OCTOBER 22, BIOMASS GASIFICATION

11:00 - 11:45 Registration
12:00 - 12:45 LUNCH
12:50 Welcome, Jörgen Held, Director Swedish Gas Centre

13:00 – 14.30
Ingvar Landälv, CHEMREC AB. Black Liquor Gasification
Lars Otter, Lurgi GmbH. Gasification of alternative feedstocks for the production of synfuels and 2nd generation biofuels
Kathrin Bienert, CHOREN Industries GmbH. Commercial Scale BTL Production on the verge of becoming reality

14:30 - 15.00 COFFEE BREAK

15:00 – 16.15
Kasper Lundtorp, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S. Up-draft Biomass Gasification
Esteban Chornet, Enerkem. Heterogeneous biomass residues and the catalytic synthesis of alcohols
Ingemar Gunnarsson, Göteborg Energi AB. Status of the GoBiGas-project

16.15 - 16.45 COFFEE BREAK

16.45 – 18.00
Cesar Dopazo, University of Zaragoza. On-going Gasification Activities in Spain
Francesco Fantozzi, University of Perugia. Biomass Gasification Research in Italy
Robin Zwart, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands. RD&D needs and recommendations for the commercialization of high-efficient bioSNG

19:00 DINNER
-23:00 Mingle and Networking

OCTOBER 23, GAS CLEANING AND TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES

09:00 – 10.00
Reinhard Rauch, Vienna University of Technology. Cleaning and Usage of Product Gas from Biomass Steam Gasification
David Dayton, Research Triangle Institute. Biomass Gasification and Catalytic Tar Cracking Process Development

10.00 – 10.30 COFFEE BREAK

10.30 – 12.00
Tim Schulzke, Fraunhofer UMSICHT. Syngas Cleaning with Catalytic Tar Reforming
John Bøgild Hansen, Haldor Topsøe A/S. Biomass Gas Cleaning and Utilization-The Topsøe Perspective
Jan-Willem Könemann, Dahlman. OLGA Tar Removal Technology

12.00 – 13.00 LUNCH

13.00 – 14.30 Strategy, Policy and Vision
Alexander Vogel, E.ON Ruhrgas AG. Bio-SNG - Strategy and Activities within E.ON
Henrik Kusar, Swedish Energy Agency. Strategy and Gasification Activities in Sweden
Michelle Ekman, Swedish Gas Association. 20 TWh/yr biomethane 2020

Summary of the conference, Staffan Karlsson, Swedish Gas Centre


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