Now in its 16th year, the conference will take place at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater, Florida, from April 17 to 21.
The conference is supported by the US Department of Energy, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Fuels & Combustion Technologies Division, and the Coal Technology Association, in cooperation with the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Panelists include:
Coal Technology: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow – Dr Lawrence, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Global Climate Change – Dr Robert Romanosky, National Energy Technology Laboratory
World Energy Supply and Demand – Robert Hirsch, Science Applications International Corp.
Hydrogen From Coal – C. Lowell Miller, US Department of Energy
International Coal Developments – Prof Dr Klaus Hein, University of Stuttgart
FutureGen – Victor Der, US Department of Energy
Utility Trends in Future Power Generation – Stanley Vecci, The Babcock & Wilcox Company
Tutorials will cover CO2, mercury, low NOx burners, virtual reality, advances in solving ash problems for coal power generation, ash and deposit formation – and corrosion – in biomass fired systems, neural networks and optimization, fuel flexibility and, industrial gases – emerging and commercial applications and supply for the power sector.
Technical sessions will include 140 technical papers covering:
Advanced materials
Advanced power plant controls & sensors
Advances in technology
Biomass for power I & II
CO2 management
CO2 capture & sequestration
Coal compatible fuel cells
Coal mining & preparation
Computational techniques for ash behavior
Computer modeling/virtual reality
Emissions control
Energy visions & perspectives I & II
Gasification technologies
Hydrogen from coal I & II
Low NOx burners
Mercury I & II
Opportunity fuels & by-products
Oxy-fuel I, II & III and
Real-time analysis of coal
