MEC 13 Programme
21-23 May 2018
Day 1: Monday 21
09:30
Welcome to MEC and an introduction to the CCC
Lesley Sloss, IEA CCC – UK
10:10
Polish energy situation
Kazimierz Szynol, Tauron – Poland
11:00
A tour of recent developments in EU climate and energy policy: the implications for coal and lignite
Brian Ricketts, Eurocoal – Belgium
11:20
An update on the UN Environment Coal Partnership: current activities in Southeast Asia
Wojciech Jozewicz, Arcadis – USA
11:40
Research and inventory of mercury in Kazakhstan
Mikhail Kim, UNDP – Kazakhstan
12:00
Key provisions under Article 8 of the Minamata Convention and key decisions
Peter Nelson
14:00
A summary of mercury legislation and compliance strategies
Lesley Sloss, IEA CCC – UK
14.25
Effectiveness of US Mercury Control Strategies at Coal-Fired Power Plants and Applicability to European Plants
Sharon Sjostrom, Ada-AS – USA
14:50
Hybrid technology for the treatment of exhaust gas from mercury as call for the requiremets of the BAT/BREF conclusions in the Polish Power industry
Robert Zmuda, SBB – Poland
16:00
Different Conditions, Although the Same Construction Site Comparison of Two SNCR Applications at 380 MWel Lignite-Fired Boilers
Claas Gunther, ERC Technik GMBH – Germany
16:20
Novel Approach to Mercury Emission Control for wFGDs
John Meier, USA
16:40
Mercury and SO2 Control by Fixed Sorbent Systems: Results from Installations in Coal Fired Power Plants
Ole Petzold, Germany
17:00
Effective mercury control technology for low-rank European coals
John Pavlish, USA
Day 2: Tuesday 22
09:00
Measurement of mercury in the atmosphere
Milena Horvat, Josef Stefan Institute – Slovenia
09:20
Universal tool for mercury determination in combustion plants
Nikolai Mashyanov, Lumex – Russia
09:40
A North American perspective: regulatory compliance mercury emission monitoring below 100 pptv and tools to evaluate the benefits of lower mercury emissions in ambient air
Eric Prestbo, Tekran – USA
10:00
Innovations and user experiences with mercury monitoring for mercury control
Joseph Siperstein, Ohio Lumex – USA
11:00
Emission of mercury from PC boilers under various loads
Rafal Kobylecki, Czestochowa University of Technology – Poland
11:25
Heaters for power and environmental systems
Dougal Hogg, Howden – Spain
11:50
NOx capture for high ash coals
Maggie Wiatros – Motyka, IEA CCC – UK
14:00
Revolutionizing Removal of Mercury from Industrial Emissions
Zach Barnea, Mercuremoval
14:20
Activities of VGB PowerTech and its members for reducing mercury emissions in coal and lignite fired power plants
Andreas Wecker, VGB Power Tech – Germany
15:00
Evaluation of the effect of multiple air pollutants control in Chin’s coal combustion units and future reduction recommendations.
Qingry Wu, Tsinghua University – China
15:20
Experiences and challenges of MATS in the USA
Mick Zulpo, Apex – USA
16:00
Newly developed powder sorbents reduce the negative impacts of sulphur trioxide
Jamie Fessenden, Cabot Corp – USA
16:20
Elemental mercury removal from flue gas over TiO2 catalyst in an internal-illuminated honeycomb photoreactor
Yongchun Zhao, Hust – China
16:40
Adaptation of existing SNCR system to meet BREF limits of 150 mg and beyond
Hanif Suchwani, Fuel Tech – Italy
17:00
Implementation of PAC spray and coating to hybrid filter for Hg and PM removal
Jin-Ho Sung, Yonsei University – Korea
Day 3: Wednesday 23
09:00
Lower order representations of evolving particle size distributions for factor simulation of gas-particle mass transfer within ESPs
Herek Clack, University of Michigan – USA
09:25
Determination of total mercury in coke oven gas
Jerzy Gorecki, AGH University – Poland
09:50
Technical upscaling of ClO2 based multipollutant emission control technology
Anette Heijnesson Hultén, Akzonobel – Sweden
11:00
An Update on the UN Minamata Convention
Sheila Logan, UN Environment – Switzerland
11:20
An update on GEF projects
Peter Nelson, Macquarrie University – Australia
11:40
Open discussion of partnership activities and contribution to ICMGP 2019
Lesley Sloss/Peter Nelson/Wojciech Jozewicz, IEA CCC/Macquarrie/Arcadis – UK/Australia/USA







