Agenda for the Natural Gas Utilization Workshop

The following is a working agenda for the Natural Gas Utilization Workshop.  Please check back often for any updates.

Day 1 (October 8, 2014) 

I.  Keynote Speaker:  Michael Levi (Council on Foreign Relations)

II.  Stationary Energy Generation

1. Combustion
   • Efficiency
   • Carbon Capture
   • Industrial Utilization
2. Fuel Cells
   • Efficiency
   • Durability
   • Economics/Projections

III.  Transportation Energy Generation

1. Fuel Type
   • Gaseous
     1. Specification
     2. Purity/Composition
   • Gas to Liquid
   • Hydrogen
   • Electrification
2. Heavy Duty Vehicles
   • Distribution
   • Storage
   • Utilization
     1. ICE
     2. FC
   • Economics
3. Light Duty Vehicles
   • Distribution
   • Storage
   • Utilization
     1. ICE
     2. FC
   • Economics/Projections
4. Aviation and Military Fuels
5. Point Source and Distributed Capture

IV.  Chemical Synthesis

1. Direct Conversion
   • Methane Pyrolysis
2. Indirect Conversion
   • MeOH, OCM, etc.
3. Novel Energy Input Approaches
   • Microwave, RF, Plasma, etc.
4. Separations
5. Process Intensification and Optimization
6. Feedstock Hybridization
   • Fossil + Renewable
7. GHG Management Schemes (Life Cycle Analysis)
   • Point Sources
   • Distributed Sources

Day 2 (October 9, 2014)

Roundtables

1. Stationary Energy Generation
2. Transportation Energy Generation
3. Chemical Synthesis and GTL