Production of Methanol Sustainably
and
Related Engine Technology
Workshop 6­7 May 2014
Open seminar 8 May 2014
Gothenburg
Sweden
Participants
Name
Prof. Per Alvfors
Prof. Karin Andersson
Kent Andersson
Tommy Björkqvist
Joakim Bomanson
Dr. Selma Brynolf
Prof. Dinko Chakarov
Jason Chesko
Prof. Roland Clift
Dr. Daniel Cohn
Prof. Ingemar Denbratt
Dr. Joanne Ellis
Per Fagerlund
Prof. Christer Forsgren
Prof. Erik Fridell
Kristina Furubacke
Prof Rikard Gebart
Dr. Maria Grahn
Dr. John B Hansen
Lennart Haraldson
Prof. Simon Harvey
Sjur Haugen
Prof. Bengt Johansson
Patrik Klintbom
Dr. Klaus Lackner
Ingvar Landälv
Prof. Karin Pettersson
Prof. Lars J Pettersson
Prof. G. K Surya Prakash
Prof. Bengt Ramne
Wolfgang Seuser
Per Stefenson
Thomas Stenhede
Prof. Henrik Thunman
K-C Tran
Sören Udd
Dr. Alberto Varone
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Organisation
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Innovatum
TBAB ”Technology”
ScandiNAOS AB
Chalmers University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Methanex
CES, University of Surrey
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
SSPA
ScandiNAOS AB
Stena Metall/Chalmers University of Technology
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Chalmers University of Technology
Wärtsilä Sweden AB
Luleå University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Haldor Topsoe
Wärtsilä Sweden AB
Chalmers University of Technology
Statoil Fuel & Retail AS
Lund University
Volvo Group
Columbia University
Luleå University of Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute/University of Southern California
ScandiNAOS AB/Chalmers University of Technology
Methanol Market Services Asia
Stena Teknik
Wärtsilä Sweden AB
Chalmers University of Technology
Carbon Recycling International, Icelnad
Swedish Internal Combustion Engine Consortium
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, IASS
Background
The ongoing globalization and development of international trade – which is key to our
standard of living, wealth and quality of life – is dependent on transports of all kinds.
Maritime transports count for the by far largest transport work with a very high degree of
energy efficiency but is yet consuming large quantities of fossil fuel, mostly of low quality, and
with environmental consequences accordingly.
For the transport industry in general, including the maritime one, the society has formulated
requirements and targets aiming at reducing the emissions and ultimately aiming at clean and
GHG neutral energy supply/energy conversion systems.
At the Royal Swedish Academy of Science conference “Energy 2050” in Oct. 2009, the
concept “The Methanol Economy” as defined by Nobel Laureate George Olah and further
elaborated together with Surya Prakash and Alain Goeppert, was discussed. In this concept
methanol was identified as an available solution to provide a clean energy carrier for the
transport industry with potential to become “a bridge to the carbon neutral society” (MIT).
The project “EffShip” (started in Dec. -09) concluded in March 2013 that methanol is the most
suitable way to meet the demands for clean maritime fuel (SECA 2015, 20% GHG reduction
2020, 70% GHG reduction 2050). Powerfully pushed by Stena Rederi AB, a prototype project
(SPIRETH) was initiated where methanol and DME were tested on board a ship in service and
at industrial scale.
In Nov. 2013 at the IASS workshop in Potsdam, leading scientists and industry representatives
in the field of green fuel production, presented their most recent results and discussed the
commercial perspectives and scientific challenges.
Today (May 2014) there are seven ships on order for conversion (Stena) and new building
(Methanex) with engines to be operated on methanol as main fuel.
This PROMSUS WORKSHOP provides opportunities for scientists and industry
representatives within the fields green fuel production and engine technologies to present and
discuss recent results and prospective solutions and suggest road maps for development of
engine technologies best utilizing identified methanol/ alcohol fuels with regard to
composition and qualities, how to produce these qualities as green as possible and what
challenges are ahead to implement the findings in the short, medium and long term
perspective.
Per Fagerlund
President ScandiNAOS AB
PROMSUS Coordinator
Bengt Ramne
Managing Director ScandiNAOS AB
Professor of the Practice
Chalmers University of Technology
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Organisation of the workshop
The Workshop will consist of a two day program for invited delegates.
The limitation to 30-40 delegates in the workshops is intended to promote a lively, constructive and
informal exchange of views and knowledge. There will be a qualified leader of each workshop
group as well as a qualified secretary to properly record and edit the results of the discussions.
Day 1: Presentations and discussions will take place in plenum
Time permit eleven presentations each approximately 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes of
discussion. The speakers will cover different aspects of the use of methanol, from combustion and
methanol engines to methanol chemistry and the outlook for the methanol market.
Day 2: Participants are divided in three groups for informal discussions
The results and proposals of the workshop groups will be summarized in plenum in the afternoon
of day 2.
Each of the participants are asked to prepare a short presentation of their specialties.
Day 3: Dissemination of the results of the workshop
Enterprise Europe Network/Swerea/IVF will organize a seminar on day 3 that is open to
professionals and organizations working with sustainability in the maritime industry.
Presentations are made by the discussion leaders of each workshop group. Time for questions and
discussions is included.
A tour by boat showing the Port of Gothenburg and its ongoing activities will be arranged.
The delegates from day 1 and day 2 are most welcome to participate in presentation and
discussions.
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Agenda Day 1
0830
0915
0930
Arrival and registration at Lindholmen Conference Centre
Welcome and introduction to the program
Dr. Daniel Cohn
Super-Efficient Methanol Engines using Spark Ignition and Exhaust Heat
Recovery
1000
Prof. Bengt Johansson
Alcohol Compression Ignition
1030
1100
Coffee
Lennart Haraldsson
Use of methanol in internal combustion engines – status review
1130
John B. Hanssen
Headline
1200
Prof. Surya Prakash
Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy
1230
1330
Lunch
Dr. Klaus Lackner
Closing the Fuel Cycle through CO2 Capture from Air.
1400
Dr. Alberto Varone
Synthetic liquid fuels: an option for the German Energiewende
1430
Jason Chesko
Overview of global methanol markets and outlook
1500
1530
Coffee
K-C Tran
Converting emission to liquid fuel
1600
Ingvar Landälv
Renewable Fuels - Opportunities to Grasp and Barriers to Overcome
1630
Wolfgang Seuser
Methanol, alternative energy options or application beyond Chemistry
– global market activity of Methanol to Energy
1700
1900
End of day 1
Dinner for the participants and selected guests at Novotel
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Agenda Day 2
Day 2 of the workshop will also take place at Lindholmen Conference Centre. Transport from
and to Novotel will be arranged in group by local ferry.
0930 – 1230
Workshop in three groups.
1230 – 1330
Lunch.
1330 – 1530
Workshop continues.
1530 – 1700
Summary of the workshop and discussion.
1700
End of the program.
The participants will be divided in three groups to discuss different challenges of how to use
methanol as fuel, how to achieve sustainable methanol production and what engine technologies
shall apply. Also – what does short, medium and long perspective mean for what is possible to
achieve.
The topics for the groups are Alcohol engines, Methanol Chemistry and Methanol production.
After lunch the groups may be somewhat reorganised and those who want to change groups may
do so.
Alcohol engines
Which development steps are needed for the engines in order to introduce methanol on a broad
scale as marine fuel. Are different alternatives applicable for different purposes? What does the
future hold?
How are the available alcohol fuels best used and what alternatives are there regarding fuel
composition and quality?
Methanol Chemistry – Technologies for greener production
Putting industrialisation in the back seat, what are the state of the art methods for methanol
production and how can we hope to produce methanol in the future? What should be the target
and what challenges do we need to overcome to reach it?
Methanol Production – Industrialization of efficient and sustainable methods
How is the current knowledge of methanol synthesis best used to implement greener and more
cost efficient methanol production plants on an industrial scale? Which new technologies are
ready for industrialization?
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Working groups Day 2
Group 1: Alcohol Engines
Workshop Leader: Tommy Björkqvist, TBAB Technology
Workshop Secretary: Bengt Ramne, ScandiNAOS
Participants:
Kent Andersson, Innovatum
Daniel Cohn, MIT
Ingemar Denbratt, Chalmers
Kristina Furubacke, Wärtsilä
Lennart Haraldson, Wärtsilä
Bengt Johansson, LTH
Patrik Klintbom, Volvo
Henrik Thunman, Chalmers
Sören Udd, SICEC
Group 2: Methanol Chemistry ­ Technologies for greener production
Workshop Leader: Surya Prakash, USC
Workshop Secretary: Karin Andersson/Selma Brynolf, Chalmers
Participants:
Dinko Chakarov, Chalmers
Joanne Ellis, SSPA
Erik Fridell, Chalmers/IVL
Richard Gebart, Luleå University of Technology
Maria Grahn, Chalmers
Lars J Pettersson, KTH
Karin Pettersson, Chalmers
Klaus Lackner, Columbia University
Alberto Varone, IASS
Group 3: Methanol Production ­ Industrialization of efficient and sustainable
methods
Workshop Leader: Thomas Stenhede, Wärtsilä
Workshop Secretary: Joakim Bomanson, ScandiNAOS
Participants:
Per Alvforss, KTH
Jason Chesko, Methanex
Roland Clift, CES Surrey
Christer Forsgren, Stena/Chalmers
John B Hansen, Haldor Topsoe
Sjur Haugen, Statoil
Ingvar Landälv, Luleå University of Technology
Per Stefenson, Stena
K-C Tran, Carbon Recycling International
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Agenda Day 3
09:00
Registration at SSR’s premises in Långedrag
09:30
Welcome – Enterprise Europe Network
Thomas Bräck, Business developer Enterprise Europe Network, Swerea IVF
09:35
Presentation of the agenda
Björn Södahl, Research Coordinator at Department of Shipping and Marine Technology,
Chalmers University of Technology
09:45
Compact State of the art (Alcohol chemistry, production, engine and ship
technology etc.)
Per Fagerlund, MSc Naval Architect, Senior Advisor, ScandiNAOS AB
10:00
Ship owners’ perspective
Per Stefensson, MSc Technical Division Naval Architect , Stena Rederi AB
10:25
Engine manufacturers’ perspective
Lennart Haraldsson, R&D Alternative Fuels, Wärtsilä Corporation, Power Tech
10:50
Coffe break
11:20
Methanol as a fuel
Thomas Stenhede, Senior Application Manager, Wärtsilä
11:45
Engine technology
Tommy Björkqvist, CEO, TBAB Teknikkonsult
12:10
Production of bio-methanol from forest industry by-products and residual fuels
Rikard Gebart, Professor at Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå
University of Technology
12:35
Next step and discussion
Bengt Ramne, Naval Architect/Professor of the Practice at Chalmers University of
Technology, ScandiNAOS AB
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13:00
Lunch
14:15
Walk towards steam boat
14:30
Embarking s/s Bohuslän
14:45
Presentation tour in the port of Gothenburg and combined networking
16:30
Arrival at Långedrag and end of program
Speakers
Daniel Cohn, Bengt Johansson, Lennart
Haraldson, John Bøgild Hansen, G. K Surya
Prakash, Klaus Lackner, Alberto Varone,
Jason Chesko, K­C Tran, Ingvar Landälv,
Wolfgang Seuser
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Dr. Daniel Cohn
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Cohn is a research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative where his research includes alternative
transportation fuels, high efficiency engines and natural gas to liquids conversion technology. He
was Executive Director of the MIT Study on the Future of Natural Gas. Prior to joining the
Energy Initiative , he held a joint appointment as a senior research scientist at the MIT Plasma
Science and Fusion Center and the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department, from which he
retired in 2011. Dr. Cohn received an AB from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD
in physics from MIT. After joining the MIT research staff in 1971 he held various positions that
included leader of the laser and plasma group at the National Magnet Laboratory and head of the
plasma technology division at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. His research included laser
diagnostics of plasmas, nuclear fusion reactor concepts , plasma treatment of waste and vehicular
applications of plasma technology. Dr. Cohn is a co-founder of InEnTec, a company that provides
electrically enhanced gasification technology for converting hazardous, medical and municipal waste
to clean fuel. He is also a co-founder and CEO of Ethanol Boosting Systems (EBS), whose
technology provides on-demand octane boosting of gasoline engines, enabling higher efficiency
and performance. He is an inventor of 50 US patents. Dr. Cohn is a fellow of the American
Physical Society. He was a recipient of the Discover Award for Innovation in Transportation and
three R&D 100 Awards for technological innovation in environmental technologies.
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Speaker
Super-Efficient Methanol Engines Using Spark Ignition
and Exhaust Heat Recovery +
Daniel R. Cohn ++
MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Abstract for
Workshop on Methanol Sustainability and Related Engine Technology
May 6 & 7, 2014, Gothenburg, Sweden
Methanol has unique properties for obtaining very high efficiency in reciprocating engines.
These engines can provide an efficiency up to 25 % greater than diesel engine efficiency. They
use spark ignition and optimized exhaust heat recovery. Potential applications include ship
propulsion and electrical power generation as well as use in vehicles.
When operated with spark ignition and no exhaust heat recovery methanol engines can provide
similar efficiency and torque to diesel engines of substantially larger size. They operate with a
stoichiometric fuel/air ratio and use the highly effective three way catalyst for emissions
control. This efficiency can be increased by up to 25 % by use of an exhaust heat recovery
system that absorbs heat energy by reforming conversion of most or all of the methanol into
hydrogen-rich gas which is then combusted in the engine. At MIT we are investigating the use
of a heat exchanger and reforming catalyst system to both increase the chemical energy of the
hydrogen –rich gas and to recover exhaust heat energy by an open Rankine cycle .
This exhaust energy recovery system can also be used with engines that are fueled by methanol
and a small amount of diesel fuel. However, if these engines are operated with a lean fuel /air
mixture the exhaust heat recovery will be less effective than with stoichiometric operation.
+ Work supported by MIT Arthur Samberg Energy Innovation Fund
++ In collaboration with Leslie Bromberg
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Prof. Bengt Johansson
Professor at the Division of Combustion Engines, Department of Heat
and Power Engineering
Lund Institute of Technology at Lund University
Ph.D. :
The Ph.D. 1995 on “On Cycle to Cycle Variations in Spark Ignition Engines – The Effects of Fluid
Flow and Gas Composition in the Vicinity of the Spark Plug on Early Combustion”. Dept. of Heat
and Power Engineering Lund Institute of Technology under supervision of Prof. Gunnar
Lundholm
Docent: Docent 1998
Present Position
Head of Division of Combustion Engines at Lund University since 2004-01-24.
Vice-Head of Department (stf. Prefekt) since the same date.
Head of the STEM Competence Centre Combustion Processes since 2003-07-01.
Some 10% of the time is spent on education 40% on administration and the rest on
research/supervision.
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Speaker
Alcohol Compression Ignition
Abstract
Methanol and ethanol have high octane numbers and are thus very well suited for combustion
in a spark ignition engine. However, the SI combustion process limits the engine efficiency as
compression ratio must be reduced to prevent knock and inlet airflow must be reduced to keep
a constant air/fuel ratio independent of load. Also the risk of superknock is present with
highly boosted SI engines running with relatively high pressures and low temperature before
onset of combustion.
It is this better to run an alcohol engine with compression ignition. Here there are three
combustion processes to choose from. The standard Compression Ignition (Diesel) process
can be used if an ignition improver reduces the octane number of the fuel. This is the way
Scanias ethanol busses in Stockholm are operated. It is also possible to run Homogeneous
Charge Compression Ignition, HCCI. With his combustion mode the fuel and air is perfectly
mixed before combustion but combustion is still initiated by compression ignition. Lund
University has been working very much with HCCI and has published most papers on the
topic in the world and as a result is also the most cited group worldwide. Some HCCI results
with methanol as well as ethanol will be presented and benefits and drawbacks of HCCI
discussed.
Even if HCCI can present and engine efficiency far superior to an SI engine running the same
fuel it is possible to further increase the efficiency with the use of Partially Premixed
Combustion, PPC. With this combustion mode the fuel and air are not perfectly mixed as in
HCCI, instead significant gradients in fuel/air ratio exists as combustion starts. This enables an
controlled burn rate and reduction of combustion losses more than tenfold in comparison
with HCCI. Some results with PPC will be shown using diesel like fuels, gasoline like fuels and
finally some results with ethanol. Unfortunately, it has not been possible to perform tests with
methanol but if funding for such activities will emerge in the future it will be very interesting to
do so.
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Lennart Haraldsson
PM Fuel Flexibility
Wärtsilä
Lennart graduated from Chalmers University of Technology 1986. After some years of
employment at the institution for internal combustion engines at Chalmers was he employed by
Wärtsilä in Sweden. Lennart has been involved in Research and Development activities during most
of his employment at Wärtsilä. After the development of the Wärtsilä Low NOx combustion
concept for diesel engines during early 90-thies has the focus been on alterative fuels. During mid
90-thies and forward was the development of natural gas engines one of the key tasks for him. He
was deeply involved developing the very first prechamber spark ignited gas engine developed by
Wärtsilä. He has been involved in diesel to gas conversions as well as Low NOx conversions
upgrades for engines already in operation since year 2000 and forward. He is right now heavily
involved developing Wärtsilä´s very first methanol engine solution for shipping and power
generation. Lennart has also quit recently been involved the EffShip as well as in the SPIRETH
projects, where methanol was recognized as a possible marine fuel and later on tested onboard a
vessel and in an engine laboratory.
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Speaker
Use of methanol in internal combustion engines - status review
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John Bøgild Hansen
Senior Scientist & Advisor to Management in the Company
Management of Haldor Topsøe A/S.
John Bøgild Hansen is Senior Scientist & Advisor to Management in the Company Management of
Haldor Topsøe A/S. He graduated with a MSc in Chemical Engineering from DTU in 1975 and has
since then been employed by Haldor Topsøe. Initially he worked in the catalyst division but in 1979
joined the R&D Division where he became department manager in 1985. He was responsible for
ammonia, methanol, DME, gasoline and reforming catalyst and technology development. In 2000
he became senior scientist and advisor to the chairman, Dr. Haldor Topsøe mainly on energy
related issues as synthetic fuel production, fuel cell and electrolyser system development as well as
biomass utilisation. In 2012 he became Senior Advisor to Company Mangement. John Bøgild
Hansen holds 24 patents and has made more than 60 publications. He has presented more than 25
invited key note lecturers on synthetic fuel production, fuel cells, solid oxide electrolysis and fuels
from biomass production.
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Speaker
Methanol Synthesis from Renewable Sources
John Bøgild Hansen
Haldor Topsøe A/S
Nymøllevej 55
DK-2800 Lyngby/Denmark
Tel.: +45 45 27 2000
jbh@topsoe.dk
Abstract
Methanol is a major commodity chemical. Today it is mainly produced starting from natural
gas or coal.
Synthesis of methanol is deceptively simple, but in fact highly complex, because the equlibria,
kinetics, selectivity and indeed the morphology of the synthesis catalyst itself changes as the
synthesis gas composition changes. A consensus about the reaction mechanism has emerged:
Methanol is formed by hydrogenation of carbon dioxide, although the subject is still debated.
Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cell stacks (SOEC) are able to produce inert free synthesis gas of any
desired composition from electric power, carbon dioxide and steam, but the necessary stack
area, power and required balance of plant components will vary as function of conversion and
gas composition. It is also important to avoid carbon formation
The overall optimum plant configuration starting from just CO2, steam and electricity is thus a
trade off between many different optimization criteria including degradation phenomena and
will discussed in detail.
Methanol can also be produced by gasification of wood or black liquor and this has been
demonstrated in large pilot plant using Topsøe technologies.
The paper will also consider and give examples of the possible synergies between SOEC plants
and generation of synthesis gas by biomass gasification.
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Prof. G. K Surya Prakash
Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern
California
Professor G.K. Surya Prakash Ph.D., was born 1953 in Bangalore, India. He earned a B.Sc (Hons)
in chemistry from Bangalore University and an M.S. in chemistry from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Madras. Prakash came to the US in 1974 and joined Professor George Olah’s group at
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio to pursue graduate work. He moved with
Professor Olah to the University of Southern California (USC) in 1977 to help establish the Loker
Hydrocarbon Research Institute and obtain his Ph.D. in physical organ chemistry at USC in 1978.
He joined the faculty of USC in 1981 and he is currently a Professor and the holder of the George
A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair in Hydrocarbon Chemistry at the Loker Hydrocarbon
Research Institute. His primary research interests are in superacid, hydrocarbon, synthetic organic &
organoflourine chemistry, with particular emphasis in the areas of energy catalysis. He is a
coinventor of the proton exchange membrane based direct oxidation methanol fuel cell. He has
trained more than 100 doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. Professor Prakash is a prolific author
with close to 700 peer-reviewed scientific papers and holds more than 40 patents. He has also coauthored or edited 11 books. He has received many awards and accolades including American
Chemical Society Awards: in 2004 for his achievements in the area of fluorine chemistry, in 2006
for his contributions to hydrocarbon chemistry and the 2006 Richard C. Tolman Award from the
Southern California section of the American Chemical Society for his scientific contributions to
Southern California. He received the 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater,
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and the 2010 CRSI Medal from the Chemical Research
Society of India. Recently, he has been honoured with the inaugural 2013 $1 Million Eric and Sheila
Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation by the State
of Israel. He is a fellow of the American Association of Advancement of Science, a Member of
the European Academy of Arts, Science and Humanities, fellow of the European Academy of
Science and Foreign Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India. He also sits on several
Editorial Boards of Chemical Journals.
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Speaker
Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy
G. K. Surya Prakash
Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of
Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, USA
gprakash@usc.edu
Methanol is much preferable to hydrogen for energy storage and transportation. It is also an
excellent fuel for heat engines and fuel cells and a convenient raw material for synthetic
hydrocarbons and their varied products. Chemical recycling of excess carbon dioxide formed
from human activities, natural and industrial sources, or even from the air to methanol via
capture followed by reductive conversion with hydrogen is possible. Any available energy
source (preferably alternative energies such as solar, atomic, etc.) can provide the needed
energy, primarily generating hydrogen. Direct electrochemical reduction of CO2 is also
possible. Methanol, presently produced from fossil fuel based syngas (mixture of CO and H2),
can also be made by direct oxidative conversion of natural gas or other methane sources. Even
biomass can be converted to methanol through syngas. The Methanol Economy concept that
we developed with Nobel Laureate, George A. Olah is expected to solve the energy & material
problems in the long run and at the same time address the issue of global warming.
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Dr. Klaus S. Lackner
Ewing­Worzel Professor of Geophysics in the Department of
Earth and Environmental Engineering
Director of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy
Earth Institute, Columbia University
Klaus Lackner, PhD, is the Ewing Worzel Professor of Geophysics at Columbia University, where
he is also the Director of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, the Chair of the Department
of Earth and Environmental Engineering, and a member of the Earth Institute faculty. Lackner
earned his Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics, summa cum laude, in 1978from Heidelberg
University in Germany and was awarded the Clemm-Haas Prize for his outstanding Ph.D. thesis. He
was awarded the Max Kade Fellowship and was named a Fleischmann Fellow at the California
Institute of Technology. He was instrumental in forming the Zero Emission Coal Alliance and was
a lead author in the IPCC Report on Carbon Capture and Storage and received the Weapons
Recognition of Excellence Award in 1991. In 2001,Lackner joined Columbia University and his
current research interests include carbon capture and sequestration, air capture, energy systems and
scaling properties (including synthetic fuels and wind energy), energy and environmental policy,
lifecycle analysis, and zero emission modeling for coal and cement plants.
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Speaker
Closing the Fuel Cycle through CO2 Capture from Air.
With the advent of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) as a means of managing climate
change, technologies for separating dilute carbon dioxide (CO2) from various gas streams are
rapidly gaining importance. Capture from very dilute streams would be of great importance,
but unfortunately, most separation technologies are grossly energy inefficient. At the LCSE,
Klaus Lackner and Allen Wright are working to revolutionize CO2 capture technology by
extending the range of applications for a recently developed moisture swing sorbent in the
context of capturing CO2 from air. Moisture swing absorption has shown to have much
greater efficiency for separating dilute carbon dioxide from various gas streams than
conventional separation technologies, and it has the potential for a wide range of applications,
including the capture of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. We have recently demonstrated
this moisture swing sorbent cycle in the context of capturing carbon dioxide from air. The
sorbent, an anionic exchange resin, has been shown to absorb CO2 when it is dry and to
release it again when exposed to moisture. In ambient air, the resin will dry again, and after
drying, it is ready for another absorption cycle. This swing cycle will be shown within the
controlled environment of a glove box, demonstrating the absorption and release of carbon
dioxide from ambient air and showing the potential of this groundbreaking research for the
future of the global community.
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Dr. Alberto Varone
Senior Scientist
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
Alberto Varone works as Senior Scientist at IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V.
in Potsdam, Germany. He is engaged in fundamental energy and environmental research both from
the theoretical and experimental perspectives. The Earth, Energy and Environment - (E³) Cluster,
under the responsibility of the IASS Scientific Director, Prof. Carlo Rubbia, is exploring new
scientific and technological approaches to transform the current energy technologies, based mainly
on the combustion of fossil fuels, into sustainable and climate-friendly solutions. Alberto Varone
presently leads the Recovery of CO2 for the production of methanol Research Programme; the aim
of the research project is to produce technical and economical assessments of relevant technologies
for sustainable fuels production from renewable energies and captured CO2.
In past Alberto Varone worked on the research activities of the Solar Energy Technologies group at
the Center for Advanced Studies, Research, and Development in Sardinia (CRS4), Italy. He holds a
Physics degree cum laude (1992) and a Ph.D. degree (1996) in Theoretical Physics from the
University of Cagliari. The doctoral studies Chaos in Infinite dimensions, was a joint research
project between the Physics Department of the University of Cagliari and the INO (Istituto
Nazionale di Ottica). In 1996 it started to work at CRS4 in the applied mathematics group. He
participates in both industrial and fundamental research project supported through industrial and
government grants focusing his activities mainly on fluid dynamics modeling and simulation. After
an European Research Training period at the Institut für Verfahrenstechnik (Process engineering),
at TU Berlin, in 2003 he come back at the CRS4 to work in the solar energy research group under
the direction of Prof. Rubbia. His research was focused basically on the simulation and modeling
of new components operating with high temperature gaseous thermal fluids, mainly absorber tubes
and two phases thermocline heat storage.
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Speaker
Power to Liquid and Power to Gas technologies: an option for the German Energiewende.
Abstract
The Integrated Energy and Climate Programme of the German Federal Government provides
the roadmap for the German climate policy in the upcoming decades. This strategy adheres to
the European targets of a GHG emissions reduction of 40% by 2020 and of 80-95% by 2050.
The share of renewable energy sources in the power supply is planned to reach at least 35% by
2020 and 80% by 2050. Recent reports from German Agencies show that both the RES
penetration and GHG emissions reduction targets are technically and ecologically feasible by
2050.
Due to the most recent developments in the sector of H2O and CO2 reduction via electrolysis
– with a sensible growth in process efficiency and the improvement of material durability and
robustness – the transformation of electric power into liquid or gaseous fuels through PtL and
PtG (Power to Liquid and Power to Gas) technologies will play a critical role in future energetic
scenarios.
Moreover, synthetically produced fuels can represent a convenient storage media for surplus
power from renewable energy sources (RES), thereby buffering their natural intermittency and
alleviating one of the major constraints to large scale RES deployment. Based on PtL and PtG
schemes, all components of the final energy mix – electricity, liquid and gaseous fuels,
feedstock – can be successfully covered whilst greatly reducing CO2 emissions.
In this framework, a sensible increment of RE power production could lead to a scenario
where the quasi-total energetic supply of a country could be covered from renewable
resources.
The aim of this work is to is to quantify a possible pathway to the 2050 German energy
system, moving towards a strong increase in the renewable installed power – mainly wind and
PV – coupled with PtL and PtG technologies for ”sustainable” recycled fuel production.
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Jason Chesko
Senior Manager, Fuels
Methanex
As the Senior Manager, Fuels, Mr. Jason Chesko is focused on executing Methanex’s global energy
strategy and initiatives to support fuel growth.
Based in Vancouver, BC, Mr. Chesko has been with Methanex Corporation since 2002. Prior to his
current role, Mr. Chesko led Methanex’s Investor Relations function for six years and held positions
in Corporate Development where he worked on various growth projects and new business
initiatives.
Prior to joining Methanex, Mr. Chesko worked in investment banking at CIBC World Markets,
providing capital raising and advisory services for institutional clients, and Chevron Canada
focusing on the downstream fuels market.
Mr. Chesko graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce, and
obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. He also holds a
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
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Speaker
Overview of global methanol markets and outlook
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K­C Tran
CEO and Co­founder
Carbon Recycling International
Mr. Tran received his Master of Science in Management of Technology from MIT in Massachusetts
and his Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New
York.
He co-founded Carbon Recycling International and is CEO and a member of the Board of
Directors.
He was with Westinghouse Electric and Thermo Electron and has technological and management
leadership experience in small and large organizations which spans the power utilities and basic
industries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
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Speaker
Title: Converting Emission to liquid fuel
By: K-C Tran, CEO and Co-founder, Carbon Recycling International
Carbon Recycling International makes Methanol fuel sustainably. Methanol is a strategic fuel
which can be produced from natural gas, carbon wastes, and renewable sources in large scale
and in an environmentally friendly manner. As more renewable power become available and
more recovery of carbon waste become feasible, renewable methanol fuel will become
economically viable worldwide.
We have built an industrial plant which produces kilotons per year of renewable methanol,
captures kilotons per year of carbon dioxide, and operates multi-megawatt electrolyzers. We
hold the sustainability certification of liquid fuel with a reduction of 90 percent of carbon
dioxide compared to gasoline. It is a disruptive innovation which has provided new
opportunities for gasoline blending and clean biofuel manufacturing in Iceland, the
Netherlands, and Sweden.
We have demonstrated our emission to liquid fuel technology which uses renewable power and
carbon dioxide to make methanol at industrial scale. The next step will be building plants with
higher production capacity from different sources of carbon waste and power to serve our
present and new customers. The prospect for methanol fuel is limitless because the future
access to renewable energy, carbon waste and natural gas.
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Ingvar Landälv
Project Manager, Energy Science
Luleå University of Technology
Ingvar Landälv is born 1950 and is a Swedish citizen. He graduated in 1975 with a MSc in Physics
& Chemistry. He has more than 35 years experience of process R&D, design, engineering,
construction and operation of gasification based process plants based on oil, coal and biomass as
feedstock. He holds a number of patents in the area of energy integration in gasification based
processes.
1997-2012 he was full time engaged in the development and commercialization of the Chemrec
black liquor gasification (BLG) technology serving as Chief Technology Officer. In this capacity he
took the initiative to develop a concept which converts the pulp mills to biorefineries thus making
the mills producers of syngas based fuels and chemicals besides there base product paper pulp.
He has been in the leading team of a number of large R&D programs, the EU projects Renew and
BioDME and four different large programs with BLG in focus. Three of these focused around the
Chemrec development gasifier in Piteå, Sweden and one was an international collaboration under
an IEA implementing agreement.
Since 2013 he is employed by Luleå University of Technology as Senior Project manager in the
LTU Biosyngas Program focusing continued R&D and commercialization of biomass derived
gasification technologies.
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Speaker
Renewable Fuels - Opportunities to Grasp and Barriers to Overcome
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Wolfgang Seuser
Methanol Market Services Asia
Wolfgang Seuser, 68 years old German, almost 35 years of sales and marketing experience in the
chemical industry starting with BAYER AG in Leverkusen. More than half of my business I
worked for POLYSAR , Canada in leading global Marketing, Sales and Business Development
Management positions including experience in feedstock purchasing and plant management . I
decided to establish my own consultancy after some years with Methanex in Europe as the Senior
Sales Manager. Across the past ten years I was predominantly in touch with Methanol, clean Fuels
and alternative Energy in particular in the region of Europe supporting the chemical and
petrochemical industry, politics and science. Beside my consultancy I am contributing to market
services informing regularly the relevant industry and associated organizations by editing
Newsletters covering Methanol, Fuels, Oxygenates, alternative energy activities and developments
with my partners in Singapore MMSA – Methanol Market Services Alliance. As such I am also
involved in individual market studies and investment planning.
I am certified economist owning a degree of the University of Cologne.
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Speaker
Global market analysis of the Methanol industry
with focus on relevant energy application and developments
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Participants
Per Alvfors, Kent Andersson, Karin Andersson,
Tommy Björkqvist, Joakim Bomanson, Selma
Brynolf, Dinko Chakarov, Roland Clift, Ingemar
Denbratt, Joanne Ellis, Per Fagerlund, Christer
Forsgren, Erik Fridell, Kristina Furubacke,
Rikard Gebart, Maria Grahn, Simon Harvey,
Sjur Haugen, Patrik Klintbom, Karin
Pettersson, Lars J Pettersson, Bengt Ramne,
Per Stefenson, Thomas Stenhede, Henrik
Thunman, Sören Udd
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Prof. Per Alvfors
Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Technology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Per Alvfors is a professor in Chemical and Energy Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in
Stockholm. He is at present the vice head of department of Chemical Engineering and Technology and
head of the division of Energy Processes.
His current main research interest is within the area of renewable fuels from a system perspective, relating
to potential issues for raw materials, process integration of the production phase and end user related
questions concerning how, where and when to use a specific product in the transportation systems. These
activities are mainly conducted together with doctoral students within the national Doctoral Programme, Energy Systems
Programme (www.liu.se/energi) where he is a member of the academic leadership group. He is also the coordinator for the School
of Chemical Science and Engineering, in the KTH Energy Platform. Per Alvfors is active in “f3” - the Swedish Knowledge Centre
for Renewable Fuels (www.f3centre.se).
Per Alvfors received his Master of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1979 from KTH and a few years later started his doctoral
studies within the Department of Heat Technology at KTH, where he worked within the area of flue gas cleaning, especially the
study of the reaction kinetics of calcium based sorbents for dry sulphur capture in the furnace of coal-fired boilers. The study was a
combined experimental and mathematical-numerical modelling work performed at KTH and at Studsvik Energy in Sweden. He
presented his thesis in 1990 (On the high temperature sulphur capture by calcium based sorbents: modelling of the calcination,
sintering and sulphation of the sorbent).
Kent Andersson
Project Manager, Innovatum
Karin Andersson
Professor, Head of Department
Shipping and Marine Technology
Chalmers University of Technology
Karin Andersson is theme leader for Eco Ship within the maritime competence centre
Lighthouse. Her academic background is in Chemical Engineering (M Sc), Nuclear
Chemistry (Ph D) and Environmental Systems Analysis. She also spent one year of
studies in Archaeology. After working as a consultant in environmental systems analysis
for seven years, she was one of the two founders of the research group for Environmental Systems Analysis
at the department for Civil and Environmental Engineering at Chalmers in 1990. One large task for the group
during the 1990s was to develop and teach environmental/sustainable development courses within some
different Master of Engineering programs at Chalmers. She is employed in the maritime environment group at
the department of Shipping and Marine Technology since 2009. Her present research interests focuses on
decision support relating to environmental impact and resource use caused by technical systems using
Environmental Systems Analysis tools like life cycle assessment (LCA). Examples of present research projects
are “future marine fuels from a life cycle perspective” and “marine energy systems modelling”.
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Tommy Björkqvist
Independent Consultant in Combustion Engine Technology
Previous positions:
1982 - 1986
Nohab Diesel AB, Sweden, Chief Design Engineer
1986 - 1995
Wärtsilä Diesel AB, Sweden, Technical Director
1995 - 1998
Volvo Truck Corp. Sweden, Chief Project manager Volvo D12 Euro3
1998 - 2000
Saab Automobile Powertrain, Sweden, AE Chief engineer Powertrains
2000 - 2005
GM Powertrain Europe, Italy, Technical Director AE Powertrain systems
2004 - 2009
GM Powertrain Sweden, Director R&D Programs and Funding
2009 - 2013
Swedish Internal Combustion Engine Consortium (SICEC), Chairman
Joakim Bomanson
Development Engineer
ScandiNAOS AB
Joakim is a Mechanical Engineer whom has been focused on waste heat recovery and energy efficient
shipping during the past year. In addition to energy recovery Joakim has worked with energy efficiency
and alternative fuels, mainly in the form of methanol in the context of both production technologies and
corresponding engine technologies.
Selma Brynolf
PhD Student Maritime Environment
Chalmers
Selma has a background in Engineering Physics, with a Master of Science in Industrial Ecology. Selma’s
research focus is on developing methodology and tools for environmental assessment of fuel/energy
supply within shipping. Alternatives to today’s bunker fuels are being introduced in shipping as a result of
stricter environmental regulations and increased focus in the environmental performance. Thus, the
market for new fuels and emission abatement technology, as well as for new energy conversion systems is
huge and the questions about the efficiency and impact from these at a systems level are growing. In light of this, the assessment of
environmental impact and resource use within shipping and the effect of changes in technology or energy carriers are an important
issue. The initial phase has focused on a case study on different fossil based marine fuels from a life cycle perspective. The aim of
this study is to increase the knowledge about the fuels but also to identify knowledge gaps and need for development of
methodology assessment. The challenge of performing relevant comparisons between different types of fuels/energy sources for
future shipping is a driving force. Biofuels in shipping is the topic for the second study. This study assesses two possible pathways to
biofuels in shipping and their environmental life cycle performance. Selma is also involved in the research project EffShip
(www.effship.com), in WP2 Present and Future Maritime Fuels. The EffShip project is based on the vision of a sustainable and
successful maritime transport industry which is energy-efficient and has minimal environmental impacts.
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Prof. Dinko Chakarov
Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology
Prof. Roland Clift
Distinguished Professor of Environmental Technology, University of Surrey
President­elect, International Society for Industrial Ecology.
Member of Centre for Environmental Strategy (CES)
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Technology and founding Director of the Centre
for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey; previously Head of the
Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Surrey. He is
Visiting Professor in Environmental System Analysis at Chalmers University, Sweden
and Adjunct Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of
British Columbia, Canada; past Executive Director and President of the International Society for Industrial
Ecology; and a member of Rolls-Royce’ Environmental Advisory Board.
Roland is a past member of the UK Eco-labelling Board, of the Royal Commission on Environmental
Pollution (RCEP), the Science Advisory Council of Defra, the Royal Society/Royal Academy Working Group
on nanotechnology and the Working Group which drafted and updated the BSI/Defra/Carbon Trust
standard on carbon labelling, PAS 2050. In 2004-5, he acted as Expert Adviser to a House of Lords Select
Committee enquiry into energy efficiency. His research is concerned with system approaches to environmental
management and industrial ecology, including life cycle assessment and energy systems.
Prof. Ingemar Denbratt
Head of Division of Combustion
Chalmers University of Technology
Ingemar Denbratt is professor in Internal Combustion Engine Engineering at
Chalmers since 1998.
His research and teaching is within the area of combustion and emissions
formation currently focusing on fuels for transport and energy efficiency (GHG
reductions
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Dr. Joanne Ellis
SSPA Sweden AB
Joanne Ellis, PhD, has worked in the fields of transport and environmental engineering
for twenty-five years. Since joining SSPA in 1999, she has focused on projects in the
areas of risk, safety, and environmental assessment of maritime transport. Recent
projects in the area of risk assessment include responsibility for the risk analysis phase of a formal safety
assessment on dangerous goods transport on open-top container ships and contributions to a formal safety
assessment of container ships. She has also participated in studies on risk and safety of methanol and LNG as
marine fuels. Her doctoral thesis topic was assessing safety risks for the sea transport link of a multimodal
dangerous goods transport chain. Prior to working at SSPA, she worked for ten years in Canada on civil and
environmental engineering projects, including water quality studies and management of environmental
assessments of liquid wastes.
Per Fagerlund
President and founder, ScandiNAOS AB
Mr Fagerlund is currently working on enabling the introduction of methanol as marine
fuel both for large engines > 1 MW and medium sized engines 250 kW – 1 MW. His
work is focused on merging the engine and fuel development towards systems which
can be developed towards sustainable marine operation with zero emission before 2050.
Mr Fagerlund has a background as Naval Architect with very wide experience from all aspects of commercial
ship design and operation. He has held positions as technical director at the ship owner Transatlantic and
R&D manager at the ship equipment supplier Navire Cargo Gear. Before recent years focus on fuel efficiency,
alternative fuels and emission reduction, Mr. Fagerlund played a significant role in the development of
commercial ship design and operation. From the pioneering of the large-scale roro concept to the
development of short sea transport systems, focusing on overall efficiency.
Christer Forsgren
Adjunct Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Industrial
Materials Recycling at Chalmers
Manager ­ Engineering & Technology at Stena Metall Group
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Erik Fridell
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Unit, Gothenburg
Erik Fridell has a PhD and the title Docent in Physics from Gothenburg University.
He is currently Senior Researcher at IVL and Adjunct Professor in Maritime
Environment at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.
Current research interests comprise emissions from traffic and impact on the
environment and society. Special focus is on emissions to air from shipping and ways
to abate these emissions.
Kristina Furubacke
President Managing Director Services, Wärtsilä Sweden AB
Prof. Rikard Gebart
Professor in energy science
Luleå University of Technology
MSc Engineering Physics, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, 1984
PhD Fluid Dynamics, Luleå University of Technology, 1993
ABB Corporate Research 1984-1989 working with heat transfer and fluid dynamics
Swedish Institute of Composites, 1989-1995, fluid dynamics of manufacturing processes for polymer
composites
CERN (European Laboratory of High Energy Physics), 1995-1996, cooling and ventilation of the
ATLAS detector
Luleå University of Technology 1997-2000, associate professor in fluid dynamics
ETC, 2012, managing director and research director
Luleå University of Technology, 2012 - present, professor in energy science
During my time at ETC and LTU I have been the coordinator of several national research programs on biomass gasification. At
present I am the program manager for the Swedish Competence Centre on Biomass Gasification and for the LTU Biosyngas
Program. Both programs have an annual budget of about 60 million SEK. I am also leader of the focus area "Renewable Energy" at
LTU.
I have published more than 37 scientific papers in peer review journals and more than 100 papers at international conferences. I am
also the inventor of one international patent in nuclear engineering.
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Maria Grahn
Project coordinator/Head of Division
Energy and Environment
Chalmers University of Technology
Maria’s research and teaching is within the area of energy systems analysis focusing on fuels for transport,
global energy systems modeling, cost-effective use of energy sources e.g. biomass, mitigating global warming
and carbon dioxide reductions. Currently she has a specific interest in the role of Electrofuels (fuels produced
from carbon dioxide and water with the help of electricity) as future marine fuel or as fuels for road transport.
She has recently finished a study comparing production costs for e-methanol in comparison to oil-based
gasoline/diesel.
Prof. Simon Harvey
Professor in Industrial Energy Systems, Energy and Environment
Chalmers University of Technology
Sjur Haugen
Director of Alternative Fuels
Statoil Fuel & Retail
Economist with 25 years of experience from Statoil ASA having worked within both
upstream as well as downstream business areas. I have also worked more than 6 years related to Statoil’s
methanol business. Statoil operates Europe’s largest methanol plant and my roles have been associated with
market analyses, methanol sales and also business development.
I am currently working as Director of Alternative Fuels in Statoil Fuel & Retail. In this respect methanol is still
a product we monitor as an interesting option and a viable multi fuel for internal combustion engines, turbines
as well as fuel cells.
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Patrik Klintbom
Director Environment and Energy
Volvo Group
Mr Klintbom acts at expert to within the Sustainability and Public Affairs department at the Volvo Group
Headquarters. His area of expertize are energy resources, alternative/renewable fuels and environment in
general. His responsibility is to analyze and give guidance when it comes to issues related to energy supply
in order to set the foundation for the Volvo Group Strategy and Positions with regards to alternative
fuels.
Mr Klintbom has been with Volvo Group since 2001. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Energy and
Environment from Mälardalen University, Sweden.
He has had the following positions at the Volvo Group
2001-2003 – Life Cycle Analysis Specialist, Volvo Technology
2003-2010 – Coordinator Alternative Fuels and Urea, Volvo Technology
2010-2011 – Senior Specialist, Alternative Fuels and Energy Resources, Volvo Technology
2011-2012 – Director Environmental and Public Affairs, Volvo Powertrain
2012-2013 – Director Core Values and Public Affairs, Volvo Group Trucks Sales and Marketing EMEA
Mr Klintbom is since 2011 the Chairman of the Swedish Energy Agency Development Platform for Transport (UP-Transport)
Prof. Karin Pettersson
Assistant Professor, Energy and Environment
Chalmers
Karin Pettersson is an assistant Professor at Chalmers, Department of Energy and
Environment, Division of Heat and Power Technology. Her main research is focused
on opportunities for and consequences of integration of biorefineries in the process
industry with particular focus on gasification-based biorefineries and the pulp and paper
industry. Evaluation of biorefineries is a big part of Karin’s research, where industrial
integrated biorefineries are assessed with respect to energy efficiency, climate benefit and cost efficiency, and
compared with stand-alone biorefineries. In 2011 she defended her PhD thesis “Black Liquor GasificationBased Biorefineries – Determining Factors for Economic Performance and CO2 Emission Balances”. For the
past few years she has mainly been working in a project investigating cost-efficient localisation of next
generation biofuel production with regard to integration possibilities, plant sizes and transport distances for
raw materials and products. Among Karin’s assignments are the one as Chalmers’ coordinator within f3 The
Swedish Knowledge Centre for Renewable Transportation Fuels and the one as co-editor of the evolving ebook “Systems perspectives on biorefineries”.
Prof. Lars J Pettersson
Professor & Head of division
Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH
Prof. Lars J. Pettersson, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, KTH,
has more than 30 years of experience in engine-related and fuel upgrading research, as
well as catalytic solutions for automotive applications, gas cleaning systems for heavyduty diesel engines, hydrogen generation from conventional and renewable fuels and novel catalytic reactor
designs, methanol engine technology, green chemical processing, high temperature catalytic combustion,
preparation of heterogeneous catalysts and processing of oil fractions into more environmentally-friendly
products. The research tasks are very often chosen in close cooperation with industry and they have a strong
focus on energy and environment.
Research field/interest: The research interests include various aspects of catalysis, ranging from fundamental
characterization studies to catalysis for industrial applications.
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Prof. Bengt Ramne
Professor of Practice, Chalmers
Managing director, founder of ScandiNAOS AB
Mr Bengt Ramne is the technical coordinator of the ship conversion projects were
methanol is now beginning introduced as a marine fuel. Together with Mr Fagerlund the
focus of the recent years has been to develop systems the can enable the vision of a
sustainable and successful maritime industry – one which is energy efficient and has a minimal environmental
impact. Mr Bengt Ramne is a Naval Architect with a broad experience in ship design, ship building and marine
transportation systems and has held positions as Design Manager at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, and R&D
manager at TTS Ships Equipment, amongst other.
Per Stefenson
Stena Teknik
MSc Naval Architect
Marine Standards Advisor
Expertise
- Standards and regulations development within international organizations such as
IMO and EU.
- RTD and project management.
- Light weight design and Naval craft
Background
Employed by Stena in 2009.
Previous employment at SSPA as project manager and Swedish Maritime Administration as head of Research
and Technical Development. Marine Engineer in the Royal Swedish Navy.
Thomas Stenhede
Wärtsilä Sweden AB
Thomas Stenhede was born on the 4th of April 1945 and is a Swedish citizen living in Gothenburg
Sweden. He is graduated from Chalmers University of Technology holding a Master of Science degree as
electrical engineering in 1970 and continued for doctoral thesis in electrical measurements until 1972(not
terminated). As electrical engineer for new buildings at Eriksberg Shipbuilding Company in 1972-77 he
worked with out-fitting and sea trials of merchant vessels, thereafter as general manager at the
Gothenburg affiliate for the electrical contractor Calor-Celsius AB until 1980.
From 1980 to 1985 Thomas was employed as sales manager for petrochemical plants e.g ammonia-urea
and methanol at Swedyards Development Corp. Methanol process plant was the main target for the
development of barge mounted process plant together with Haldor Topsoe A/S in Denmark. Extensive technical and market efforts
around the world were the main objectives with such a position.
Thomas is sole owner of the technical consultancy company (PPS Project Promotion Services AB) since 1985.
As Senior Application manager of Wärtsilä Power Plants for waste heat recovery systems, he was employed by Wärtsilä since 1994
as combined heat and power “CHP” research and development manager.
Current activities focus on CHP trigeneration, desalination, and combined cycles using big four stroke engines, gas or oil fired; LNG
and methanol fuel specialist for marine applications. Acting as Marketing and sales manager, Research and Development manager.
LECTURES: Ongoing lectures at Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm in internal combustion technology and CHP systems.
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Prof. Henrik Thunman
Professor, Energy and Environment
Chalmers University of Technology
Henrik Thunman, PhD, is Professor in Thermochemical Conversion of Solid fuels
where he also is the Head of the Division of Energy Technology, Deputy Head of the
Department of Energy and Environment and Coordinator of the Chalmers node in the
Swedish Gasification Centre. Thunman earned his PhD in Energy Conversion in 2001,
associate professor in energy technology in 2004 and Professor in 2009. His research
areas comprise Thermo chemical conversion of solid fuels and Energy systems analysis.
After 2007 his main activity has been related to biofuel production via gasification of biomass as a result of
his successful initiative to erect a 2 to 4 MWfuel research gasifier within the campus of Chalmers. This activity
of which he is responsible has constantly been growing during this time and involve at the present around 40
persons at Chalmers and in neighbouring organisations and is a vital component to make large industrial
initiatives like the 160 M€ GoBiGas demonstration of large scale biofuel production from forest residues a
success. Even though the main focus is on gasification of biomass, he still has some smaller activities within
the combustion in fixed and fluidized beds as well as energy system analysis.
Sören Udd
Chairman of SICEC Program Boards
Master of Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 1972
Started at Volvo Truck Engine Design in 1972. From 1985 in charge of Engine
Advanced Engineering, first within Volvo Truck and from 2000 in various global positions within Volvo
Powertrain.
Involved in engine research at Swedish universities since 1996 as Volvo board member of the three
combustion engine competence centres. These are CERC at Chalmers, KCFP at LTH and CCGEx at KTH
which today together forms the Swedish Internal Combustion Engine Consortium, SICEC.
Since 1st of January 2014 independent chairman of SICEC program boards.
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Organisational Committe
Coordinator: Per Fagerlund
Karin Andersson
Joakim Bomanson
Bengt Ramne
Per Stefenson
Thomas Stenhede
Layout: Joakim Bomanson
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