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Technical Program

Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates. ...

Please note this schedule is subject to change. Check back frequently for updates.

Sunday, August 12

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Dinner at Cafe Eccell (ticketed event, RSVP period closed)

Monday, August 13


7:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration
7:30 AM - 8:10 AM Morning Coffee
8:10 AM - 8:15 AM Welcome Remarks: Debalina Sengupta, Associate Director,TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Introduction: Mark Barteau, Vice President for Reseach, Texas A&M University
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Session 1: Advances in catalyst/process chemistries for natural gas conversion
  Chairs: James Spivey, Louisiana State University & John Hu, West Virginia University
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited Speaker: Energy and Economic Metrics for Evaluating Chemical Processing Technologies Associated with Oxidative Dehydrogenation - Ethylene Case Study — Anne Gaffney, Idaho National Laboratory
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited Speaker: Valorization of Natural Gas Liquids from Shale Gas —  Fabio H. Ribeiro, Purdue University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited Speaker: Methane to Value Added Chemicals Using a Solid Superacid Catalyst —  James Spivey, Louisiana State University
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel Discussion: Advances in reaction enginering and separations for natural gas conversion, Anne Gaffney, Idaho National Laboratory, Fabio H. Riberio, Purdue University, James Spivey, Louisiana State University
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Two New Gtl Processes from Gti —  Terry Marker, Gas Technology Institute
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Coking and Sintering Resistance of ALD Catalyst for Dry Reforming of Methane — Shaik Afzal, Texas A&M University
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Enhanced Methane Conversion Via Improved Dry Reforming Catalysts and on-Line Optimization — Supareak Praserthdam, Texas A&M University
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Session 2: Advances in reaction engineering and separation for natural gas conversion
  Chairs: Joe Powell, Shell Oil Company & Bala Subramaniam, University of Kansas
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Invited Speaker: Methane Pyrolysis on Complex Melts: Reactive Separation for Hydrogen and Carbon — Eric McFarland, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Invited Speaker: Mixed-Oxide Redox Catalysts for Shale Gas Valorization Under Cyclic Redox Schemes — Fanxing Li, North Carolina State University
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Invited Speaker: Reaction Engineering and Separations Challenges for Natural Gas Utilization: An Industry Perspective — Joe Powell, Shell Oil Company
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Panel Discussion: Advances in reaction enginering and separations for natural gas conversion, Eric McFarland, University of California, Santa Barbara, Fanxing Li, North Carolina State University, Joe Powell, Shell Oil Company
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Intensified Fluidization Process for Industrial-Scale Coproduction of Value-Added Carbon and CO2-Free H2 from Natural Gas — Hanjing Tian, West Virginia University
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Zoneflow Structured Catalytic Reactors for Steam Methane Reforming: Experimental Studies of the Reaction Kinetics and Fluid Dynamics and Multi-Scale Modelling — Juray De Wilde, Université Catholique de Louvain
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Electrochemical Membrane Reactors for Combined CO2/O2 Capture from Flue Gas and in Situ Conversion of Natural Gas — Peng Zhang, University of South Carolina
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Poster Session with Light Refreshments

Tuesday, August 14


7:00 AM - 12:00 PM Registration
7:00 AM- 8:00 AM Morning Coffee
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Invited Speaker: The Impact of Modular Chemical Process Intensification (MCPI) on Distributed Gas Conversion — Jim Bielenberg, RAPID Manufacturing Institute
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Session 3: Process systems engineering for natural gas systems
  Chairs: M.M Faruque Hasan, Texas A&M University & Debalina Sengupta, TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited Speaker: Multi-Scale Energy Systems Engineering for Optimal Natural Gas Utilization — Stratos Pistikopoulos, Texas A&M University
9:00 AM- 9:30 AM Invited Speaker: A General Framework for the Evaluation of Direct Nonoxidative Methane Conversion Strategies — Christos Maravelias, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited Speaker: Patrick Linke, Texas A&M University at Qatar
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Panel Discussion: Process Systems Engineering For Natural Gas Systems
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Natural Gas Hydrate Formation Prediction and Prevention Strategies in Gas Transmission and Processing — Banchao Shu, Certified Technologies
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM Modular and Agile Design for Unconventional Natural Gas Utilization — M.M Faruque Hasan, Texas A&M University
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Optimization Approach to Reduction of CO2 Emissions for Syngas Production Involving Dry Reforming — Debalina Sengupta, TEES Gas and Fuels Research Center
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM Closing Remarks
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM  Break
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Additional Workshop: CNG Awareness Program, presented by Fazal Ali Khan, Midlink Group Inc.

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM RAPID Session: Open to Natural Gas Workshop Attendees