“Analyses of Legislative Cap and Trade Programs for Climate,” Mikhail (Misha)
Adamantiades, Program Development Branch, Clean Air Markets Division, Office
of Air and Radiation, EPA, Washington, D.C.
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“Status of States Programs on Mercury Controls and Status of Mercury Control
Technologies,” Praveen Amar, Director – Science and Policy, Northeast States
for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), Boston, Massachusetts; with C.
Senior and B. Van Otten, Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City
Utah; and R. Afonso, Energy & Environmental Strategies, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
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| 4:55–5:20 p.m. |
“Key Issues in Carbon Capture and Storage,” Ed Steadman, Senior Research Advisor
and Program Manager, PCOR Partnership, with J. Harju, J. Sorensen, M.
Jensen, C. Gorecki, S. Smith, W. Peck, and L. Botnen, EERC, Grand Forks,
North Dakota
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“Selenium Health Benefit Values Are More Accurate than Mercury as Risk Criteria,”
Nick Ralston, Research Scientist, with L. Raymond, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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| 5:30–6:00 p.m. |
Cash Bar/Social in the Exhibit Area |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Banquet in the Exhibit Area |
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Banquet Entertainment: With sold-out performances every Friday and Saturday
evening, we are proud to welcome Capitol Steps to the Air Quality Conference!
Over 25 years ago, the Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set
out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. Ronald Reagan was
President, so cofounders Elaina Newport, Bill Strauss, and Jim Aidala figured
that if entertainers could become politicians, then politicians could become
entertainers! In the years that followed, many of the Steps ignored conventional
wisdom (“Don’t quit your day job!”), and although not all of the current members
are former Capitol Hill staffers, together the performers have worked in a total
of 18 Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and Senate
staff experience. Since they began, they have recorded 29 albums, including
their latest, Obama Mia! They’ve been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS and
can be heard four times a year on NPR stations nationwide during their Politics
Takes a Holiday radio specials. No matter who’s in the headlines, the Capitol
Steps are equal opportunity offenders, promising an evening full of bipartisan
lampooning.
“They’re the best. There’s no one like them, no one in their league.”
— Larry King, CNN
“The Capitol Steps make it easier to leave public life.”
— Former President George H.W. Bush
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Thank You to the Banquet Entertainment Sponsors:
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| CONFERENCE DAY 2 – TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration Open – Continental Breakfast/Exhibits Open
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SESSION A2 |
SESSION B2 |
| 8:30-11:55 a.m. |
CO2 Capture and
Separation I
Session Coordinator: Brandon Pavlish, Research
Manager, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: Jared Ciferno, Technology
Manager – Existing Plants, Emissions, and Capture, DOE NETL, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scott Olson, Senior Consultant – B&V Energy, Black & Veatch Corporation, Walnut
Creek, California
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PM And hg: Emission, Speciation, Transport, and Deposition
Session Coordinator: Kevin Galbreath, Research
Manager, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: Leonard Levin, Technical Executive,
Air Quality, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, California
Stephen Mueller, Program Manager for Air Research, Tennessee Valley Authority,
Muscle Shoals, Alabama
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| 8:30-8:55 a.m. |
“DOE/NETL’s Carbon Capture R&D Program for Existing Coal-Fired Power Plants: Program
Overview,” Jared Ciferno, Technology Manager– Existing Plants, Emissions and
Capture, Strategic Center for Coal, DOE NETL, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; with G.
Vaux and J. Murphy, Science Applications International Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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“Update to Research on Modeling Contributions of Natural Emissions to Air Pollutants,”
Stephen Mueller, Program Manager for Air Research, with J. Mallard, Tennessee
Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
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| 8:55-9:20 a.m |
“Evaluation of Postcombustion CO2 Capture Technologies with an
Emphasis on Solvents,” Brandon Pavlish, Research Manager, with M. Jones,
EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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“Evaluation of Transport and Deposition of Mercury from Coal-Fired Power Plants Using
3-D Chemical Transport Model,” Myoungwoo Kim, Research Scientist, with K. Crist and P.
Lin, Center for Air Quality, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
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| 9:20-9:45 a.m. |
“Update on Carbon Capture and Storage Project at AEP’s Mountaineer Plant, New
Haven, West Virginia,” Daniel Duellman, Manager of IGCC Engineering, with
G. Spitznogle, American Electric Power, Columbus, Ohio
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“The North American Atmospheric Mercury Speciation Network,” Eric Prestbo, Chief
Scientist – Research and Development, Tekran Instrument Corporation, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada; with D. Gay, National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP)
Program Office, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, Illinois; D. Schmeltz
and T. Sharac, EPA, Clean Air Markets Division, Washington, D.C.; and
M. Olson, U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, Wisconsin
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| 9:45–10:10 a.m. |
“Rate-Based Simulation Model for Potential CO2 Solvent-Performance
Prediction and Comparative Study with Baseline Solvent,” Lei Ji, Research
Engineer, with R. Zhang and G. Farthing, Babcock and Wilcox Research
Center, The Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Barberton, Ohio
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“Plant Crist Mercury Plume Study,” Matthew Landis, with J. Ryan and E.
Oswald, EPA Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina; J. Jansen, L. Monroe, and J. Walters, Southern Company,
Birmingham, Alabama; L. Levin and A. ter Schure, EPRI, Palo Alto,
California; and D. Laudal, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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| 10:10–10:40 a.m. |
Break in Exhibit Area |
| 10:40–11:05 a.m. |
“Design of a 900-MW Coal-Fired Power Plant with Carbon Capture,” Donald Shattuck,
Air Quality Control Systems Program Manager, and Todd Hart, Mechanical
Engineer, with E. Mueller, Zachry Engineering Corporation, Denver, Colorado
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“Fate of Mercury for a Circulating Fluidized-Bed Plant,” Jeffrey Thompson,
Research Scientist, with J. Pavlish and L. Hamre, EERC, Grand Forks, North
Dakota; and R. Shenassa, Metso Power, Charlotte, North Carolina
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| 11:05–11:30 a.m. |
“Impacts of Carbon Capture on Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions and
Liquid/Solid Waste Streams,” Mitchell Krasnopoler, Manager, Air Quality
Control Systems, with H. Wen, Bechtel Power Corporation, Frederick, Maryland
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“Mercury Contributions from Uncontrolled Coal Seam Fires,” Leonard Levin,
Technical Executive, Air Quality, with A. ter Schure, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
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| 11:30–11:55 a.m. |
“Post Combustion Capture of CO2 Using Amine Solutions – Is It Really Proven
Technology?,” Patrick Holub, Technical & Marketing Manager, Gas Treating,
Huntsman Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas
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“Air Quality and Meteorological Response to the TVA Kingston Fly Ash Spill of
December 22, 2008,” Ralph Valente, with D. Houston and C. Wylie, Tennessee
Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, Alabama
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| 11:55 a.m.–1:30 p.m. |
Lunch in the Exhibit Area |
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SESSION A3 |
SESSION B3 |
| 1:30-4:55 p.m. |
CO2 Capture and
Separation II
Session Coordinator: Michael Jones, Senior
Research Advisor, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: George Offen, Senior Technical
Executive, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
Lynn Brickett, Division Director, Existing Plants Emissions Control, DOE NETL,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Hg Measurement
Session Coordinator: Dennis Laudal, Senior Research
Advisor, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: Jeffrey Ryan, Chemist, EPA,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Charles Dene, Senior Project Manager, Air Emission Monitoring and Control, EPRI, Palo
Alto, California
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| 1:30-1:55 p.m. |
“Summary of the Electric Power Research Institute Program on Carbon Capture,” George
Offen, Senior Technical Executive, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
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“Development of Interim Traceability Protocols for Elemental and Oxidized
Mercury Generators,” Scott Hedges, Environmental Engineer, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, Clean Air Markets, EPA, Washington, D.C.; and Robin Segall,
Environmental Scientist, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air
Quality Assessment Division, EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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| 1:55–2:20 p.m. |
“Impact of Oxyfiring on Impurities in Flue Gas,” Michael Jones, Senior Research
Advisor, with B. Pavlish, J. Kay, and J. Laumb, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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“Comments on the Draft Utility ICR – Or, Tell Us What You Really Think,” Barrett
Parker, Environmental Engineer, Emission Monitoring and Analysis Division, EPA,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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| 2:20–2:45 p.m. |
“Oxy-Fired Power Generation, Current Developments at Alstom Power,” Armand
Levasseur, Technology Manager– Combustion Systems, Alstom Power, Inc.,
Windsor, Connecticut
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“The Status of Mercury Measurement Protocols for the States,” Praveen Amar,
Director – Science and Policy, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use
Management (NESCAUM), Boston, Massachusetts
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| 2:45–3:10 p.m. |
“Development of Oxyfuel Combustion Technology for Existing Power Plants,” Song Wu,
Director, Advanced Technologies, with A. Kukoski and P. Jin, Hitachi Power Systems
America, Ltd., Basking Ridge, New Jersey; and K.-D. Tigges, F. Klauke, C.
Bergins, C. Kuhr, and S. Rehfeldt, Hitachi Power Europe GmbH, Duisburg, Germany
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“Applications of EPA Method 30B to Low-Level Mercury Quantification,” Jeffrey
Burdette, National Practice Leader, National Air Measurements Practice, TRC
Environmental Corporation, Raleigh, North Carolina; with J. Grizzle, TRC
Environmental Corporation, Littleton, Colorado; and R. Brunette, Frontier
GeoSciences, Inc., Seattle, Washington
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| 3:10-3:40 p.m. |
Break in Exhibit Area |
| 3:40-4:05 p.m. |
“Mineralization of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) from Coal Combustion Flue
Gas,” Hollis Weber, Department of Renewable Resources, with K. Reddy,
Department of Renewable Resources, School of Energy Resources, University
of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming; and P. Fahlsing, Jim Bridger Power Plant,
Point of Rocks, Wyoming
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“Programmable Thermal Dissociation of Reactive Gaseous Mercury as a Route
to Speciation: Field Results from a Coal-Fired Power Plant,” Anthony Hynes,
Professor, with D. Bauer and C. Tatum, Division of Marine and Atmospheric
Chemistry, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the
University of Miami, Miami, Florida; and A. ter Schure, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
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| 4:05–4:30 p.m. |
“Carbon Recycling,” David Haberman, Consultant, IF, LLC, Delray Beach, Florida;
with R. Hobbs, Arizona Public Service, Phoenix, Arizona
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“Using X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) for Speciated Characterization of
Trace Metals in Coal Combustion Residues and Products,” Todd Luxton, Postdoctoral
Research Soil Scientist, with K. Scheckel, Land Remediation and Pollution Control
Division, EPA, Cincinnati, Ohio; and N. Hutson, National Risk Management
Research Laboratory, EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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| 4:30–4:55 p.m. |
“Solid Sorbents as a Retrofit CO2 Capture Technology: Results from Pre-Pilot
Field Testing,” Sharon Sjostrom, Vice President of Technology, with T. Campbell,
and H. Krutka, ADA Environmental Solutions, LLC, Littleton, Colorado; and A. O’Palko,
DOE NETL, Morgantown, West Virginia
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“Comparison of Two Techniques for Multi-Metals Measurements Across FGD,” Katherine
Dombrowski, Chemical Engineer, with J. Crawford, URS Corporation, Austin, Texas;
J. Cooper and K. Petterson, Cooper Environmental Services LLC, Portland, Oregon;
and C. Dene, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
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| 5:00 p.m. |
Exhibit Social/Poster Session
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View list of poster presentations
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| CONFERENCE DAY 3 – WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009 |
| 7:00 a.m. |
Registration Open – Continental Breakfast/Exhibits Open
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SESSION A4 |
SESSION B4 |
| 8:05-11:55 a.m. |
SOx,
NOx, and PM Control
Session Coordinator: Stan Miller, Senior Research
Manager, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chair: Robert Crynack, Vice President
of Engineering, Indigo Technologies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Hg Reaction and other Novel Control Technologies
Session Coordinator: Jason Laumb, Senior Research
Manager, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: Stephen Niksa, President, Niksa
Energy Associates LLC, Belmont, California
Constance Senior, Manager, Engineering R&D, Reaction Engineering International, Salt
Lake City, Utah
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| 8:05-8:30 a.m. |
“The Indigo MAPSystemTM Multi Air Pollutant Control Results from
Alabama Power’s Gadsden Plant Trials,” Robert Crynack, Vice President of
Engineering, with R. Truce, J. Pacinelli, and L. Wilkinson, Indigo Technologies,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and J. Rovinson, H. Pfeffer, and T. Holtz, FMC
Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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“Preliminary Results of the Full-Scale Field Trial of the Low-Temperature
Mercury Control (LTMC) Process,” James Locke, Manager, Field Services,
with R. Winschel, CONSOL Energy R&D, South Park, Pennsylvania; and A. O’Palko,
DOE NETL, Morgantown, West Virginia
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| 8:30–8:55 a.m. |
“Enhanced Particle Collection by the Application of SMPS,” Anupam Sanyal,
President, International Environmental & Energy Consultants, Inc., Lakeland,
Florida; with K. Parker, Ken Parker Consultants APC, West Midlands, England,
United Kingdom; and A. Haaland and F. Vic, Applied Plasma Physics AS,
Sandes, Norway
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“Mercury Oxidation SCR Catalyst for Power Plants Firing Low-Chlorine Coals,”
Peter Jin, Manager, Technology Development, with A. Favale, W. Gretta, and
S. Wu, Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd., Basking Ridge, New Jersey; and
Y. Nagai, Y. Kato, and I. Morita, Babcock Hitachi, K.K., Kure, Japan
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| 8:55–9:20 a.m. |
“Dynawave/Membrane WESP – A Low-Cost Technology for Reducing SO2, SO3,
Hg2+, and Particulate from Coal-Fired Power Plants,” John Caine, General
Sales Manager, Southern Environmental, Inc., Pensacola, Florida; with S. Meyer,
MECS, Inc., Chesterfield, Missouri
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“Field Investigations of Fixed-Bed Sorbents for Mercury Capture from Coal-Fired
Flue Gas,” Brandon Looney, Engineer, Southern Company, Birmingham, Alabama;
with T. Machalek and C. Richardson, URS Corporation, Austin, Texas; R. Chang,
EPRI, Palo Alto, California; R. Merritt, Randy Merritt Consulting, Birmingham,
Alabama; W. Piulle, Consultant, Redwood City, California; and P. Fayish,
DOE NETL, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| 9:20–9:45 a.m. |
“Dry Sorbent Injection of Sodium Bicarbonate for SO2 Mitigation,” Yougen Kong,
Technical Development Manager, with M. Atwell and M. Wood, Solvay Chemicals, Inc.,
Houston, Texas; and T. Lindsay, Ulman Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia
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“Fixed-Bed Mercury Control for the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency Chemical
Weapons Destruction Program,” John Vavruska, President, Equinox Limited, Santa Fe,
New Mexico; with S. Miller, G. Dunham, E. Olson, L. Heebink, and C. Martin, EERC,
Grand Forks, North Dakota; and T. Baker, U.S. Army Chemical Materials
Agency, Edgewood, Maryland
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| 9:45–10:10 a.m. |
“Economics of Using Dry Sorbent Injection for SO2 Removal,” Jonathan
Norman, Technical Manager, O’Brien & Gere, East Syracuse, New York
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“Understanding Mercury–Flue Gas Interactions on Sorbents,” Edwin Olson, Senior
Research Advisor, with J. Almlie and J. Pavlish, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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| 10:10-10:40 a.m. |
Break in Exhibit Area |
| 10:40-11:05 a.m. |
“Measurement and Modeling of SO3 Formation in Coal-Fired Power Boilers,”
Joseph McCain, Senior Research Scientist, with K. Cushing, Power Systems and Energy
Research Department, Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama; P. Walsh,
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and G. Offen, EPRI,
Palo Alto, California
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“Measurements on Parameters Influencing the Mercury Speciation at
SCR-DeNOx-Catalysts,” Harald Thorwarth, Research Project
Coordinator, EnBW Kraftwerke AG, Stuttgart, Germany; with K. Brechtel
and G. Scheffknecht, Institute of Process Engineering and Power Plant
Technology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; and M. Di Blasi,
Enel Produzione SpA, Pisa, Italy
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| 11:05–11:30 a.m. |
“Sulfur Trioxide (SO3) Parametric Testing at a Unit Burning High-Sulfur
Bituminous Coal Having a Pulse-Jet Fabric Filter,” Anthony Silva, Principal
Engineer, with J. David, R. Snyder, and D. Tonn, The Babcock & Wilcox Company,
Barberton, Ohio
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“Gas-Phase Mercury Oxidation by Bromine: Effects of Impinger-Based Mercury
Speciation Methods,” Constance Senior, with B. Van Otten, Reaction Engineering
International, Salt Lake City, Utah; and P. Buitrago and G. Silcox, Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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| 11:30–11:55 a.m. |
“SO3 Capture with Hydrated Lime in a Baghouse and ESP, ” Jeff Wilson,
Research Engineer, Southern Company Generation, Birmingham, Alabama; with J.
Dickerman, Chemical Lime Company, Laguna Beach, California
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“Relating Catalyst Properties to the Multipollutant Performance of Full-Scale
SCR Systems,” Stephen Niksa, President, Niksa Energy Associates LLC, Belmont,
California; with A. Freeman Sibley, Southern Company Services Inc., Birmingham, Alabama
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| 11:55 a.m.–1:15 p.m. |
Lunch in the Exhibit Area
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Luncheon Keynote Address
The Honorable Byron Dorgan, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.
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Senator Byron Dorgan serves in the Democratic Leadership as an Assistant
Democratic Floor Leader and is the Chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy
Committee. In addition, he serves on four other Senate Committees. He is
Chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Energy & Water
Appropriations Subcommittee within the Appropriations Committee. Also, he is
a senior member of the Energy & Natural Resources Committee and the Commerce,
Science, and Transportation Committee. Senator Dorgan is working to make
significant longterm investments in renewable fuels, such as biofuels, wind
energy, and ethanol. He is also working to develop clean coal technology and
increase energy efficiency and the use of hydrogen.
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SESSION A5 |
SESSION B5 |
| 1:15–3:20 p.m. |
SOx,
NOx, and PM Measurement
Session Coordinator: Ye Zhuang, Research
Engineer, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: Jonathan Norman, Technical
Manager, O’Brien and Gere, East Syacuse, New York
Edward Levy, Director, Energy Research Center, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Hg Control – Sorbent Injection
Session Coordinator: Christopher Martin, Research
Engineer, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: Andrew O’Palko, Project
Manager, DOE NETL, Morgantown, West Virginia
Mark Berry, Environmental Controls R&D Manager, Southern Company
Services, Birmingham, Alabama
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| 1:15–1:40 p.m. |
“Scatter Light Technology and the Measurement of Particulate Matter,” Brian
Conway, Regional Sales Manager, East Coast Region, SICK Process Automation,
Houston, Texas, with D. Kietzer, SICK Process Automation, Bloomington, Minnesota
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“Evaluation of Low-Ash Impact Sorbent Injection Technologies at a Texas
Lignite/PRB-Fired Power Plant,” Katherine Dombrowski, Project Engineer,
with S. McDowell and C. Richardson, URS Corporation, Austin, Texas; K.
Fisher, Apogee Scientific, Englewood, Colorado; R. Chang, EPRI, Palo Alto,
California; C. Eckberg, NRG Texas LP, Houston, Texas; J. Hudspeth, Limestone
Generating Station, Jewitt, Texas; and A. O’Palko, DOE NETL, Morgantown, West Virginia
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| 1:40–2:05 p.m. |
“Wet Scrubber Mist Eliminator Performance Testing with a Video Droplet Analyzer,”
Kenneth Cushing, Manager, Environmental Field Services Group, with J. McCain,
Power Systems and Energy Research Department, Southern Research Institute,
Birmingham, Alabama
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“Full-Scale Mercury Control Demonstration at an SO3 Conditioned
PRB Site,” Tom Campbell, Manager, Field Demonstrations, with S. Sjostrom
and M. Dillon, ADA Environmental Solutions, LLC, Littleton, Colorado
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| 2:05–2:30 p.m. |
“Sulfur Condensables Measurement for Heat Rate Improvement by Air Heater
Protection and Cleaning,” Chetan Chothani, Vice President, Business
Development, Breen Energy Solutions, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
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“Full-Scale Evaluation of Long-Term Balance-of-Plant Effects Resulting from
Activated Carbon Injection,” John Pavlish, Senior Research Advisor, with D.
Laudal and J. Thompson, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota; D. Smith, SaskPower,
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; J. Burgess, Lignite Energy Council, Bismarck,
North Dakota; and L. Brickett, DOE NETL, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| 2:30–2:55 p.m. |
“Airborne Dust Characterization by a 2-D Fractal Approach,” Giuseppe Bonifazi, Professor
of Particles and Particulate Solids Processing, with N. Picone and S. Serranti, Department
of Chemical, Materials and Environment, Sapienza – University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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“Mercury Optimization Project at WPSC Weston Unit 4,” Jerry Amrhein, Project Manager,
with G. Filippelli, T. Campbell, and S. Sjostrom, ADA Environmental Solutions, LLC,
Littleton, Colorado; and F. Gertz and K. Mataczynski, Wisconsin Public Service, Green
Bay, Wisconsin
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| 2:55–3:20 p.m. |
“Factors Affecting SO3 Formation and Depletion in Coal-Fired Boilers,”
Edward Levy, Director, with C. Romero, Z. Yao, D. McMullen, and H. Caram, Energy
Research Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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“Novel Carbon-Based Sorbents for High SO3 Applications,” Nicholas Pollack,
Director of Business Development, Calgon Carbon Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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| 3:20–3:50 p.m. |
Break in Exhibit Area |
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SESSION A6 |
SESSION B5 CONTINUED |
| 3:50–5:30 p.m. |
PM Policy, Regulations, and Health Issues
Session Coordinator: Laura Raymond, Research
Manager, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
On-Site Coordinator: Nick Ralston, Research
Scientist, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chair: Ron Wyzga, Technical Executive,
Air Quality, Health, and Risk Assessment, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
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Hg Control – Sorbent Injection Continued
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| 3:50–4:15 p.m. |
“Monitoring to Resolve the Air Quality Health Issue,” Ron Wyzga, Technical
Executive, Air Quality, Health, and Risk Assessment, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
|
“Progress Update – Applying Mer-CureTM Technology to RRI Energy, Inc.
Generating Plants in Pennsylvania,” Richard LaFlesh, with J. Iovino, G. DeJong,
and M. Gilmore, Alstom Power, Inc., Windsor, Connecticut; B. Ganter, RRI Energy,
Inc., Canonsburg, Pennsylvania; and P. Orban, RRI Energy, Inc., New Florence, Pennsylvania
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| 4:15–4:40 p.m. |
“Determining Which Types of Fine Particles in Ambient Air Harm Human Health,” Thomas
Grahame, Senior Policy Analyst, DOE, Washington, D.C.
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“On-Site Production of Activated Carbon for Removal of Mercury from Coal Flue
Gas,” Ramsay Chang, Technical Executive, with C. Shaban, EPRI, Palo Alto,
California; T. Ebner, K. Fisher, and R. Slye, Apogee Scientific, Englewood,
Colorado; Y. Lu and M. Rostam-Abadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Champaign, Illinois; and R. Morrical, Maxwell Engineering & Consulting, Oxford, Maryland
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| 4:40–5:05 p.m. |
“Coherence Between Animal Toxicology and Epidemiology Provides Insights into
PM Causative Components,” Urmila Kodavanti, Research Biologist, Environmental
Health Division, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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“Testing of Nalco’s Mercontrol® 7895 for Mercury Removal at Arizona
Electric Power’s Apache Station,” Scott Renninger, Vice President, Mercury Control
Technologies, with J. Meier and B. Higgins, Nalco Mobotec, Walnut Creek, California;
R. Stiles and B. Keiser, Nalco Company, Naperville, Illinois; C. Senior and B. Van Otten,
Reaction Engineering International, Salt Lake City, Utah; and J. Andrew, Arizona
Electric Power Company, Benson, Arizona
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| 5:05–5:30 p.m. |
“Comparison of Estimated Effects of Air Pollution on Human Mortality Calculated Via
SPlus and SAS,” Rebecca Klemm, President, with E. Thomas, Klemm Analysis Group, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.; and R. Wyzga, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
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“High-Temperature Effects of Fly Ash on Speciation of Mercury and on Sorption of
Mercury on MinPlus Sorbent,” Joep Biermann, Director of Technology, MinPlus B.V.,
Arnhem, The Netherlands; with J. Wendt and S.J. Lee, University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah
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| CONFERENCE DAY 4 – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009 |
| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration Open – Continental Breakfast
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SESSION A7 |
SESSION B6 |
| 8:05–11:30 a.m. |
Hg and Coal Utilization By-Products
Session Coordinator: Debra Pflughoeft-Hassett,
Senior Research Advisor, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: Ken Ladwig, Senior Research
Manager, EPRI, New Berlin, Wisconsin
Loreal Heebink, Research Chemist, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Hg Control – Scrub/Multipollutant Systems
Session Coordinator: John Kay, Research Manager,
EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Session Chairs: Ravi Srivastava, Chief, Air
Pollution Technology Branch, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, EPA,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Katherine Dombrowski, Chemical Engineer, URS Corporation, Austin, Texas
|
| 8:30–8:55 a.m. |
“An Update on Concrete-FriendlyTM Mercury Sorbent Performance,” Daryl
Lipscomb, Commercial Development Manager, with R. Landreth, Y. Zhang, E. Zhou,
and S. Nelson, Jr., Albemarle Sorbent Technologies, Twinsburg, Ohio
|
“Full-Scale Demonstration of Oxidation Catalyst for Enhanced Mercury Control
by Wet FGD,” Gary Blythe, Project Manager, with J. Paradis, URS Corporation,
Austin, Texas; C. Frazer, J. Madrid, and C. Smith, LCRA, Austin, Texas; C. Miller
and A. O’Palko, DOE NETL, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and B. Freeman, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
|
| 8:55–9:20 a.m. |
“Concrete Applications Using High-Carbon Fly Ash from the TOXECONTM Baghouse,”
Jean Bustard, Chief Operating Officer, with R. Stewart and T. Nixon, ADA Environmental
Solutions, LLC, Littleton, Colorado; S. Derenne, We Energies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
M. McMillian and F. Sudhoff, DOE NETL, Morgantown, West Virginia; and C. Welker,
Miracon Technologies, Inc., Richardson, Texas
|
“Pilot-Scale Evaluation of Mercury Control Technologies for Utilities Firing
Bituminous Coals,” Jason Laumb, Senior Research Manager, with J. Kay and B. Pavlish,
EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota
|
| 9:20–9:45 a.m. |
“Full-Scale Mercury Control Demonstration with Ash- Compatible Sorbents and
Follow-On Ash Compatibility Testing,” Tom Campbell, Manager, Field Demonstrations,
with S. Sjostrom, M. Dillon, R. Stewart, and T. Nixon, ADA Environmental Solutions,
LLC, Littleton, Colorado; R. Tetzloff, Portland General Electric, Portland, Oregon;
and R. Chang, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
|
“Pilot-Scale Study of Mercury Capture Enhancement Across Wet FGD Systems,” Christopher
Martin, Research Engineer, with J. Pavlish and Y. Zhuang, EERC, Grand Forks, North Dakota;
and F. Botha, Illinois Clean Coal Institute, Carterville, Illinois
|
| 9:45–10:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:15-10:40 a.m. |
“Mercury in Parent Coal Captured in Wet FGD Scrubber Materials: Effects of Product
Manufacturing,” Richard West, Ph.D. Candidate, with G. Markevicius and V. Malhotra,
Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois; F. Botha,
Illinois Clean Coal Institute, Carterville, Illinois, and C. Miller, DOE NETL,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
|
“A Laboratory Study for Separation of Mercury in Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization
Systems,” Srivats Srinivasachar, President, Envergex LLC, Sturbridge, Massachusetts;
with R. Hurt and W. Turnbull, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
|
| 10:40–11:05 a.m. |
“Bromide in FGD Systems – Electrochemical Corrosion Rate Tests,” William Steen,
Senior Chemical Engineer, with J. Currie, K. Dombrowski, and G. Blythe, URS
Corporation, Austin, Texas; and R. Chang, EPRI, Palo Alto, California
|
“Full-Scale Test Results from a 600-MW PRB-Fired Unit Using Alstom’s KNXTM
Technology for Mercury Emissions Control,” Michael Rini, Technology Manager,
Environmental Control Systems, Alstom Power, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee;
with B. Vosteen, Vosteen Consulting GmbH, Cologne, Germany
|
| 11:05–11:30 a.m. |
“iBIOTM Biological Treatment System for Flue Gas Desulfurization
Wastewater,” Jason (Xinjun) Teng, Research Engineer, with M. Berry, Southern
Company Services, Birmingham, Alabama; R. Kelly and S. Mehta, Degremont
Technologies North American R&D Center, Richmond, Virginia; and T. Lau,
Infilco Degremont, Inc., Richmond, Virginia
|
“Pilot Scale Study of Mercury Removal in CT-121 Wet FGD,” Corey Tyree, Research
Engineer, Southern Company Services, Birmingham, Alabama; with K. Ichihara and
A. Kumagai, Chiyoda Corporation, Yokohama, Japan; and D. Harris, P. Mehta, and
M. Amick, Black & Veatch Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas
|
| 11:30 a.m. |
Conference Concludes: Lunch on Your Own |
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