2023 Agenda

Reviewing the flurry of activity and substantial growth trajectory for CCS in the US and Canada. As we approach one year of the IRA, company strategies, partnerships, and market and regulatory hurdles are becoming more clear.

Tenaris has developed an intermediate solution for hydrogen storage, consisting of an array of long vessels manufactured from seamless pipes, designed to operate at intermediate pressure levels. This work presents the concept and illustrates how the new solution maximizes storage efficiency in terms of estate required and cost and complexity of operation.

This presentation explores the benefits and areas for enhancement for each powertrain from a technical and economic perspective. System-level analysis is used to model a hydrogen internal combustion engine and generate operating maps for efficiency. A similar approach is pursued for the predictive description of fuel cell operation. Both powertrains are finally added to a vehicle model, enabling driving cycle assessment under different traffic conditions. 

Large marine vessels and aero applications require large power. Single FCs with a proven BOP exist but they can not be just put together to provide more power due to space and weight constraint. This presentation will show how simulation tools can be used to decide on right sizing of BOP in a fuel cell system. Decision process to meet optimum TCO as well as technical parameters. 

The stationary solid oxide fuel cell market is beginning to enter its growth stage, with innovations from several players opening up various key application areas in sectors ranging from industrial to residential. In this talk, IDTechEx assesses these key areas, including potential opportunities and a discussion of limiting factors to immediate widespread adoption. IDTechEx will conclude with a market outlook to reveal the greatest opportunities over the coming decade, based on new primary research.

Among commercially available hydrogen and syngas production technologies, steam methane reforming (SMR) is currently the most used process, requiring a significant heat input usually obtained by burning natural gas. To improve energy efficiency, Technip Energies and Clariant have jointly developed and commercialized the award-winning EARTH® (Enhanced Annular Reforming Tube for Hydrogen and Syngas), a novel recuperative steam reforming technology. It is a drop-in solution for existing or new reformer tubes, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 20%, thus facilitating CO2 capturing and making blue hydrogen production more cost-efficient. At large capacities, it might be worthwhile to replace the steam methane reformer (SMR) with an oxygen-blown autothermal reformer (ATR). In this case, CO2 emissions caused by the firing of the reformer are completely avoided and renewable energy can be used for the necessary air separation. This technology is proven in numerous ATR-based Air Liquide E&C licensed and designed methanol plants, and Clariant has decades of successful experience with its highly robust and active ReforMax® catalyst series.
 

Capturing CO2 emissions is a cornerstone of the technology roadmap for addressing climate change. Clariant's well-proven catalyst technology helps hydrogen and ammonia producers achieve their carbon neutrality goals by reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions, leading to lower costs for CO2 capturing and storage (CCS) in Blue Hydrogen & Blue Ammonia concepts. 
Among commercially available hydrogen and syngas production technologies, steam methane reforming (SMR) is currently the most used process, requiring a significant heat input usually obtained by burning natural gas. To improve energy efficiency, Technip Energies and Clariant have jointly developed and commercialized the award-winning EARTH® (Enhanced Annular Reforming Tube for Hydrogen and Syngas), a novel recuperative steam reforming technology. It is a drop-in solution for existing or new reformer tubes, reducing CO2 emissions by up to 20%, thus facilitating CO2 capturing and making blue hydrogen production more cost-efficient.
At large capacities, it might be worthwhile to replace the steam methane reformer (SMR) with an oxygen-blown autothermal reformer (ATR). In this case, CO2 emissions caused by the firing of the reformer are completely avoided and renewable energy can be used for the necessary air separation. This technology is proven in numerous ATR-based Air Liquide E&C licensed and designed methanol plants, and Clariant has decades of successful experience with its highly robust and active ReforMax® catalyst series.
The Water Gas Shift reaction is a crucial catalytic step for all relevant methods of syngas preparation. To further optimize the hydrogen production process's total energy efficiency, a reduction of the steam/gas ratio is desired, which is currently limited by iron-based catalyst technology and can be solved by Clariant´s new ShiftMax 150 HTS catalyst generation 
CO2 emissions avoidance as achieved by a superior catalyst and process technology is the key to price-competitive blue hydrogen production.

The Presentation will cover Oberon Fuels' innovative approach to transportation fuel decarbonization, utilizing biogas to produce renewable Dimethyl Ether which can be readily transported through existing LPG network to various heavy vehicle hydrogen refueling stations. DME to Hydrogen production Unit at these refueling stations will provide the hydrogen for the FuelCells. The present will show our current engineering design and the project status.

Reducing climate change is a critical challenge worldwide. With the imperative to reduce carbon footprint, hydrogen propulsion has the potential to play a major part of the aviation decarbonization. One key component for realizing the potential of hydrogen is the collaboration through the digital continuity, from organizations to leaders and jurisdictions but also across all hydrogen programs. Using a single source of truth accelerates product delivery, enabling system integration among all program partners and suppliers. It also supports decision-makers and investors in deploying hydrogen at scale, by accelerating innovations, reducing costs and developing the workforce of tomorrow. 

This presentation will share GE’s experience with hydrogen including recent demonstration projects, as well as providing insights into the potential use of ammonia as a power generation fuel. There are challenges associated with using ammonia as a gas turbine fuel that will have to be resolved before there would be wide adoption. However, there are multiple studies that show that ammonia could be economically viable in certain circumstances.

This study addresses the manufacturability of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) by a roll to roll (R2R) coating process. Particular attention is given to the quality of the membrane with no pinholes or inter-run interfaces, good handle on thickness control and minimizing wastes that largely consist of fluoropolymers. For the techniques slot die and mayer rod techniques have been adopted to have a pre-metered target thicknesses of 10-100 µm, while starting with the same stock solution of metal catalyst embedded aquivion (perfluorosulfonic ionomer) aqueous dispersions from Solvay Chemicals. . The PEFC cells are assembled by using different thicknesses of the PEMs produced by both coating techniques. The V-I characteristics of the cells are systematically measured as functions of PEM thicknesses and the correlation between the two techniques made. Because all the experiments are performed by using manufacturing equipment in R2R format, it obviates the loss of efficiency from lab scale to manufacturing plant scale which is often a factor. Additionally, special modifications are undertaken to in the ink bath for both techniques to minimize wastes of the electrolyzer ink to mitigate special concerns on the disposal of fluorochemicals.

Mine haulage equipment is responsible for half of all diesel emissions in most operations. Komatsu will discuss how fuel cell technology may fit into the future of mining and what we are doing now to facilitate the transition to zero emissions.  

The presentation will provide an introduction to the condensed hydrogen storage and transportation and the impacts of using slush hydrogen during storage and transportation, presented in a series of graphics and charts. This allows the session participant to understand the key issues around the storage and transportation of liquid hydrogen and its application to slush hydrogen. Authors: Shane Tierling and Suma Ninan . 

 With a capital cost at less then half of existing technologies, Svante makes industrial scale carbon capture a reality with its market-ready and commercial-scale solutions, making a Net-Zero emissions goal achievable. Our carbon capture technology traps carbon produced from industrial flue gas emissions generated from the production of cement, steel, ammonia, aluminum, methanol and hydrogen. Svante CO2 solutions are pre-engineered turnkey plants fully automated and customized for each application, including flue gas pre-treatment, RAM, and product CO2 dehydration & gas handling system

This presentation will explain a Blue Hydrogen Process, with a comparison from the conventional hydrogen production process, including the benefits of this process, such as the reduction in the reformer capacities, flue gas volume, carbon dioxide content, lower steam generation, smaller PSA units, and much purer carbon dioxide product. Also, highlighting the benefits of Large-Scale Blue Hydrogen Plants such as proven demonstrated capability of using a single train steam methane reformer, lowering steam export and stack flue gas emissions, reducing plant footprint, and decreasing the steam methane reforming size. 

This paper addresses the demonstration of the DMX™ process under industrial conditions. The DMX™ technology is an innovative CO2 chemical absorption process involving a demixing solvent. From previous studies, this process showed promising results in terms of energy penalty reduction (-30% on energy penalty) and in terms of process stability with a tailored pilot plant at IFP Energies Nouvelles, in France. A demonstrator plant with a capacity to capture 0.5 ton CO2/hour has been installed in 2022 at the ArcelorMittal industrial site in Dunkirk, France (AMF). The demonstrator is connected to the blast furnace gas network of AMF site and started operation on October 2022. In this paper, the demonstrator and its features are described, a preliminary set of results of the experimental campaigns are presented and some lessons learned of the start-up and operation of the unit are discussed. This work is supported by the European Union and the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME). 

This presentation will explain the R&D that led to our most recent CO2 Carbon capture projects in Japan and Australia and the how that can be modeled in North America. Project updates, findings and recommendations around our Blue Hydrogen projects that have been completed.  

With the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), there is now significant incentive to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2). These incentives can drive new and hybrid technologies to market. One such market is for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) where CO2 is injected into nearly depleted oil reservoirs as an effective method of producing more oil before the reservoirs are retired. A large fraction of the injected CO2 remains in the reservoir and is permanently sequestered. 

Babcock & Wilcox has developed an oxy-fired package boiler technology that burns natural gas to make low-carbon intensity electricity. In the oxygen combustion process, boiler combustion air is replaced with nearly pure oxygen while excluding the nitrogen normally conveyed with air in conventional air-fuel firing. Oxy-combustion creates a flue gas that is primarily CO2. A portion of the CO2-rich flue gas is recirculated back to the boiler, substituting CO2 for the nitrogen in the furnace. The non-recirculated flue gas leaving the boiler is cleaned using conventional particulate and sulfur removal systems and sent to a compression purification unit (CPU) where a high-purity CO2 stream is produced which is suitable for transportation or other uses.

Utilization of electrical drives and machines is a key to higher efficiency and reliability of carbon capture and hydrogen processes. In this presentation, various type of electrical drives and motors are introduced. The role of electrical drives in improving compression process efficiency as well as use of them as starters will be reviewed. Finally, the role of synchronous condensers in an ever-greener electrical system is investigated. This presentation focuses on how each of these solutions can be a determining factor in feasibility and cost effectiveness of various compression, transportation, and storage operations.  

This panel will discuss how new technologies can be used as effective tools to assess the viability of CCUS projects from the design process, risk analysis and performance optimization. 

As the world moves to a more sustainable future, direct air capture (DAC) is one process being developed and deployed to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and limit the effects of climate change. This industry is still in its infancy with one of the biggest challenges being costs. With funding in place for technology development and tax credits in place for deployment, the industry is likely to see extensive changes and growth over the coming decade. These changes are likely to alter the complexion of the market in terms of major players, costs, and technology.  

In 2022, Congress authorized the $25M National Energy Technology Laboratory Direct Air Capture Center. The facility will be specifically focused on accelerating the commercialization of technologies beyond the conceptual stage that have not yet reached full pilot-scale (TRL 3 to 6).  The ability to operate over a wide range of conditions will help developers to understand how their technologies respond in different seasons and climates, from summer to winter and arid to tropical. The talk will cover the design, capabilities, and planned availability of the center. 

This presentation will report on the NGK initiatives to the challenge through the ceramics technology such as gas separation membranes and monolith substrate for direct air capture system. Carbon neutrality in 2050 is recognized as a global challenge; based on this social issue, our vision is stipulated as contributing to carbon neutrality with our unique ceramic technology development.

In 2022, Drax announced the world's largest Carbon Dioxide Removal deal for up to 2m tonnes of CDRs from U.S. projects. Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and storage, or BECCS, is the only scalable renewable energy with carbon capture and storage technology available and can be delivered rapidly in the U.S. Helping support the economy while providing energy security and high-integrity, permanent carbon removals for businesses to purchase. Drax has proven the technology in the UK and its ambition is to remove 4m tons of CO2 through BECCS internationally.  

Many facilities may have financial incentive to implement carbon capture while achieving decarbonization targets due to expansion of US 45Q tax code. This applies to coal and natural gas-fired power facilities, and industrial facilities, such as cement kilns, steel mills, and oil and gas markets. This presentation discusses considerations and requirements for installing CO2 capture technology with a focus on retrofits and how to identify good candidates considering technology applicability. Initial site evaluations can help determine which facilities may be the best suited for CO2 capture, even if owners plan to install CO2 capture on all stations. An initial site evaluation should consider technical feasibility of a facility including proximity to potential CO2 users and pipeline development, flue gas characteristics, quantity of CO2 produced, and utility and land availability. These technical considerations can have significant impacts to the overall cost-effectiveness of the CO2 capture facility and can allow for selection or prioritization of the owner’s fleet and is an important first step in review of CO2 capture potential. Site selection criteria and integration will be discussed, highlighting key plant readiness criteria helping streamline project development and lower implementation costs. 

Andrew will present the epiphany that led to the development of Chart’s Cryogenic Carbon Capture technology and the unique value this technology brings to a world that is looking to decarbonize in many different ways including adopting renewables, low-carbon hydrogen, and sequestering CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry. 

New policies such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the IRA, introduced by the Biden-Harris Administration, will no doubt have a tremendous impact on the Carbon Capture industry in the United States for years to come. This panel discussion will unpack the new funding and investment programs offered by the Department of Energy, tax policies, as well as policies from the last 20 years that have enabled the carbon capture industry to grow.

LNG has been both heralded as a cleaner bridge fuel and demonized as a continuation of the fossil fuel industry. This presentation will outline the CO2 impacts in the LNG value chain and then explore the options for options to transform the LNG industry into a true low carbon fuel. This presentation will look at each step in the LNG value chain and how CCUS can be utilized. 

CO2 Compressors are a critical component of a Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration system.  Following separation from flue gas or other sources, pipeline transportation requires boosting of CO2 from approximately atmospheric pressure to well above the supercritical phase, which consumes a substantial amount of power.  Careful attention to CO2 compressor design is critical to maximizing efficiency and minimizing capital cost while properly addressing condensate removal, fugitive emissions and carefully managing the margin between CO2 supercritical gas and liquid phases.  This presentation will describe compressors used to compress CO2 at different points in the CCUS process.

The CATACARB® Process, which is a modified Hot Potassium Carbonate (HPC) CO2 removal process, has been proven across a wide array of gas treating applications over the past 60 years. A diverse set of applications has brought on an equally diverse set of problems and considerations which have manifested over tens of millions of cumulative operating hours. Given the chemistry and physical properties of many gases under consideration for carbon capture (e.g., flue gas), applying HPC for CCUS poses no novel considerations (e.g., NOx/SOx, particulate matter, etc.) and can be applied today with extreme confidence. This allows the HPC specialists behind the CATACARB® Process to solve the 21st Century carbon capture problems with time-tested solutions.  

As CCUS projects are driven by the common goal of reducing global carbon emissions, the technologies employed in these projects have a critical role to play in achieving this goal. For monitoring and injection wells, well integrity for decades is paramount. Duoline’s Fiberglass (GRE) Internal Lining system for tubulars, a workhorse in CO2 Injection wells since 1984, contributes to increasing the longevity of the asset while reducing the cost and overall carbon footprint of the project. This presentation will illustrate how our track record provides significant experience for knowledge transfer into tubular material selection for carbon dioxide injection downhole in global CCUS projects. 

This presentation will address the technology advancements needed across capture and storage to de-risk critical operations for CO2 injectivity, containment and monitoring and what we can expect from Capture technologies to provide a lower cost per ton of co2 capture making project economics more viable. It will highlight the importance for technology partnerships within the CCUS ecosystem to mitigate project risk and lower overall costs. Carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration—or CCUS—has been described as an essential component to support the global ambition to achieve net zero. It is an integral part of the energy transition and industrial decarbonization, especially in hard to abate sectors. Because of the processes associated with sectors like cement and steel, there is no viable solution to decarbonize without CCUS. But for this solution to reach the scalability needed to meet the net zero equation, a new market ecosystem needs to be established. This will create a CCUS industry where emitters and project developers collaborate across geographies to overcome the challenges we face today.

This panel will drive discussion around the need to define a measurement standard that is traceable and recognized which can deal with fluids that may cross phase boundaries or behave in non-standard ways such as CO2. It will also discuss technologies that have the most hope for being able to meet that standard and the accuracy it will require. How do we calibrate, how do we prove the measurement, etc. The session will highlight how dynamic measurement of carbon streams will become increasingly important as the CCUS landscape moves from regionalized, academic undertakings to a global carbon economy.

Baker Hughes’ CCUS portfolio features advanced turbomachinery for flue gas compression and energy recovery; solvent-based state-of-the-art CO2 capture processes and equipment; CO2 compression and pumping, wells construction and management for CO2 storage; and advanced digital monitoring solutions. 
Let’s review together our recent achievement, following the investment done in 2022 in Electrochaea - which is active in power-to-gas applications, Mosaic Materials - which is developing advanced materials for capturing CO2 from low concentration sources and Industrial Climate Solutions - that is developing a novel mass transfer technology that aims at making CO2 capture more cost-effective.

The CCUS market is here. Now. The decarbonization challenge is happening and net zero pledges are changing from future promises to today’s reality. Companies across the globe are ready to move forward as markets emerge for decarbonized products and corporate and societal pressures escalate. At Technip Energies and Shell Catalysts & Technologies, we are taking CCUS to the next level with our strategic alliance. Together, we are making CCUS real, affordable and at scale. In this session, you will discover powerful solutions across carbon capture technology development, standardization and productization, to meet emitters' net zero ambitions and support their license to operate. You will learn from several case studies across various industries, showcasing our successful and innovative CCUS projects, plus key takeaways for making CCUS an attainable reality.

The topic would cover how DOE programs such as CarbonSAFE and upcoming IIJA funding, coupled with 45Q, are providing optimism with wide-spread commercial deployment and evolving business models with CCUS technologies.

This presentation will set the scene by providing the global status of CCS in 2023. What significant developments have been made and what more action needs to be taken?

This presentation will give examples and case studies around the key risks associated with the Hydrogen global supply chain as well as looking at fundamental process safety and metallurgy between hydrogen and natural gas and how the global standards and regulations are adapting to be able to meet these differences. the presentation will provide the audience with key areas is to consider in order to have quality and safety at the forefront of their designs and operations, building trust and leading them to gain their social license to operate.  

In the maritime industry, the vast majority of (GHG) emissions, such as CO2, CH4 and N2O, come from the exhaust gases of shipboard combustion machinery. To improve the robustness of maritime emission estimations, a lifecycle analysis (LCA), which involves the estimation of well to tank and tank to wake of the fuel-related emission, is the commonly accepted norm for estimating the impact of each value chain will be conducted. This work will collect the latest emission factor data for the supply chain of three promising alternative fuels (methanol, ammonia, and hydrogen), and quantitively analyze the emission reduction impact of these fuels in achieving the International Maritime Organization (IMO’s) 2030/2050 GHG reduction goals. Also, the authors developed a green shipping corridor (GSC) framework to evaluate the effects of GSC on GHG emissions. Detailed investigations will involve estimating the current baseline GHG emissions for selected corridors (“Grey Corridors or Business as usual corridors”) followed by estimation of the global warming potential (GWP) performance for identified alternative pathways. It is expected that the study will give additional insights into how these green pathways could play a critical role in maritime decarbonization and what variables are expected to have an outsized impact on emissions. GSC has been identified as an effective green shipping practice to accelerate the maritime decarbonization process. The outputs of this study may serve as solid references for shipping decarbonization strategy development. 

As we see the implementation of hydrogen blended with natural gas as a sustainable alternative to pure natural gas,  the requirement to upgrade existing, and add new thermal processing systems with this equipment and technology is vital. This paper will discuss the innovative approach from Elementale Enterprises Inc incorporating hydrogen fuel blending to handle Combustion technology, Blending Analysis and Emission Monitoring for ease of implementation in the manufacturing process.

The presentation will cover selected advanced process technologies for production of renewable low-carbon fuels, including hydrogen, methanol, ammonia and DME for use in modern propulsion systems. Several commercially proven Feed & Waste Conversion Systems (4-6) to produce the low carbon fuels will be identified and characterized regarding key technical & commercial attributes, including relative economics, efficiency and raw material use of each. Additionally, an analysis of the various fuels for current and future applications with propulsion systems, including land transport, marine, aircraft and space vehicles will be addressed. 

With demand growing for clean hydrogen and carbon-neutral synthetic fuels, generating them at scale, 24x7, will be required to meet global demand. GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has developed an innovative small modular reactor, the BWRX-300, which can enable economically attractive production of clean hydrogen and carbon-neutral synthetic fuel at scale utilizing its 24x7 available heat and electricity. 

Carbon-neutral gasoline could play a vital role in decarbonizing the transport sector; utilizing captured CO2 and green hydrogen production. This panel will discuss important lessons to consider when building an eFuels plant, including cross-industry collaboration.

Aviation will be under increasing pressure to reduce its impact on global warming as other sectors transition rapidly to more sustainable options. Due to long lead times in development and certification, new airplanes delivered in the next decade will be similar to current models and have no significant impact on reducing aviation's global warming contribution. Future aviation will become hampered by more regulatory restrictions and ever-increasing taxes/fees, unless novel technologies are developed to achieve zero emissions on a long-term basis. As part of the development of a hydrogen-based aviation transition plan, we will map out potential novel technologies.

The strategies and advantages of the use of hydrogen, both directly as a fuel to the jet engines and as a fuel to the fuel cell system to power the aircraft propulsion motors are presented. The research and development of on-going work by a few companies based on hydrogen powered aircraft are discussed. Finally, the use of fuel cell for APU and the corresponding challenges and benefits are also presented.  

An introduction to Honda’s Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and business approach to FCEVs and hard-to-decarbonize market segments.

Highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) systems can contribute to reducing the carbon footprint in distributed energy systems. This presentation will provide an overview of different options to use hydrogen fuels in CHP systems, while still maintaining the flexibility and reliability of dispatchable gas engine generators. The presentation will discuss advances in engine technology and fuel flexibility and highlight best practices for utilizing hydrogen in gas engines. 

Tenneco has been researching the effect of hydrogen absorption in materials and will present a comparison of hydrogen diffusion results on an alloy steel that has been subjected to chrome plating, nitriding, and boriding processes compared to an unprocessed material. The effect of the treatment in terms of probable failure mechanisms will also be presented. 

In this presentation, SwRI will highlight the difficulties and challenges associated with performing one of the GTR-13 standard tests to show the level of complexity and investment that would be required by industry to meet the standard if it became a regulation. Specific challenges of conducting the GTR-13 test procedures will be discussed, with an emphasis on how to work safety with high-pressure hydrogen in a lab environment.  

A demonstration truck is under development to demonstrate the practical viability of hydrogen IC engines as a mobility solution for heavy duty transport and to prove out the zero CO2 and near-zero NOx emissions characteristics of a hydrogen IC engine. The truck is based on a production Class 8 chassis for the North American market and a modified natural gas 15-liter spark ignited engine. In combination with a hydrogen fuel system and a mechanically driven turbocharger the engine is under development for installation into the truck. This presentation will address the role of internal combustion engines in a decarbonized transportation landscape and will highlight some of the challenges and benefits of bringing hydrogen fueled engines to the market.

This presentation will review the HPDI system architecture from fuel injectors through to the hydrogen fuel storage, touching on both compressed and cryogenic onboard solutions. Field experience with H2 demonstration trucks will also be covered. As climate change has become of increasing concern, the global transportation industry has been challenged to achieve significant reductions in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. OEMs have identified multiple potential de-carbonization technologies for mobile-source applications; however, for Heavy Duty trucking and higher horsepower applications in particular, there is a recognition that the required combination of power density, fuel efficiency and durability are challenging with some of the less mature technologies. Therefore, for certain segments of the transportation sector, zero or near-zero carbon Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) continue to be evaluated as one of the key, cost-effective solutions.

Assuming all US DOE goals are achieved, FCHEVs long-haul trucks will be economically competitive by 2030, against diesel and H2ICE vehicles. However, progress on freight decarbonization technology solutions remains highly uncertain. Energy cost (diesel, electricity, H2), component durability, thermal management, critical material bottlenecks, performance degradation, fueling/charging infrastructure, CAPEX all contribute to this uncertainty. Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analyses (Argonne National Laboratories and e-mobil BW) show that fuel-cost is critical to the competitiveness of any H2-fueled vehicle (both FCHEV as well as H2ICE solutions); however, H2ICE could de-risk some of the investments, jump-starting the H2 economy.  H2ICEs may also remain the preferred long-term technology for several high power, lower VMT applications. Achieving high drive-cycle efficiency and powertrain density while fulfilling emissions legislation remains a key R&D priority for H2ICEs.

Transportation and heavy industry must decarbonize if it is to meet climate targets. This panel will discuss the potential of HICEs to contribute to this for the remainder of the decade and beyond; outlining the necessary framework to build continual stakeholder engagement, investment and growth. 

The presentation will study explores the emerging B2B hydrogen value chain as applied to power generation and heavy-duty trucking transport. We examined how connected strategies can enable clean hydrogen adoption. We also analyzed emerging business models and relationships that the energy and utility industries will have to embrace to stay competitive in this new emerging hydrogen value chain.

The use of hydrogen in internal combustion engines (ICE) and fuel cells has gained attention in recent times due to its potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This presentation aims to provide understanding of advantages, challenges and growth potential of hydrogen use in ICE and fuel cell power train. 

With JCB machinery helping to sculpt the modern world, JCB Chairman Lord Bamford challenged engineers to find a better way to accelerate the company’s journey on the ‘Off-Road to Zero.’ Having developed prototype machines that deliver the same efficiency as diesel counterparts, JCB unveiled its hydrogen internal combustion engine technology in 2023 as well as the construction industry’s first hydrogen refueller. JCB’s hydrogen combustion engines accelerate the discussions on how construction operations around the globe can meet legislative requirements, ESG and shareholder commitments without sacrificing efficiency or delaying infrastructure completion.

Per the U.S. Dept. of Energy, the blueprint for the road to decarbonization, and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, requires a joint strategy which includes ICE and sustainable fuels. Consistent with this strategy, Liebherr is convinced the combustion engine will remain a viable and essential solution to support future powertrains and therefore began developing different engines based on H2 fuel to fulfil the needs of Liebherr`s various application. The H2 injection system is the core technology to ensure reaching the required efficiency. Over the past few years, Liebherr has made significant development in H2 DI and PFI systems which also can support injection of various other sustainable fuels of the future.  

This presentation will discuss the injection system solutions for both low-pressure port and medium pressure direct injection applications including injector and fuel control module. Particularly for commercial vehicle, Diesel engine conversions with swirl and low air-charge motion the air-fuel mixing is a critical factor influencing the emissions formation, the efficiency and the power.  The potential for injection pressure, flow rate and jet design to assist the air-fuel mixing and overall engine performance is discussed. The hardware and software for the H2 engine control is discussed in detail and the new control functions necessary for H2ICE are presented. 
An integrated medium pressure system solution is applied to a light commercial vehicle application.  A 2.2L Diesel engine has been converted for a medium pressure H2 injection and installed into a Light Commercial Vehicle.  Engine test results are presented and discussed.  Vehicle Simulations and measurements are shown to demonstrate the attractiveness of this technology for a fast and effective implementation of zero CO2 emissions solutions.

This presentation will highlight how a conventional high temperature press process, e.g., calender rolls, straighten or flatten the material, consequently reducing porosity drastically. Alternatively, this work shows the benefit of pressing the material at a constant pressure, by means of an isobaric double belt press. Isobaric double belt presses prevent flattening of the surface structure, thermally treating the MEA with high precision, and increasing the manufacture scalability compared to a conventional calender process. Moreover, it offers an opportunity to produce an entire cell stack, roll-to-roll, or roll-to-plate process. 

This talk will focus on the challenges in low temperature proton exchange membrane (PEM) WE systems, particularly on design of composite PEM that can enable high efficiency, low total-cost-of-ownership WE systems that in turn enable lower levelized cost of hydrogen.
Applying the fundamental knowledge generated in fuel cell research with further tailoring of material properties to the needs of WE generated membranes with the thickness in the range of 50 micron that can withstand more than 400psi differential pressure, while possessing only half of the proton resistance of an industry benchmark non-reinforced membranes. These advancements enable high pressure, high current density operation of a WE system. We will also discuss how Gore leverages its fuel cell platform with robust supply chain developed over last 20 years for the scale-up of these novel WE PEM composites.  

Hydrogen is an energy carrier, but unlike electricity, it requires filtration. A hydrogen economy will rely on hydrogen synthesis, this process is sensitive to contamination and requires involves filtration. The produced hydrogen requires filtration to a high purity level and should remain clean up to the final point of use. Different filtration processes and methods are needed in this hydrogen purification. PEM Fuel cells are known to be deactivated by chemical trace compounds. Both the anode and cathode need to be protect by high tech filtration to ensure a long life of the fuel cell, without any performance degradation. In addition to hydrogen filtration products, Donaldson is also offering membranes used in electrolyzers and PEM fuel cells. 

This panel will compare battery and hydrogen storage technologies for the audience to understand the pro's and con's with each of these clean storage energy technologies. Then transition the presentation as to why long duration storage makes sense for Hydrogen now. Then finally explain how hydrogen and batteries do not have to be competing technologies, but they can act as very good complimentary technologies to expand the use cases where distributed clean energy storage can make sense.  

The industrialization of fuel cells & electrolyzers is strongly dependent on efficient manufacturing equipment, acknowledging the complex value chain of stack production. Only if companies form alliances and their experts are working together, integrated production lines can be developed efficiently. That’s the goal that the companies of the German Fuel Cell Cooperation have set themselves. In their presentation, the German Fuel Cell Cooperation will present the key elements of their concept of an integrated bipolar plate production and the parameters that enable a robust, efficient and scalable production that the industry demands. In an emerging market, it’s not only about the equipment but also about the technologies being used, which the German Fuel Cell Cooperation addresses as well.

Development activities on bipolar plate coating and rubber seal material. Presentation of Tenneco, supplier of metallic bipolar plate with gasket. 

The content focuses on the requirements for producing a bipolar plate made from titanium. This is particularly interesting for the aviation industry, where weight is a big issue, as titanium is much lighter than stainless steel due to its low specific weight. On the other hand, the use of titanium brings different problems. For example, forming is not possible to the same extent compared with stainless steel, and welding is more complex due to an increased requirement for a protective gas atmosphere. 

This presentation gives an overview how existing vessels can be retrofitted from traditional propulsion systems like Diesel engines, to zero-emission by using modular, heavy duty fuel cell systems. The necessary steps and required technologies will be explained based on the example project “HyEkoTank”, where a 18.600 DWT product tanker will be retrofitted by installing a 2.4 MW fuel cell system from TECO2030. 

This panel will review the current and expected technological improvements to come in PEM fuel cells through the end of the decade. It will focused primarily around technological improvements to power density, durability, and efficiency as well as the trade off between each of these and cost. The information shared will be based on data from direct industry participants with knowledge of current research. 

In this session, GTL President & CEO, Paul Gloyer, will describe the design and operation of a high performance LH2 storage and feed system in an optimized eVTOL Drone system. This presentation will also summarize the initial data from the testing of GTL’s ultra-lightweight composite LH2 dewar-tank, composite feed lines and prototype drone system testing.

 Real life advanced hydrogen vehicle development and fuel cell propulsion systems provide a unique set of challenges in technology, infrastructure, logistics and regulatory requirements to navigate the current landscape of hydrogen infrastructure infancy. Ontario Tech University ACE houses multiple climatic environmental chambers and a world leading Climatic Aerodyanmic Wind Tunnel providing real world weather conditions for whole vehicle hydrogen development. This presentation will walk through the various steps and barriers to bringing a vehicle inside a lab for advanced vehicle development and testing in precise, repeatable and reproduceable weather conditions (which can range from blizzards to desert sun and heat) and the associated infrastructure to house this activity.

Hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system shows significant advantages when it is utilized for zero-emission heavy-duty commercial vehicles which can carry heavy payload for longer distances with high uptimes. Hyzon Motors develops and manufactures the hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system, including in-house membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), for commercial vehicles. We offer our products to provide our customers with the benefit of total cost of ownership (TCO). Durability is one of the most important attributes for TCO benefit. In this talk, our technical approaches in the materials and control strategy to improve fuel cell system durability and rigorous system engineering process will be discussed. 

Multi-physics simulation software is being leveraged by leading organizations to optimize integrated fuel cell system performance, including component design and control strategies.  Gamma Technologies will present on solutions to start modelling early in the design process, optimize complex system interactions, and satisfy transient operating conditions.  

Fuel cell technology is promising to become a realistic alternative to conventional combustion-based powertrains and pure battery electric vehicles. With polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, driving ranges and refueling durations comparable to conventional combustion-based vehicles can be achieved, while operating free of emissions and providing CO2 neutrality in case hydrogen from renewable sources is used. AVL will present a degradation focused insight on its take on system simulation, displaying simulation analysis for live cycle aging as well as discussing parametrization methodology based on state-of-the art industry use cases. 

Precious metals, specifically platinum group metals (or PGMs), are at the forefront of humankind's technological progress due to their chemical & physical properties (such as corrosion resistance and high melting points) and play a critical role in the Hydrogen Economy. Understanding the market dynamics of these commodities is vital to planning for the future of hydrogen. This panel will draw on expertise from across the PGM value chain; this consists of the PGM mining sector, manufacturing and advancing technology, and recycling companies. Some topics that will be addressed are Iridium availability, mineral sourcing, fuel cell design emphasizing cost and carbon intensity, the circularity of metals, and regulatory impacts on the value chain.

 

Iridium catalysts represent one of the most expensive components of the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electolyzer system, adding as much as $150,000/MW in cost. In this talk, we will discuss technologies for the reduction in the use of iridum, including advanced fabrication techniques which yield higher surface area materials. Partial substitution of iridium and acid-stable support materials are alternative approaches that not only allow for maintaining cell performance at beginning of life with lower iridium loadings but extending the overall lifetime of electrolyzer systems. With declarations of hundreds of GW-scale electrolyzer deployments across the world, material savings and cost reductions are essential for decarbonization efforts to be successful.

Global decarbonization roadmaps recognize the role of Hydrogen for a clean future. Hydrogen-fueled fuel cells, such as the PureCell® Model 400 Hydrogen, can enable the transition to a Hydrogen economy with technology that is proven, reliable and clean (zero NOx, SOx and Carbon emissions). Solutions scale from 1 unit to 100’s of units, supporting microgrid, grid-scale and combined heat and power (CHP) systems. Fuel cells that flexibly manage utility import/export (load following) and power resilience (grid-independence) capabilities can support applications needing to optimize LCOE or integrate with other generation sources such as solar and wind to achieve 24/7 Carbon-free Energy when using clean hydrogen. This presentation will describe the technical features of HyAxiom's solution.

The massive rollout of BEV's and rapid increase in variable renewable sources will put enormous burdens on the grid, while regulations phase out diesel generators, and fire danger increases. This presentation explores how commercial hydrogen fuel cell generators can be applied to ease this burden, for backup power, charging EV trucks and buses during grid outages, and keeping operations moving at fleet facilities. 

In this presentation Matthew Turner, Market Intelligence Manager at Anglo American, will explain where PGMs come from and how, highlighting Anglo American’s actions to ensure responsible and sustainable mining.  He will look at what can and is being done to ensure a Goldilocks future for hydrogen and PGMs – not to hot and not too cold.  

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Learn more about the fundamentals of hydrogen and the big impact that this small molecule could have on the gas industry. This presentation will discuss a framework for gas utilities and manufacturers to follow to begin the hydrogen transition. I will discuss the major technical challenges surrounding hydrogen and natural gas blending, and highlight several key learnings. Finally, I will show how the industry can scale up a stable demand for hydrogen through the natural gas industry with little infrastructure change and low investment risk.  

In many jurisdictions, green Hydrogen blending into Natural Gas pipelines is being evaluated or is in various stages of implementation to reduce the carbon intensity of end users. As existing natural gas infrastructure is well established, hydrogen blending is considered a step to carbon neutrality. The percentage of allowable hydrogen blending is in discussion with up to 20vol% being considered. This high-level discussion will cover various blending levels and discuss associated blending properties, material concerns, end user limitations, specifications, and safety concerns within North America. 

TFP Hydrogen is a leading provider of materials that reduce the cost of green hydrogen generation.  We currently manufacture a portfolio of products addressing key materials challenges in catalysis and corrosion resistance across PEM electrolyzer technologies. Our innovation roadmap illustrates our commitment to further development of existing products and development of additional products to support the green hydrogen industry achieve its goals.   

The presentation will review TFP's current capability in anode catalysts and corrosian resistant coatings for PEM water electrolyzers, cathode catalysts for alkaline water electrolyzers as well as some of our developing projects, including the recycling of titanium components using in PEM water electrolyzers. 

 

The recently legislated Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is expected to unleash a tide of investment in de carbonizing the power generation and heavy industrial sectors of the economy. Carbon capture technology and electrolysis to produce Hydrogen are key inputs to achieve net-zero. Electric power conversion systems (PCS) is one of the critical pieces of equipment that is used in carbon capture and electrolysis. For example, variable frequency drives are used to run large compressor motors that compress carbon and hydrogen for transportation and storage, megawatt-scale rectifiers are used for electrolysis to create hydrogen and converters are used in grid scale solar and battery energy storage facilities. For an asset owner and operator who has diversified interests in the above areas, the question is can cost and supply chain efficiencies be captured by dealing with just a handful of manufacturers who can meet the entire electric power conversion needs of their project. This presentation will show how working with just a handful of manufacturers that are in a position to supply the entire power conversion apparatus could help in reducing the overall cost and securing production capacity for upcoming projects.  

Green hydrogen will have a critical role in accelerating decarbonization across all sectors of the global economy. However, many challenges exist related to increased production scale. As such new materials and coatings approaches can play a key role to improve electroylzer cell performance, durability and lifetime to meet these challenges. In this presentation, some specific technical approaches will be discussed.  

This panel discussion will address the development of necessary infrastructure for liquid hydrogen. This includes the design and installation of cryogenic piping systems, securing regulatory approvals for cryogenic storage and tank solutions, and how hydrogen liquefaction is expected to advance across North America. 

Liquefaction of hydrogen is an inherently energy-intensive process. In order to meet the low-carbon goals of green hydrogen as well as make hydrogen economically competitive against other energy sources it is highly desirable to reduce the energy required in the liquefaction process. Single-phase pressure reductions can be accomplished using a radial inflow type turbine to help accomplish these goals but this technology suffers from significant performance and reliability issues when attempting to capture this energy from flashing pressure reductions where both liquid and vapor are present. An axial-flow impulse turbine to reduce the pressure of two-phase flows with high isentropic efficiency and no concerns about reliability or damage to the turbine will be presented. This approach increases the liquid production and reduces the vapor production of the system when compared to the J-T valve base case. Theory of operation and hydrogen-specific case studies are presented. 

Fives has been at the forefront of Hydrogen development, with over 40 years of expertise in Hydrogen liquefaction. One of the key equipment of the liquefaction process is Brazed Aluminum Heat Exchangers (BAHX), which plays a crucial role in determining the efficiency and competitiveness of the process. At Fives, we have harnessed our superior technology advantage to bring value to the LH2 ecosystem. In 2022, we partnered with Atlas Copco, a leading turbo-expander manufacturer, to further enhance our technology and provide together greater value to EPCs and end-users. This presentation will highlight the advantages of cooperating between two leading equipment providers.
 

Collaboratively, Bosch Rexroth and Nikkiso/ACD developed the utilization of a long-stroke, Primary Controlled Drive solution to compress LH2. A long-stroke approach to reciprocating pumps offers pumping performance advantages over a conventional approach. Developing a drive system for LH2 compression, which was not the traditional solution built by Nikkiso/ACD, required a close and cooperative discovery process. Bosch Rexroth, in conjunction with the specification prepared by Nikkiso/ACD, adapted their Self-contained Hydraulic Actuator, or Primary Controlled Drive, (PCD) technology to achieve force, stroke, cycle, and power optimization targets for the project. This solution scales easily to accommodate output requirements, and can provide higher pressure and flow designs than the conventional approach. The presentation will provide an overview of the drive concept, inclusive the cryo-pump actuator, a compilation of harvested data from the collaborative solution, and comparative attributes of the PCD contrasted to Nikkiso/ACD traditional compression solutions. 

The Energy Transition brings new opportunities for Hydrogen Reciprocating Compressors. Various processes across the Hydrogen Value Chain have strict oil contamination limits, wide flow variation, wide pressure ranges and/or intermittent H2 supply. On the other side, basic demands like high compression efficiency and high uptime remain critical for Operators to meet their production and financial targets. This paper describes how Reciprocating Compressor manufacturers can use the various technical solutions available today to meet these demands and support the Energy Transition.

This presentation will discuss the benefits of a comprehensive approach to hydrogen projects starting from conception through operation. The process begins within NEA GROUP’s Energy division where expert consultants evaluate potential projects and determine optimal configurations using proprietary simulation tools. The integrated approach continues into the engineering phase where OEM technologies such as PEM electrolysis and compression are combined under common control systems. Operational benefits for hydrogen projects are realized through the group’s XPLORE IIoT-Platform, a cloud based, condition-monitoring platform tailored designed for hydrogen systems. With a focus on direct OEM support and advanced compressor diagnostics, users convert potential unplanned downtime into planned maintenance.

The success of commercial hydrogen production systems equally depends on product gas storage and filling for transport as it does on the process technology, regardless of the feedstock source or production method. Key design aspects – including selection of transport containers, loading cycle times, operational logistics, site layout, and safety requirements – have significant impacts on both capital and operating expenses. Early identification of hydrogen filling and storage functionalities, as well the associated costs, allow these variables to be accounted for in the overall project plan.

Discover how the use of innovative valve solutions can help the ongoing development and scale-up of hydrogen industry. Our presentation will dive into the challenges and answering valve designs for cryogenic hydrogen, warm hydrogen, and the surrounding processes. We'll also explore the macro-level impact of advanced valve diagnostics and management solutions, providing early warnings to prevent asset failures and enhance plant reliability. Join us to learn how these technologies can drive safety, efficiency, reliability, and ultimately contribute to the success of your new processes and plants.

Syzygy Plasmonics is a deep decarbonization company. It builds reactors that use light instead of heat to produce low-carbon hydrogen. This session explains how the technology works, discusses current and planned hydrogen production pathways, and includes recent project updates.

Mozart Devco LLC is a developer of vertically integrated hydrogen infrastructure projects. 

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The trend towards low-carbon syngas and hydrogen production is in full swing. Air Liquide’s Autother ...

The focus of this presentation will be to highlight the technical challenges associated with using hydrogen and natural gas in power generating gas turbines while at the same time, maintaining ultra-low oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO) emissions, both EPA regulated pollutants. Highlighted will be the development and commercially operating high-hydrogen capable combustion system retrofit platforms offered by PSM. The product solution attributes, customer operational experiences and technology development roadmap allowing a variable fuel range from 100% natural gas to 100% hydrogen will be highlighted. This flexibility will allow the installed fleet of multi-OEM gas turbine power plants to participate in the clean energy transition.  

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There is simply no better place in the United States to establish a large-scale clean hydrogen hub than Texas. Texas has a unique and unmatched combination of energy infrastructure, natural resources, workforce, and manufacturing assets. Given these assets, we can expect Texas to lead the nation in the production and end-use of clean hydrogen while driving down production costs. DOE’s designation of a Texas clean hydrogen hub will accelerate our state’s position as a major supplier of clean hydrogen and as a global hydrogen export hub.