Agenda 2023

Monday 6 March

9:00 - 19:30
Registration open

10:00 - 19:30
Exhibition open

11:15 - 12:45
Technical showcase presentations

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Investigations of dissimilar weld combinations: VDM® Alloy 601, VDM® Alloy 602 CA and VDM® Alloy 699 XA

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Improvement in Heat Exchange Equipment by usage of Laser Welded Finned Tube Coils

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

DetaClad™ (Explosion Cladding) & DetaPipe™ - Enabling and Innovative Technologies for Titanium and Zirconium in the Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP) dedusting for AN/CAN fertilizer plant

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Cooling fertilizer in a circular economy: Technology’s role in meeting energy management and emission-reduction targets

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

A comprehensive approach to measure ammonia emissions using remote sensing

13:00 - 14:00
Light lunch

14:00 - 14:30
Global nitrogen market outlook

14:30 - 15:00
Natural gas market outlook

15:00 - 15:30
Optimising green hydrogen projects: Renewable energy, flexibility solutions and policy considerations

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee and networking break

Sponsored by Stamicarbon

16:00 - 16:30
Low emissions ammonia costs: Sorting through the hype

16:30 - 17:00
A producer view on investing in low emission ammonia

17:00 - 17:30
Opportunities and considerations for ammonia as a marine fuel

17:30 - 19:00
Topsoe Welcome Reception

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Tuesday 7 March

8:00 - 9:00
Registration and exhibition open

9:00 - 10:30
Session 1

Time	Track One	Track Two	Track Three
09:00	Electrified steam methane reforming by eREACT: Emissions-free syngas manufacturing Peter Mølgaard Mortensen, Senior Proposal Scientist, Topsoe A/S	Toyo’s new urea process “ACES21-LP” provides great benefits to urea plant owners in cost and energy savings Takahiro Yanagawa, Senior Process Engineer, Toyo Engineering Corporation	First commercial references of the new award-winning ammonia synthesis catalyst AmoMax-Casale® Sergio Panza, Ammonia Technology Manager, Casale Vaclav Jurcik, Sales Account Manager, Clariant
09:30	Reducing CO2 footprint and increasing ammonia production via injection of green hydrogen into existing ammonia plants Frederick Kessler, Head of Group Ammonia and Urea Revamps, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG	Application of technology features in a large-scale urea granulation plant Simon Koch, Expert Process, thyssenkrupp Fertilizer Technology GmbH	Case study: Decreasing energy consumption during turn-around Harnomo, Superintendent Ammonia Plant-2; PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur
10:00	Recuperative reforming – A key element for blue syngas production Jan-Jaap Riegman, Senior Product Development Engineer Hydrogen/Syngas, Technip Energies Francesco Baratto, Head of SynGas Process Department, Casale	Latest developments and projects in fluidized bed granulation Ken Monstrey, Technical Sales Manager, Casale Ltd	Syngas plant feedstock conversion – Utilising alternatives to natural gas Himanshu Pahwa, Senior Technical Service Engineer, Johnson Matthey

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

Sponsored by Stamicarbon

11:00 - 12:30
Session 2

Time	Track One	Track Two	Track Three
11:00	Blue hydrogen production: Achieving minimum carbon footprint and minimum operating cost, comparing SMR and ATR Stefano Carenza, Hydrogen Technology Specialist; Giulio Galdieri, Hydrogen Technology Specialist, KT – Kinetics Technology SpA	Upgrading salty by-product of acidic scrubber Stefano Cicchinelli, Process Engineer, Stamicarbon	LTS catalyst ShiftMax217® has generated significant monetary benefits through increased energy efficiency Maximilian Aigner, Sales Account Manager, Clariant Barend de Jong, Process Engineer, Yara
11:30	Low carbon hydrogen: A climate silver bullet Elena Petriaeva, Technical Marketing Manager, BASF	Superior mechanical reliability of urea plants through post-EPC assistance Masashi Takahashi, Materials Engineer, Toyo Engineering Corp.	Process integration & optimization of hyco plant with H2 purification & CO2 reforming Waqas Shehryar, Process Engineer; Alpesh S.lakdawala, Production Engineer, Sahara International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem)
12:00	How optimal integration of SOEC electrolysis and Topsoe ammonia technology can significantly impact plant economics Christian Wix, Head of Product Development, Topsoe A/S	A blocked leak detection system: What to do? Mark Brouwer, Director, UreaKnowHow.com	SEEING INSIDE THE BOX. REFORM CMS innovation in reforming monitoring and optimisation Chris Murkin, Sales Manager, Johnson Matthey

12:30 - 14:00
Networking lunch

14:00 - 15:30
Session 3

Time	Track One	Track Two	Track Three
14:00	The best of low carbon hydrogen technologies for ammonia Martin Gorny, Product Director ATR based Hydrogen Technologies, Air Liquide Engineering & Construction	Use of Safurex® thin foils for Pressure, Level and Flow transmiters Guido Guerts, Sr. Process Control & Instrumentation Manager, Stamicarbon	MegaZonE™ - First commercial reference of novel methanol synthesis technology Norbert Ringer, Global Methanol Industry Director, Global Industry Expert Syngas, Clariant
14:30	Barents blue ammonia project: A landmark towards sustainability Andrea Zambianco, Fertilizer & Syngas Business Manager, Saipem	Improving the performance of the HP synthesis and wastewater treatment sections of IFFCO Kalol Dipak Inamdar, Director - Kalol and NANO Fertilizer; Bhupen Mehta, Joint General Manager, IFFCO Kalol	Creep life assessment of non-standard materials: Reformer tubes and outlet manifolds Alice Young, Materials Engineer, Quest Integrity
15:00	Blue ammonia for lower CO2 emissions Bernd Mielke, Head of Process Group Ammonia, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG	Optimizing explosive mixture in a vintage urea plant to enhance production capacity and energy efficiency for sustainable operation Luqman Rafiq, Process Engineer; Arshad Naveed, Process Engineering Manager, Engro Fertilizers Limited	Pressure equipment failures on ammonia and nitric acid plants from stress relaxation cracking David Keen, Ammonia and Downstream Plant Reliability SME, Becht

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break

Sponsored by Stamicarbon

16:00 - 17:30
Session 4

Time	Track One	Track Two	Track Three
16:00	Blue NH3 with HISORP CC: An adsorptive CO2 removal process Thomas Ried, Process Engineer, Linde	Lessons learned from replacing a HP stripper and HP scrubber during turnaround Ahmed Ibrahim, Urea Operation Manager; Fawzy Tayel, Urea Maintenance General Manager, Abu Qir Fertilizers	Understanding amine activated hot-pot systems Pedro Ott, Sr Application Engineer, Optimized Gas Treating
16:30	KBR’s blue ammonia technology: Mega-scale with proven technology Marc LaRoe, Senior Technical Advisor, KBR Technology	Carbamate solution carryover during urea plant startup Zuhroni Ali Fikri, Process Engineer, PT Petrokimia Gresik	How Enhanced Reality technology speeds up the onboarding of operators and reduces plant downtime related to operational errors Susanna Voges, Director of Operations, Voovio Technologies SL
17:00	Tangible solutions to face the challenge and implement a sustainable transition: Casale technologies for emission reduction in existing plants and newbuilds Sergio Panza, Ammonia Technology Manager, Casale SA		Application of CFD for optimization of Waste Heat Boilers Ralph Ernst, Head of Heat Transfer, Steinmüller Engineering GmbH

17:30 - 19:00
KBR Drinks Reception

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Wednesday 8 March

8:00 - 9:00
Registration and Exhibition Open

9:00 - 10:30
Session 1

Time	Track One	Track Two	Track Three
09:00	TrueBlue Methanol - A low carbon emission methanol production process Dan Barnett, Vice President of Engineering, BD Energy Systems LLC	Optimized FTC flex gauze packs for catalysis of ammonia oxidation Oliver Henkes, Senior Technical Service Manager, Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG	Benfield system revamp experience at Yara plant Vinod (VK) Arora, Kinetics Process Improvements Inc (KPI)
09:30	KBR ammonia cracking technology: A roadmap from renewable energy source to green hydrogen supply where it is needed the most Elena Stylianou, Technology Manager - Ammonia Cracking, KBR	Optimization of ammonia oxidation by CFD modelling and experiments. Role of mass transfer on product selectivity Artur Wisner, Manager Product & Process Development, Umicore	Process and efficiency improvement through ammonia front end pressure drop reduction Muhammad Amir Abdullah, Deputy Manager Operations; Mian Mazhar Iqbal Arain, Manager Ammonia Plant, Engro Fertilizer Limited
10:00	Contribution to materialize economical clean fuel ammonia value chain Toshiyuki Koga, Toyo Engineering Corporation Kensuke Yoshioka, Ammonia Sales Manager, JGC Holdings Corporation	Start me up – improved activation can improve gauze performance Thomas Ithell, Senior Process Engineer, Johnson Matthey	Experience with repair and replacement of the second ammonia converter (r-0502) in ammonia plant 1A of Pupuk Kaltim Fertilizer Majus Luther Sirat, Senior Vice President Operation 2; Akhmad Sajidin, Vice President Manufacturing, PT Pupuk Kaltim

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

Sponsored by Stamicarbon

11:00 - 12:30
Session 2

Time	Track One	Track Two	Track Three
11:00	Turbomachinery technologies for decarbonisation: Ammonia/Hydrogen-burning gas turbines Giovanni Sarti, Hydrogen Solutions Architect - Gas Turbine and Systems; Sergio Ghezzi, Senior Business Development Manager, Baker Hughes	Latest Improvements in the Uhde EnviNOx® Process for N2O abatement Ronny Loof Senior Process Engineer, thyssenkrupp Uhde	The subsequent effect of leakage found in ammonia converter effluent on ammonia, urea and utility plant Indrawan Pinandita, Assistant Vice President; Zuhroni Ali Fikiri, Process Engineer, PT Petrokimia Gresik
11:30	Duplex stainless steel for use in alkaline electrolysers with demand on extreme service life - green hydrogen Jonas Howing, Technical Marketing Specialist, Alleima	Emission monitoring & reporting from nitric acid production - A moving target David Inward, Strategic Industry Manager Chemicals, Petrochemicals Refineries, SICK AG	Boosting reliability of ammonia plants by switching outdated 101CA/B and 102C boilers with a proven and reliable design Heinrich Ormann, Director Key Account CIS, SCHMIDTSCHE SCHACK \| ARVOS Gmbh Marco Mazzamuto Carlucci, Ammonia Technology Leader, Casale
12:00	Improving sustainability of steam reformers Pablo Cardin, RDS Services Schmidt + Clemens Group	Effective reduction of nitrogen oxide and ammonia emissions by utilizing environmentally compliant technologies Shinya Fukuzawa, Deputy Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd	Reducing fired heater CO2 emissions and fuel consumption Scott Donson, VP - International Business Development and Technical Operations, Tube Tech Industrial

12:30 - 14:00
Networking lunch

14:00 - 15:30
Session 3

Time	Track One	Track Two
14:00	Syngas processing in waste-to-renewable energy technology with reduction of CO2 footprint Zbigniew Urban, Director of Experimental Practice, Siemens Process Systems Engineering Ltd.	Shaping the nitric acid technology for a greener future Carmen Perez, Process Engineer, Stamicarbon
14:30	Euromel® G5 new generation: The green and energy saving melamine technology Marco Dellavedova, Proposal Manager, Eurotecnica Contractors and Engineers	Safety of nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plants Johan Olsson, Chief Technical Advisor - Process, KBR
15:00	Innovative technology to recover nitrogen and produce a climate friendly fertilizer Anna Lundbom, Marketing Manager, EasyMining Services Sweden	Predicting precious metal recoveries from nitric acid plant cleaning David Kelley, PGM Technologies

15:30 - 15:30
Close of Conference

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Agenda 2023

9:00 - 19:30 Registration open

10:00 - 19:30 Exhibition open

11:15 - 12:45 Technical showcase presentations

13:00 - 14:00 Light lunch

14:00 - 14:30 Global nitrogen market outlook

14:30 - 15:00 Natural gas market outlook

15:00 - 15:30 Optimising green hydrogen projects: Renewable energy, flexibility solutions and policy considerations

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee and networking break

16:00 - 16:30 Low emissions ammonia costs: Sorting through the hype

16:30 - 17:00 A producer view on investing in low emission ammonia

17:00 - 17:30 Opportunities and considerations for ammonia as a marine fuel

17:30 - 19:00 Topsoe Welcome Reception

8:00 - 9:00 Registration and exhibition open

9:00 - 10:30 Session 1

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Session 2

12:30 - 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30 Session 4

17:30 - 19:00 KBR Drinks Reception

8:00 - 9:00 Registration and Exhibition Open

9:00 - 10:30 Session 1

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Session 2

12:30 - 14:00 Networking lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Session 3

15:30 - 15:30 Close of Conference

9:00 - 19:30
Registration open

10:00 - 19:30
Exhibition open

11:15 - 12:45
Technical showcase presentations

13:00 - 14:00
Light lunch

14:00 - 14:30
Global nitrogen market outlook

14:30 - 15:00
Natural gas market outlook

15:00 - 15:30
Optimising green hydrogen projects: Renewable energy, flexibility solutions and policy considerations

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee and networking break

16:00 - 16:30
Low emissions ammonia costs: Sorting through the hype

16:30 - 17:00
A producer view on investing in low emission ammonia

17:00 - 17:30
Opportunities and considerations for ammonia as a marine fuel

17:30 - 19:00
Topsoe Welcome Reception

8:00 - 9:00
Registration and exhibition open

9:00 - 10:30
Session 1

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30
Session 2

12:30 - 14:00
Networking lunch

14:00 - 15:30
Session 3

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:30
Session 4

17:30 - 19:00
KBR Drinks Reception

8:00 - 9:00
Registration and Exhibition Open

9:00 - 10:30
Session 1

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30
Session 2

12:30 - 14:00
Networking lunch

14:00 - 15:30
Session 3

15:30 - 15:30
Close of Conference