Opening sessions – International Research Programs
DAY 1 – Beyond 2020: Carbon-free dispatchable power generation from hydrogen gas turbines for the European Energy Union
BIOGRAPHY
Dr.-Ing. Mirko Bothien has 15 years experience in gas turbine development with Ansaldo Energia, Alstom and Siemens. Currently he is leading the Combustor Technology Team of Ansaldo Energia Switzerland. In this role, he is responsible for the technology development of novel premix and reheat combustors. One focus of his work is the development of low NOx combustors that can be operated with natural gas, pure hydrogen and all ratios thereof. Since 2017 he is Member of Board of the Norwegian CCS Research consortium – an international research cooperation on CO2 capture, transport and storage. In 2018, he was awarded with the Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellowship of the Institute for Advanced Study, TU Munich for conducting research in thermoacoustics.
He received his Diploma degree in Turbomachinery & Jet Propulsion from RWTH Aachen University in 2005. During the last 2 years of his studies, he worked at the Siemens gas turbine test center in Berlin as research intern and Diploma student.
From 2005 to 2008, he pursued his PhD thesis on modelling & control of combustion instabilities and rig-to-engine transferability of gas turbine combustors at the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Technical Acoustics, TU Berlin.
Beginning of 2009, he joined the thermoacoustics team of Alstom’s combustor R&D department. In 2013, he was appointed Team Leader of the thermoacoustics team and since then also has been giving a lecture on gas turbines and thermoacoustics at the TU Berlin. From 2014 to 2017, he was Group Leader Thermoacoustics and Combustor Lifetime.
Dr.-Ing. Bothien co-authored 63 technical publications and 42 invention disclosures in the field of gas turbine combustion.
ABSTRACT
Already today gas turbines play an important role in power generation and in the light of increasing energy demand their role is expected to grow alongside renewables. In addition, the volatility of renewables in generating and dispatching power entails a new focus on electricity security. This reinforces the importance of gas turbines in guaranteeing grid reliability by compensating the intermittency of renewables.
In order to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goals, power generation must be decarbonized. This is where hydrogen produced from renewables comes into play, allowing totally CO2-free combustion (Power-to-Gas-to-Power). Hydrogen features the unique capability to store energy for medium to long storage cycles and hence could be used to alleviate seasonal variations of renewable power generation. The European gas turbine industry is committed to provide gas turbines that can handle a share of 20% hydrogen by 2020 and gas turbines operating with 100% hydrogen by 2030.
The main challenge of hydrogen combustion lies in its increased reactivity. When burning hydrogen the flame moves upstream compared to the case of natural gas, thus increasing the risk of flashback. All conventional premix combustion systems fail to handle hydrogen’s special features without compromising on performance: by injecting less fuel or adding diluents, the flame temperature is reduced, mitigating flashback risks by moving the flame back to its design position. As a result, however, the combustor exit temperature gets lower and engine performance is reduced. In this presentation, it is shown how these drawbacks can be overcome and how the full range of 0-100% hydrogen can be burned in a low NOx premix system by using sequential combustion.
DAY 1 – Europe beyond 2020: Horizon Europe on Climate, Energy and Mobility
BIOGRAPHY - Massardo Aristide F.
Aristide Massardo obtained his Degree in Mechanical Engineering with honours at the University of Genoa, Italy, in 1978. After several years working for international companies in the field of energy and power plants in 1984 he entered the University of Genoa as a researcher. Now he is Full Professor of Energy Systems at the Department of Mechanical Engineering). He teaches: Systems for Energy Conversion; Power Plants. Prof. Massardo is the Dean of the Polytechnic School of Engineering and Architecture since October 2012. He has been a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 1988, a Recognized Teacher at Cranfield Univ. (UK), and an Affiliate Professor at Washington Univ. St. Louis (USA). He was Visiting Professor at Cranfield Univ., Washington Univ. (USA), Univ. of California at Davis (USA), the Istituto Technologico de Aeronautica San Jos? dos Campos (Brazil), Lund Univ. (Sweden) and ETH Zurich (CH). He is a member of the Editorial Board of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology (Emeraldi), Associate Editor of Applied Thermodynamic Engineering ATE (Elsevier), Associate Editor of Applied Energy (Elsevier). He served as Vice Chair (1992-1993) and Chair (1994-95) of the Closed Cycle Technical Committee IGTI-ASME; as Point Contact (1998, 1999) Cycle Innovations T.C.; he was Vice-Chair of the Cycle Innovations T.C. (2002-2003) and chair of the Cycle Innovations T.C. (2004-2005) He is the winner of the BEST PAPER AWARD of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) for the years 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009. Prof. Massardo established the Thermochemical Power Group at DIMSET in 1998, and he is at the moment the University of Genoa co-ordinator for several international projects. He was also responsible for administering many grants from Italian Space Agency, National Research Council of Italy, MURST, ENEL, and other private companies. Prof. Massardo is the author of more than 140 international papers published in international journals (105) or presented at International Conferences (35). H-index of Prof. Massardo is equal to 22 (Scopus), with more than 1500 citations. Prof. Massardo has been Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering 2003-2008, Director of the Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems University Technology Centre (UTC) since 2004, and member of the University of Genoa Senate representing the Technology Area (2009-2012). He is now the Dean of the Polytechnic School of Engineering and Architecture Prof. Massardo is consultant of Italian Gas and Electricity Authority, MUR, MSE, and several Regional Councils; he has been evaluator for EU Framework Program 6 and FP7, vice chair and chair of the evaluation for Future Emerging Technology (DG-Research) in the Energy field in 2008 and 2009, vice chair and chair for the FCH JTI proposals evaluation in 2011 and 2012. He is member of the Technical Expert Board of GSE (Gestore Sistema Energetico) in Rome, and member of the Energy Panel at the Ministry of Univeristy in Rome. Prof. Massardo is member of the European Research Council (ERC) PE08 Industrial and Process Engineering Panel since 2011, and is the Chair of the PE08 Panel for H2020 program.
BIOGRAPHY -Donato Zangani
Donato Zangani holds a Laurea in Civil Engineering from the University of Genova and a PhD on Modelling of Composite Materials from Newcastle University.
Formerly responsible of the Industry Division within D’Appolonia, he is now Corporate R&D Manager of RINA, the leading engineering, testing, inspection and certification company.
Among the 85 H2020 projects where RINA is participating, Donato Zangani is currently coordinator of the SO WHAT project dealing with reuse of heat and cold waste streams from industrial plants.
Donato Zangani is participating to the activities of the European Construction Technology Platform, ECTP, as member of the Steering Committee.
Research interests include technologies for sustainable energy, nature based solutions, resilience of critical infrastructure, sustainable transportation.
Notable achievements include the award at TRA2016 for the research on new materials for rail vehicles and the patented FLY-BAG technology for protection of airplane against on board explosions.
ABSTRACT
DAY 2 – US beyond 2020: USA research programs on clean energy
BIOGRAPHY
Angelos Kokkinos is Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal and Carbon Management Office of Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy responsible for managing and planning of coal R&D. He has over 40 years of experience in fossil fuels, energy generation and air pollution control equipment design and operation. Prior to joining the DOE he was Chief Technology Officer for Babcock Power, Inc. a major supplier of steam generation and environmental control equipment for utility and industrial applications. In 2019 he received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Fuel Science and Energy Engineering from Penn State. He is the holder of six US Patents and received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Univ. of Massachusetts Lowell and MS in Fuel Science from the Pennsylvania State University.
ABSTRACT
The presentation will encompass the main research programmes and future vision of the Department of Energy, United States, on the future of energy generation technologies and global scenarios.
DAY 3 – South America beyond 2020: MERCOSUR research programs for sustainable energy production
BIOGRAPHY
Gustavo Arturo Riveros, graduated in Chemistry – Faculty of Chemistry Sciences, National University of Asuncion, Paraguay. He received his Master and PhD Degree at School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil in Energy Systems Planning where working in The Hydrogen Laboratory & Brazilian Reference Center for Hydrogen Energy. Campinas, Brazil (2006 – 2012). Thesis: Paraguay – Brazil Hydrogen Highway. Technical, economic and environmental assessment.
In 2013 he did a Research stay at University of Genoa, Italy, in the framework of the project Hydromethane production and applications to Paraguay.
Between 2014 and 2018 he acted as Researcher at Catholic University in Alto Paraná, Paraguay, conducting mainly studies oriented to increase usage of electricity from renewable sources in different sectors of Paraguay.
Since 2018 he acts as Researcher at Universidad Privada del Este and lectures as Visiting Professor at National University of Caaguazu.
Currently, he is responsible of Energy Management Working Group at ITAIPU Technology Park – Paraguay. Since 2016 he is member of Internal Commission for the Conservation of Energy at ITAIPU Hydroelectric Plant.
ABSTRACT
Some reports have described the role of Latin America as leader with renewable energy. At least four countries of this continent lead the ranking of nations where power generation comes almost entirely from renewable sources. Although, hydropower continues to be the most important source of renewable energy, but its importance is slowly decreasing, giving greater participation to non-hydro renewable energies. Globally, investments in renewable energy are increasingly flowing into the emerging market, whereby a significant portion is flowing into Latin America. This presentation will focus specifically the prospects of MERCOSUR (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay) in next years as energy integrator in this region, reviewing the main projects for sustainable energy production, based on renewable sources in these countries: opportunities, policy, partners, main goals.
Keynote Lectures
DAY 1 – Flexible gas turbines for the renewable age
BIOGRAPHY
Toshinori Watanabe is Professor of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Tokyo.
He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Aeronautics from University of Tokyo in 1981, 1983 and 1987, respectively. From 1987 to 1993, he worked at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as Lecturer and Associate Professor. In the meantime, he studied in Aachen Technical University in Germany from 1991 to 1992 as an invited researcher of the Humboldt foundation.
From 1993, he has been working at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Tokyo. His research interest covers jet propulsion system, gas turbines, internal aero-thermo dynamics, aeroelasticity, aeroacoustics, two-phase flow, bio-fluid mechanics, and related areas of energy technology. He is the President of GTSJ, and an Executive Committee member of Global Power and Propulsion Society. He has been continuously serving to ASME/IGTI as Session Chair and Co-chair of Turbo Expo Conferences from 2007. From 2013 to 2016, he was a Vanguard Chair of Structures and Dynamics Committee in ASME/IGTI.
He is a member of Selection Committee and Evaluation Committee for national programs run by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industries.
ABSTRACT
In order to reduce CO2 emission, a large amount of renewable energy has to be introduced into the electric power grids. The energy resources such as photovoltaic power and wind power are quite unstable due to the strong dependency on weather condition. In this situation, the gas turbine combined cycle is a promising power system for stabilizing the load fluctuation in the grid because of its flexibility and high efficiency. In Japan, a national project is executed for developing a new technology which enables to realize a gas turbine with rapid start-up and load following capability as well as excellent transient response. The scope of the project and the results of the feasibility study will be introduced in the presentation.
Day 2 – ORC power systems, opportunities with low GWP refrigerants
BIOGRAPHY
Vishnu Sishtla is a Willis Carrier Senior Fellow with thirty eight years of experience in the Development of Turbomachines for vapor compression and ORC systems.
In 1990’s, Vishnu played a key role in developing a family of centrifugal compressors using Chlorine free refrigerant HFC134a. Vishnu made an important contribution in improving the vapor compression cycle efficiency by developing a two-phase power turbine to replace traditional isenthalpic expansion valve. Vishnu played a key role in developing the first Organic Rankine power turbine at United Technologies that was commercialized in 2005.
Vishnu earned his Bachelor’s degree from REC Warangal, Master’s degree from Syracuse University and Doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering from City University of London. He also holds more than thirty patents and presented papers at AIAA, IGTI, IMeche and Purdue Compressor conferences. Vishnu is a member of ASME and was a past associate member of AIAA. His current research interests are developing Turbomachines and systems using low GWP and natural refrigerants.
ABSTRACT
Organic Rankine Power cycles using refrigerants are suitable to recover energy from low temperature heat sources, such as engine cooling water, bottoming cycles of main power generation, landfill burner, and oil used in commercial cooking etc. The similarities between vapor compression and organic Rankine cycles lends to cost effective solutions. In the ORC system, the compressor is replaced by a turbine and throttle valve by a pump. It should be noted that the design requirements of the major components will be different in the two cases, but the underlying manufacturing techniques are similar. The loss of refrigerant will impact the environment and requires the assessment of TEWI (Total Environmental Warming Impact). The talk will outline the development of the ORC system using HFC refrigerants and opportunities with the new low GWP refrigerants.
DAY 3 – The regulatory perspectives of RES integration for distributed generation and smart grids
BIOGRAPHY
He earned a degree in mechanical engineering, course of study in energy, at Politecnico university of Milan in 2001.
Since 2002 he works with the Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy Networks and Environment (ARERA); in the period May 2010 – February 2018 he has been Head of the Sustainable Energy, Efficiency and Renewable Sources Unit of the ARERA Wholesale Energy Markets and Environmental Sustainability Directorate. Since March 2018 he is Deputy Director in the same Directorate. The main fields of interest are cogeneration and renewable energy sources.
He actually also collaborates in Energy Department at Politecnico university of Milan as professor of the course “General Energetic”, which deals with exergetic analysis, State energy balances and fundamentals of electrical markets regulation.
ABSTRACT
The intervention presents the data relating to the production mix of electricity in Italy, highlighting the continuous growing diffusion of renewable sources, in particular non-programmable, and of distributed generation, as well as the progressive disappearance of programmable plants that have historically ensured the balance between electricity demand and supply.
Subsequently the evolution of markets and dispatching is described, focusing on the most recent resolutions of the Italian Regulatory Authority (Arera): in fact, in the current context, it is necessary to identify the main lines of intervention aimed at making the dispatching activity suitable for efficiently guaranteeing the security of the electrical system.
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Associated Partners
European micro Gas Turbine Forum
National Energy Technology Laboratory
