2024 IERE-SwRI San Antonio Energy Transition Workshop
(Day 1)

Enabling Technologies for the Energy Transition

May 13–16, 2024, San Antonio, US

Organized by IERE and SwRI

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Opening Session

O-1

Opening Address

MINO Yoshiaki (IERE Chair)

O-2

Welcome Speech

Walter D. DOWNING (Executive Vice President and COO, SwRI, US)

Plenary Session

K-1

A Changing Risk Environment Requires Extraordinary Action–A Bulk Power System Reliability Perspective

Mark G. LAUBY (Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer, NERC, US)

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K-2

A Roadmap to the Decarbonization of Electricity with a Microgrid Case Study

Joshua SCHMITT (Assistant Program Manager, Machinery Department, SwRI, US)

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K-3

Generation Plan Update: Perspectives and Opportunities in Long Duration Energy Storage

Benny ETHRIDGE (Chief Energy Supply Officer, CPS Energy, US)

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K-4

The Role and Impact of Low-Carbon Fuels in Decarbonization

Neil KERN (Program Manager, Low-Carbon Resources Initiative, EPRI, US)

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Panel Session

Theme: Enabling Technologies for the Energy Transition
Moderator: Eric THOMPSON (Program Manager, Machinery Department, SwRI, US)
Panelists: Mark G. LAUBY (Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer, NERC, US)
Joshua SCHMITT (Assistant Program Manager, Machinery Department, SwRI, US)
Benny ETHRIDGE (Chief Energy Supply Officer, CPS Energy, US)
Neil KERN (Program Manager, Low-Carbon Resources Initiative, EPRI, US)

Technical Session 1: Advanced Power Cycles

Chair : Francesco Di SABATINO (Sr. Research Engineer, Propulsion & Energy Machinery, SwRI, US)
NISHI Mina (Senior Research Scientist, Energy Transformation Research Laboratory, CRIEPI, Japan)
T1-1

Application Update and Development Status of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycles

Joshua WARREN (Senior Research Engineer, Power Cycle Machinery, SwRI, US)

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T1-2

Development status of poly-generation system using various fuels with CO2 capture

HAMADA Hiroyuki (Research Scientist, Energy Transformation Research Laboratory, CRIEPI, Japan)

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T1-3

Overview of the Development and Demonstration of a Pilot-Scale Pumped Thermal Energy Storage Facility

Joshua JUST (Research Engineer, Rotating Machinery Dynamics, SwRI, US)

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T1-4

An Overview of Direct-Fired sCO2 Power Cycles

Austin JONES (Engineer, Machinery Department, SwRI, US)

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T1-5

Investigation of high-pressure CO2-diluted methane/oxygen jet flame stabilization and laser-induced plasma kernel formation

Francesco Di SABATINO (Sr. Research Engineer, Propulsion and Energy Machinery, SwRI, US)

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T1-6

Introduction of CCS Technology to Thermal Power Plants and Construction of a CCS Value Chain

NAKASUJI Ryuta (Thermal Power Division, Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan)

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T1-7

Transitioning to a Carbon-Neutral Future: A Review of Low/Zero Carbon Fuel Combustion Research at Southwest Research Institute

Francesco Di SABATINO (Sr. Research Engineer, Propulsion and Energy Machinery, SwRI, US)

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