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Thursday, February 20, 2003

Conference Check-in

8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introduction to Conference

8:30 a.m.-8:50 a.m.

Session I - Mineral Matter, Corrosion & Biomass

8:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m.

Dale R. Tree, Brigham Young University - "Deposition Mechanisms of High Chlorine Coal as a Function of Stoichiometry and Tube Temperature"

Jaap Koppejan & Sjaak van Loo, TNO, The Netherlands - "Corrosion & Ash Deposition Problems in Dutch Waste Incinerators"

Kevin A. Davis, Reaction Engineering International - "Prediction and Real-time Monitoring Techniques for Corrosion Characterization in Furnaces"

Larry L. Baxter, Brigham Young University - "Ash Deposition Modeling & Deposit Properties"

Ingwald Obernberger, University of Graz, Austria - "Aerosols from Fixed Bed Biomass Combustion - Formation, Characterization, and Particulate Emissions"

Bruce Boggs, ISG Resources - "Fly Ash Utilization in Concrete"

Lunch

12:10 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Session II - Mercury Control Issues

1:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.

Larry S. Monroe, Southern Company - "Mercury Control--A Utility Perspective"

Connie L. Senior, Reaction Engineering International - "Kinetic Models for Predicting the Behavior of Mercury in Coal-Fired Power Plants"

Jason D. Laumb, Energy & Environmental Research Center - "Transformations and Control of Mercury in Coal-Fired Power Plants"

Shannon D. Serre, Environmental Protection Agency - "Elemental Mercury Capture by Activated Carbon in a Flow Reactor"

Arun K. Mehta, Electric Power Research Institute - "Development and Demonstration of Mercury Control Technologies"

Session III - Poster Session

5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

(Buffet during session beginning at 5:30 p.m.)

Friday, February 21, 2003

Session IV - NOx Reduction

8:30 a.m.-11:50 p.m.

Larry L. Baxter, Brigham Young University - "Comparison of Nitrogen Chemistry in Biomass- and Coal-based Flames"

Larry G. Felix, Southern Research Institute - "Pilot-Scale Testing and Predictive Model Development for Use in Minimizing NOx Emissions and Unburned Carbon When Cofiring Biomass with Coal"

David A. Tillman, Foster Wheeler Power Group Inc. - "NOx Trim Through Biomass and Opportunity Fuel Cofiring"

James R. Valentine, Reaction Engineering International - "CFD Modeling for Design of NOx Control Systems in Utility Boilers" (This presentation includes three video clips imbedded in the PowerPoint graphics on slides 7 and 8. To view the video clips if they do not start automatically, double click on the graphics.)

Sho Kobayashi, Praxair - "NOx Reduction Utilizing Oxygen Enhanced Combustion" (This link will take you to the paper associated with this presentation as it provides more detail than the presentation slides.)

Zoran Djurisic, University of Utah - "NOx Formation in Ultra-Low-NOx Gas Burners"

Lunch

11:50 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Session V - Fuel Reactivity & Soot Formation

1:30 p.m.-4:10 p.m.

Harland R. Pond, Brigham Young University - "Prediction of Tar and Light Gas During Pyrolysis of Black Liquor and Biomass"

Jordan Butler & Josh Engstrom, Brigham Young University - "Fundamental Combustion Rates of Live Fuels"

Ron Pugmire, University of Utah - "Soot Formation Processes"

Dennis L. Siebers, Sandia National Laboratories - "Soot Processes in Diesel Fuel Jets"

Hong-Shig Shim, Reaction Engineering International - "Application of Soot Model to a Pulverized Coal-Fired Boiler"

Closing Statements

4:10-4:20 p.m.

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