XTL
Technical and geo-political issues draw question marks to the future availability of petroleum as a source of liquid energy carrier with the consequence that any carbonaceous resource is presently evaluated for its potential for conversion into liquid.
Such an evaluation is kaleidoscopic in nature: technological advances in chemical conversion processes, abundance of local natural resources, infrastructure and transport logistics, environmental impact, safety, and price accessibility are all critical parameters, whose relative importance is matter of debate. This is the debate that will be held at the WCCE8 Symposium on XTL in Montreal 2009, which offers a unique stage thanks to the all-round spanning of represented technical competencies, industries, geographical origin, and political background.
Scope
This topical symposium is dedicated to enlighten all critical aspects connected to the production of liquid fuels.
The proposed topics are :
Production of liquid fuels, technical and economic issues
Characteristics of chemicals as automotive fuels
Costs of logistics for production and distribution
Safety of supplies and demand
Economic accessibility of fuels
Publication
This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings.
Organizers
Roberta Cenni
Syngas Engineering
Haldor Topsøe A/S
Nymøllevej 55
2800 Kgl Lyngby
Denmark
roc@topsoe.dk
Jan Lerou
Velocys, Inc.
7950 Corporate Boulevard
Plain City, OH 43064
USA
lerou@velocys.com
Hiroshi Yagi
TOTAL Trading International S.A.
Tokyo Branch
Akasaka Shasta-East
4-2-19 Akasaka, Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-0052
Japan
hiroshi.yagi@total.com