Highly Efficient Zero Emission CO2-Based Power Plant

E. Iantovski and P. Mathieu (Germany)

Capture IV: Other Energy Cycles

Chair: Toshinori Kojima, Seikei University (Japan)

Co-Chair: Yukio Yanagisawa, Harvard School of Public Health (USA) and RITE (Japan)

Water Gas Shift Membrane Reactor for CO2 Control in IGCC Systems: Techno-Economic Feasibility Study

M. Bracht, P.T. Alderliesten, R. Kloster, R. Pruschek, G. Haupt, E. Xue, J. Ross, M. Koukou, and N. Papayanakos (The Netherlands)

The Role of IGCC in CO2 Abatement

Rudolf Pruschek, Gerd Oeljeklaus, Gunther Haupt, and Gerhard Zimmermann (Germany)

Natural Gas Utilisation Without CO2 Emissions

Bjorn Gaudernack and Steinar Lynum (Norway)

Comparison of CO2 Removal Systems for Fossil-Fuelled Power Plant Processes

Gerold Gottlicher and Rudolf Pruschek (Germany)

Thermodynamic and Environmental Assessment of Integrated Gasification and Methanol Synthesis (IGMS) Energy Systems with CO2 Removal

Giorgio Cau and Roberto Carapellucci (Italy)

Ocean Storage

Ocean Storage I

Chair: Eric Adams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)

Co-Chair: Yukio Yanagisawa, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (Japan)

Ocean Systems for Managing the Global Carbon Cycle

Dwain F. Spencer and Wheeler J. North (USA)

Cost Comparison in Various CO2 Ocean Disposal Options

Yuichi Fujioka, Masahiko Ozaki, Kazuhisa Takeuchi, Yuji Shindo, and Howard J. Herzog (Japan)

Transport Systems for Ocean Disposal of CO2 and Their Environmental Effects

Dan Golomb (USA)

Marine Carbonate Formations: Their Role in Mediating Long-Term Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Dioxide Fluxes

C.N. Murray and T.R.S. Wilson (Italy)

Testing the Waters: An Analytical Framework for Testing the Political Feasibility of Scenario-Based Proposals for Disposing of CO2 in the Oceans

Judith Kildow (USA)

Ocean Storage II

Chair: Gilbert Stegen, Science Applications International Corporation (USA)

Co-Chair: Takashi Ohsumi, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (Japan)

Stability of Clathrate-Hydrate Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Shuichiro Hirai, Ken Okazaki, Shinsuke Kuraoka, and Katsuyuki Kawamura (Japan)

Dissolution Mechanisms of CO2 Molecules in Water Existing CO2 Hydrates

T. Uchida, A. Takagi, S. Mae, and J. Kawabata (Japan)

Dispersion of CO2 Droplets in the Deep Ocean

H. Teng, S.M. Masutani, and C.M. Kinoshita (Japan)

LES Study of CO2 Enriched Gravity Currents

Guttorm Alendal (Norway)

Impacts of High Concentration of CO2 on Marine Organisms: A Modification of CO2 Ocean Sequestration

Kazuhisa Takeuchi, Yuichi Fujioka, Yasuo Kawasaki, and Yoshihisa Shirayama (Japan)

Ocean Storage III

Chair: Peter Haugan, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen (Norway)

Co-Chair: Bob Warzinski, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, Department of Energy (USA)

Near-Field Impacts of Ocean CO2 Disposal, Part I: A Model for the Toxicity to Marine Organisms of Lowered pH

David Auerbach, Jennifer A. Caulfield, Howard J. Herzog, and E. Eric Adams (USA)

Near-Field Impacts of Ocean CO2 Disposal, Part II: Probabilistic Plume Exposure Simulations for Various Discharge Scenarios

Jennifer A. Caulfield, David I Auerbach, E. Eric Adams, and Howard J. Herzog (USA)

Far-Field Impacts Associated with Ocean Disposal of CO2

Richard K. Dewey, Gilbert R. Stegen, and Robert Bacastow (USA)

Dispersion of CO2 Injected into the Ocean at the Intermediate Depth

Norikazu Nakashiki and Takashi Ohsumi (Japan)

3-Dimensional Simulation of CO2 Disposed in the Ocean

Helge Drange (Norway)

Geological Storage

Geological Storage I

Chair: Perry Bergman, Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, Department of Energy (USA)

Co-Chair: Wim Turkenburg, University of Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Progress Towards Storage of CO2

Paul Freund and Bill Ormerod (UK)

Deep Sub-Seabed Disposal of CO2 - The Most Protective Storage

H. Koide, Y. Shindo,Y. Tazaki, M. Iijima, K. Ito, N. Kimura, and K. Omata (Japan)

Vertical Convection in an Aquifer Column Under a CO2 Gas Cap

Erik Lindeberg (Norway)

Acid Gas Re-Injection - A Practical Way to Eliminate CO2 Emissions from Gas Processing Plants

Amit Chakma (Canada)

Progress on Binding CO2 in Mineral Substrates

Klaus S. Lackner, Darryl P. Butt, and Christopher H. Wendt (USA)

Geological Storage II

Chair: Olav Kaarstad, Statoil (Norway)

Co-Chair: Paul Freund, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (UK)

Disposal of Power Plant CO2 in Depleted Oil and Gas Reservoirs in Texas

Perry D. Bergman, Charles J. Drummond, Edward M. Winter, and Zhong-Ying Chen (USA)

Deep Coalbed Methane in Alberta, Canada: A Fossil Fuel Resource with the Potential of Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions

W.D. Gunter, T. Gentzis, B.A. Rottenfusser, and R.J.H. Richardson (Canada)

Simultaneous Production of Electricity, Steam and CO2 from Small Gas-Fired Cogeneration Plants for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Feasibility Study for Western Canada

David DeMomtigny, Don Gelowitz, Weerapong Kritpiphat, and Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul (Canada)

Escape of CO2 from Aquifers

Erik Lindeberg (Norway)

Safety of the Underground Disposal of Carbon Dioxide

Sam Holloway (UK)

Utilization

Utilization I: Chemical Processes

Chair: Harry Audus, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (UK)

Co-Chair: Meyer Steinberg, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)

Highly Effective Gasoline Synthesis from Carbon Dioxide

Tomoyuki Inui, Hideki Hara, Tatsuya Takeguchi, Jin-Bae Kim, and Shinji Iwamoto (Japan)

CO2 Removal and Fixation Solar High Temperature Syngas Generation for Fuel Synthesis

T. Weimer, M. Specht, A. Bandi, K. Schaber, and C.U. Maier (Germany)

Methanol Synthesis from CO2 and H2 Over a Cu/ZnO-Based Multicomponent Catalyst

Masahiro Saito, Masami Takeuchi, Jamil Toyir, Jingang Wu, Shengcheng Luo, Tadahiro Fujitani, Taiki Watanabe, and Yuki Kanai (Japan)

Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Hydrocarbons over Zinc Promoted Iron Catalysts

Pyoung Ho Choi, Ki-Won Jun, Soo-Jae Lee, Myuong-Jae Choi, and Kyu-Wan Lee (Korea)

Separate Preparation of Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide by Carbon Dioxide Reforming Reaction of Methane

Osamu Takayasu, Fumihisa Sato, Kyoko Ota, Takamasa Hitomi, Takafumi Miyazaki, Tsutomu Osawa, and Ikuya Matsuura (Japan)

Utilization II: Microalgae Systems

Chair: Yoshiaka Ikuta, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)

Co-Chair: John Benemann, U. Cal. Berkeley (USA)

A New Marine Microalga Cultivation in a Tubular Bioreactor and Its Utilization as an Additive for Paper Surface Improvements

K. Hon-Nami, A. Hirano, S. Kunito, Y. Tsuyuki, T. Kinoshita, and Y. Ogushi (Japan)

Power-Plant Flue Gas as a Source CO2 for Microalgae Cultivation: Economic Impact of Different Process Options

Kiran L. Kadam (USA)

The Biological CO2 Fixation and Utilization Project by RITE (1) -- High-effective Photobioreactor System

Naoto Usui and Masahiro Ikenouchi (Japan)

The Biological CO2 Fixation and Utilization Project by RITE (2) -- Screening and Breeding of Microalgae with High Capability in Fixing CO2

Masakazu Murakami and Masahiro Ikenouchi (Japan)

Development of the Photobioreactor Incorporating Chlorella sp. for Removal of CO2 in the Stack Gas

Yoshitomo Watanabe and Hiroshi Saiki (Japan)

Utilization III: Biomass and Co-firing

Chair: Mr. Nishikawa, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Japan)

Co-Chair:

The Shawville Coal/Biomass Cofiring Test: A Coal/Power Industry Cooperative Test of Direct Fossil-Fuel CO2 Mitigation

Earl F. Hunt and David E. Prinzing (USA)

Biomass Development and Waste Wood Co-Firing

Wallace H. Benjamin (USA)

Potentiality of Co-Firing with Biomass in Italy

M. Aresta, M. Galatola, and I. Tommasi (Italy)

Utility Forest Carbon Management Program/UtiliTree Carbon Company

Gary Kaster, John Kinsman, Eric Kuhn, and Ron McIntyre (USA)

Direct and Indirect Biological Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies

John R. Benemann (USA)

Utilization IV: Novel Approaches

Chair: Tomoyuki Inui, Kyoto University (Japan)

Co-Chair: Michele Aresta, Bari University (Italy)

Hydrogen and Electricity from Decarbonised Fossil Fuels

Harry Audus, Olav Kaarstad, and Mark Kowal (UK)

Methanol as a Means for CO2 Mitigation

Meyer Steinberg (USA)

Greenhouse Gas Chemistry

A. Bill, B. Eliasson, E. Killer, and U. Kogelschatz (Switzerland)

Stably Sustained Hydrogen Production in Biophotolysis in Natural Day/Night Cycle

Yoshiharu Miura, Tohru Akano, Kiyomi Fukatsu, Hitoshi Miyasaka, Tadashi Mizoguchi, KiyohitoYagi, Isamu Maeda, Yoshiaki Ikuta, and Hiroyo Matsumoto (Japan)

Absorption and Fixation of Carbon Dioxide by Rock Weathering

Toshinori Kojima, Atsushi Nagamine, Naoki Ueno, and Shigcyuki Uemiya (Japan)

Special Topics

Special Topics I: Full Fuel Cycle Analysis

Chair: Richard Rhudy, Electric Power Research Institute (USA)

Co-Chair:

The Costs and Benefits of Mitigation: A Full-Fuel-Cycle Examination of Technologies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emission

Harry Audus and Paul Freund (UK)

The Sequestering of Carbon Dioxide, Embodied Energy and Common Targets for the Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

John H. Walsh (Canada)

Study on GHG Control Scenarioes by Life Cycle Analysis - World Energy Outlook Until 2100

Keishiro Ito, Yohji Uchiyama, Toshihide Takeshita, and Hisashi Hayashibe (Japan)

Full Fuel Cycle Emission Analysis for Electric Power Generation Options and Its Appplication in a Market-Based Economy

Don E. Macdonald, John Donner, and Andrei R.D. Nikiforuk (Canada)

Evaluation of CO2 Capture/Utilization/Disposal Options

Richard D. Doctor, John C. Molburg, Prakash R. Thimmapuram, and C. David Livengood (USA)

Special Topics II: Policy and Implementation Issues

Chair

Co-Chair:

Economic Assessment of Technologies for CO2 Capture and Disposal

Richard S. Eckaus, A. Denny Ellerman, Henry D. Jacoby, and Zili Yang (USA)

Synergies and Conflicts of Sulfur and Carbon Mitigation Strategies

Sabine Messner (Austria)

Externality Estimation of Greenhouse Warming Impacts

Bent Sorensen (Denmark)

Japan's Cooperative Research of CO2 Mitigation with Developing Countries

M. Tamaki, K.Yamagishi, M.Takayasu, T. Higashikawa, I. Hayashi (Japan)

Assessment of CO2 Removal Utilizing the Concept of Sustainability Limitations

Ryuji Matsuhashi, Hisashi Ishitani, and Koichi Hikita (Japan)

Poster Presentations

Capture

CO2 Recovery in a Power Plant with Chemical-Looping Combustion

M. Ishida and H. Jin (Japan)

Cost Optimization of a Complex Absorption-Regeneration Plant

Jerzy Buzek and Jacek Podkanski (Poland)

Implementation of Advisory System for the Solvent Selection of Carbon Dioxide Removal Processes

Christine W. Chan and Patrick Lau (Canada)

Development of Hollow Fiber Membranes for CO2 Separation

Y. Tokuda, E. Fujisawa, N. Okabayashi, N. Matsumiya, K. Takagi, H. Mano, K. Haraya, and M. Sato (Japan)

Combining Cryogenic Flue Gas Emission Remediation with a CO2/O2 Combustion Cycle

Zoher Meratla (Canada)

Ocean Storage

Influence of the Depth of Ocean Disposal on the Size of CO2 Droplets Produced from a Cylindrical Orifice

H. Teng, A Yamasaki and Y. Shindo (Japan)

Formation and Growth of Hydrates and Hydrate Shells

Gerald D. Holder and Robert P. Warzinski (USA)

Numerical Simulation for Dissolution of Liquid CO2 Droplets Covered with Clathrate Film in Intermediate Depth of Ocean

Shuichiro Hirai, Ken Okazaki, Yutaka Tabe, and Kunio Hijikata (Japan)

Forced Baroclinic Flow Around a CO2-Droplet Plume in the Ocean

Finn Thorkildsen (Norway)

Photosynthetic Greenhouse Gas Mitigation by Ocean Nourishment

Ian S F Jones and Daniel Otaegui (Australia)

Laboratory Experiments to Simulate CO2 Ocean Disposal

S. M. Masutani (USA)

Geological Storage

Kinetics and Processes for Binding Carbon Dioxide in Magnesium and Calcium Carbonates

Darryl P. Butt, Klaus S. Lackner, and Christopher H. Wendt (USA)

Gas Power with CO2 Deposition Located on Old Platforms

Torleif Holt and Erik Lindeberg (Norway)

Utilization

In situ FTIR Spectroscopic Studies on the Catalytic Reduction of CO2 on the Modified Electrode with Conducting Polymer and Inorganic Conductor Films

K. Ogura, M. Nakayama, and C. Kusumoto (Japan)

An Assessment Procedure for Chemical Utilisation Schemes Intended to Reduce CO2 Emissions

Harry Audus (UK)

Optimization of Fertilization Way of Nutrients to the Ocean Taking Horizontal Diffusion and Fixation by Phytoplankton into Account

Kunio Horiuchi and Toshinori Kojima (Japan)

Calcium Chloride as a Biomimetic Intermediate for the Mineralization of Carbonate Ions of Water as Calcium Carbonate in Gelatinous Matrixes of Chitosan and Chitin

Shigehiro Hirano, Koichi Yamamoto, and Hiroshi Inui (Japan)

Surface Carbonates as Main Intermediates in CO2 Heterogeneous Reduction by Hydrocarbons and H2

A. Kh. Mamedov, S.R. Mirzabekova, M.I. Rustamov (Azerbaijan)

Liquid Phase Methanol Synthesis Catalyst

H. Mabuse, K. Hagihara, T. Watanabe, and M. Saito (Japan)

Carbon Recycling System Through Methanation of CO2 in Flue Gas in LNG Power Plant

T. Yoshida, M. Tsuji, Y. Tamaura, T. Hurue, T. Hayashida, and K. Ogawa (Japan)

Uncertainties in Technology Development: Carbon Dioxide Utilization by Microalgae

Lewis M. Brown (USA)

Sustainable Agro-Belt Models for Curbing CO2

K. Bhavan-Na-Rayana (India)

Development of Solid Polymer Electrolyte Water Electrolyzer

M. Kondoh, M. Katoh, T. Inazumi, S. Maezawa, Y. Nishimura, K. Oguro, and H. Takenaka (Japan)

Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Using Phase Transfer Catalysts

D. W. Park, J. Y. Moon, J. G. Yang, S. M. Jung, C. S. Ha, and J. K. Lee (Korea)

Cyanobacterial Bioconversion of Carbon Dioxide for Fuel Productions

Kazuhisa Ohtaguchi, Susumu Kajiwara, Dani Mustaqim, and Nahoko Takahashi (Japan)

The Synthesis of Alternatives for the Bioconversion of Waste-MEA from Large-Scale CO2-Removal Processes

Kazuhisa Ohtaguchi and Takahisa Yokoyama (Japan)

Design of the Bioreactor for Carbon Dioxide Fixation by Synechococcus PCC7942

Susumu Kajiwara, HidenaoYamada, Narumasa Ohkuni, and Kazuhisa Ohtaguchi (Japan)

Technology Assessment of Alternative Fuels by CO2 Fixation Use in Passenger Cars

Seiji Matsumoto, Atsushi Inaba, and Yukio Yanagisawa (Japan)

Potential Land Area for Reforestation and Carbon Dioxide Mitigation Effect through Biomass Energy Conversion

Shin-ya Yokoyama, Satoshi Matsuda, and Hiroshi Saiki (Japan)

Special Topics

Assessment of Air Pollution Caused by Addis Ababa Cement Factory

Tsegaye Tadesse (Ethiopia)

Merlin - Presenting the Costs and Benefits of Mitigation in a User Friendly Way

Pierce Riemer, Harry Audus and Paul Freund (UK)

Trends in Evolution of CO2 Emissions in Romania and Perspectives of Diminishing Their Environmental Impact

Liviu Dragos (Romania)

Evaluation of CO2 Pay Back Time of Power Plants by LCA

Kiyotaka Tahara and Toshinori Kojima (Japan)

CO2 Mitigation by New Energy Systems

Keiji Sakaki and Koichi Yamada (Japan)

Non-CO2 Emitting Renewable Energy Sources in Nepal: Problems and Prospects

Jegan Nath Shrestha and Toshinori Kojima (Nepal)

CO2-Emission Reduction Potential of Small Scale, High Temperature (SOFC) Fuel Cell Power Generation Systems

Daniel Jansen, Rene van Ree, Hamid Mozaffarian, and Nico van Schie (The Netherlands)

CO2 Emission Reduction by Price Deregulation, Fossil Fuel Taxation and Renewable Energy Utilization: Case Study of India

Sanjay Kumar and S. Sinha (India)

CO2 Release of Main Industries in China: Situation and Options

Ma Jiang (China)

Derivation of Carbon Embodiment Functions to Estimate the Embodied Carbon from the Material Content

Kazuhiko Nishimura, Hiroki Hondo, and Yohji Uchiyama (Japan)

Mitigation Impact of CO2 in Developing Countries

K. Bhavan-Na-Rayana (India)

CO2 Disposal from Fossil Energy is a Necessary Measure to Extend the Fossil Fuel Era and to Achieve Climate Stabilisation

Erik Lindeberg (Norway)

CO2 Mitigation through the Use of Hybrid Solar-Combined Cycles

Yassine Allani, Daniel Favrat, and Michael R. von Spakovsky (Switzerland)