Topic Coordinators: Dr. Johan van Dyk, Dr. Massood Ramezan, Dr. Alberto Pettinau, Dr. Rolf Maurer, Dr. Andreas Richter
• Industrial Applications, Economics and Environmental Issues
• Underground Coal Gasification (UCG)
• Syngas to Power (Gas Turbines, Fuel Cells)
• Gasification Science and Modeling
• Novel Gasification Technologies and Concepts
• Co-Gasification of Coal and other Carbon-Based Fuels
• Systems Analysis
• Low Rank Coal Utilization
• Polygeneration
Topic Coordinators: Mr. Daniel Connell, Mr. Thomas Sarkus
• Existing and planned clean coal major demonstrations (process and technology demonstrations, i.e. IGCC, SCPC, USC, SNG, CTL, Oxy-combustion, etc.)
• Existing and planned clean coal commercial projects (fully integrated systems) and trends
• Industrial scale and utility scale carbon capture and carbon storage projects (i.e. >250,000 tons/year of CO₂)
• Lessons learned from technology demonstrations and first commercial deployments
• Intermediate scale demonstrations (i.e., 25-50 MWe)
• Commercially available technology reviews/updates (Vendor reports on advanced technology commercial offerings)
• Financing, business and risk management strategies for major demonstration and commercial projects, including first-of-a-kind projects with or without carbon capture and storage
• Regulatory impacts on major demonstration and commercial projects
• Insurance strategies for CO₂ capture and geologic Storage
Topic Coordinator(s): Dr. Evan Granite
• Industrial Applications and Environmental Issues
• Flue Gas Clean Up and Ash Chemistry
• Combustion Technology Advancements (Pulverized Coal, Fluidized Beds, Co-Firing, etc.)
• Novel Combustion and Cycle Technologies (Oxyfuel, Chemical looping, CO₂ Cycles, etc.)
• Modeling and Economic Evaluation
• Basic Studies, Materials, and Instrumentation
Topic Coordinators: Dr. Massood Ramezan, Mr. John Duddy, Prof. Atsushi Ishihara, Dr. Andreas Richter
• Coal-To-Liquids Fuels, CTL (Direct Liquefaction, Fischer-Tropsch, MTG, DME, etc.)
• Gas-To-Liquid, GTL
• Synthesis Gas Cleanup
• Substitute Natural Gas (SNG)
• Hydrogen Production
• Syngas to Chemicals/Materials
Topic Coordinators: Prof. Steve Carpenter, Dr. Massood Ramezan, Dr. Alberto Pettinau, Prof. Bingyun Li, Prof. Zhiyuan Yang
• Pre-Combustion Capture
• Post-Combustion Capture
• CO₂ Sequestration (Monitoring, Mitigation and Verification; Storage: Depleted Oil/Gas Reservoirs, Aquifers, Basalt, Coal Bed Methane, etc.)
• Transportation Infrastructure Issues
• Legal and Regulatory Issues
• Carbon Dioxide to Chemicals/Fuels
Topic Coordinators: Dr. Evan Granite, Dr. Leslie Ruppert, Prof. Atsushi Ishihara, Mr. Brian Shaffer, Dr. Allan Kolker
• Chemistry
• Geoscience/Coal Resources
• Trace Elements/Emission
• Coal Processing
• Coal Preparation
• Coal Utilization
• Coal Utilization By-Products (Ash, Fertilizers, etc.)
Topic Coordinators: Mr. Richard Winschel, Mr. Daniel Connell
• Coal Seam and Coal Mine Methane/Gas Management in Coal Mines
• Geological Issues Related to Coal Mining/Properties of Coal-Measure Rocks/Ground Behavior
• Coal Mining and Reclamation
• Mine Safety
Topic Coordinators: Dr. Leslie Ruppert, Mr. Richard Winschel
• Geology
• Exploration
• Resources and Reserves
• Drilling and Production
• Completion Methods
• Gas Quality and Processing
• Environmental Impacts
• Abating Methane Emissions from Gas and Coal Production
Topic Coordinator(s): Prof. Ting Wang
• Thermodynamic and economic analysis
• Boiler technology and design
• Steam turbine technology (reheat, regeneration, steam seals, blade aerodynamics)
• Gas Turbines technology (syngas or hydrogen-rich combustion, compressor aerodynamics, turbine blade heat transfer, materials)
• Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG)
• Condenser design and operation
• Cooling tower design and improvements
• Water treatments
• Post combustion gas cleaning
• IGCC integration and components (ASU, gasifiers, syngas cooling, gas clean up, water gas shift, and desulfurization)
• Oxy-fuel combustion plants
• Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)
• Combined Heating and Power (CHP)
• Energy storage (CAES, ice)
• Power Plants Operation and Maintenance experiences
• Any other or innovative new cycles
Topic Coordinators: Prof. Steve Carpenter, Dr. Massood Ramezan
• Energy Production and Water Use – Conservation and Recycle
• Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) or Energy Production Systems
• Energy Production on the Environment
• Energy Sustainability – Efficiency and Conversation to Reduce GHG
• GHG, Inventory Protocol, Legal and Regulatory Considerations, Credits
Topic Coordinators: Prof. Steve Carpenter, Dr. Evan Granite, Prof. Richard Bajura, Dr. Allan Kolker
• Rare earth elements in coal and petroleum fuels
• Rare earth element chemistry in power systems
• Mining waste
• Fly ash and slag
• Separation methods
• Rare earth geochemistry
• Measurement and characterization: challenges and solutions
• Modeling
• Mining and recovery methods in industry
• Status of supply and trade
• Emerging issues
Topic Coordinators: Dr. Evan Granite, Prof. Tarunjit Butalia, Dr. Allan Kolker
• Ash pond reclamation
• Extension of landfills over ash ponds
• Long-term recovery of materials from ash ponds
• Secondary uses of closed ash ponds
• Coal Combustion Residuals (CCRs) landfill management
• Beneficial uses of CCRs
• Rare earth element extraction from CCRs
• Role of CCRs for CO2 storage
Topic Coordinators: Dr. Evan Granite, Mr. John Duddy, Mr. Richard Winschel, Mr. Daniel Connell
• Nano-carbons
• Fibers
• Composites
• 3D Printing
• Additive Manufacturing
• Electrodes
• Capacitors
• Construction Materials
• Concretes
• Thermal Insulators
• Activated Carbons
• Tars, Cokes and Pitches
• Chemicals
Topic Coordinators: Dr. Massood Ramezan, Prof. Richard Bajura
• Chemical (Hydrogen, Ammonia, Methanol)
• Thermal (Thermochemical, Sensible, Latent)
• Mechanical (Compressed Air, Pumped Hydro)
• Electrochemical (Batteries: Flow, Li-ion, Lead Acid)
• Other (Geothermal)