Industrial Processes Emissions Reduction (IPER) Technology Workshop
San Atonio, TX
United States
Proceedings of the 2026 IPER Technology Workshop
The IPER Technology Workshop took place February 10-11, 2026 at SwRI.
Day 1
Welcome
Barron Bichon, Ph.D., SwRI – Welcome
Keynote Speaker
Avi Shultz, Ph.D., DOE Industrial Technologies Office – Powering American Industry: Strategic Priorities from DOE’s Industrial Technologies Office
Technical Presentations
John Dowdle, Ph.D., Dow – High Pressure Regeneration Amine System for CCUS in Blue Hydrogen Applications
Eamon Hogg, EPRI – Feasibility Study Pairing Oxy-combustion and Carbon Capture for Carbon Reduction in Aluminum Melt Furnaces
Brian Ziems, Siemens Energy – Direct Air Capture Overview and Early Operating Experience
Jason Wilkes, Ph.D., SwRI – CO2 Transport and Compression – Advancing Reliability through Testing at Off-Design and Multi-Phase Conditions
Jason Kerth, Siemens Energy – Decarbonizing Heat in Petroleum Refining Applications
Chris Fraugthon, AtmosZero – Modular Industrial Heat Pumps for Enhanced Energy Efficiency and Reduced Emissions
Renaud Le Pierres, Parker Filtration Group – Process Intensification and Compact Technologies – Heatric Story
Prashant Jain, Ph.D., Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Powering Data Centers & Process Industry with Advanced Nuclear Solutions
Shane Harvey, Ebara Elliott Energy – High Temperature Compressors to Utilize SMR for Industrial Heat
Mobola Dosumu, Everllence – Electrifying Industrial Heat Generation with High Temperature Heat Pumps
Panel Session – Technology End Users
Karl Rufener, LyondellBasell
Kenneth Kaiser, Air Liquide
Rick Tomlinson, Chevron
Abhijit Sarkar, Dastur Energy
Technical Update
Jeff Moore, Ph.D., SwRI
Sam Bailey, Clean Air Task Force
Dan Flowers, Lawrence Livermore National Labs
Andre Benard, Ph.D., Michigan State University
Scott Kohl, Ph.D., Visionary Fiber Technologies, Inc.
David Pasquale, Ph.D., Turboden SpA
Tim Held, Ph.D., Echogen Power Systems
Zhiwen Ma, Ph.D., National Laboratory of the Rockies
Felipe Barata, Atlas Copco Gas and Process
Panel Session – Nuclear Developer
Cody Lee Farmer, TVA
Luis DePavia, NuScale
Zach Berquist, Ph.D., Westinghouse
Brad Rearden, Ph.D., Antares
Closing
Day 1 Closing
Day 2
Welcome
Eloy Flores, SwRI
Technical Presentation
Vinod Narayanan, Ph.D., University of California Davis – Assessment of Cooling Strategies for High Compute Density Data Centers – Performance, Energy Use, and Non-Energy Benefits
Eugene Hoffman, Ph.D. and Ashok Thyagarajan, Ph.D., SwRI – Data Center Cooling: A Transition from Air to Liquid Cooling to Meet Growing Industry Demands
Markus Lesemann, Ph.D., GTI Energy – Electrification of Steam methane Reforming
Zachary Lyles, Ph.D., Huntsman – Miralon®: Methane Pyrolysis for CNTs and Turquoise
Ghenadie Bulat, Ph.D., Siemens Energy – Towards Cleaner Power Generation
Jeff Benoit, PSM – Meeting the Moment: Gas Turbine Technology-Enabled Upgrades to Enhance Operational Flexibility for the Emerging Generation Landscape
Jens Hanke, Ph.D., Graforce – Turquoise Hydrogen via Methane Pyrolysis – Decarbonizing Industry with Solid Carbon Co-Products
Panel Session – Data Centers
Dang Le, Solar Turbines
Samer Saab, Ph.D., Chemours
Mario Mijangos, Southland
Jungho Kim, Ph.D., ARPA-E
Closing
Tim Allison, Eloy Flores (SwRI)
For more information, please contact: Veronica Encino at +1 210 522 3500.
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