The IPER Technology Workshop took place January 29-30, 2025 at SwRI.
Day 1
Welcome
Ben Thacker, SwRI: Welcome
Keynote Speaker
Khalid Mateen, Total Energies – TotalEnergies Decarbonization Strategy to Achieve Net Zero by 2050 (Scope 1, 2 &3)
Technical Presentations
David Dankworth, ExxonMobil - Technology Solutions for Energy Transition
Karl P. Rufener, LyondellBasell – Fueling the Future: The latest in Geothermal Innovation
Tatum Auvil, EPRI – Developing, Demonstrating & Deploying Low-Carbon Technologies
Mike Lewis, UT Austin – A Pore-to-Process Digital Design Methodology to Evaluate Efficiency of Geothermal Power Plants confirmed
Prof. Ron O’Malley, MST – Pilot Scale Hydrogen Steelmaking via GISH – Grid Interactive Steelmaking with Hydrogen
Jay Gaillard, RAPID – Decarbonizing Light Olefin Production Using Advanced Electromagnetic Reactors
Michael Hartmann, SwRI – CO2 Capture and Utilization Emerging Markets and the Role of R&D
Jeff Moore, SwRI – STEP SCO2 10 MW Demonstration Plant Update
Jason Henry, Schlumberger – Sub-Surface Safety Valves: Spearheading CCS Validation for Completions
Panel Session – End User
David Dankworth, ExxonMobil
Greg Wellman, Eastman
Angela Adame, Syensqo
Catherine Collison, Chemours
Khalid Mateen, Total Energies
Fast Pitch
Julie Dutoit, Kanadevia Inova AG - Decarbonization in Waste Industry
David Rizzi, Turboden – High Temperature Heat Pump
Esteban Urena-Benavides, UTSA - Nanoparticle-Enabled CO2 Foaming
Geoff Cusano, Malta - Malta Steam Energy Management & Storage (SEMS)
Closing
Day 1 Closing
Day 2
Welcome
Eloy Flores, SwRI
Technical Presentations
Josh Schmitt, SwRI – Thermal Energy Storage for Industrial Heat: Overview, System Analysis and Research Pilots
Rob Broekhuis, SABIC - Demonstration of electric steam cracking furnaces at industrial scale by SABIC, BASF, and Linde
David Ransom, Siemens Energy – Electrification of Industrial Process Heat
Dan Stack, ETS – Updates on Joule HiveTM Technology for a Fully Electric Industrial Sector
Gabe Murtaugh, LDES Council – Thermal Energy Storage and Decarbonization
Panel Session – Carbon Capture
Donald Whisenhunt, GE Vernova
Travis Bowman, Siemens Energy
Saeb Besarati, Carbon Capture (CCI)
John Repasky, Oxy Low Carbon Ventures
Rob Pelton, Elliott
Owen Pryor, SwRI
Closing
Tim Allison, Eloy Flores (SwRI)