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10 Feb 2025

09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

Matti Leppälä
Secretary General, CEO, PensionsEurope

10:40 - 11:30

Investment

Investors Panel Discussion

Unlocking the potential - Focus on future assets     

  • What are the current allocations in emerging asset class - ammonia and hydrogen?
  • Nitric acid global projects pipeline: Where are the new frontiers? NACAG
    What is the risk threshold?
  •  

Products:

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

Dr Katja Yafimava, DPhil Geography, MPhil REES Oxon
Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Olivier Musset
Global Head of Energy Plus Group, Societe Generale

Anny Carolina Santodomingo Rojas
Technical Advisor- Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Henry Rushton
Director, EMEA Hydrogen Lead, ING Bank
CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Dan Cojocaru
Director , Fertilizer Academy

Kevin Rouwenhorst
Industrial Fellow, University of Twente

Maksym Selianynov
Principal Process Engineer at Fertilizer Academy, former Technical Manager at Odessa Port Plant, Fertilizer Academy

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com
Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

Christian Schulz
New Business Development & Sustainability Manager | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

Diego Lazzari
Head Of Sales , Belleli Energy CPE

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

Sayujya Shah
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

Christoph Wöber
Application Specialist Pressure, WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

Bernd Haveresch
Chief Technical Advisor, Business Development, Clean Ammonia & Hydrogen, KBR, Inc.

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

Products:

Dominique Flahaut
Group Technical Director, PARALLOY Group

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

Murad Ismayilov
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

Francesco Baratto
Head of SynGas Department, Casale SA

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

A drop-in HB catalyst to reduce synloop OpEx by up to 47%

Products:

Jacob Grose
CEO, Copernic Catalysts

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Ammonia cracking for hydrogen production

Products:

Michael Reinke
Senior Process Design Engineer, Linde GmbH

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

Nicola Coslett
Chief Executive Officer - Communities , CRU Group

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Guest Speaker Keynote Address

Achieving Net Zero Industry in a time of uncertainty

Products:

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

Aviv Bar Tal
Global Vice President Commercial Nitrogen, OCI Global

Joey Dobree
Head of Innovation Portfolio Management, NextChem S.p.A.

Marian Flores Granobles, PhD
Technical Advisor, Arcelor Mittal

Ignacio Fernández
CTO (Chief Technical Officer), FertigHy

Richard Holder
General Manager, Nutrien

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

Halima Abu Ali
Analyst, Fertilizer Costs and Emissions, CRU Group

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

11 Feb 2025

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

Muhammad Majid Latif
Vice President Technical, Engro Fertilizers Limited

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Vincent Duponchel
VP Process Safety, Yara Belgium S.A./N.V.
Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green ammonia (NH3) industrial pilot - experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

Markus Dietzen
Process Engineer, Linde GmbH

Reidar Tveit
Project Director, Yara Technology and Projects Global Plants, Yara Technology and Projects HUB Scandinavia

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Guglielmo Deodato
Ammonia Mechanical Technology Manager, Casale SA

Silvia Cincera
Principal Piping Material Engineer, Casale SA
Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

Florian Knaus
Manager Applied Technology, Umicore AG & Co. KG

Swetlana Romanenko
Senior Sales & Business Development Manager, Umicore AG & Co. KG

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

Mukesh Ahlavadi
Global Director of Chemical Applications and Markets, NobelClad

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

Tayyab Ejaz
Inspection Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

Bernd Keil
Senior Process Engineer, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

Matthew Wilson
Senior Technical Expert, Johnson Matthey

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

Matteo Fumagalli
Urea Technology Manager, Casale SA

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Veronica Rivas
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

Alex Scheerder
Principal Engineer, Stamicarbon
Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

Raymond Gusrinaldi Tambunan
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Winandyo Mangkoto
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Muhammad Imran Idris
Team Lead Process Engineering, OQ Salalah Cluster

Muayad Qatan
Lead Process Engineer, OQBI
Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

Matthias Müller
Research Scientist - Catalysis for Monomers, Intermediates and Fine Chemicals , BASF SE

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

Ahmed Mokhtar Afify
Ammonium Nitrate Maintenance General Manager, Abu Qir Fertilizer Company

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

Junji Asahara
Senior Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Yuji Higashi
Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

Manuel Prohaska
CEO, MPC2 e.U.

12:00 - 12:30

Methanol

MethaMaster™ and MethaDynamics™ - TOYO’s Digital solutions for g-Methanol™ plant

Products:

Kei Fukuzawa
Program Leader, Toyo Engineering corporation

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

Olivia Chung
Senior Engineer, Quest Integrity

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

Iacopo Cerea
Nitric Acid & ANS Technology Manager, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

Hendra Novi
Project Manager, Pupuk Kalimantan Timur

13:00 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

Geir Arne Johansen
Product Manager – Process Gas Systems, Air Products

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

Oliver Henkes
Senior Technical Service Manager, Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Klemens Wawrzinek
Project Manager BD & Sales, Linde
Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaDigitalisation

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Sushansi Agarwal
Technical Service Lead, Indorama Fertilizers Limited

Muhammad Umar Riaz
Sr. Applied Catalyst Technology Engineer - MEA, Clariant

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

Ali El Sibai
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Akiko Ushifusa
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering corporation
Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

Rolf Postma
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

Igor Makarenko
Chief Sales Officer, Solex Thermal Science

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

Alexander Higelin
Team Lead New Business Development, BASF SE

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

Tommy Allan Jensen
Senior Business Manager, Digital Service Transformation, Topsoe A/S

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

Mayank Patel
Industry Strategy Director, Chemicals, Siemens Industry Software Limited

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:40

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Simon Weiland
Product Manager, Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.

16:40 - 17:10

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

Andrea Orsetti
Senior Process Engineer, Nextchem Tech
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Blue Hydrogen - the Journey

16:10 - 16:40

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

Sayan Dasgupta
Head of Technology Syngas, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

16:40 - 17:10

AmmoniaHydrogen

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Shawala Azhar
Process Engineer , Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Process technologies for urea fertilizers enriched with sulphur related nutrients

Products:

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

Bruno Teixeira
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

17:10 - 17:40

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

Thor Gallardo
Technology Manager – e-Methanol, KBR

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Products:

Ryota Shimura
Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

Seiji Shinoda
Process Engineer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

Alessandro Gullà
Sales Manager, A.W.S. Corporation SRL

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

Ken Monstrey
Granulation Technology Manager, Casale SA

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

12 Feb 2025

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

Mohamed Mostafa Shams
Urea maintenance manager , Misr Fertilizers Production Company “MOPCO”

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Khalid Farooq Khattak
Head of Machinery Maintenance, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Shuja Hameed Butt
Machinery Maintenance Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Blue Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

Esben L. Sørensen
VP, Product Management & Strategy, Plug Power
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Andrea Zambianco
Low Carbon Solutions Product Development Manager, Saipem S.p.A.
Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

Kirsten Braunsmann
New Business Development & Sustainability | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF SE

Tobias Kimpel
Technologist, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

09:30 - 10:00

Hydrogen

Unleashing the power of low-carbon hydrogen: Topsoe’s innovation for a clean energy future

Products:

Adam Samir Kadhim
Product Line Director, Topsoe A/S

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

Giulio Paci
Principal Materials Engineer, Yara International

10:00 - 10:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Cracking it back: the most promising technology on the horizon to produce hydrogen from ammonia

Products:

Laurent Prost
Head of HyCO Process Solution Development, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Michael Lutz
Senior Process Engineer Innovation, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Future Fuels

Engineering challenge for large scale “power to liquid” project and DTP process application

Products:

Kenji Kawabata
Group Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

Luca Edoardo Viganò
Urea Technology Leader, Saipem S.p.A.

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Oscar Öhlin
Senior R&D Engineer, Alleima
Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Muhammad Faisal Faraz
Senior Process Engineer, OQBi

Abdullah Al Balushi
Asset Integrity Engineer, OQBi

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

Usman Asif
General Manager - Operations, Engro Fertilizers Pakistan Limited
Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

Johannes Distler
Senior Sales Manager, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

Leonardo Falbo
Senior Technology Process Engineer, NetxChem Tech. SPA

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

Denise Caspar
Business Development Manager, CPI & Energy, DMV GmbH

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

Shufen Wen
Product & Market Analysis Manager, Stamicarbon

Tareque Iftekhar
Sr. Mechanical Inspection Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

Felipe Ramon Fernandez Latorre
Head of Processes and Projects, Fertiberia Group

Heinrich Ormann
Director Key Account CIS , SCHMIDTSCHE SCHACK | ARVOS GmbH

Francesco Baratto
Head of SynGas Department, Casale SA

12:00 - 12:30

Hydrogen

Technip Energies proven solutions for low-carbon hydrogen

Products:

Matt Pitcher
Head of Technology - Hydrogen, Technip Energies

Ermanno Filippi
CTO, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: introduction to Magcat®-ACTS

                                    

Products:

Adrien Serve
Technical Sales Manager, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

Damiano Visciotti
Technology Manager, Tecnimont Spa

Usman Abdulrasaq
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Marc Wieschalla
Head of Process Group Urea, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

Usman Asif
General Manager - Operations, Engro Fertilizers Pakistan Limited

14:30 - 15:00

AmmoniaDigitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

Christian Berchthold
Global B2B Marketing Manager Syngas, Clariant
Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

Daniel Blanks
Senior Structural Integrity Engineer and Team Lead, Quest Integrity Group

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

Rafael Andrade
Engineering Manager, ENGEMASA Engenharia e Materiais Ltda

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

Kazuki Kamikubo
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering Corporation

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

Giar Pradipta
Process Engineer, PT. Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

 

Products:

Johannes Poth
Senior Technologist, IGS

16:00 | End of Conference

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09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

Speaker

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

Speaker

Matti Leppälä
Secretary General, CEO, PensionsEurope

10:40 - 11:30

Investment

Investors Panel Discussion

Unlocking the potential - Focus on future assets     

  • What are the current allocations in emerging asset class - ammonia and hydrogen?
  • Nitric acid global projects pipeline: Where are the new frontiers? NACAG
    What is the risk threshold?
  •  

Products:

Speakers

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

Dr Katja Yafimava, DPhil Geography, MPhil REES Oxon
Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Olivier Musset
Global Head of Energy Plus Group, Societe Generale

Anny Carolina Santodomingo Rojas
Technical Advisor- Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Henry Rushton
Director, EMEA Hydrogen Lead, ING Bank
CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Speakers

Dan Cojocaru
Director , Fertilizer Academy

Kevin Rouwenhorst
Industrial Fellow, University of Twente

Maksym Selianynov
Principal Process Engineer at Fertilizer Academy, former Technical Manager at Odessa Port Plant, Fertilizer Academy

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com
Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

Speaker

Christian Schulz
New Business Development & Sustainability Manager | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

Speaker

Diego Lazzari
Head Of Sales , Belleli Energy CPE

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

Speaker

Sayujya Shah
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

Speaker

Christoph Wöber
Application Specialist Pressure, WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

Speaker

Bernd Haveresch
Chief Technical Advisor, Business Development, Clean Ammonia & Hydrogen, KBR, Inc.

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

Products:

Speaker

Dominique Flahaut
Group Technical Director, PARALLOY Group

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

Speaker

Murad Ismayilov
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

Speaker

Francesco Baratto
Head of SynGas Department, Casale SA

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

A drop-in HB catalyst to reduce synloop OpEx by up to 47%

Products:

Speaker

Jacob Grose
CEO, Copernic Catalysts

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Ammonia cracking for hydrogen production

Products:

Speaker

Michael Reinke
Senior Process Design Engineer, Linde GmbH

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

Speaker

Nicola Coslett
Chief Executive Officer - Communities , CRU Group

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Guest Speaker Keynote Address

Achieving Net Zero Industry in a time of uncertainty

Products:

Speaker

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

Speaker

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

Speakers

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

Speakers

Aviv Bar Tal
Global Vice President Commercial Nitrogen, OCI Global

Joey Dobree
Head of Innovation Portfolio Management, NextChem S.p.A.

Marian Flores Granobles, PhD
Technical Advisor, Arcelor Mittal

Ignacio Fernández
CTO (Chief Technical Officer), FertigHy

Richard Holder
General Manager, Nutrien

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

Speaker

Halima Abu Ali
Analyst, Fertilizer Costs and Emissions, CRU Group

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

Speaker

Muhammad Majid Latif
Vice President Technical, Engro Fertilizers Limited

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Speaker

Vincent Duponchel
VP Process Safety, Yara Belgium S.A./N.V.
Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green ammonia (NH3) industrial pilot - experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

Speakers

Markus Dietzen
Process Engineer, Linde GmbH

Reidar Tveit
Project Director, Yara Technology and Projects Global Plants, Yara Technology and Projects HUB Scandinavia

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Speakers

Guglielmo Deodato
Ammonia Mechanical Technology Manager, Casale SA

Silvia Cincera
Principal Piping Material Engineer, Casale SA
Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

Speakers

Florian Knaus
Manager Applied Technology, Umicore AG & Co. KG

Swetlana Romanenko
Senior Sales & Business Development Manager, Umicore AG & Co. KG

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

Speaker

Mukesh Ahlavadi
Global Director of Chemical Applications and Markets, NobelClad

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

Speaker

Tayyab Ejaz
Inspection Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

Speaker

Bernd Keil
Senior Process Engineer, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

Speaker

Matthew Wilson
Senior Technical Expert, Johnson Matthey

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

Speaker

Matteo Fumagalli
Urea Technology Manager, Casale SA

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Speakers

Veronica Rivas
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

Alex Scheerder
Principal Engineer, Stamicarbon
Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

Speakers

Raymond Gusrinaldi Tambunan
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Winandyo Mangkoto
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Speakers

Muhammad Imran Idris
Team Lead Process Engineering, OQ Salalah Cluster

Muayad Qatan
Lead Process Engineer, OQBI
Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

Speaker

Matthias Müller
Research Scientist - Catalysis for Monomers, Intermediates and Fine Chemicals , BASF SE

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

Speaker

Ahmed Mokhtar Afify
Ammonium Nitrate Maintenance General Manager, Abu Qir Fertilizer Company

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

Speakers

Junji Asahara
Senior Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Yuji Higashi
Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

Speaker

Manuel Prohaska
CEO, MPC2 e.U.

12:00 - 12:30

Methanol

MethaMaster™ and MethaDynamics™ - TOYO’s Digital solutions for g-Methanol™ plant

Products:

Speaker

Kei Fukuzawa
Program Leader, Toyo Engineering corporation

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

Speaker

Olivia Chung
Senior Engineer, Quest Integrity

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

Speaker

Iacopo Cerea
Nitric Acid & ANS Technology Manager, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

Speaker

Hendra Novi
Project Manager, Pupuk Kalimantan Timur

13:00 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

Speaker

Geir Arne Johansen
Product Manager – Process Gas Systems, Air Products

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

Speaker

Oliver Henkes
Senior Technical Service Manager, Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Speaker

Klemens Wawrzinek
Project Manager BD & Sales, Linde
Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaDigitalisation

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Speakers

Sushansi Agarwal
Technical Service Lead, Indorama Fertilizers Limited

Muhammad Umar Riaz
Sr. Applied Catalyst Technology Engineer - MEA, Clariant

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

Speaker

Ali El Sibai
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Speaker

Akiko Ushifusa
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering corporation
Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

Speaker

Rolf Postma
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

Speaker

Igor Makarenko
Chief Sales Officer, Solex Thermal Science

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

Speaker

Alexander Higelin
Team Lead New Business Development, BASF SE

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

Speaker

Tommy Allan Jensen
Senior Business Manager, Digital Service Transformation, Topsoe A/S

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

Speaker

Mayank Patel
Industry Strategy Director, Chemicals, Siemens Industry Software Limited

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:40

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Speaker

Simon Weiland
Product Manager, Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.

16:40 - 17:10

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

Speaker

Andrea Orsetti
Senior Process Engineer, Nextchem Tech
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Blue Hydrogen - the Journey

16:10 - 16:40

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

Speaker

Sayan Dasgupta
Head of Technology Syngas, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

16:40 - 17:10

AmmoniaHydrogen

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Speaker

Shawala Azhar
Process Engineer , Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Process technologies for urea fertilizers enriched with sulphur related nutrients

Products:

Speaker

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

Speaker

Bruno Teixeira
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

17:10 - 17:40

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

Speaker

Thor Gallardo
Technology Manager – e-Methanol, KBR

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Products:

Speakers

Ryota Shimura
Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

Seiji Shinoda
Process Engineer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

Speaker

Alessandro Gullà
Sales Manager, A.W.S. Corporation SRL

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

Speaker

Ken Monstrey
Granulation Technology Manager, Casale SA

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

Speaker

Mohamed Mostafa Shams
Urea maintenance manager , Misr Fertilizers Production Company “MOPCO”

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Speakers

Khalid Farooq Khattak
Head of Machinery Maintenance, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Shuja Hameed Butt
Machinery Maintenance Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Blue Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

Speaker

Esben L. Sørensen
VP, Product Management & Strategy, Plug Power
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Speaker

Andrea Zambianco
Low Carbon Solutions Product Development Manager, Saipem S.p.A.
Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

Speakers

Kirsten Braunsmann
New Business Development & Sustainability | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF SE

Tobias Kimpel
Technologist, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

09:30 - 10:00

Hydrogen

Unleashing the power of low-carbon hydrogen: Topsoe’s innovation for a clean energy future

Products:

Speaker

Adam Samir Kadhim
Product Line Director, Topsoe A/S

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

Speaker

Giulio Paci
Principal Materials Engineer, Yara International

10:00 - 10:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Cracking it back: the most promising technology on the horizon to produce hydrogen from ammonia

Products:

Speakers

Laurent Prost
Head of HyCO Process Solution Development, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Michael Lutz
Senior Process Engineer Innovation, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Future Fuels

Engineering challenge for large scale “power to liquid” project and DTP process application

Products:

Speaker

Kenji Kawabata
Group Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

Speaker

Luca Edoardo Viganò
Urea Technology Leader, Saipem S.p.A.

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Speaker

Oscar Öhlin
Senior R&D Engineer, Alleima
Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Speakers

Muhammad Faisal Faraz
Senior Process Engineer, OQBi

Abdullah Al Balushi
Asset Integrity Engineer, OQBi

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

Speaker

Usman Asif
General Manager - Operations, Engro Fertilizers Pakistan Limited
Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

Speaker

Johannes Distler
Senior Sales Manager, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

Speaker

Leonardo Falbo
Senior Technology Process Engineer, NetxChem Tech. SPA

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

Speaker

Denise Caspar
Business Development Manager, CPI & Energy, DMV GmbH

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

Speakers

Shufen Wen
Product & Market Analysis Manager, Stamicarbon

Tareque Iftekhar
Sr. Mechanical Inspection Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

Speakers

Felipe Ramon Fernandez Latorre
Head of Processes and Projects, Fertiberia Group

Heinrich Ormann
Director Key Account CIS , SCHMIDTSCHE SCHACK | ARVOS GmbH

Francesco Baratto
Head of SynGas Department, Casale SA

12:00 - 12:30

Hydrogen

Technip Energies proven solutions for low-carbon hydrogen

Products:

Speakers

Matt Pitcher
Head of Technology - Hydrogen, Technip Energies

Ermanno Filippi
CTO, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: introduction to Magcat®-ACTS

                                    

Products:

Speaker

Adrien Serve
Technical Sales Manager, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

Speakers

Damiano Visciotti
Technology Manager, Tecnimont Spa

Usman Abdulrasaq
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Speaker

Marc Wieschalla
Head of Process Group Urea, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

Speaker

Usman Asif
General Manager - Operations, Engro Fertilizers Pakistan Limited

14:30 - 15:00

AmmoniaDigitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

Speaker

Christian Berchthold
Global B2B Marketing Manager Syngas, Clariant
Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

Speaker

Daniel Blanks
Senior Structural Integrity Engineer and Team Lead, Quest Integrity Group

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

Speaker

Rafael Andrade
Engineering Manager, ENGEMASA Engenharia e Materiais Ltda

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

Speaker

Kazuki Kamikubo
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering Corporation

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

Speaker

Giar Pradipta
Process Engineer, PT. Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

 

Products:

Speaker

Johannes Poth
Senior Technologist, IGS

16:00 | End of Conference

09:00 | Exhibition open

09:00 | Registration open

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

10:00 - 10:10

Investment

Chair Welcoming Address

Products:

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

10:10 - 10:40

Investment

Keynote Address

Navigating the global net-zero investment landscape. Outlook 2025 and beyond.

Products:

Matti Leppälä
Secretary General, CEO, PensionsEurope

10:40 - 11:30

Investment

Investors Panel Discussion

Unlocking the potential - Focus on future assets     

  • What are the current allocations in emerging asset class - ammonia and hydrogen?
  • Nitric acid global projects pipeline: Where are the new frontiers? NACAG
    What is the risk threshold?
  •  

Products:

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

Dr Katja Yafimava, DPhil Geography, MPhil REES Oxon
Senior Research Fellow, The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Olivier Musset
Global Head of Energy Plus Group, Societe Generale

Anny Carolina Santodomingo Rojas
Technical Advisor- Nitric Acid Climate Action Group (NACAG), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Henry Rushton
Director, EMEA Hydrogen Lead, ING Bank
CERTIFIED OPERATOR TRAINING

10:00 - 13:00

Training

Hazards identification techniques for risks associated with green ammonia and urea

Case studies from electrolysers, ammonia synthesis loops, ammonia storage tanks operation and urea high pressure synthesis sections

  • What is HAZID (HAZardous Identification) ?
  • Electrolyser technologies to produce hydrogen
  • Gas (H2 and O2) cross over risks in electrolysers
  • Loss of containment risks in ammonia synthesis loops
  • Loss of containment risks
  • Ammonia storage tanks
  • Release of ammonia during loading/unloading operation
  • Urea high pressure synthesis sections
  • Managing leaks
  • Reliable instrumentation
  • State of the Art ammonia detection technologies
  • Training tools
  • New operators

Products:

Dan Cojocaru
Director , Fertilizer Academy

Kevin Rouwenhorst
Industrial Fellow, University of Twente

Maksym Selianynov
Principal Process Engineer at Fertilizer Academy, former Technical Manager at Odessa Port Plant, Fertilizer Academy

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com
Nitrogen+Syngas Technical Showcases

10:00 - 10:15

Technical Showcases

Biogas reforming for sustainable fuel production

Products:

Christian Schulz
New Business Development & Sustainability Manager | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF

10:15 - 10:30

Technical Showcases

2.25Cr-1Mo enhanced low alloy steel for high pressure ammonia equipment

Products:

Diego Lazzari
Head Of Sales , Belleli Energy CPE

10:30 - 10:45

Technical Showcases

Reducing the environmental impact of the nitric acid production

Products:

Sayujya Shah
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

10:45 - 11:00

Technical Showcases

Revolutionary pressure measurement sensor solution for high temperature applications

Products:

Christoph Wöber
Application Specialist Pressure, WIKA Alexander Wiegand SE & Co. KG

11:30 - 12:00

Investment

Fostering investment in emerging assets - future of the ammonia supply in Europe

Products:

Bernd Haveresch
Chief Technical Advisor, Business Development, Clean Ammonia & Hydrogen, KBR, Inc.

11:00 - 11:15

Technical Showcases

OMEGA®technology to improve efficiency of stream reformer furnaces

Products:

Dominique Flahaut
Group Technical Director, PARALLOY Group

11:15 - 11:30

Technical Showcases

Experiences with MicroMist™ and Jet Venturi scrubbing systems

Products:

Murad Ismayilov
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

11:30 - 11:45

Technical Showcases

Revamping NH3 plants for CO2 emission reduction: hybridisation and retrofit for blue/green ammonia production

Products:

Francesco Baratto
Head of SynGas Department, Casale SA

11:45 - 12:00

Technical Showcases

A drop-in HB catalyst to reduce synloop OpEx by up to 47%

Products:

Jacob Grose
CEO, Copernic Catalysts

12:00 - 12:15

Technical Showcases

Ammonia cracking for hydrogen production

Products:

Michael Reinke
Senior Process Design Engineer, Linde GmbH

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

INVESTMENT AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMME

13:50 - 14:00

CommercialInvestment

Welcome Address

Products:

Nicola Coslett
Chief Executive Officer - Communities , CRU Group

14:00 - 14:30

CommercialInvestment

Guest Speaker Keynote Address

Achieving Net Zero Industry in a time of uncertainty

Products:

Nina Fahy
Executive Director, Senior Energy Transition Specialist, Rabobank

14:30 - 15:00

CommercialInvestment

Global Nitrogen Market Outlook

Geopolitical risks, regulation implications, curtailments and closures, cost, prices, exports, new capacities. Is the industry ready to face the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities, and how different will it look on the other side?

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

15:00 | Networking Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:00

CommercialInvestment

A Dose of Realism

Assessing the market potential of low emission ammonia and hydrogen

Products:

Charlie Stephen
Senior Analyst, Fertiliser Costs and Emissions, CRU

Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers, CRU

16:00 - 16:45

CommercialInvestment

Industry Keynote Panel

Transforming the nitrogen and syngas industry

  • Pathways to future transformation- Infrastructure, novel technologies and new market applications
  • Managing the challenges associated with the transition to net-zero
  • Advancements in production - focusing on sustainable practices
  • Collaborative efforts and partnerships for industry transformation. INITIATE: industrial symbiosis between steel and fertilizer industry

Products:

Aviv Bar Tal
Global Vice President Commercial Nitrogen, OCI Global

Joey Dobree
Head of Innovation Portfolio Management, NextChem S.p.A.

Marian Flores Granobles, PhD
Technical Advisor, Arcelor Mittal

Ignacio Fernández
CTO (Chief Technical Officer), FertigHy

Richard Holder
General Manager, Nutrien

16:45 - 17:15

CommercialInvestment

The EU CBAM: Implications for fertilizer costs and emissions

Products:

Halima Abu Ali
Analyst, Fertilizer Costs and Emissions, CRU Group

17:30 | Welcome Reception

19:00 | End of Day 1

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Plant Reliability & Troubleshooting

09:00 - 09:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Cracking the code: a decade-long journey to enhance plant reliability

Products:

Muhammad Majid Latif
Vice President Technical, Engro Fertilizers Limited

09:30 - 10:00

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

MOC - Management of change

Products:

Vincent Duponchel
VP Process Safety, Yara Belgium S.A./N.V.
Track Two
Green Ammonia Technology

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

PEM electrolyser for green ammonia (NH3) industrial pilot - experience and requirements for technology development for full scale applications

Products:

Markus Dietzen
Process Engineer, Linde GmbH

Reidar Tveit
Project Director, Yara Technology and Projects Global Plants, Yara Technology and Projects HUB Scandinavia

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Impact of pressure and temperature variation due to intermittent renewable energy on pressure components in green ammonia facilities

Products:

Guglielmo Deodato
Ammonia Mechanical Technology Manager, Casale SA

Silvia Cincera
Principal Piping Material Engineer, Casale SA
Track Three
Nitric Acid : catalyst and equipment

09:00 - 09:30

Nitric Acid

How to achieve higher gauze efficiency and lower costs in nitric acid plants: a practical guide

Products:

Florian Knaus
Manager Applied Technology, Umicore AG & Co. KG

Swetlana Romanenko
Senior Sales & Business Development Manager, Umicore AG & Co. KG

09:30 - 10:00

Nitric Acid

Explosion welded applications in nitric acid equipment realise superior safety and reliability levels

Products:

Mukesh Ahlavadi
Global Director of Chemical Applications and Markets, NobelClad

10:00 - 10:30

Plant reliability & troubleshooting

Investigating syngas piping failure - a root cause analysis

Products:

Tayyab Ejaz
Inspection Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

10:00 - 10:30

Ammonia

Beyond the trend: challenges in green ammonia economy

Products:

Bernd Keil
Senior Process Engineer, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Nitric Acid

Getting the most out of your gauze

Products:

Matthew Wilson
Senior Technical Expert, Johnson Matthey

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Plant Design

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Self-stripping plant revamping with HYPER-U

Products:

Matteo Fumagalli
Urea Technology Manager, Casale SA

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Ultra-low energy plant and mechanical design pool condenser/pool reactor

Products:

Veronica Rivas
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

Alex Scheerder
Principal Engineer, Stamicarbon
Track Two
Ammonia, Methanol and Urea Operations

11:00 - 11:30

Ammonia

Optimising ammonia plant operations: Chemical injection for fouling control to address elevated vacuum pressure. A case study of efficiency improvement from ammonia PSP-2B condenser 103-JTC

Products:

Raymond Gusrinaldi Tambunan
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Winandyo Mangkoto
Process Engineer, PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

11:30 - 12:00

AmmoniaMethanol

Challenges & Solutions: Ammonia and methanol plants operating beyond full capacity - How we achieved this milestone

Products:

Muhammad Imran Idris
Team Lead Process Engineering, OQ Salalah Cluster

Muayad Qatan
Lead Process Engineer, OQBI
Track Three
Nitric Acid and Ammonium Nitrate Technology and Plant Reliability

11:00 - 11:30

Nitric Acid

Innovating our way to sustainability: 3D printed catalysts for N2O decomposition in nitric acid production

Products:

Matthias Müller
Research Scientist - Catalysis for Monomers, Intermediates and Fine Chemicals , BASF SE

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonium Nitrate

Lesson learned of changing the defected carrying beams for the granulator of an ammonium nitrate plant at Abu-Qir Fertilizers Company, Alexandria, Egypt

Products:

Ahmed Mokhtar Afify
Ammonium Nitrate Maintenance General Manager, Abu Qir Fertilizer Company

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Enhancement of urea production through utilisation of an energy-efficient post combustion carbon capture process for reformer flue gas, and installation of a bulk flow cooler in a new fertilizer plant in Bangladesh

Products:

Junji Asahara
Senior Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Yuji Higashi
Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

Corrosion Ray, EC-Pen, portable metallography & microscopy: a smart combination of different non-destructive test methods allows quick and reliable on-site assessment of critical process equipment at the manufacturer's workshop and the end-user's plant

Products:

Manuel Prohaska
CEO, MPC2 e.U.

12:00 - 12:30

Methanol

MethaMaster™ and MethaDynamics™ - TOYO’s Digital solutions for g-Methanol™ plant

Products:

Kei Fukuzawa
Program Leader, Toyo Engineering corporation

12:30 - 13:00

Asset integrityMethanol

Lifecycle integrity management of outlet pigtails

Products:

Olivia Chung
Senior Engineer, Quest Integrity

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Cutting-edge approaches in fertilizer technology: CASALE's expanded product portfolio

Products:

Iacopo Cerea
Nitric Acid & ANS Technology Manager, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonium NitrateNitric Acid

Optimisation of labyrinth seal design in Turbo Train 3-in-1 air compressor to address high thrust bearing temperature issues in ammonium nitrate and nitric acid plants

Products:

Hendra Novi
Project Manager, Pupuk Kalimantan Timur

13:00 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
GHG Emissions Reduction

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaGHG emissionsHydrogen

Membrane-based ammonia purge gas hydrogen recovery units: a fresh look at an established technology

Products:

Geir Arne Johansen
Product Manager – Process Gas Systems, Air Products

14:25 - 14:50

GHG emissionsNitric Acid

Plant and process conditions for effective reduction of N2O emissions from nitric acid production

Products:

Oliver Henkes
Senior Technical Service Manager, Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

14:50 - 15:15

AmmoniaCarbon Capture & UtilisationCommercialGHG emissionsHydrogen

The optimum carbon capture rate in H2 & NH3 plants: it is not 99%

Products:

Klemens Wawrzinek
Project Manager BD & Sales, Linde
Track Two
Digitalisation: technology and innovation

14:00 - 14:25

AmmoniaDigitalisation

Excellence in catalyst performance monitoring: Indorama's digital transformation with CLARITY™ prime

Products:

Sushansi Agarwal
Technical Service Lead, Indorama Fertilizers Limited

Muhammad Umar Riaz
Sr. Applied Catalyst Technology Engineer - MEA, Clariant

14:25 - 14:50

Digitalisation

Elevate your plant operations: The future of process monitoring

Products:

Ali El Sibai
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:50 - 15:15

Digitalisation

Advancements in TOYO’s DX-PLANT®

Products:

Akiko Ushifusa
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering corporation
Track Three
Sustainable Fertilizer Production

14:00 - 14:30

Fertilizers

Pioneering sustainable nitrogen technology: from green ammonia to integrated fertilizer plant

Products:

Rolf Postma
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Fertilizers

Optimising fertilizer processing: comparative analysis of cooling technologies for enhanced operational efficiency

Products:

Igor Makarenko
Chief Sales Officer, Solex Thermal Science

15:15 - 15:40

GHG emissionsMethanol

Sustainable methanol production powered by novel BASF SYNSPIRE™ methanol catalysts

Products:

Alexander Higelin
Team Lead New Business Development, BASF SE

15:15 - 15:40

Digitalisation

Access the wealth of knowledge through Topsoe's new digital learning solution

Products:

Tommy Allan Jensen
Senior Business Manager, Digital Service Transformation, Topsoe A/S

15:00 - 15:30

FertilizersNitric Acid

High-Fidelity operator training simulator for greenfield green fertilizer plants

Products:

Mayank Patel
Industry Strategy Director, Chemicals, Siemens Industry Software Limited

15:40 | Coffee Networking Break

Track One
CO2 Removal and Carbon Capture and Utilisation

16:10 - 16:40

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Effect of maldistribution on CO2 absorber performance

Products:

Simon Weiland
Product Manager, Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.

16:40 - 17:10

Carbon Capture & Utilisation

Carbon capture energy balance. Can heat pumps solve the equation?

Products:

Andrea Orsetti
Senior Process Engineer, Nextchem Tech
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Blue Hydrogen - the Journey

16:10 - 16:40

AmmoniaHydrogen

Flexible decarbonisation: navigating energy transition with hydrogen and ammonia

Products:

Sayan Dasgupta
Head of Technology Syngas, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany

16:40 - 17:10

AmmoniaHydrogen

Reduction in environmental footprint via installation of Hydrogen Recovery Unit (HRU)

Products:

Shawala Azhar
Process Engineer , Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited
Track Three
Fertilizer Finishing

16:10 - 16:35

FertilizersUrea

Process technologies for urea fertilizers enriched with sulphur related nutrients

Products:

Mark Brouwer
Director, UreaKnowHow.com

16:35 - 17:00

FertilizersUrea

Stamicarbon granulation technology: from urea to UAS

Products:

Bruno Teixeira
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

17:10 - 17:40

Carbon Capture & UtilisationMethanol

Carbon capture and green methanol production potential in the pulp and paper industry

Products:

Thor Gallardo
Technology Manager – e-Methanol, KBR

17:10 - 17:40

Ammonia

Development of low temperature ammonia cracking technology utilizing exhaust heat

Products:

Ryota Shimura
Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

Seiji Shinoda
Process Engineer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd

17:00 - 17:25

Fertilizers

HDAN prill tower gas combined treatment, with WESP finishing implementation to Agropolychim unit in Bulgaria

Products:

Alessandro Gullà
Sales Manager, A.W.S. Corporation SRL

17:25 - 17:50

Ammonium NitrateFertilizersUrea

AN / CAN & enhanced urea finishing technologies

Products:

Ken Monstrey
Granulation Technology Manager, Casale SA

18:00 | Networking Reception

19:00 | End of Day 2

08:00 | Registration and Exhibition Open

Track One
Urea Plant Safety and Integrity

09:00 - 09:30

Urea

Evaluation of a urea plant leakage resulting in an emergency shutdown, safety issues and loss of production

Products:

Mohamed Mostafa Shams
Urea maintenance manager , Misr Fertilizers Production Company “MOPCO”

09:30 - 10:00

Urea

Syn turbine casing integrity and operational continuity: addressing cracks in a high-pressure turbine

Products:

Khalid Farooq Khattak
Head of Machinery Maintenance, Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited

Shuja Hameed Butt
Machinery Maintenance Engineer, Fauji Fertilizer Company
Track Two
From Green Ammonia to Blue Hydrogen - the Journey

09:00 - 09:30

Ammonia

Safe, sustainable and profitable ammonia production

Products:

Esben L. Sørensen
VP, Product Management & Strategy, Plug Power
From Green Ammonia to Green Hydrogen - the Journey

09:30 - 10:00

Ammonia

Ammonia terminal on gravity based structure: a key asset for the energy transition

Products:

Andrea Zambianco
Low Carbon Solutions Product Development Manager, Saipem S.p.A.
Track Three
Energy Transition and Future Fuels

09:00 - 09:30

Future Fuels

Designing a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production process from methanol: towards a greener future in the aviation sector

Products:

Kirsten Braunsmann
New Business Development & Sustainability | Global Chemical Catalysts & Adsorbents, BASF SE

Tobias Kimpel
Technologist, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

09:30 - 10:00

Hydrogen

Unleashing the power of low-carbon hydrogen: Topsoe’s innovation for a clean energy future

Products:

Adam Samir Kadhim
Product Line Director, Topsoe A/S

10:00 - 10:30

Urea

Thermowell design and Inspection

Products:

Giulio Paci
Principal Materials Engineer, Yara International

10:00 - 10:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Cracking it back: the most promising technology on the horizon to produce hydrogen from ammonia

Products:

Laurent Prost
Head of HyCO Process Solution Development, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

Michael Lutz
Senior Process Engineer Innovation, Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions Germany GmbH

10:00 - 10:30

Future Fuels

Engineering challenge for large scale “power to liquid” project and DTP process application

Products:

Kenji Kawabata
Group Manager, Technical Group, JGC Corporation

10:30 | Networking Coffee Break

Track One
Urea Production: Materials of Construction

11:00 - 11:30

Urea

Boosting the lifetime of urea HP equipment

Products:

Luca Edoardo Viganò
Urea Technology Leader, Saipem S.p.A.

11:30 - 12:00

Urea

Advanced material solutions for optimised urea production - A portfolio overview

Products:

Oscar Öhlin
Senior R&D Engineer, Alleima
Track Two
Ammonia and Methanol Plant Operations and Optimisation

11:00 - 11:30

Methanol

How OQ has improved the reliability of methanol steam methane reformer tubes

Products:

Muhammad Faisal Faraz
Senior Process Engineer, OQBi

Abdullah Al Balushi
Asset Integrity Engineer, OQBi

11:30 - 12:00

Ammonia

Successful decommissioning, inspection and recommissioning of ammonia storage tank - a record breaking feat


Products:

Usman Asif
General Manager - Operations, Engro Fertilizers Pakistan Limited
Track Three
Low Carbon Hydrogen Production

11:00 - 11:30

AmmoniaHydrogen

Challenges of hybrid ammonia plants – innovative ways to close the nitrogen gap and cope with fluctuating green hydrogen profiles

Products:

Johannes Distler
Senior Sales Manager, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH

11:30 - 12:00

Hydrogen

Key performance indicators of CPO, SMR and ATR in low carbon hydrogen production

 

Products:

Leonardo Falbo
Senior Technology Process Engineer, NetxChem Tech. SPA

12:00 - 12:30

Urea

Weldability of high performance super-duplex seamless tube material used in classic & modern urea process units

Products:

Denise Caspar
Business Development Manager, CPI & Energy, DMV GmbH

12:30 - 13:00

Urea

The first successful installation of mechanical plugs in a pool condenser

Products:

Shufen Wen
Product & Market Analysis Manager, Stamicarbon

Tareque Iftekhar
Sr. Mechanical Inspection Engineer, Stamicarbon

12:00 - 12:30

Ammonia

Successful start-up of a European ammonia plant following replacement of obsolete bayonet and fire-tube boilers with Casale-Arvos double-tube design

Products:

Felipe Ramon Fernandez Latorre
Head of Processes and Projects, Fertiberia Group

Heinrich Ormann
Director Key Account CIS , SCHMIDTSCHE SCHACK | ARVOS GmbH

Francesco Baratto
Head of SynGas Department, Casale SA

12:00 - 12:30

Hydrogen

Technip Energies proven solutions for low-carbon hydrogen

Products:

Matt Pitcher
Head of Technology - Hydrogen, Technip Energies

Ermanno Filippi
CTO, Casale SA

12:30 - 13:00

Ammonia

Ammonia cracking catalyst: introduction to Magcat®-ACTS

                                    

Products:

Adrien Serve
Technical Sales Manager, UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC

12:30 | Networking Lunch Break

Track One
Decarbonising Urea Production

14:00 - 14:30

Urea

Valorisation of excess LP steam for reduced carbon footprint of urea plants

Products:

Damiano Visciotti
Technology Manager, Tecnimont Spa

Usman Abdulrasaq
Process Engineer, Stamicarbon

14:30 - 15:00

Urea

Technical solutions to decarbonise urea plants

Products:

Marc Wieschalla
Head of Process Group Urea, thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
Track Two
Ammonia Plant Operations

14:00 - 14:30

Ammonia

Drying out for success: Engro’s experience of effective HTSC dry-out and resuming ammonia production

Products:

Usman Asif
General Manager - Operations, Engro Fertilizers Pakistan Limited

14:30 - 15:00

AmmoniaDigitalisation

Clariant´s PLUS series and Clarity – Drop-in solutions and digital catalyst insights to enhance the profitability and sustainability of existing syngas assets

Products:

Christian Berchthold
Global B2B Marketing Manager Syngas, Clariant
Track Three
Asset Integrity

14:00 - 14:30

Asset integrity

Application of Level 3 fitness-for-service assessment for understanding hot collector integrity

Products:

Daniel Blanks
Senior Structural Integrity Engineer and Team Lead, Quest Integrity Group

14:30 - 15:00

Asset integrity

Catalyst tubes after 10 years in service: correlation between operating history and remaining lifetime

Products:

Rafael Andrade
Engineering Manager, ENGEMASA Engenharia e Materiais Ltda

15:00 - 15:30

Urea

TOYO decarbonises urea production for modern and vintage urea plants, and next-gen g-Urea® plants

Products:

Kazuki Kamikubo
Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering Corporation

15:00 - 15:30

Ammonia

N2C - circulating nitrogen to reduce cooling time of secondary reformer catalyst replacement using LTS start-up-blower (173-J) on KBR Purifier ammonia Plant Pusri 2B, Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

Products:

Giar Pradipta
Process Engineer, PT. Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang

15:00 - 15:30

Asset integrity

Increasing process efficiency and service life of syngas reformers, amine and Benfield vessels - Four case studies

 

Products:

Johannes Poth
Senior Technologist, IGS

16:00 | End of Conference

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