20 September, International R&D activities
12:00 - 12:45 LUNCH
12:50 Welcome, Jörgen Held, Director SGC

13:00 – 14.30
Alexander Vogel, IE Leipzig. Methane from wood - the Bio-SNG project
Hermann Hofbauer, TU Vienna. Indirect gasification
Serge Biollaz, Paul Scherrer Institute. Science and development aspects of the PSI fluidised bed methanation technology

14:30 - 15.00 COFFE BREAK

15:00 – 16.00
Martin Schaub, Director CTU. A technology concept for SNG-production
Robin Zwart, Energy Research Centre of Netherlands. Advanced gas cleaning

16.00 - 16.30 COFFE BREAK

16.30 – 18.00
Kari Salo, Director Carbona. Biomass gasification
Jens Rostrup-Nielsen, Haldor Topsoe. Science and development aspects of the Haldor Topsoe TREMP methanation technology
Jochen Vogels, Choren Industries, The Carbo-V gasification process for the production of syngas

19:00 DINNER
-23:00 Mingel and networking

21 September, National R&D activities
08:30 – 10.00
Rikard Gebart, Director ETC Piteå. Black liquor gasification
Sune Bengtsson, Director VVBGC. The CHRISGAS project
Ingemar Gunnarsson, Gothenburg Energy. The GoBiGas project
Owe Jönsson, E.ON Gas Sweden. E.ON's plans within the gasification area

10.00 – 10.20 COFFE BREAK

10.20 – 12.00
Krister Sjöström, Royal Institute of Technology. Development of a selective tar cracker
Lars Waldheim, TPS Thermal Processes. Production of fuels through gasification - a comparison between potential products
Jenny Larfeldt, Siemens. Gas turbine development for gasified biomass
Henrik Thunman, Chalmers. Re-building of the Chalmers CFB furnace to accomodate an indirect gasifier
Henrik Kusar, Swedish Energy Agency. The Swedish Energy Agency's strategy and perspective on the gasification area

12.00 – 13.00 LUNCH

13.00 – 15.30 STUDY TOUR
Chalmers gasification project and Rya CHP-plant
- At Chalmers we will visit the CFB-furnace which is complemented with an indirect gasifier.
- Rya has a 600 MW_th gas powered combined cycle connected to the district heating system.

The seminar will be chaired by Staffan Karlsson, Swedish Gas Centre