THE SUMMIT PROGRAM TOPICS & SESSIONS
Keynote Address
Understanding the US DOE Industrial Decarbonization Initiatives
Before undertaking change, it’s critically important to understand why change is necessary and learn about ways companies can strategically work to engage the change to benefit their business. The US Department of Energy through it’s new Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) is committed to assisting companies to both understand and begin to implement changes that will help industrial processes to decarbonize. Dr. Avi Shultz will open our Industrial Heating Decarbonization SUMMIT with a keynote address that will lay the groundwork for embracing ways to start the decarbonization process.
Dr. Avi Shultz is the director of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office and leads IEDO's strategy to accelerate the innovation and adoption of cost-effective technologies that eliminate industrial greenhouse gas emissions. Dr. Shultz also works with DOE leadership and interagency partners to position IEDO and the department for the greatest impact across America’s industrial sector.
Before joining DOE, Dr. Shultz was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam, after getting his bachelor and doctoral degrees in chemistry from Columbia University and Northwestern University, respectively.
Dr. Avi Shultz
Director
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
The Industrial Efficiency & Decarbonization Office (IEDO)
The Energy-Carbon Connection
Energy Consumption and the Resulting Carbon Emissions
If you consume energy at your site, then you have carbon related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This session will show the connection of energy consumption and its related GHG emissions.
Mike Stowe
Senior Energy Engineer Advanced Energy
The Scopes of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The GHG Protocol provides definitions for key "scopes" of GHG emissions. This session will focus on the definitions and the direct applicability of Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions to the industrial heating market segment.
Mike Stowe
Senior Energy Engineer Advanced Energy
Pathways to Decarbonization
Combustion Processes & Electrical Processes
These two presentations will both focus on the FOUR R's of carbon emission reduction which are REDUCE, REUSE, REFUEL, and REDESIGN. With a look, first at natural gas combustion processes, and then a focus on electrical processes, these two sessions will explore pathways to remove carbon emissions from your industrial heating processes.
Jason Safarz
Regional Sales Manager Karl Dungs, Inc.
Mike Stowe
Senior Energy Engineer Advanced Energy
Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS)
If all of the efforts covered in the above two topics still leave you with some carbon emissions to deal with, this session will explore methods to capture that remaining and hard to get rid of carbon.
John Carroll
Principal Engineer - Net Zero Technologies Southern Company
Improving Efficiency in Thermal Processes
Taking a deeper dive into combustion process efficiency, these three presentations will take a look at the latest technologies and applications for combustion burners, combustion control systems, and other associated equipment. This session will provide you with information to wring every drop of waste out of your combustion processes, which will optimize your efficiency and reduce your related carbon emissions.
Possibilities to Reduce Fuel Consumption
Brian Kelly
Applications Engineering Manager Honeywell Thermal Solutions
Keenan Cokain
Manager - Corporate Sales and Applications Bloom Engineering Co., Inc.
The Impact of Automation, Controls and Ancillary Equipment
Jeff Rafter
VP of Sales & Marketing Selas Heat Technology Co. LLC
Bob Fincken
Vice President Sales Super Systems, Inc.
Alternatives to Fossil Fuel Combustion
Low Carbon Fuels & Hydrogen
Another alternative to using process efficiency improvements to help reduce carbon emissions is to use low carbon or zero carbon fuels. This session will explore the advancements of these technologies with a focus on the current and future possibilities.
Brian Kelly
Applications Engineering Manager Honeywell Thermal Solutions
Erik Anderson
Vice President, Origination Ambient Fuels
An Overview of Direct Versus Indirect Electrification
Electrification can provide reduced carbon alternatives to fossil fuel combustion. This session will explore the definitions, advantages, and considerations for both direct and indirect electrification approaches.
Perry Stephens
Principal Technical Leader Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Resources & Programs
There are many resources, programs, and documents to support energy management and the associated decarbonization of industrial processes. This session will highlight some of the available tools and programs that you can use to help you on your decarbonization journey.
DOE Programs and Tools
Paulomi Nandy
Technical Account Manager, R&D Assistant Staff Member
Manufacturing Energy Efficiency Research Analysis Group (MEERA)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
ISO 50001 & 50001 Ready Program
Mike Stowe
Senior Energy Engineer Advanced Energy
Reaching Net-Zero
"Net-zero" refers to a state in which the total amount of GHGs emitted into the atmosphere is balanced by the amount removed from the atmosphere or offset through various measures. Achieving net-zero emissions is a critical component of decarbonization. This session will explore options to trade, convert, and reduce the carbon footprint in process heating.
Reducing, Converting, and Trading to get to ZERO Carbon
Sandeep Alavandi
Program Manager GTI Energy
Benchmarking: A Global Perspective
This session will provide insights and updates with a global perspective on carbon reduction pathways and policies related to the industrial heating markets from two areas outside the United States.
The State of Decarbonization in Europe
Joachim Wünning
President WS Thermal Process Technology Inc.
Dr. Christian Schwotzer
Group Manager Renewable Energy RWTH Aachen University
Efforts Towards Decarbonization of Industrial Furnaces in Japan
Hiroyuki Akita
Heat Treatment Engineering Section, Machinery Division. Daido Steel Co., Ltd
Industry Adoption
Economic & Business Concerns
With a growing awareness of the environmental impact of thermal processing, environmental considerations are becoming more critical in operations and facilities planning. While financial planning information is often readily available, it can be difficult to compare equipment from a standpoint of environmental impact. This presentation will review a case study comparing energy consumption, operating cost, and emissions between a gas-fired atmosphere integral oil quench furnace and an electric batch vacuum oil quenching furnace performing metal heat treating.
Bryan Stern
Product Development Manager Gasbarre Thermal Processing Systems
Codes and Legislation
The current state of codes & standards for carbon and sustainability will be discussed.
Jason Safarz
Regional Sales Manager Karl Dungs, Inc.
Grants and Funding Sources
There is funding available to help you lower carbon emissions. Learn where and how to find help in funding change.
Micki Vandeloo
President Lakeview Consulting
The Risk of Doing Nothing
Can we really afford to do nothing? This session will explore the risk of delaying or ignoring addressing decarbonization of our processes.
Nathan Roberts
Technology Manager, Technical Assistance and Workforce Development
U.S. Department of Energy | Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office
Collaboration for Decarbonization Panel
A corporate case study on reducing carbon foot print - John Deere and Nucor. Case studies will be followed with a panel discussion of how to overcome objections and barriers to sustainability efforts.
Jeff Kaman
Manager, Energy Supply and Sustainability John Deere
Tim Hill
General Manager Sustainability Solutions Nucor
B.J. Bernard
President Surface Combustion, Inc.
Sandeep Alavandi
Program Manager GTI Energy
