(HyPT-3) Overview of Session 2B - Hydrogen from Natural Gas
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Tuesday 12 September 2023 6:00pm - 7:30pm ACST (UTC+9:30) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Tim Forbes (Hazer), Samuli Rasanen (Hycamite), Gerard Gatt (Sakowin), PANELLISTS Prof Alberto Abanades (UPMadrid), (Hydrogen Europe), CHAIR Dr Alfonso Chinnici SESSIONS AIMS TO: • Appraise the current state of H2 from natural gas technology, projections and limitations
• Analyse the challenges and limitations of emerging technologies, and barriers leading to cost reduction
• Consider system integration, scale-up and effectiveness, as well as life-cycle analysis.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Tim Forbes (Hazer) Tim Forbes is Chief Technical Officer at Hazer Group and is focused on commercialising the Hazer Process – Iron Catalysed methane pyrolysis to produce low emission, low cost hydrogen and graphite. Tim is a Chemical Engineer with 16 years industry experience, predominantly with ExxonMobil in R&D, Capital Projects and Process Operations Management spanning a broad range of process technologies including fluidized catalytic cracking, hydroprocessing and hydrogen production. More recently he has worked at Fortescue Future Industries in green hydrogen and green iron technology development before joining Hazer Group early in 2023. At Hazer the primary areas of focus are commercial scaleup, Hazer Graphite technical market development and catalyst fundamentals. Samuli Rasanen (Hycamite) Dr. Samuli Räsänen is an accomplished Vice President of R&D at Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd, holding a Doctor of Science (Technology) degree from Aalto University. With over 10 years of experience in EV precursor development, he possesses a strong foundation in product development and a deep understanding of material science and innovation. Driven by a passion for growth and exploration, he leads Hycamite's catalyst and carbon product development groups, leveraging their expertise and experience in the field of thermo catalytic decomposition of methane. Gerard Gatt (Sakowin) Gérard Gatt discovered hydrogen in 2016 while reflecting on the global challenges of the energy transition and energy performance issues. A specialist in business development, management and innovation financing, he created Sakowin in 2017. Sakowin was born of the conviction that methane is, in view of the challenges and constraints of the global energy transition, a relevant avenue for producing hydrogen sustainably and economically. In May 2020, a co-development agreement was signed with an engineer specializing in microwaves and plasma gas cracking. The first patents were filed in October 2020, and a working prototype saw the light of day in September 2021. We will be installing our 1st industrial pilot unit in 2024. PANELLISTS Prof Alberto Abanades (UPMadrid) Full Professor of the Department of Energy Engineering of the ETSII-UPM, and deputy director of master's and doctoral programs at the ETSII from April 2018 to April 2022. Director of the Department of Energy Engineering of the UPM since December, 2022. After a 2-year stay at CERN (Geneva), integrated into the team of Nobel Prize Laureate Prof. Rubbia , he was project manager at LAESA, a company founded for the development of the Energy Amplifier. He was a collaborator from March 2012 to October 2015 at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, in Potsdam (Germany), as coordinator of the research area on the use of fossil fuels through their transformation into Hydrogen without greenhouse gas emissions. He currently develops his teaching and research activity in the field of Thermal Machines and Engines, also participating as a speaker in specialized courses, conferences and technological developments related to energy, thermal systems, concentrated solar thermal energy, as well as in research in technologies Hydrogen generation as methane pyrolysis, and transmutation of radioactive waste. Related to various aspects of the world of energy (renewable, nuclear, hydrogen), Dr Abánades has 17 patents, 59 publications in international journals of impact, 92 presentations at international and national conferences, 7 chapters of scientific books and has directed 8 doctoral theses. Dr Abánades is in the ranking of the Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists. (Hydrogen Europe) |
HyPT-3 will bring together over 70 experts from around the world to compare the relative merits of alternative CO2-free hydrogen technologies.
September 12 - 15, 2023 (Virtual)
Building on the very successful Hydrogen Production Technologies (HyPT) Forums held in 2019 and 2021, HyPT-3 will continue to explore, in depth, a range of current and emerging zero carbon emission (CO2-free) hydrogen production technologies.
The forum will examine, through expert opinion and discussion, the different technologies, with emphasis on: appraisal of current technologies, projections and limitations; challenges and limitations of emerging technologies, and barriers leading to cost reduction; and consideration of systems integration, scale-up and effectiveness, as well as life-cycle analysis.
Date: Tuesday 12 September - Friday 15 September, Australian Central Standard Time.
Time: Sessions scheduled across four days. 2 sessions will be run for each topic to suit different time zones. (see program)
Cost: $110.00 (AUD) general admission, $55.00 (AUD) for students.
Mode: Virtual only - Zoom links will be sent out prior to the forum commencing.